http://notredame.247sports.com/Bolt/Notre-Dame-Stadium-Adding-Video-Board-In-2017-38946662
Let the complaining begin
Let the complaining begin
Hello Jumbotron
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Bodizephax
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This is the most important part of that whole press release.
"Notre Dame will remove the north scoreboard to create a better view of the Word of Life Memorial, or Touchdown Jesus."
We should have known better than to block Touchdown Jesus' view of the game in the first place.
"Notre Dame will remove the north scoreboard to create a better view of the Word of Life Memorial, or Touchdown Jesus."
We should have known better than to block Touchdown Jesus' view of the game in the first place.
JUMBOTRON...........JUMBOTRON
Like a real college football stadium!
Like a real college football stadium!
- Recruiting young kids early............check
- Turf.................................................check
- Stadium expansion.........................check
- JUMBOTRON.................................check
- JUCO's................Ahhh, wait a minute, maybe coming soon!
The video board, which is one of multiple stadium enhancements included as part of Notre Dame's $400 million Campus Crossroads project, will be located on the south end of the stadium, behind the end zone across from Touchdown Jesus. No commercials or advertisements will be included on the video board.
Basically this means it will be just like the any other board that ND has around campus. But for some reason everyone on this board lost their minds about here.
Also from another article it states:
Video boards will be installed in other areas of the stadium beyond the big board going in the south end zone. The wooden benches are going to be replaced with vinyl-clad seats as well to make fans comfortable and likely enhance the game-going experience.
Other alterations to support that theme include renovations on restrooms and concession stands. The upper and lower concourses are to be enhanced along with the venue's sound system.
Tuesday's announcement falls in line with the recent push to update Notre Dame Stadium, which installed artificial turf a year ago. Until construction begins on these impending modifications, Irish fans will continue attending in droves to support one of college football's richest traditions.
Basically this means it will be just like the any other board that ND has around campus. But for some reason everyone on this board lost their minds about here.
Also from another article it states:
Video boards will be installed in other areas of the stadium beyond the big board going in the south end zone. The wooden benches are going to be replaced with vinyl-clad seats as well to make fans comfortable and likely enhance the game-going experience.
Other alterations to support that theme include renovations on restrooms and concession stands. The upper and lower concourses are to be enhanced along with the venue's sound system.
Tuesday's announcement falls in line with the recent push to update Notre Dame Stadium, which installed artificial turf a year ago. Until construction begins on these impending modifications, Irish fans will continue attending in droves to support one of college football's richest traditions.
The Donald better be in charge of constructing it. He knows a lot about gold.
"Make America Great Again"
"Make America Great Again"
Pipe dream at the majority of stadiums unless you have suites.
Also kiss cam debut in 2017.
The irony here is that the bathroom renovations were literally the first thing to hit the wire today, before any talk about moving the north score board, the video screen or anything else.
And it states right in the article there will be no form of adverts or commercials on it.
Guess it was to hard to read it.
I think the renovations are pretty exciting. Brings things into the 21st century. The way it looks now, I will be staring straight at the "video board" the whole game. I don't know if that is bad or good. I hate to see some of our traditions go, but us older fans won't be around forever. We had a good run with grass field, wooden cramped bleacher seats, small scoreboard that once had a giant working Longines game clock, complete with moving hands, same unies every Saturday , Noon kick off, parking for us peasants within the same zipcode of the stadium, large bathrooms with troughs that have been painted over at least fifty times and water pipes that are two years older than Moses, intolerable concession stand food for those who want to travel home on the tollway in full cramp mode, no NBC guy with the large orange glove on the ND sideline holding up the game with what seems like an eternity. Yep, those were the days.
You forgot to add - Great teams that won NC's - played tough hard nosed football.
And just remember at one point that stadium was brand new and considered way over the top for a small religious school in Northern Indiana. Amazing how the argument moved from that.
How many students did we have when we built a 59,000 seat stadium in 1930? Less than 3,000?
The only complaint I have is you still have that cheap shot on the Michigan QB..What is wrong with you.
In fairness, the article says nothing about keeping bathrooms clean.
You said "Let the complaining begin" - I tried playing along. Lighten up. Sheesh.
inevitable but thankfully the school held the line at making it a advertisement center. Kind of sad to see the old wood benches go but so many wusses today complain about them. ah well.
Not all schools use their boards to run ads. I suspect you will see some ads for things like The Shirt and the book store. But none for Hooters, Life Alarm, The Vagina Monologues, etc.
I think if there were a promise given that the jumbotron would only show replays, stats, and highlights, 95% of the fan base would get behind that. The key is to support the action on the field, not replace the action or draw more attention than what's happening on the field.
I just think there are many out there that don't believe the university's intentions are in line with that further down the road. I personally don't have a problem with it if it's not commercialized, but we'll see.
I just think there are many out there that don't believe the university's intentions are in line with that further down the road. I personally don't have a problem with it if it's not commercialized, but we'll see.
Just my opinion, but I suspect we would see things more in the form of the "What Would You Fight For?" series before we see bookstore ads.
Yes, the general ND ads will certainly run. Game day is after all prime time for passing the collection plate.
I see them talking about different Notre Dame related topics during breaks possibly a tie in with NBC sports desk to get high lights while the game in the stadium is on hold.
I wonder if there is anyway for a group of sinister nerds to hack the jumbo during a game and present us all with not so family entertainment and messages or perhaps a list of names that were listed on the Ashley Madison site? Maybe I am giving them way too much credit. I've probably been watching too many movies.
If there is, the students at CalTech probably are behind it.
Remember back in 1964 (I think), they hacked the score board at the Rose Bowl and sabotaged the Univ of Washington's place card section.
1984 Cal Tech students hacked the Rose Bowl scoreboard so it read "Cal Tech 38, MIT 9". ESPN actually did a feature on the 2004 Yale prank in which Yale students posing as Harvard cheer members handed out flip cards to unsuspecting Harvard fans that read "We Suck". That was predated by a Cal Tech flip card prank at UWash in 1961. Then there was the MIT guys in 1982 who buried a weather balloon in the middle of the field at Harvard who was playing Yale that day. When the weather balloon was inflated, it read "MIT". I'm amazed how easy it is to get all this info and more. Good stuff.
Bodizephax
I've posted how many times?
I can't wait until CJ Sanders looks up at the Jumbotron to look for defenders in his wake as he takes a punt return to the house !!
Good times are coming Irish fans !!
Good times are coming Irish fans !!
