College: Washington State University
Year: 2016
Game: Washington State Oregon
Rating: 7.5
Cost Index: Very High
Tickets: Easy
Cost Index: Very High
Tickets: Easy
Stadium: Martin Stadium
This was the back end of a double dip. The day after the Washington game we got up and drove the five hours or so to Pullman to see Washington State host Oregon. Don't get me wrong, Washington State was an interesting place and the game was decent but the highlight of the day, at least for me, was the drive out there. Washington is a completely different state east of the Cascades. I would try to describe it but I can't. I don't think pictures even do it justice.
The area is called the Palouse (there are a couple of pictures below). I recommend it to anyone who enjoys driving through scenic areas. Pullman itself is a little different because you drive three hours through the Palouse terrain and then you happen upon a Pennsylvania Steel town in the middle of it all.
Let's get the game out of the way: Oh, how far the mighty have fallen. Oregon is not even good. Their offense is average and their defense, particularly their run defense, is horrible. If I were those guys I would be hoping Chip Kelly loses 12 games this year and next and wants to come back.
Martin Stadium is often on the "worst stadiums" list. That is bullshit, people put it on there because it's not huge and it's not modern. That's precisely why I like it. Washington State's campus is on a steep hill (really fucking steep, worse than Washington). It's a very small campus in a very small town. The stadium is one of those that's jammed into the middle of campus with buildings on top of it (similar to Cincinnati and Nebraska) but it fits in well. It works.
I will say the atmosphere was very average. In the downtown area you could barely tell there was a game going on, let alone one of their bigger games of the year. There was no real tail gate to speak of, what they do there is open up a large field house to the public and sell beer out of it which was much needed. I assume they do this because the weather is unpredictable out there, whatever the reason I wish more schools would have something like this for the casual fans.
I put the cost index high for this one because you cannot get a hotel in that area. At least it was very difficult for us, so much so we camped near Lewiston (30 miles south).
Let's give props here to one of the unique and interesting traditions in college football: The University of Idaho's campus is 8 miles from Pullman. Back in the day when these two squads got together the fans of the losing team would walk from where ever the game was played to the other campus.
If you want to make it part of a larger trip: Idaho, Central WashingtonThis was the back end of a double dip. The day after the Washington game we got up and drove the five hours or so to Pullman to see Washington State host Oregon. Don't get me wrong, Washington State was an interesting place and the game was decent but the highlight of the day, at least for me, was the drive out there. Washington is a completely different state east of the Cascades. I would try to describe it but I can't. I don't think pictures even do it justice.
The area is called the Palouse (there are a couple of pictures below). I recommend it to anyone who enjoys driving through scenic areas. Pullman itself is a little different because you drive three hours through the Palouse terrain and then you happen upon a Pennsylvania Steel town in the middle of it all.
Let's get the game out of the way: Oh, how far the mighty have fallen. Oregon is not even good. Their offense is average and their defense, particularly their run defense, is horrible. If I were those guys I would be hoping Chip Kelly loses 12 games this year and next and wants to come back.
Martin Stadium is often on the "worst stadiums" list. That is bullshit, people put it on there because it's not huge and it's not modern. That's precisely why I like it. Washington State's campus is on a steep hill (really fucking steep, worse than Washington). It's a very small campus in a very small town. The stadium is one of those that's jammed into the middle of campus with buildings on top of it (similar to Cincinnati and Nebraska) but it fits in well. It works.
I will say the atmosphere was very average. In the downtown area you could barely tell there was a game going on, let alone one of their bigger games of the year. There was no real tail gate to speak of, what they do there is open up a large field house to the public and sell beer out of it which was much needed. I assume they do this because the weather is unpredictable out there, whatever the reason I wish more schools would have something like this for the casual fans.
I put the cost index high for this one because you cannot get a hotel in that area. At least it was very difficult for us, so much so we camped near Lewiston (30 miles south).
Let's give props here to one of the unique and interesting traditions in college football: The University of Idaho's campus is 8 miles from Pullman. Back in the day when these two squads got together the fans of the losing team would walk from where ever the game was played to the other campus.
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Avoid: Hotels
Attendees: Bones, Polychronopolous
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