This is the first edition of a weekly Top Ten Countdown that will be about anything related to college sports. This week’s idea started with trying to find the top ten stadiums by capacity, but in doing so, I realized that ranking stadium names was way more fun because sometimes people give their stadiums humorous names. Sure, these names are probably significant in some way…but the schools don’t make that reason very public, and so many of them look very funny to an outsider like me. So here they are, the Top Ten College Football Stadium Names*, in all their glory…

10: Dix Stadium - Kent State Golden Flashes

A cheap laugh, but hey, you still laughed.

9: Independence Stadium - none

It’s a rare site (pun!) when the stadium has no team. I’m sure this is how they came up with the name: “Hey, we’re independent of a team…let’s call it Independence Stadium!” As the Guinness guys would say, “Brilliant!”

8: Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Yeah, we shouldn’t talk with our paragraph of a name (David Harrison Field at Scott Stadium at the Carl Smith Center…yikes), but at least we don’t have the gall to call it “historic.” I mean, really, G-Tech’s football was never that good.

7: Kyle Field - Texas A&M Aggies

This one’s just funny because it could legitimately be a guy’s name.

6: War Memorial Stadium - Wyoming Cowboys

I can’t decide if this means they’re in favor or war or not…

5: Beaver Stadium - Penn State Nittany Lions

The beaver is a pretty silly name for a mascot in the first place, but they aren’t the Beavers…so, that makes me wonder if they named it after the other possible meaning…if you don’t know it, get out a bit more.

4: Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium - Louisville Cardinals

Usually, they just buy the naming rights, but in this case it seems that whoever Papa John is decided to go ahead and buy the whole thing.

3: Waldo Stadium - Western Michigan Broncos

Waldo is a funny name in its own right, and I can only imagine the “Where’s Waldo” jokes that hopefully occur frequently come football season.

2: Movie Gallery Stadium - Troy Trojans

I hope they don’t say “Hey, man, want to go to the Movie tonight?” because that would just be annoying and confusing. But really, what a stupid name…

1: Rubber Bowl - Akron Zips

Akron just wins. They have a funny name, their mascot is a kangaroo, and their stadium sounds like one of those inflatable bouncy houses you’d get for a 4 year old’s birthday bash.

Any suggestions about topics or if you completely disagree with the rankings here, comment below!

*Note: Only stadiums that hold 30,000+ people were considered. If it’s less than that, it’s lame.

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Last update : Tuesday, 07 October 2008

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