Stadium Capacities For 2011

1.	Michigan	Michigan Stadium	109,901
2.	Penn State	Beaver Stadium	107,282
3.	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium	102,455
4.	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium	102,329
5.	Alabama	Bryant-Denny Stadium	101,821
6.	Texas	Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium	100,119
7.	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	93,607
8.	Georgia	Sanford Stadium	92,746
9.	LSU	Tiger Stadium	92,400
10.	UCLA	Rose Bowl	91,136
11.	Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium	88,548
12.	Auburn	Jordan-Hare Stadium	87,451
13.	Texas A&M	Kyle Field	83,002
14.	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium	82,300
15.	Clemson	Clemson Memorial Stadium	81,500
16.	Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium	81,112
17.	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium	81,091
18.	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium	80,795
19.	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium	80,321
20.	South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium	80,250
21.	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium	75,005
22.	Miami	Sun Life Stadium	74,916
23.	Tulane	Louisiana Superdome	73,208
24.	Washington	Husky Stadium	72,500
25.	Arkansas	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium	72,000
26.	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium	71,706
27.	UAB	Legion Field	71,594
28.	Missouri	Memorial Stadium	71,004
29.	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium	70,585
30.	Temple	Lincoln Financial Field	68,532
31.	Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium	67,942
32.	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium	66,233
33.	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium	65,857
34.	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field	65,050
35.	BYU	Lavell Edwards Stadium	63,725
36.	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium	62,500
37.	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium	61,836
38.	Virginia	Scott Stadium	61,500
39.	Memphis	Liberty Bowl	61,008
40.	Illinois	Memorial Stadium	60,600
41.	Ole Miss	Vaught-Heningway Stadium	60,580
42.	Texas Tech	Jones AT&T Stadium	60,454
43.	Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium	60,218
44.	West Virginia	Mountaineer Field	60,000
45.	NC State	Carter-Finley Stadium	57,583
46.	Arizona	Arizona Stadium	57,400
47.	Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field	55,082
48.	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium	55,000
49.	Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium	55,000
50.	Louisville	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium	55,000
51.	Maryland	Byrd Stadium	54,000
52.	San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium	54,000
53.	Oregon	Autzen Stadium	54,000
54.	Colorado	Folsom Field	53,613
55.	Indiana	Memorial Stadium	52,929
56.	Rutgers	Rutgers Stadium	52,454
57.	UTEP	Sun Bowl	52,000
58.	Minnesota	TCF Bank Stadium	50,805
59.	Kansas	Memorial Stadium	50,071
60.	Baylor	Floyd Casey Stadium	50,000
61.	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Stadium	50,000
62.	East Carolina	Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium	50,000
63.	Stanford	Stanford Stadium	50,000
64.	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium	50,000
65.	Syracuse	Carrier Dome	49,262
66.	Northwestern	Ryan Field	47,130
67.	Rice	Rice Stadium	47,000
68.	Air Force	Falcon Stadium	46,692
69.	Oregon State	Reser Stadium	45,674
70.	UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium	45,323
71.	Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium	45,017
72.	California	AT&T Park	45,000
73.	Boston College	Alumni Stadium	44,500
74.	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium	41,031
75.	Connecticut	Rentschler Field	40,000
76.	TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium	40,000
77.	Army	Michie Stadium	40,000
78.	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium	39,773
79.	New Mexico	University Stadium	39,224
80.	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium	38,019
81.	UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium	36,800
82.	Southern Miss	M.M. Roberts Stadium	36,000
83.	Washington State	Martin Stadium	35,117
84.	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium	35,000
85.	Navy	Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium	34,000
86.	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium	33,941
87.	Boise State	Bronco Stadium	33,500
88.	Colorado State	Hughes Stadium	32,500
89.	Houston	Robertson Stadium	32,000
90.	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium	32,000
91.	Wake Forest	BB&T Field	31,500
92.	UL Lafayette	Cajun Field	31,000
93.	North Texas	Apogee Stadium	30,850
94.	Middle Tennessee	Floyd Stadium	30,788
95.	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium	30,600
96.	San Jose State	Spartan Stadium	30,456
97.	UL Monroe	Malone Stadium	30,427
98.	Arkansas State	ASU Stadium	30,406
99.	New Mexico State	Aggies Memorial Stadium	30,343
100.	Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium	30,255
101.	Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium	30,200
102.	Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium	30,200
103.	Tulsa	H.A. Chapman Stadium	30,000
104.	Florida Atlantic	FAU Football Stadium	30,000
105.	Troy	Veterans Memorial Stadium	30,000
106.	Nevada	Mackay Stadium	29,993
107.	Wyoming	War Memorial	29,086
108.	Buffalo	UB Stadium	29,013
109.	Akron	InfoCision Stadium	27,881
110.	Toledo	Glass Bowl	26,248
111.	Utah State	Romney Stadium	25,513
112.	Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium	24,286
113.	Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium	24,000
114.	Ohio	Peden Stadium	24,000
115.	Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium	24,000
116.	Ball State	Scheumann Stadium	22,500
117.	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium	22,113
118.	Kent State	Dix Stadium	20,500
119.	Florida International	FIU Stadium	20,000
120.	Idaho	Kibbie Dome	16,000

**Note: California is playing at AT&T Park in 2011 while California Memorial Stadium is being renovated. Renovations will be completed by the 2012 season.

On The Hot Seat: Week 6

1. Neil Callaway—The Blazers are 0-5 after six weeks of football, with two of the losses being in conference games. Callaway is now 15-38 at UAB. The Blazers’ 2011 campaign will likely be their seventh losing season. I do not see how Callaway will be retained as head coach. Look for him to be canned in the next couple weeks.

2. Paul Wulff—The Cougars defeated Colorado on the road and lost to UCLA narrowly on the road over the past two weeks. The Cougars, now 3-2, are looking better than they have been the last three seasons, but Wulff is still 8-34 (.190) in three and a half years. He has won only three conference games as the Cougars head coach, and three of his other victories were over 1AA programs.

3. Mike Riley—The Beavers are 1-4 after six weeks of football. Oregon State finally ended a six-game losing streak dating back to last year by beating Arizona 37-27 October 8^th. Mike Stoops was canned as a result of Mike Riley’s good fortune, but Riley might also be out of a job if things keep going the way they are in Corvallis.

4. Bob Toledo—Tulane was humiliated 45-6 by Army October 1^st and played Syracuse tight in a loss at home on October 8^th. Bob Toledo is 15-39 in his fifth season. Tulane is 2-4 this season. Trying to be positive, the Green Wave has seven games left to make something happen in 2011: six conference dates and a season finale at Hawaii.

5. Frank Spaziani—Boston College is 1-5, their only win coming over 1AA UMass. Four of Boston College’s last six games will be on the road. Things are not looking up for the Eagles. Spaziani just might have a chance at returning for another year if he can pull a few upsets. I hear Jeff Jagodzinski is available for interviews.

6. Robb Akey—So far the highlight of the season for Robb Akey’s 1-5 Vandals was taking Virginia to overtime on October 1^st, losing the game trying to steal a victory by going for a two-point conversion instead of kicking a PAT to force a second overtime. Idaho’s only win was over 1AA North Dakota. Idaho does have some winnable WAC games coming up, but they likely won’t get close to bowl eligibility.

7. David Bailiff—The Owls are at 1-1 in Conference USA play and 2-3 overall. Rice walked over Memphis like a doormat last Saturday, but got doubled up by Southern Mississippi 48-24 on October 1^st. The Owls will need to become bowl eligible for Bailiff to have any chance of returning for another season. If Rice cannot win four more games, David Bailiff will have four losing seasons in five years.

8. Rick Neuheisel—Rick Neuheisel has the Bruins sitting at 3-3 with a 2-1 conference record. The good news is that the Bruins have the better part of two weeks to prepare for a 1-5 Arizona team that just lost their coach. If Neuheisel can get his team to a bowl-eligible and win a bowl game, I think he will remove any doubt about his leadership.

9. Houston Nutt—Ole Miss was able to get a win over Fresno State on the first Saturday of the month, but the 2-3 Rebels have otherwise looked sad this season. Mississippi has AAA the next three weeks: Alabama, Arkansas, and Auburn. If the Rebels keep playing the way they have, they could easily go 0-3 over this stretch and Nutt could be sent packing.

10. Mike Price—The Miners are sitting at 2-3. UTEP's defense gave up 101 points in the last two games to South Florida and Houston. Price needs to get some momentum going in El Paso or he will have his sixth straight losing season.

Waiting list: DeWayne Walker, Danny Hope, Steve Fairchild

Fired: Mike Stoops

We will revisit On The Hot Seat after Week 8.

TCU Headed To The Big 12

TCU accepted the Big 12's invitation to join their conference today. The university will officially join the Big 12 on July 1st, 2012, in time for the next football season. TCU became an attractive candidate to replace Texas A&M, considering their recent successes in football and upgrades to their facilities and athletic program. Texas Christian defeated Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl last year in a 13-0 season. Gary Patterson is one of the best coaches in college football, and the Horned Frogs have had seven 10-win seasons in the last nine seasons. TCU has gone to BCS bowl games in 2009 and 2010. Texas Christian has won five of its last six bowl games. Bottom line: Horned Frogs football is very good.

TCU was originally suppose to play in the Big East in all sport in 2012. The Horned Frogs broke their commitment to the Big East and went to a conference that is better suited for them. The Big East Conference is now down to six members with football programs. The Big 12 was a much better fit for the Horned Frogs. Geographically, they fit in and won't have to travel insane distances for games like they would have had to in the Big East. The Dallas-Fort Worth area will become more entrenched in Big 12 media. There is no doubt that the Horned Frogs will be unable to compete on the field. Texas might be upset that they have another team to compete with another Texas school for in-state high school talent, but who cares about the Longhorns after their marriage with ESPN, the Longhorn Network, pushed Texas A&M out of the Big 12.

Helmet Stickers: Week 6

ACC—Wake Forest has started ACC play 3-0 for the first time ever. The Demon Deacons beat the Seminoles 35-30 at home, putting up 391 yards of offense on a stout Seminole defense that was only giving up 257 yards per game prior to Saturday. Wake Forest forced one fumble and got four interceptions while giving not a single turnover to Florida State. The Demon Deacons have beaten the Seminoles in four of the last six meetings. Wake Forest is in the race for the ACC title.

Big 10—No. 14 Nebraska came back to beat Ohio State in the second half in what would become the biggest comeback in Cornhusker history. Down 21 points in the third quarter, the Huskers rallied to score 28 points and win their first Big 10 conference home game by a score of 34-27. Quarterback Taylor Martinez had his best passing percentage of the year, going 16 for 22. He also rushed for 102 yards. Running back Rex Burkhead was clutch, rushing for 119 yards and a touchdown as well as making five catches, one of which was a touchdown.

Big 12—No. 3 Oklahoma embarrassed No. 11 Texas 55-17 in the Red River Rivalry. The 38-point victory was the most lopsided since 2003, when the Sooners won by a series-record 52 points. Oklahoma had a school record eight sacks. The Sooners also had a school record with three defensive touchdowns in the game: cornerback Demontre Hurst returned an interception for 55 yards, defensive end David King returned a sack-fumble for 19 yards, and cornerback Jamell Fleming stripped a receiver and returned the ball 56 yards to the end zone.

Big East—The Scarlet Knights are 2-0 in the Big East for the second time in 21 years in the Big East. The Rutgers defense got four interceptions and picked up six sacks against Pittsburgh. Freshman Gary Nova got his first start at quarterback for the Scarlet Knights, replacing Chas Dodd. The freshman went 11 for 24, but did have two touchdown passes and no interceptions. Rutgers won the game 34-10 and is now a respectable 4-1.

C-USA—Houston dominated East Carolina by a score of 56-3 on Saturday night. Case Keenum completed 30 of 37 passes for 304 yards. Of eleven receivers catching passes, Patrick Edwards led with 133 yards and two touchdowns. Case Keenum is second in NCAA all-time passing yards with 15,895 yards. He is also second in NCAA all-time touchdowns with 124. Houston’s defense was just as dominant as its offense. The Cougars had four interceptions and nine sacks against the Pirates. The Cougar defense also held ECU to just 21 yards on the ground.

MAC—Miami (OH) defeated Army 35-28 to get their first win of the 2011 season. The RedHawks racked up 501 yards of offense on Army’s young defense. RedHawks quarterback Zac Dysert had 342 passing yards, while wide receiver Nick Harwell had ten catches for 186 yards. Dysert threw four touchdowns, two of which were caught by Harwell, and ran 1 yard for another. Don Treadwell picked up his first win as a head coach.

MWC—No. 5 Boise State blasted former conference rival Fresno State in its own stadium on national television Friday night by a score of 57-7. Boise State had scored 30 points before it allowed the Bulldogs offense to cross midfield. Kellen Moore threw for 254 yards and three touchdowns. Boise State wide receiver Geraldo Boldewijn returned from suspension and caught two touchdowns in the second quarter. Freshman wide receiver Matt Miller had a touchdown catch in the first quarter. The Broncos’ running game accounted for another five scores. Boise State had a +4 turnover margin.

Pac-12—Oregon State picked up its first win of the season by beating Arizona 37-27 in Corvallis. The Beavers snapped a six-game losing streak dating back to last season. After a scoreless first quarter, Oregon State scored 27 of their 37 points in the second quarter. Midway through the third quarter, the Beavers had a 30-6 lead that they nearly squandered. The Wildcats scored 21 unanswered points before Oregon State scored again with 5:22 left. Oregon State won the turnover battle 4-2.

SEC—South Carolina smashed Kentucky 54-3 Saturday in Columbia, their biggest margin of victory in a SEC game since joining the conference in 1992. The Wildcats scored a field goal on their first possession of the game, but after that the game was all Gamecocks.  The Gamecocks tallied 639 yards of offense. Connor Shaw got his first start of the season at quarterback. Shaw threw for 311 yards and four touchdowns. The Gamecocks defense was just as good, holding the Wildcats to just 96 yards of offense. The South Carolina defense only allowed four completions and made four interceptions.

Sun Belt—UL-Lafayette took down perennial Sun Belt favorite Troy Saturday night at Cajun Field. The Ragin’ Cajuns ended Troy’s four-game winning streak over UL-Lafayette and are now 3-0 in Sun Belt Conference play. Wide Receiver Javone Lawson had eight grabs for 131 yards. Senior cornerback Melvin White intercepted a pass from Troy’s Corey Robinson and ran it 89-yards for a pick-six. UL-Lafayette commands first place in the Sun Belt standings.

WAC—Utah State beat Wyoming Saturday night in Logan with a 63-19 landslide. The Aggies amassed their highest point total since 1963! Surprisingly, the game started with Wyoming winning 12-0. Freshman quarterback Chuckie Keeton threw five touchdowns. Running back Robert Turbin ran for 109 yards and a touchdown; he also caught a 19-yard touchdown pass. Turbin has rushed for 100-plus yards in each of the Aggies’ last four games. Utah State went 8 for 11 on third downs.

Texas Tech Fans Vandalize Texas A&M's Buses

Texas Tech fans vandalized four Texas A&M football buses early Saturday morning outside of the Holiday Inn the Aggies football team was staying at. Manure was smeared on the outside of the buses and inside one bus that was not locked. The buses were also graffitied with Texas Tech logos and vulgarities aimed at the Aggies.

Friends who attended Texas Tech have described the Red Raiders-Aggies games as a bitter rivalry game. The Big 12 schools have animosity towards the Aggies for going to the SEC, but the classless actions of a few Texas Tech fans stems more from the rivalry between the Texas ag schools.

The Aggies got the last laugh as they defeated the Red Raiders 45-40 in Lubbock.