Big-time in a small way

Turns out the view from No. 6 wasn’t all that stunning.

The University of South Florida football team ended its first week as the sixth-best team in the AP poll by playing in one of the smallest venues in Division I-A football – Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale.

The home of the FAU Owls is also the home of several Broward County high school teams.

The 20,000-seat stadium can’t even be seen from nearby Interstate-95.

It has one scoreboard and no replay screen.

It’s a glorified high school stadium.

And it’s pretty neat to see a I-A game played in such a setting.

There are only 30 rows of seats, so no matter where you sit you’re close to the action.

Think a Major League Baseball game played in a spring training park.

Cozy, quaint and cool.