The worst filming location

Congratulations to Founder's Field and the University of Pittsburgh for offering the worst film platform in the conference. Thankfully Pitt has a new field, and I assume a much better place to film from.

Pitt's field in 2010 was so bad in terms of filming that I almost thought about asking the coaches if I could not film the game, and instead use the other teams copy.

I carried up just a tripod and camera and said the hell with the laptop and DVD copier because the ladder was too steep, tall and uh well crooked.

I looked at the ladder in complete, total, disbelief. Not only was it ridiculously tall, the tallest ladder I ever went up, but it was also crooked. A CROOKED ladder.

I can't believe I went up that crooked ladder. I must say though, I sure has hell only went up and down that ladder a few times. I stayed up during halftime, which I don't normally do, because the ladder was so steep. I had zero interest in going down for a drink, and was going to hold in any need for the bathroom. If I had to go, I would have peed off the back of the platform and into the woods.

What annoyed me even more about the platform was the fact that the back of the platform was so close to ground behind the field. It would make more sense, and be safer, if you were just to build a walkway behind the platform that would get rid of the need for a ladder.

As if the crooked tall ladder wasn't enough, the platform also had a nice family of bees and wasps that kept me company while filming.

Pitt's old field was awful.

The best view was a view I probably didn't get to see, and that was the view from the top of Harvard Stadium for our game against Harvard. I didn't film, our other manager did, but when I helped him set up I couldn't get over the wonderful view.

Wake Forest and South Florida had steep ladders to their filming platforms, but I liked South Florida's better because they had a system for getting all our gear up. You would tie a cord to the top rung of the ladder and then tie the other end of the cord to the gear and pull all the gear up. It looked daunting at first to get camera up, but it was actually pretty easy with help from the people at South Florida.

Wake Forest also had really nice and helpful people, but since no one told me about their pulley system at first I used one arm to carry something and than two legs and one arm to climb. It was probably more dangerous than it needed to be, but I got the job done. The next game their I got help, and their facilities person told me how much he also hated going up to the top of the press box.

I think West Virginia was steep as well, but it didn't seem as bad as the others to me.

Personally I liked Penn State's filming location the best. It was inside. Need I say more?

This year wasn't bad for weather, but in 2009 vs West Virginia in October it was FREEZING. I was so cold for that game. 2010 at West Virginia was also really cold, as were all of our November games that year.