Minor clarification, I saw someone post that Autzen was "on campus" that's not really accurate, Autzen is across the Willamette River from campus. It's a great walk from campus to the stadium, it's a little under a mile.
Autzen has no bad seats and capacity is listed at 54,000 with average attendance around 104% of capacity. The crowd is close to the field and above the field, I'd guess the front row is about 6-8 ft above the playing field and fans on the visitors side are about 12 feet from the opposing teams bench. Basically the fans are right on top of the opposing teams bench. So it's nice and "cozy"
I saw one article that said Autzen "averaged" 115dbs during the ohio st game last year.
I haven't been inside other Big Ten stadiums, but from what I've read, Kinneck sounds a bit like Autzen in terms of environment during the game. Love what they do with the Kid's hospital.
Husky Stadium may be the most beautiful setting and quite possibly the loudest stadium in the Big Ten. I think they posted a 127db level a few years ago.
I'm not all that excited about monster stadiums seating 100k with less than sell outs or with a bunch of fans sitting on their hands. Stadiums need to be filled with great active fans that know the game... when to get loud, when to be quiet, when to pump up the local team. That's what makes a great stadium in my opinion.
