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Posted on 5/13/14 at 8:42 am to EST
Posted on 5/13/14 at 10:18 am to Farmer1906
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Speaking of jumbotrons. A&M has framed the 47x163 (I think) beast. Biggest in the SEC if I'm not mistaken.
The one at ATM will be the biggest college board in the country (over 700 sq ft bigger than Texas'). In order of largest to smallest for 2014 Team, year installed and size listed in sq ft:
1. aTm (2014) - 7,661
2. Arky (2012) - 6,286
3. MSU (2008) - 5,217
4. UT (2008) - 4,588
5. USCe (2012) - 4,464
6. UF (2009) - 4,110
7. Vandy (2012) - 3,600
8. Ole Miss (2008) - 3,129
9. UK (2011) - 2,960
10. UGA (2011) - 2,628
11. MIZZOU (2009) - 2,440
12. LSU (2009) - 2,160
13. Auburn (2007) - 2,024
14. Bama (2010) - 1,060
Wikipedia College Video Boards
Posted on 5/13/14 at 10:23 am to madmaxvol
I bet auburn is the next to update theirs. 7 years old and almost the smallest.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 10:24 am to madmaxvol
LSU only uses half their board too. The other half has ads. Honestly LSU has never cared about the jumbotron arms race, and i'm sort of glad. MSU's looks so silly in a completely empty endzone.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 10:25 am to bbap
Yea I'm not too thrilled about the giant intrusive jumbotron. I think it will take away from what makes Kyle Field (and college football in general) so great - the game day atmosphere
Posted on 5/13/14 at 10:27 am to Gradual_Stroke
Dont get me wrong i like highlights but do we really need a video board that you can see from space. Half the crowd ends up watching it like zombies instead of the actual field.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 10:28 am to bbap
Especially when the inevitable ad-invasion happens during TV timeouts when the crowd should be focused on cheering/etc instead of watching a State Farm ad. Completely takes the crowd out of the game.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 10:30 am to Gradual_Stroke
Jason Cook has said that the new Kyle Field screens aren't going to be there to dominate/monopolize the gameday atmosphere like 12th Man TV did. Hopefully he follows through on that.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 10:34 am to TbirdSpur2010
I'll believe it when I see it. Money will always win out.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 11:40 am to Gradual_Stroke
I hate the big jumbotron. It takes the crowd out of the game...after a big play, they stop to watch the replay instead of cranking up the noise.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 11:43 am to EST
quote:I guess you considered Yankee Stadium unsafe? Steel frame construction that lasted 85 years. The 49ers are using steel in an earthquake zone. I'm not a construction guy, so I can't tell you why they go back and forth between concrete and steel, but we are definitely moving from an era where most stadiums were all concrete back to an era where there is a mix of concrete and steel.
Watching the construction of TS with concrete and then looking at these pics of A&M's stadium construction - A&M's looks really fragile. Will it be safe?
Posted on 5/13/14 at 11:45 am to TbirdSpur2010
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Jason Cook has said that the new Kyle Field screens aren't going to be there to dominate/monopolize the gameday atmosphere like 12th Man TV did. Hopefully he follows through on that.
More than anything I hope this is true, but I'm skeptical. We need to maximize our home field advantage and we currently muzzle the 12th Man. It's obnoxious.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 12:17 pm to Farmer1906
honest question. does a&m have a plan on removing all of the construction equipment from the field? I only ask because of past experiences with aggies.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 12:18 pm to T
oh frick. we didn't think about that
This post was edited on 5/13/14 at 12:19 pm
Posted on 5/13/14 at 12:19 pm to T
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honest question. does a&m have a plan on removing all of the construction equipment from the field? I only ask because of past experiences with aggies.
Those jokes aren't as funny when Aggies are better educated and much more successful than swamp kittens.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 12:19 pm to bbap
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MSU's looks so silly in a completely empty endzone.
Yeah....ok
Posted on 5/13/14 at 12:19 pm to madmaxvol
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I hate the big jumbotron. It takes the crowd out of the game...after a big play, they stop to watch the replay instead of cranking up the noise.
You're right, people are completely incapable of multitasking
This post was edited on 5/13/14 at 12:20 pm
Posted on 5/13/14 at 12:21 pm to pivey14
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You're right, people are completely incapable of multitasking
well its what happens so yeah they are. and i was being honest about MSU's jumbotron in the endzone. I dont mean offense but i really dont think it looks good at all.
if you want i can say something i hate about TS, because there are most definitely parts i hate.
This post was edited on 5/13/14 at 12:22 pm
Posted on 5/13/14 at 12:24 pm to bbap
You have to think about it from a broad perspective. People who sit in the upperdecks can hardly see the game. The Jumbotron is awesome and the one we are currently building to match it is going to be badass.
Is LSU gonna paint the new expansion side to match the old side? Just drove by Tiger Stadium and they look like two different shades.
Is LSU gonna paint the new expansion side to match the old side? Just drove by Tiger Stadium and they look like two different shades.
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