Another School's Athletic Village

MeanGreen61 · March 13, 2008

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y169/svea...al-wp-1280w.jpg

Green Mean · March 13, 2008

I wish we can model ourselves after UCF....they are certainly a CAN DO school.

MeanGreen61 · March 13, 2008

UCF continues to study why the stadium bounces. Students call the stadium "The Tramboline" and "Bounce House"

ORLANDO SENTINENTAL ARTICLE

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/coll...0,3928991.story

Mean Green 93-98 · March 13, 2008

I wish we can model ourselves after UCF....they are certainly a CAN DO school.

I was out at Orlando last week, in the same neighborhood as UCF. I was speaking with a UCF student, and commended the school on their new stadium. He had the exact same attitude as the majority of UNT students--that it was a waste of money--and left me with the impression that many of his fellow students felt just like he did. And he struck me as a fairly conservative fellow, the kind that usually gets behind athletics. So they undoubtedly face many of the same hurdles that UNT faces--a student body largely apathetic to athletics, a "commuter school" image, etc. Yet they apparently have something to overcome those hurdles that we do not--persons in higher-up positions who have the courage to impose excellence upon their university. But after all, isn't that what those governing institutions of higher learning are supposed to do?

Edited March 13, 2008 by Mean Green 93-98

ptx44 · March 14, 2008

I was out at Orlando last week, in the same neighborhood as UCF. I was speaking with a UCF student, and commended the school on their new stadium. He had the exact same attitude as the majority of UNT students--that it was a waste of money--and left me with the impression that many of his fellow students felt just like he did. And he struck me as a fairly conservative fellow, the kind that usually gets behind athletics. So they undoubtedly face many of the same hurdles that UNT faces--a student body largely apathetic to athletics, a "commuter school" image, etc. Yet they apparently have something to overcome those hurdles that we do not--persons in higher-up positions who have the courage to impose excellence upon their university. But after all, isn't that what those governing institutions of higher learning are supposed to do?

Went to the UT vs. UCF game back in September. In very few words that stadium was terrible. It was all bleachers; the seats, the stairs, the scaffolding. C.H. Collins is ten times nicer.

In the Florida heat we were baking. Not to mention the fact that there was not ONE water fountain. They ran out of water (bottles) before half time. Their were people passed out everywhere. The EMT room was booked solid. They were putting people into team buses that had the a/c on to cool people off.

I don't remeber what quarter it was but a shower came and rained for about 15 minutes. One of the only saving graces of the day. During the rain it began to lightning; all I could think was that I will make history by being one of 45,000 people who were electricuted to death at a football game.

Also, it was so damn loud in there that I believe I will be deaf as I age. They had the speakers so close to the fans that the reverberations were shaking the stand.

Two things I did like was their student population was outstanding. Everyone was in black and gold and jumping up and down the entire game. Could be because the place is a trampoline? Also, the stands were right on top of the field.

If UNT builds anything remotely close to UCF's stadium I will be highly dissapointed. But, I still be at every damn game.

DeepGreen · March 14, 2008

Give me a solid, well-built, 32-35,000 capacity stadium. Not some 40K metal rattletrap.

NT80 · March 14, 2008

Give me a solid, well-built, 32-35,000 capacity stadium. Not some 40K metal rattletrap.

Yes, the metal bleachers in Fouts' endzone are ugly enough; I couldn't imagine a whole stadium of that junk. Give me concrete, brick, glass, grass, and stone!

FirefightnRick · March 14, 2008

Jumping up and down to make it sway or bounce?

Damn how stupid do you have to be?

Rick

Mean Green 93-98 · March 14, 2008

Went to the UT vs. UCF game back in September. In very few words that stadium was terrible. It was all bleachers; the seats, the stairs, the scaffolding. C.H. Collins is ten times nicer.
In the Florida heat we were baking. Not to mention the fact that there was not ONE water fountain. They ran out of water (bottles) before half time. Their were people passed out everywhere. The EMT room was booked solid. They were putting people into team buses that had the a/c on to cool people off.
I don't remeber what quarter it was but a shower came and rained for about 15 minutes. One of the only saving graces of the day. During the rain it began to lightning; all I could think was that I will make history by being one of 45,000 people who were electricuted to death at a football game.
Also, it was so damn loud in there that I believe I will be deaf as I age. They had the speakers so close to the fans that the reverberations were shaking the stand.
Two things I did like was their student population was outstanding. Everyone was in black and gold and jumping up and down the entire game. Could be because the place is a trampoline? Also, the stands were right on top of the field.
If UNT builds anything remotely close to UCF's stadium I will be highly dissapointed. But, I still be at every damn game.

Well, I guess I gave UCF way too much credit for their stadium. It sounds like they cut corners at every opportunity. Let me then restate, I don't want our BOR/administration to follow the way of UCF, but I want them to insist on excellence!

DallasGreen · March 14, 2008

Well, I guess I gave UCF way too much credit for their stadium. It sounds like they cut corners at every opportunity. Let me then restate, I don't want our BOR/administration to follow the way of UCF, but I want them to insist on excellence!

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BOR & Admins= zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

DeepGreen · March 14, 2008

Jumping up and down to make it sway or bounce?
Damn how stupid do you have to be?
Rick

And let's not forget this little tidbit: The low bidder got the job to construct it. :shocking:

houstonmeangreen · March 15, 2008

Went to the UT vs. UCF game back in September. In very few words that stadium was terrible. It was all bleachers; the seats, the stairs, the scaffolding. C.H. Collins is ten times nicer.
In the Florida heat we were baking. Not to mention the fact that there was not ONE water fountain. They ran out of water (bottles) before half time. Their were people passed out everywhere. The EMT room was booked solid. They were putting people into team buses that had the a/c on to cool people off.
I don't remeber what quarter it was but a shower came and rained for about 15 minutes. One of the only saving graces of the day. During the rain it began to lightning; all I could think was that I will make history by being one of 45,000 people who were electricuted to death at a football game.
Also, it was so damn loud in there that I believe I will be deaf as I age. They had the speakers so close to the fans that the reverberations were shaking the stand.
Two things I did like was their student population was outstanding. Everyone was in black and gold and jumping up and down the entire game. Could be because the place is a trampoline? Also, the stands were right on top of the field.
If UNT builds anything remotely close to UCF's stadium I will be highly dissapointed. But, I still be at every damn game.

your'e right.........that stadium sucks....big time, in fact, looks like their campus is pretty ugly also.