Turf Question

Side Show Joe · May 15, 2011

Every drawing I've seen of the stadium, shows the SOW logo on the 50. I think that is great, but every drawing also has the logo upside down for fans on the home side. I'm sure when the field is installed, the logo will face the home side, but why have they never corrected this on the drawings or the seating chart?

Just wondering.

NorthTexan95 · May 15, 2011

Every drawing I've seen of the stadium, shows the SOW logo on the 50. I think that is great, but every drawing also has the logo upside down for fans on the home side. I'm sure when the field is installed, the logo will face the home side, but why have they never corrected this on the drawings or the seating chart?

Just wondering.

The reason is for television. Typically the television cameras would be on the visitor side of the field so the home team and the stands behind the home team would appear in the shot. Therefore, the mid-field logo would face the visitors.

Baby Arm! · May 15, 2011

The reason is for television. Typically the television cameras would be on the visitor side of the field so the home team and the stands behind the home team would appear in the shot. Therefore, the mid-field logo would face the visitors.

^This

Side Show Joe · May 15, 2011

The reason is for television. Typically the television cameras would be on the visitor side of the field so the home team and the stands behind the home team would appear in the shot. Therefore, the mid-field logo would face the visitors.

Is this a new phenomenon?

I've never played at or been to a stadium where the logo faces the visitor's side.

Come on guys. Go look at images of Amon Carter and Ford stadium, both have their logos facing the home side where the press box and suites are located.

UNTflyer · May 15, 2011

I'd rather have the home sideline and seating in the shot.

UNT 90 Grad · May 15, 2011

I have a few games on DVR that I went back and looked at. Alabama, Kentucky, and UNT all had the cameras on the home side. I seem to remember Army having the cameras on the home side as well because you could see the trees around the Hudson over the shorter visiting side stands. However, Western Kentucky does have the cameras on the visiting side with the logo on the 50 facing the visiting side (verified on DVR). I'd never thought about it before.

All that said, I'm pretty sure I was told by someone in the Athletic Department that the logo would actually be facing the home side. Also, the virtual view of the stadium, which is more recent than any other renderings I've seen, has the logo facing the home side: http://www.seats3d.com/ncaa/university_north_texas/football/

One other note, the overhead doors in the middle of the pressbox at Mean Green Stadium are for the TV cameras, so footage of UNT home games will be from the home side.

DeepGreen · May 16, 2011

Is this a new phenomenon?
I've never played at or been to a stadium where the logo faces the visitor's side.

Come on guys. Go look at images of Amon Carter and Ford stadium, both have their logos facing the home side where the press box and suites are located.

Double this and raise you one. SOW should face the pressbox side.

NT03 · May 16, 2011

I thought the midfield logo was going to be in 3-D and we were all going to be given glasses ?

NorthTexan95 · May 16, 2011

How about we have the center logo rotating through out the game. It would add a dimension to the game no other field has.

All About UNT · May 16, 2011

How about we have the center logo rotating through out the game. It would add a dimension to the game no other field has.

This is genius and the fact it wasn't mentioned earlier makes me think we are all dumb.

UNTLifer · May 16, 2011

I've heard from the start that the logo would face the east stands due to television cameras.

UNT 90 Grad · May 16, 2011

I've heard from the start that the logo would face the east stands due to television cameras.

I doubt they did that press level camera bay work on the west side if they plan to have the cameras on the east side.

UNTLifer · May 16, 2011

My guess would be that they will have cameras on both sides when our games are televised, but that is what I seem to remember RV stating months ago.

LoveMG · May 16, 2011

I doubt they did that press level camera bay work on the west side if they plan to have the cameras on the east side.

the setting sun in the west would cause a problem with cameras on the east side.

NT6 · May 17, 2011

Im just hoping there is going to be a logo on the 50. Fouts had to have been the only stadium in D1 without a logo. Very sad

eulessismore · May 17, 2011

But that wasn't always the case...

Wow. The only area in the student section that's close to being filled is where the band is sitting. I hope that one new tradition is a stadium filled for every game.

Edited May 17, 2011 by eulessismore

NorthTexan95 · May 17, 2011

Im just hoping there is going to be a logo on the 50. Fouts had to have been the only stadium in D1 without a logo. Very sad

There's a lot of ways Fouts was lacking as a D1 stadium. The mid-field logo was only one of them.

UNT 90 Grad · May 17, 2011

Wow. The only area in the student section that's close to being filled is where the band is sitting. I hope that one new tradition is a stadium filled for every game.

And this was the game that solidified a trip to the New Orleans Bowl. Somehow there were still enough students to tear down a goal post.