Football Field

Scheduling Early pioneers of creative scheduling used to rely on sportswriters to simply pick their team as a contender for the National Championship. In years past, the Cornish Game Huskers of Nebraska routinely scheduled unbelievably weak opponents to open their season. They would fill Memorial Stadium in Lincoln with throngs of beer basted, red nosed (and clad) fans to watch the Huskers thrash teams that could hardly assemble eleven people for the kick off. The advent of the BCS scoring system changed all that. Instead of arranging weekly massacres of poor opponents in September, the Big and Red administration had to try and bring in some quality opponents such as Southern Cal and Virginia Tech. It is bad enough that Nebraska has to face serious competition in Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas during their conference schedule. Now, that danged BCS has made the Big and Red Fans (BaRFs), actually see some real games during the harvest season. The University of Michigan - another of the ha …

One measure was the introduction of all seater stadiums replacing the standing areas that were known as terraces. In 1994 all seater stadiums were made compulsory in English football. This did not go down well with those fans that had stood to watch their team for many years. Football grounds have a unique atmosphere that is not found in other sporting venues. Supporters will sing songs and chants as loudly as they can in an attempt to encourage their team and spur them on to better performance and results. The main criticism regarding the introduction of all seater stadiums are the effect they have on the atmosphere inside the ground. The football match was used as a meeting place for many groups of supporters. When fans stood on the terraces they were free to stand where they liked and could move around to different parts of the ground. This is no longer possible with the advent of all seater stadiums and means that you have to sit in the relevant seat number which is displayed on y …