New scoreboard

**CloneState1028** · 10-25-2010, 08:03 PM

Originally Posted by Rhoadhoused

If bowling in the endzone is multiple years away, why not keep the video board for awhile and then 1 year before we bowl it in, take it out.

Fixed that for ya. But I agree. Unless, of course, we're gonna be a year away coming this offseason.

Hey...a guy can dream.

**JP4CY** · 10-25-2010, 08:03 PM

Originally Posted by justcynn

- Paul Rhoads Family Stadium is going to be something to be damn proud of and Dan McCarney concourse will also be pretty special - no doubt about that!

Never, ever should they not have the stadium be called Jack Trice Stadium. Even in 50 years, when a new one is built, it should still be Jack Trice Stadium.

**Clonedogg** · 10-25-2010, 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by Rhoadhoused

If bowling in the endzone is multiple years away, why not keep the video board for awhile and then 2 years before we bowl it in, take it out.

ya tru, if or just the season before; then everyone knows its go time!

and if nothing else as a wind break for fieldgoals.

**hurdleisu24** · 10-25-2010, 08:07 PM

Why not bring in some dirt and make the south endzone all hill. We could put a big I-state like mizzou has the M. It could be a temporary thing until we do the real thing plus it could look decent. Idk just a thought.

**Palmer** · 10-25-2010, 08:08 PM

Originally Posted by justcynn

Leave the current one in place to run Advertisements and Live Stats OR Highlights of our victory vs Texas

Use the adverstising money towards Completing the South End Zone project. Hate to admit - when I was in school - it was a hot tub down there, then some shoddy bleachers, then what we have now. Watching the Replays of the 1999 Texas game, it reminded me of how far we have actually come. I am excited to see how far we will have come in another 10 years too -Paul Rhoads Family Stadium is going to be something to be damn proud of and Dan McCarney concourse will also be pretty special - no doubt about that!

I hope you are joking.

**cyclonedave25** · 10-25-2010, 08:09 PM

Originally Posted by JP4CY

Never, ever should they not have the stadium be called Jack Trice Stadium. Even in 50 years, when a new one is built, it should still be Jack Trice Stadium.

This x 10000.

**justcynn** · 10-25-2010, 08:10 PM

Changing post after reviewing Jack Trice History, I am sorry if I offended anyone with making the reference of Paul Rhoads Family Stadium to Bill Snyder Family Stadium, wasn't intending to be insensitive. I do recall the effort in 1997 to change the name and I am happy for the group of organizers that got it done even though as a student I really didn't know what the issues were.

**A-town Cy** · 10-25-2010, 08:11 PM

Pollard said 2,000. 4x current. Putting us at 22nd

**HerkyKiller** · 10-25-2010, 08:14 PM

Originally Posted by A-town Cy

Pollard said 2,000. 4x current. Putting us at 22nd

Originally Posted by hursts

New football scoreboard will have six times the viewing area as the current scoreboard and be in high definition. This is per Pollard on call in show tonight.

Who is right?

**vmbplayer** · 10-25-2010, 08:16 PM

Originally Posted by hurdleisu24

Why not bring in some dirt and make the south endzone all hill. We could put a big I-state like mizzou has the M. It could be a temporary thing until we do the real thing plus it could look decent. Idk just a thought.

I assume you mean move the hill closer, as there already is hill on that side. The field level is significantly lower than the South gate. It's just easy to forget because the South bleachers cover up that fact and you have to walk uphill to get to the 2 concourses. This would have also been a major concern during the flooding had the water made it to the side of the Jacobson, the field is dug into a bowl as well as the stands having been built on a hill.

**hurdleisu24** · 10-25-2010, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by vmbplayer

I assume you mean move the hill closer, as there already is hill on that side. The field level is significantly lower than the South gate. It's just easy to forget because the South bleachers cover up that fact and you have to walk uphill to get to the 2 concourses. This would have also been a major concern during the flooding had the water made it to the side of the Jacobson, the field is dug into a bowl as well as the stands having been built on a hill.

Yeah what I meant was take out the south bleachers for now, build up the hill closer so it "bowls in" the south. Its probably pretty crazy but could be a good temp thing to make everything feel closer to the field before we do it right.

**vmbplayer** · 10-25-2010, 08:24 PM

Originally Posted by hurdleisu24

Yeah what I meant was take out the south bleachers for now, build up the hill closer so it "bowls in" the south. Its probably pretty crazy but could be a good temp thing to make everything feel closer to the field before we do it right.

I wonder how that idea would jive with the eventual bowling in would work. I think it would probably be needed eventually anyway because if you wrap the lower deck around you would have to come closer than the current 'earth bowl' or the seats would be a long way away from the field.

**justcynn** · 10-25-2010, 08:26 PM

Originally Posted by Palmer

I hope you are joking.

Yes, it was tongue in cheek - I changed my original posts after looking up the history of Jack Trice and reading the whole history of the naming of the stadium, sorry to anyone I may have offended - it certainly wasn't intentional. Just making the connection - Paul Rhoads could have the same impact at Iowa State that Bill Snyder had at KState

**Wesley** · 10-25-2010, 08:27 PM

How big is the hawk board?

**theshadow** · 10-25-2010, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by rworkman83

Seems pretty simple to me. By the new board being in HD, all the cameras will have to be new as well (Unless we were already using HD Cameras). You send out the same programing if you will to both screens. One will be in Full HD and the other one won't. Don't think it's that big of a deal to have one screen look better than the other.

So then you're either letterboxing the small board, or limiting your HD board's frame width in order to fit the picture to the small board.