Jack Trice "like a kindergarten class"

i get more people in a stadium seems more challenging for road teams, on the surface.

one thing he's not factoring in is that Big 12 stadiums are wildly different settings from one to the next.

Ames is way north and in middle of nowhere, and can be extremely windy or cold or snowing later in season.

SEC stadiums all seem fairly similar, it's going to be hot and lots of people, no different than their own stadium.

if wants to talk about difference of SEC vs Big 12, stick to the actual football. taking shots at cities or fanbases is just shallow crap.
 
I don't even think it's a common sentiment in the Big 12 that Jack Trice is a hard place to play. Sure we're much better as of late but we aren't that dominant at home, so he just made that up to attack thr Big 12.
 
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I don't even think it's a common sentiment in the Big 12 that Jack Trice is a hard place to play. Sure we're much better as of late but we aren't that dominant at home, so he just made that up to attack thr Big 12.
Purdy rarely lost at home. Last year was obviously an epic cluster.

Has Finebaum ever even been to Ames?
 
What he said is condescending, but not necessarily wrong. It seems like he just chose us to throw strays for some reason.

Yeah, no **** it’s going to be harder to play a prime time, top 25 showdown at Baton Rouge, Auburn, Gainesville, Knoxville. Those stadiums can/will pack 100K+ rabid fans. ISU can’t compare to that. No one can (not even a most B10 schools).

I will say we have a tougher gameday atmosphere than Mizzou, Vanderbilt, and Kentucky. Probably a little below South Carolina.
 
I don't even think it's a common sentiment in the Big 12 that Jack Trice is a hard place to play. Sure we're much better as of late but we aren't that dominant at home, so he just made that up to attack thr Big 12.
Eh...we've heard from coaches for a long time it's a tough environment. Even CMC knew that a decade ago when he was at Toledo.

Scott Van Pelt used to say on Sportscenter years ago you just don't walk into Jack Trice Stadium (in reference to the opponent) when he'd play the highlights.
 
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I take it as the environment of the stadium. The rest of the city means nothing in the realm of college football, it's the stadium atmosphere that matters and is what he's trying to compare.

Yes, there are bigger and rabid fanbases, but Jack Trice Stadium isn't like a morgue the game after a loss. Hell even "the Swamp" looked like a PAC stadium a year or two ago.
This is exactly what he's saying.
 
Meh, he's a talking head. His job is to stir the pot and promote the SEC. As said above, he mentioned ISU, as degrading of a way he did it, it still says something about ISU.

I don't think it will happen, but it would be funny if OUT came in and started rolling all of the SEC teams they play.
 
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suppose its how you want to take the context of the quote, but he never mentions jack trice.

He mentions the city of ames vs the cities of auburn, baton rouge, and knoxville. He calls gainsville the swamp, though.

Those are all just towns too. Only people from other small metros think of Baton Rouge as a big town.

The stadium/fans are all that matter. It’s not intimidating to play @UCLA because of how huge the city is. It’s an easy road game because no fans in a big stadium. He’s right sec has fans, but big 12 fills up stadiums too which is why they’re in better shape than Pac and ACC.
 

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