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Husky Stadium named top-10 CFB venue

Published Jun. 4, 2015 3:47 p.m. ET

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The University of Washington's newly renovated Husky Stadium was named the No. 10 college football venue by Bleacher Report.

Here is what B/R columnist Brian Pedersen had to say about Husky Stadium:

"With its views of Lake Washington and the Cascade Mountains, Husky Stadium is as beautiful on the outside as it is inside. That's even more so after Washington put $280 million into renovating the 95-year-old facility in 2013 to keep it as functional as it was aesthetically pleasing.

Like Tennessee's Neyland Stadium, its proximity to water makes it possible to "sailgate" before games, with many fans taking their boats rather than packing into cars or buses. That opportunity to relax helps save the energy for kickoff, when this docile setting suddenly becomes raucous and far louder than you'd think because of a pair of cantilevered metal roofs over the north and south sides of the field.

Husky Stadium is also where the famed (and often reviled) "wave” originated during a Halloween game in 1981 when Washington beat Stanford, 42-31."

(h/t Bleacher Report)

Photo Credit: Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports

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