NorthTexan95
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I think it's time for the Mean Green Sports to give us another video walk around of the stadium and the land around it.
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It that black border staying around the playing field? If it's is I wonder if it's the same material but just a different color. Or is it a different material made to take more wear and tear? Or perhaps it's something that's only temporary for the installation? Anyone know?
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Well, now I look at those shots, and they look pretty much the same. I guess the stadium construction camera skews things a little bit.
Hmm ... skew is the word. We'll know for sure when they finish laying the turf. From the webcam it does look like the visitor side is deeper but your photos make them look about the same.
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For future reference, click on the "picture" icon (2 to the right of the smiley face) and enter the URL address of the photo.
EDIT: One thing I might add is that there is a significantly greater distance from the student side seating to the sideline than from the alumni side seating to the sideline.
Ah ... that's what I was thinking.
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Turf is going in very fast. They have the entire playing field and the the home sideline laid. All that's left is laying down the visitor side and then connecting them all together.
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#1. We really haven't improved on that since the Hayden Fry days. Keep in mind that when Hayden Fry was coaching, the student population was about 16.5K to 17K. Our student population is about twice that now.
In 1977 (the year of the letter) the average home attendance was 19,599. In 1978 the average home attendance was 17,683.
During our bowl runs, and recording setting conference winning streak, our average attendance was.....
2001.. 14,679
2002...15,260
2003...18,694
2004...15,184
#2. We have made significant improvement in that area. Thanks mostly to the efforts of the SGA officers (led by UNTFLYER)who organized "the Vote". THAT was what got us this wonderful stadium...period. Not the Athletic department.
#3. Our ticket office is very friendly to me (but, I'm usually not very demanding), and our Sports info dept has a web-site, but I don't think that the overall service has improved since 1977.
4. I don't know how many members there were in 1977. But considering
that for several years in recent history our MGC was headed up by the surly, snobbish and just generally dismissive Mandy McKinley..... whatever the current numbers are, they SHOULD be at least twice as much.
You're taking a very narrow view of things. The new stadium doesn't get passed if the athletic department isn't involved. You also leave out the entire Eagle Point complex ... the new women's facilities, new tennis facility, etc. Don't forget that when Rick got here the floor of the Super Pit hadn't been replaced in a very long time.
I wasn't around in '77 but I've heard horror stories about how bad the athletic department was.
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50 yard line strip just posted at www.meangreensports.com!
Awesom ... what a minute! There's no mid-field logo! THEY PROMISED US A MID-FIELD LOGO!!!
/end overreaction
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Great find! What could have been ...
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I would like to think HKS knows how far from a wall to safefully place a goal post.
I do to but most places I've seen with short distances have padding on the walls. The brick looks so good it would be ashame to cover it with padding and it doesn't appear they are going to do that but I don't know.
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There doesn't seem to be much space behind the far goal post and the wall behind it. Has anyone been out there to see how much space there actually is? If they don't put padding on the brick wall it could lead to some sudden, painful stops on long passing plays.
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I hate to say it, but I am going to be quite sad when the stadium is completed and the webcam is gone. Anyone know if the university is considering continuing the webcam after construction? You are talking about an addiction that will have a hard time to be replaced...
This!
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There won't be any turf. The gravel, plus yardage marks and goal posts, will be all there is. A national supermarket chain has purchased the naming rights. The Mean Green will play every game in Safeway Stadium.
McCarney likes the old school rocks instead of new fangled turf or grass.
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I just noticed the goal posts are in. At 12:58 you can see the far goal post half way up. At 2:53 you see the near goal post half way up.
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I agree that is was a good report. My only comment is that we did use the tightend a lot more than previously.
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After seeing the pictures on MeanGreenSports.com I am offically jealous! If they do this again next year I may have to fly in for one of the events.
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Best: The Navy game. Yeah, we lost but it was an amazing game. Add in the flyover ... the Navy fans ... my wife attending her first NT game ... it had everything except for the win.
Worst: It was a game from the Dennis Parker error (era). It may have been a homecoming game. With just a few seconds left in the game we tie it up. Suppose we were to try an onsides kick. We would only have time for maybe one play try to move 30 yards into field goal range while if the opponent recovered they would almost be in field goal range already. Certainly anyone with a brain could realize that trying an onside kick at this point would be a horrible decision.
Oh ... wait ... Dennis Parker is the head coach. Sure enough, onside kick ... opponent recovers ... one play later they kick the game winning field goal. After the game the players should have hoisted Dennis Parker onto their shoulders, carried him up the bleachers, and thrown him over the top rail.
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Is calling someone retarded still a thing that's done? I don't recall hearing it used negatively since maybe middle school - some 25 years ago.
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Im just hoping there is going to be a logo on the 50. Fouts had to have been the only stadium in D1 without a logo. Very sad
There's a lot of ways Fouts was lacking as a D1 stadium. The mid-field logo was only one of them.
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I like that the stadium will have the space and amenities needed for the press. I like doing things the right way.
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How about we have the center logo rotating through out the game. It would add a dimension to the game no other field has.
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Every drawing I've seen of the stadium, shows the SOW logo on the 50. I think that is great, but every drawing also has the logo upside down for fans on the home side. I'm sure when the field is installed, the logo will face the home side, but why have they never corrected this on the drawings or the seating chart?
Just wondering.
The reason is for television. Typically the television cameras would be on the visitor side of the field so the home team and the stands behind the home team would appear in the shot. Therefore, the mid-field logo would face the visitors.
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It appears they have a layer of white stone or something similar completely covering where the turf will go. I wouldn't think they would that unless they were about to lay down the new turf. Anyone know when that will take place?
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Start winning some big games and numbers will multiply.
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Awesome! McCarney could speak at a furneral and everyone would leave fired up.
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They would have to place the track around the entire stadium instead of just the plaing field.