To suggest that a stadium with bleachers is in any way superior to a full stadium with all the amenities is beyond asinine.
Also, we're one of 5 teams that play in an NFL stadium.
https://m.herosports.com/college-fo...miami-pitt-san-diego-state-south-florida-aiai
To suggest it as a positive is beyond moronic.
Situational influence is everything. I'll laugh the rest of my life at the fools on this site and elsewhere who prioritize centralized location and freeway access. This is a college football program. You are basically bragging at your own idiocy by insisting the ideal location is anywhere but on campus.
During a recently completed trip I attended Canes/Pittsburgh one weekend then Purdue/Nebraska the following weekend. There was zero comparison. Pittsburgh is okay but too much like Hard Rock. Forced atmosphere and tailgating. Venue too big. The only aspect that places Pittsburgh above Hard Rock is the tremendous relevant location, alongside the river with Point Park clearly visible along with the incline, with a train station and city activity on the other side. I howled when I looked at the nearby new casino and a billboard aiming at the stadium that read, "Winning Isn't Everything, Covering Is."
I never thought I would view that type of slogan from a football stadium. The bustling location was similar to the Orange Bowl and makes Pittsburgh a clear choice above Hard Rock.
However, that Purdue game was another league entirely, and one of the most enjoyable experiences I have had on a trip in years. For a change it was actually a college football atmosphere. I was sampling all the great venues and campus activities going on, like tailgating on several hills and adjacent to the stadium inside Mackey Arena. I was amazed at the Cordova Recreational Sports Center. I saw tours of that building going on, with prospective students and their families sampling campus before going to the game. That is real world college football across the country, no matter the comical denial that is so established here. Miami loses out every home game by placing elsewhere than campus. Drip, drip, drip. Forfeit the vital one percent here and one percent there. We've got geniuses here who think big screens are more significant.
I saw the Boilermaker statue. The Tyler Trent Student Gate. Purdue is hardly one of the premier college venues but it blew away anything in Miami Gardens, unless you thrill to be stuck on NW 27th Avenue for an hour after every game.
Purdue accomplished a late comeback win via a 3rd string quarterback. Everyone rejoiced and the celebration spilled over onto campus, where I stayed another 90 minutes and it could have been longer. There's a great track and field venue across from the stadium. Students were running impromptu laps around the track. Drunk, yes. I had one of them say to me, "This keeps us alive for the Motor City Bowl. But who the **** wants to go to Detroit?" Then he ran another stumbling lap.
I respect the big picture, don't change opinion, and it seems to serve me well. Despite all the annual recruiting hoopla, offseason hype, and frantic changing of mood around here during each season -- we are an 8-4 level program that is regulated by playing away from campus. We'll have a net loss of recruits virtually every year, once direct comparisons are made to top tier programs where everything is front and center on campus.