Goal Posts Are Up!

ipd054 · May 22, 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?

I agree that it will be about 12 times that size.....

Mean Green Matt · May 22, 2011

That structure will also house the 70ft speaker towers on each side. The screen will be in the middle of the two towers.

I think that's what he meant, not sure though. I'm going to try and find the true answer tomorrow. :ph34r:

Mean Green Matt · May 22, 2011

After doing some measuring and stuff with digital images, it looks like it will be somewhere around 40' X 20'....still hoping for a little bigger than that though. For perspective, the new video board at ULM will be double that size if those are in fact the dimensions.

UNTLifer · May 22, 2011

ULM could put in drive-in movie screens and their stadium will still be a dump.

GreenMachine · May 22, 2011

ULM could put in drive-in movie screens and their stadium will still be a dump.

Ours will be 32' high and 48' wide

THOR · May 23, 2011

ULM could put in drive-in movie screens and their stadium will still be a dump.

but that's a fun ass roadtrip that everyone should make. the stadium is decent, the tailgating great!

1500+ ft squared is just fine!!!

eulessismore · May 23, 2011

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

I want it to be big enough to see the replay clearly, but not so big as to lead to people watching the video instead of the game on the field (like at the Cowboys Stadium).

Mean Green Matt · May 23, 2011

Ours will be 32' high and 48' wide

Is that a guess or the real numbers?

GreenMachine · May 23, 2011

Is that a guess or the real numbers?

If you go back and look at the scoreboard before they put the backing on, you can see the square components that make up the scoreboard. Those squares were 8' by 8' and inside the towers were 4 squares high and 6 squares across.

LongJim · May 23, 2011

I agree that it will be about 12 times that size.....

Ian: This looks absolutely perfect. I mean it's, uh, the right

proportions. It'll be this color right?

Artist: Yeah. Yeah.

Ian: Yeah. That's...that's...that's just terrific. It almost

looks like the real thing.

Artist: You got it.

Ian: When we get the actual, uh, set, when we get the piece,

it'll...it'll follow exactly these specifications. I

mean even these contours and everything?

Artist: Um, I'm not understanding it. What do you mean "the actual

piece?"

Ian: Well I mean...I mean when you build the actual piece.

Artist: But this is what you asked for, isn't it?

Ian: What?

Artist: Well this is the piece.

Ian: This is the piece?

Artist: Yes.

Ian: Are you telling me that this is it? This is scenery? Have you ever been to Stonehenge?

Artist: No, I haven't been to Stonehenge.

Ian: The triptychs are...the triptychs are twenty feet high.

You can stand four men up them!

Artist: Ian, I was...I was...I was supposed to build it eighteen

inches high.

Ian: This is insane. This isn't a piece of scenery.

Artist: Look, look. Look, this is what I was asked to build.

Eighteen inches. Right here, it specifies eighteen inches.

I was given this napkin, I mean...

Ian: Forget this! #%*@ the napkin!!!

Edited May 23, 2011 by LongJim

NorthTexan95 · May 23, 2011

There doesn't seem to be much space behind the far goal post and the wall behind it. Has anyone been out there to see how much space there actually is? If they don't put padding on the brick wall it could lead to some sudden, painful stops on long passing plays.

DeepGreen · May 23, 2011

There doesn't seem to be much space behind the far goal post and the wall behind it. Has anyone been out there to see how much space there actually is? If they don't put padding on the brick wall it could lead to some sudden, painful stops on long passing plays.

I would like to think HKS knows how far from a wall to safefully place a goal post. <_<

NorthTexan95 · May 23, 2011

I would like to think HKS knows how far from a wall to safefully place a goal post.

I do to but most places I've seen with short distances have padding on the walls. The brick looks so good it would be ashame to cover it with padding and it doesn't appear they are going to do that but I don't know.

UNT Mean Green · May 23, 2011

In reference to the goal posts (which was the original topic at hand) one can hope that kicking into that North end zone will be intimidating for visiting team's kickers and quite possibly the fans in those sections can be rowdy enough to make it appear like the stands are moving (like these NBA playoff free throws). In other words, hopefully that wing zone can be an absolute home field advantage.