Camp Randall is the hardest B1G road trip

[Muck]

I just realized Oregon is #2 on that list.

Really?

REALLY?!

 

[Excel]

I just realized Oregon is #2 on that list.

Really?

REALLY?!

Apparently Autzen is loud or something, and its big...like Indiana big.

 

[Muck]

Apparently Autzen is loud or something, and its big...like Indiana big.

...and we all know which home game Indiana uses for their overhead stadium shot in the media guide each year.

Oops forgot to mention... as an Ohio State fan I couldn't in good conscience vote for Ohio Stadium being that it isn't an away venue for us so my vote went with Wisconsin.

While throwing bags of urine > dumping beers from the stands Camp Randall still gets the nod for on the field results.

 

[Omaha-Husker]

While throwing bags of urine > dumping beers from the stands Camp Randall still gets the nod.

If that is the criteria Folsom Field should be #1.

 

[WoodyHayes1951]

I just realized Oregon is #2 on that list.

Really?

REALLY?!

Apparently Autzen is loud or something, and its big...like Indiana big.

And IU beat them in 2002 or something. In their OWN place.

 

[huKSer]

I think a good measure is comparing how teams do at home against how they do on the road.

Wisconsin Badgers (2004-2011)

at home: 50-4, 0.926

away: 24-16, 0.600

Nebraska Cornhuskers (1986-2001)

at home: 100-5, 0.952

away: 58-15-1, 0.791

So clearly the Badgers benefit from playing at home now more than the Huskers of old did. I'd say that, in some ways, means they have a better home-field advantage than NU did but its arguable.

Thirty posts down before I found the winner - home field advantage means doing better at home (than away)

But superior teams win home and away, so their difference is smaller.

Don't know why you picked two different time spans for the two teams.

NU for the 2004-2012 span

at home: 41-15, 0.73

away: 20-19, 0.51

or if you wish:

NU for under whats-his-name 2004-2007

at home: 18-9, 0.67

away: 7-13, 0.35

Under the worst coach at NU since Jennings, Nebraska won at twice the rate at home compared to on the road

NU for Bo 2008-2012

at home: 23-6, 0.79

away: 13-6, 0.68

With a better coach, better teams, the gap closes.

 

[Excel]

That's a good point KS. When a team is good enough they reach a natural ceiling so it may be unfair to say those Husker teams had less of a homefield advantage than UW now. I picked that time period because those years were thrown out earlier.

 

[NUance]

I think a good measure is comparing how teams do at home against how they do on the road.

Wisconsin Badgers (2004-2011)

at home: 50-4, 0.926

away: 24-16, 0.600

Nebraska Cornhuskers (1986-2001)

at home: 100-5, 0.952

away: 58-15-1, 0.791

So clearly the Badgers benefit from playing at home now more than the Huskers of old did. I'd say that, in some ways, means they have a better home-field advantage than NU did but its arguable.

Thirty posts down before I found the winner - home field advantage means doing better at home (than away)

But superior teams win home and away, so their difference is smaller.

Don't know why you picked two different time spans for the two teams.

NU for the 2004-2012 span

at home: 41-15, 0.73

away: 20-19, 0.51

or if you wish:

NU for under whats-his-name 2004-2007

at home: 18-9, 0.67

away: 7-13, 0.35

Under the worst coach at NU since Jennings, Nebraska won at twice the rate at home compared to on the road

NU for Bo 2008-2012

at home: 23-6, 0.79

away: 13-6, 0.68

With a better coach, better teams, the gap closes.

That's a good way of looking at it. It would be even better if you eliminated the home-and-home nonconf games from consideration.

 

[Excel]

The players have weighed in.

Camp Randall Stadium, Wisconsin -- 9 votes

Beaver Stadium -- 8 votes

Kinnick Stadium, Iowa -- 4 votes

Ohio Stadium, Ohio State -- 3.5 votes

Michigan Stadium, Michigan -- 2.5 votes

Spartan Stadium, Michigan State -- 1 vote

 

[NUance]

The players have weighed in.

Camp Randall Stadium, Wisconsin -- 9 votes

Beaver Stadium -- 8 votes

Kinnick Stadium, Iowa -- 4 votes

Ohio Stadium, Ohio State -- 3.5 votes

Michigan Stadium, Michigan -- 2.5 votes

Spartan Stadium, Michigan State -- 1 vote

One word comes to mind. Sample size. lol

 

[Excel]

The players have weighed in.

Camp Randall Stadium, Wisconsin -- 9 votes

Beaver Stadium -- 8 votes

Kinnick Stadium, Iowa -- 4 votes

Ohio Stadium, Ohio State -- 3.5 votes

Michigan Stadium, Michigan -- 2.5 votes

Spartan Stadium, Michigan State -- 1 vote

One word comes to mind. Sample size. lol

Think about when these kids were playing too. Very few have been to Lincoln yet.

But I gladly endorse this poll, it's more than accurate.

 

[MichiganMan]

ohio, you will be peed on and have batteries thrown at you. do NOT take a personal car to c-bus. pick up a rental with ohio plates