Liberal Arts Colleges where football games are packed and a social event

[Anonymous]

Come on no top LAC comes close to Holy Cross. 3-0 vs UGA, 1-2 vs LSU, Orange Bowl in 1946, Heisman trophy finalist in late 198Os with Gordie Lockbaum. Long time football series with Penn State, Syracuse, and BC, Future games with Army, Navy, and Northwestern, Oldest non Ivy rivalries with Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, and Brown, Home stadium built
In 1924 capacity of 25,000. Not bad for a school with only 1500 men.

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[Anonymous]

There have been 80 football players drafted by the NFL over the years. Believe there are 4 HC grads on current NFL rosters. Holy Cross has rich football tradition and extends to baseball and basketball with NCAA championships in both.

[Anonymous]

Sleeper pick: Colorado College. True LAC, but men's ice hockey is D1. They play some of the best programs in the country. Home games in the new 3,500 seat arena always sell out. Many players go on to the NHL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is so ridiculous. None of these LACs have fun, packed, football games.

No kidding. OP is asking for something that doesn't exist. Basketball is maybe a different story, but there are no LACs with SEC like football cultures.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame stands out, though it only gives merit to a select few.

A university that has an Engineering College and a Business College in addition to a Liberal Arts college and several graduate schools is not a LAC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sleeper pick: Colorado College. True LAC, but men's ice hockey is D1. They play some of the best programs in the country. Home games in the new 3,500 seat arena always sell out. Many players go on to the NHL.

Union College is also a LAC that plays D3 in everything but hockey - they bumped up in the 90s, I think and actually won the D1 national championship in 2014.

Though they changed their name from Dutchmen to Garnet Chargers which is absolutely ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Holy Cross lost a close one today 19-17 at Northern Illinois. Recall NIU beat ND last year. No Lac has the football program comparable to Holy Cross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Holy Cross lost a close one today 19-17 at Northern Illinois. Recall NIU beat ND last year. No Lac has the football program comparable to Holy Cross.

Proving your point Davidson got blown out by Georgetown! @ home.

Davidson's former coach won his first game, on the road no less, as Rice's new head coach. RFND!

[Anonymous]

Saw the HC score. Crusaders might have found a great quarterback.

[Anonymous]

Absolutely no LAC has the sports prowess of Holy Cross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is so ridiculous. None of these LACs have fun, packed, football games.

No kidding. OP is asking for something that doesn't exist. Basketball is maybe a different story, but there are no LACs with SEC like football cultures.

We went from an SEC football game last fall (son attends), to a HC football game within 2 weeks. Obviously they aren't the same or even close. But HC does have well attended games and fun tailgates and decent teams. Definitely a social event.

I don't think you are going to get much better for a liberal arts school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Saw the HC score. Crusaders might have found a great quarterback.

Yeah, how long before he transfers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame stands out, though it only gives merit to a select few.

A university that has an Engineering College and a Business College in addition to a Liberal Arts college and several graduate schools is not a LAC.

OP asked for LACs or mid-sized schools. With 9000 undergraduates, Notre Dame is a mid-sized school.

[Anonymous]

Holy Cross and Davidson are good suggestions but finding a small school with a lot of football support is just hard. I'd look at DIII schools with strong lacrosse programs too. Folks turn out for lacrosse, as well as other more niche sports, at a lot of DIII schools.

[Anonymous]

Davidson isn’t in the same zipcode with Holy Cross in sports except basketball. Every year HC plays a D1 school and has Northwestern, Navy, and Army on future schedules. The Holy Cross-Georgetown football game at Fenway Park this November will probably get 30,000+. Davidson football on a good Saturday might get 3000.