***Video Board Renderings Released***

[alarson]

A little taller videoboard would be nice in a perfect world, but we're getting a more than 5x increase in screen size and a new sound system. Hard to complain. If you've got a million bucks laying around you want to donate though, im sure the AD would be more than willing to discuss changes.

I think the LxW thing will look a lot better in real life though.

[jay moe]

That looks cool! Can't wait to see it in action.

[nj829]

Nice step in the right direction. We may have a BCS looking stadium yet!!

[CYphyllis]

Leave it to internet message board posters to dig for something to consistently ***** about.

"It looks too skinny in the renderings"
"It looks to tall"
"It needs a brick base"

Give me a ******* break.

[CysRage]

I am so excited to see a new BA intro with sound that is clear and that is loud enough for everyone to hear and then see the team run out on to the field under it.

[jsmith86]

Actually, I looked at it again and retract my disappointment. The view we have isn't doing a good job of representing the true size of this thing. Here:




This thing is going to be massive. While I still think it would look better if the supports were more of the style of the pillars off of Elwood on the way in, this thing is going to be sweet.

[superfan]

It amazes me how negative cyclone fans are about everything. People have been begging for a new scoreboard or something to happen and then when it does all you hear are complaints about its too skinny, its too tall, I don't like the legs. Even if they would've put in the absolute perfectly sized board, people would probably complain about the screen resolution or the fact that they didn't feature your favorite player in the renderings.

Quoted for Truth.

The football team could have just won the National Title and we'd have fans on CF complaining about the way CPR was holding the crystal football.

[IcSyU]

Leave it to internet message board posters to dig for something to consistently ***** about.

"It looks too skinny in the renderings"
"It looks to tall"
"It needs a brick base"

Give me a ******* break.

No ****. Cyclone fans are impossible to please.

[thisISnextyear]

Leave it to internet message board posters to dig for something to consistently ***** about.

"It looks too skinny in the renderings"
"It looks to tall"
"It needs a brick base"

Give me a ******* break.

Thank you! If I had to throw around blind accusations and complaints, I might ask how many of those complaining are donors...

And I don't see anyone of those folks talking about the picture included which shows the ENTIRE board showing video. I think this thing is sweet!

[scottie33]

Even if they only covered the bottom half of the supports with bricks so that it looks like the rest of the buildings around there, it would look a million times better than it does in the renderings.

There's no bricks around the stadium, minus the 'Honor before victory" statue at the entrance on the NE corner.

Have to remember, there's only so much $ they can work with here, they already asked for 1 million more, they didn't ask for 1.3 million more just to put block around support structure to make it 'match' other structures around it.

[ianoconnor]

Obviously it's better than what we have, but I just don't like the dead space between the supports/bottom of screen and the Jacobsen building. I wish it looked more like the video board was attached to the top.

[jdoggivjc]

I have no problems at all with it being long and thin - to me it looks absolutely imposing, and I like it. I do think it might be a touch too tall, as it might give a better overall impression if it weren't looming over Jacobsen as much as it does, instead of looking as if it were actually part of Jacobsen. However, that being said, overall I'm impressed with it.

[scottie33]

Thank you! If I had to throw around blind accusations and complaints, I might ask how many of those complaining are donors...

And I don't see anyone of those folks talking about the picture included which shows the ENTIRE board showing video. I think this thing is sweet!

I may be wrong, but I think it will show video between the ISTATE logo to the ISTATE logo.

[Cyclonestate78]

That is one hell of an impressive structure. The video board is going to be a monster and a custom designed state of the art sound system???? Sorry... it doesn't get any better then that. No complaints from me. I can't wait to see it this fall.

[delt4cy]

I love it. Anything is better then what we have now. Can't wait to see it for real.

True that. This will be a huge step for the program.

That first fall night when a new entrance video is fired up and the team heads out to the field will be electric.