Goal Posts Are Up!

PKC 89 · May 20, 2011

nm

greenminer · May 20, 2011

Looks weird to me without the turf. Like looking at a cake decorated with candles...before being iced.

adman · May 21, 2011

On 5/20/2011 at 11:56 PM, greenminer said:
Looks weird to me without the turf. Like looking at a cake decorated with candles...before being iced.

There won't be any turf. The gravel, plus yardage marks and goal posts, will be all there is. A national supermarket chain has purchased the naming rights. The Mean Green will play every game in Safeway Stadium.

NorthTexan95 · May 21, 2011

On 5/21/2011 at 12:02 AM, adman said:
There won't be any turf. The gravel, plus yardage marks and goal posts, will be all there is. A national supermarket chain has purchased the naming rights. The Mean Green will play every game in Safeway Stadium.

McCarney likes the old school rocks instead of new fangled turf or grass.

DeepGreen · May 21, 2011

On 5/21/2011 at 2:07 AM, NorthTexan95 said:
McCarney likes the old school rocks instead of new fangled turf or grass.

McCarney is so tough he sleeps on a bed of rocks.

UNTLifer · May 21, 2011

I heard that Coach Mac eats boulders and poops the gravel they are placing on the field.

Stix · May 21, 2011

Coach Mac starts each day with a bowl of Quarry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5kE0MY4nYs

UNTLifer · May 21, 2011

I heard Coach Mac won a tag team wrestling match against Ditka and Bill Brasky. Coach Mac was his own partner.

NorthTexan95 · May 21, 2011

On 5/21/2011 at 2:28 PM, laxtonto said:
I hate to say it, but I am going to be quite sad when the stadium is completed and the webcam is gone. Anyone know if the university is considering continuing the webcam after construction? You are talking about an addiction that will have a hard time to be replaced...

This!

Mean Green 93-98 · May 21, 2011

On 5/21/2011 at 2:28 PM, laxtonto said:
I hate to say it, but I am going to be quite sad when the stadium is completed and the webcam is gone. Anyone know if the university is considering continuing the webcam after construction? You are talking about an addiction that will have a hard time to be replaced...

Why would you need a webcam to follow a stadium that stays the same? Just save a shot when the stadium is done as your desktop background, and you can look at it any time you want.

UNT 90 Grad · May 21, 2011

On 5/21/2011 at 5:28 PM, Mean Green 93-98 said:
Why would you need a webcam to follow a stadium that stays the same? Just save a shot when the stadium is done as your desktop background, and you can look at it any time you want.

We have to get the Denton weather report from somewhere!?!

MeanGreenTeeth · May 21, 2011

On 5/21/2011 at 5:28 PM, Mean Green 93-98 said:
Why would you need a webcam to follow a stadium that stays the same?

Side Show Joe · May 21, 2011

Glad to see them up. It gives reference point for gauging the size of our new video board. Goal posts are a little over 23" wide. The space between the pillars is about twice that of the posts. It looks like the board will be between 48" to 50" wide and about 25" tall. Does that sound about right to you guys? Anyone with some inside information?

GrayEagle · May 21, 2011

On 5/21/2011 at 10:35 PM, Side Show Joe said:
Glad to see them up. It gives reference point for gauging the size of our new video board. Goal posts are a little over 23" wide. The space between the pillars is about twice that of the posts. It looks like the board will be between 48" to 50" wide and about 25" tall. Does that sound about right to you guys? Anyone with some inside information?

Even if you're right on the numbers I'm going to predict that it's 12 times that large.

Side Show Joe · May 21, 2011

On 5/21/2011 at 10:48 PM, GrayEagle said:
Even if you're right on the numbers I'm going to predict that it's 12 times that large.

lol... I hope you are right ad I am wrong.

UNT 90 Grad · May 21, 2011

On 5/21/2011 at 5:28 PM, Mean Green 93-98 said:
Why would you need a webcam to follow a stadium that stays the same? Just save a shot when the stadium is done as your desktop background, and you can look at it any time you want.

We have to get the Denton weather report from somewhere!?!

Mean Green 93-98 · May 21, 2011

On 5/21/2011 at 8:18 PM, MeanGreenTeeth said:

Heh, heh . . . Oh yeah. Just making sure everyone else got it.

Mean Green Matt · May 21, 2011

On 5/21/2011 at 10:35 PM, Side Show Joe said:
Glad to see them up. It gives reference point for gauging the size of our new video board. Goal posts are a little over 23" wide. The space between the pillars is about twice that of the posts. It looks like the board will be between 48" to 50" wide and about 25" tall. Does that sound about right to you guys? Anyone with some inside information?

I asked someone on the "inside", and their guess was 30' X 50', but they were not looking at the numbers at the time or anything, and made a point to say those numbers may not be exact. I know ULM is building a pretty big scoreboard (somehow) so any bigger than that would be ideal. Theirs is around 1600 sq ft. If ours turns out to be 30 X 50, it would be the third biggest on campus video board in Texas, and the second biggest in the Sun Belt...behind ULM.

Dr. Seuss · May 21, 2011

On 5/21/2011 at 11:43 PM, Mean Green Matt said:
I asked someone on the "inside", and their guess was 30' X 50', but they were not looking at the numbers at the time or anything, and made a point to say those numbers may not be exact. I know ULM is building a pretty big scoreboard (somehow) so any bigger than that would be ideal. Theirs is around 1600 sq ft. If ours turns out to be 30 X 50, it would be the third biggest on campus video board in Texas, and the second biggest in the Sun Belt...behind ULM.

i heard 2nd biggest in texas

Mean Green Matt · May 21, 2011

On 5/21/2011 at 11:45 PM, Dr. Seuss said:
i heard 2nd biggest in texas

Texas is way out in front with 7,370 sq.ft. for their "Godzillatron".

If we were to passs Texas A&M, we would need 3,955 sq.ft. That is more than double what most people are predicting from looking at the thing. That would be awesome, but I just don't see the space for it in the structure currently being built.

EDIT: I would love to be wrong by the way...

Edited May 21, 2011 by Mean Green Matt

UNTLifer · May 22, 2011

I would rather it be in scale with the stadium and not the biggest just to be the biggest.

Mean Green Matt · May 22, 2011

On 5/22/2011 at 3:24 AM, 97and03 said:
The last I heard was 32 feet, but that was December.

high?

Mean Green Matt · May 22, 2011

On 5/22/2011 at 4:27 AM, 97and03 said:
32 feet wife. Not sure how high. When I was in Rick's office in December, they had a couple of different designs that they were deciding on.

Yikes...hopefully that is the height...that thing has got to be more than 30 ft wide.

MeanGreenTeeth · May 22, 2011

On 5/21/2011 at 11:21 PM, Mean Green 93-98 said:
Heh, heh . . . Oh yeah. Just making sure everyone else got it.

I assumed it was a joke, but really I just have a .gif posting addiction....

Side Show Joe · May 22, 2011

On 5/22/2011 at 4:27 AM, 97and03 said:
32 feet wide. Not sure how high. When I was in Rick's office in December, they had a couple of different designs that they were deciding on.

I hope that is wrong. Between the pillars of that structure is a lot wider then 32 feet.

Edited May 22, 2011 by Side Show Joe