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College football stadiums: Ranking the 10 best game-day experiences

By Phil Poling

GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 10: Florida Gators celebrate with fans following a 35-31 victory over the South Carolina Gamecocks at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on November 10, 2018 in Gainesville, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 10: Florida Gators celebrate with fans following a 35-31 victory over the South Carolina Gamecocks at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on November 10, 2018 in Gainesville, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) /
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BATON ROUGE, LA – SEPTEMBER 25: An overall view of Death Valley at Tiger Stadium before Louisiana State University played West Virginia on September 25, 2010 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. LSU won 20-14. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
BATON ROUGE, LA – SEPTEMBER 25: An overall view of Death Valley at Tiger Stadium before Louisiana State University played West Virginia on September 25, 2010 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. LSU won 20-14. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) /

Scouting Report. Pick Analysis. Baton Rouge. Tiger Stadium . 2. LSU Tigers. player. 817

Seating over 100,000 fans and (also) known as, “Death Valley,” LSU’s Tiger Stadium is one of the most difficult places for opposing teams to play. The Tigers enter the 2019 season having won 84 of their last 97 games played at home. They also set a program record of 22 consecutive wins at home during that span.

LSU routinely schedules night games at Tiger Stadium, something that was first introduced in 1931. They’ve fared better at night, too, going 231-61-4 (.787) at night compared to a 29-26-3 (.526) record during the day. While the Tigers are mostly considered a blue-blood football program, playing at night is an intimidating advantage for visiting teams.

All stadiums have memorable games, but few compare to an actual earth tremor. On October 8, 1988, LSU quarterback Tommy Hudson threw a game-winning touchdown against Auburn to Eddie Fuller. The crowd’s thunderous roar was registered on a seismograph meter in the Tiger’s geology department that was located across campus. Talk about a home-field advantage.