Cortace Jug and Cortland's Stadium...

[GreatDanes06]

Hey guys, i just got back from the Cortaca Jug weekend between Cortland and Ithica, in what some call, "the biggest little football game in the country". What a atmosphere. Unbelievable. What makes me upset is that this small Division III school in NY gets a beautiful 10,000 seat stadium, and we play on a high school field. I hope those new plans come into place. I took a few pics, and when i get them developed i will post them here. Let me tell you, out of all the college football games i have gone to, after Tennessee Vols games, this is the greatest college football atmoshpere i have ever gone to. I wish it was like this for UAlbany every year. Beautiful grass turf, with a scoreboard, THAT HAS VIDEO REPLAY. Seats are set just like our, but can fit over 8,000 on one side, and another 4-5k on the opponents side. On the home side, if you go out behind the the unbelievable and unbelievable press box, you come to the stadium within the stadium, in which more stands appear, and face the next field, the soccer/track and field field.

 

i was speechless when i saw this place, and couldnt believe a Division III athletic department was able to build one of the most impressive small stadiums o have ever seen.

 

Was a wonderful experience.

[Brian]

My brother played football at Cortland back in the 80's and he was floored when he saw the new facility.

 

I'm sure you have better pictures but you can see some at this link and read up on the facility.

 

http://www.cortland.edu/stadium/index.html

[UAalum72]

What makes me upset is that this small Division III school in NY gets a beautiful 10,000 seat stadium... Seats are set just like our, but can fit over 8,000 on one side, and another 4-5k on the opponents side. On the home side, if you go out behind the the unbelievable and unbelievable press box, you come to the stadium within the stadium, in which more stands appear, and face the next field, the soccer/track and field field.

It looks great, and if we had this we might not be talking about needing a new stadium, but don't get carried away, the Cortland site says it seats 5,000 in the main grandstand, 1,500 visitors, and 1,500 for the auxiliary field.

 

What's amazing is the number of other fields (two running tracks?) the have in the rest of the stadium complex.

 

From what I understand, our new field hockey/lax setup will be similar, on a smaller scale

[GreatDanes06]

well the estimated attendence via the Cortland Athletic website was near or just above 9,000.