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College Football Offseason: FEAR THE TREE (and other non-threatening PC mascots)
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It's going to be amazing if Ed O'Bannon wins that lawsuit.
Given prior support for student-athletes getting paid in some fashion in the state I wonder what the official stance is for University of Nebraska.
Looks a lot better than the stadium now. Always thought Kyle Field looked bare (read: ugly) compared to other stadiums. It's been getting better with some of the renovations over the past few years though.
being in the B1G, it might get answered for them. Delany's talked about moving the B1G to Division III and no scholarships, to avoid the idea of "paying players"
timetokill
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had an error in there on frames, uploading a larger one
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I really hope that happens just so the B1G disappears into eternal irrelevance.
lol, Nebraska would leave immediately. I'd imagine they'd be perfectly fine paying players considering how much money the citizens of the state feed the team.
Someplace else brought this up, and I remembered we laughed about it. That player with the Auburn tattoo who ended up at Alabama (I posted his corrected tattoo earlier today)
He had gotten his cousin's name misspelled (it ends in "ious" and he had "ius"), but also got it fixed:
Tattoo's: What a great idea they are.
He had gotten his cousin's name misspelled (it ends in "ious" and he had "ius"), but also got it fixed:
Tattoo's: What a great idea they are.
Talking of rebranding University of Buffalo to New York State U.
http://blogs.buffalonews.com/campus/2013/04/ub-or-not-ub-that-is-the-question.html
http://blogs.buffalonews.com/campus/2013/04/ub-or-not-ub-that-is-the-question.html
Looks better than the earlier mock-up drawings I saw. My only complaint is the loss of 12th Man TV. Such a great screen with pretty much no space devoted to advertising. Just some little placards on the border, and a sponsor logo before a replay.
zyxwvu4321
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New Mississippi St endzone: HASHTAGHAILSTATE
You need to work on your personal brand.
I mean right off the bat, that avatar, even if it was in avatars.gif, how would someone notice? I love Casblanca too but it's not 1949 no more, brighten it up!
GoldenEye 007
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Apparently this rule applies only to things on the field of play. Out of bounds, sidelines, etc. do not count and are fine. Although I don't know if cowbell has them of the actual play field currently.
More pictures and video here... http://kylefield.com/
That always was the point with Kyle Field, it was always about getting as many seats as possible for the money they had to use so things like the exterior took a backseat. Now that they are effectively tearing down the entire thing a rebuilding (and have the budget) all that stuff is being put back in. I like that they are finally starting to make the buildings look similar. The football stadium is going to have a similar look to the Olsen Field which was just finished 2 yrs ago.
All that said there are already rumors about extra psl's and fees being added.... and our prices were already higher than most to make up for the student section.
The exterior wasn't the only part of the problem. The open endzone just made the whole place look unfinished, even when they tried to slap stuff in there, and that bare bones look was pretty pervasive throughout the stadium. It was a functional stadium that I had plenty of good times at but it wasn't exactly anything worth looking at from any direction. For the size and amount of money the program had back when I went to my first game, I was a little taken aback at the stadium. Of course, the fan support wasn't exactly anything worth mentioning back then either. I can remember going to a TAMU v Mizzou game where the stadium wasn't even half full and it just emptied out further at halftime when it didn't look good for the Aggies.
They had it painted on the endzones.
Squirrel Killer
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Yeah.
perfectchaos007
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The seats at kyle have to be some of the coziest in the country. If you're obese there's no way you'll fit in without part of your ass hanging over into your neighbors seat. Even for someone just a few pounds overweight its a struggle. That may have been okay in Seattle, but it's necessary to have bigger seats in the SEC.
The other UT is notorious for having the worlds first 6 inch wide seats, presented by Subway. Eat Fresh, Viles!
bucknuticus
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In other news a body was found 1/2 a mile from my apartment. Yaaaaaaaay
Sirpopopop
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Kyle Flood needs to do a better job of selling his successes - e.g. 2006 O-line.
Again goes to my point above of wanting to maximize every bit of space they had for seating.... one of the many things they are fixing with the redo is the seat width's. Will be curious how much of the stadium will be individual seats vs bench.
On a completely unrelated note.... today we finally get details of the SEC Network.
BertramCooper
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Beaver Stadium made the ultimate sacrifice of aesthetics for seating capacity.
It went from this:
To this:
To this hideous monstrosity:
GoldenEye 007
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I feel benches with backs are the best compromise. Regular chairbacks encourage too much sitting on the ass and take up so much space!
BertramCooper
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Speaking of Penn State, I discovered this nugget while reading up on Beaver Stadium. (I don't know if this was discussed back in November or not.)
2012 Team to Be Honored On Beaver Stadium Facade
So yeah, while it was kinda dumb that we gave our players rings this year, this was waaaaaaaaay dumber.
2012 Team to Be Honored On Beaver Stadium Facade
So yeah, while it was kinda dumb that we gave our players rings this year, this was waaaaaaaaay dumber.
wonder if they're close to the guestwork CBS put out a couple weeks ago (think I had a post on them)
Expect the rich to get insanely richer.
bucknuticus
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Beaver Stadium made the ultimate sacrifice of aesthetics for seating capacity.
It went from this:
This is the first time I have ever seen original Beaver Stadium. It basically looks like an erector set now.
find out in about 21 minutes
There is supposed to be a live stream on http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/
edit: direct youtube link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nBRNQI8qwag#!
edit: direct youtube link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nBRNQI8qwag#!
BertramCooper
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I'm glad BTN is run by Fox and not ESPN.
If it were ESPN, the mobile apps would probably be every bit as shitty as WatchESPN.
BTN's apps are pretty damn great.
If it were ESPN, the mobile apps would probably be every bit as shitty as WatchESPN.
BTN's apps are pretty damn great.
I'm really sorry you had some bad experiences w/ the programs sh*tty fans. I really am, but the way you post about Penn State, it sounds like everyone and everything associated with it is completely and genuinely unredeemable. I'm not sure if you mean to come off that way.
Moreover, in this case I think this is clouding your judgement.
The players who stayed saved the program from being in the gutter for a decade or more when they could have left Penn State without penalty. In hindsight, given how relatively bad the transfer experience was for players who did leave, it was in their best interest to stay, but absolutely no one was saying that a year ago. Also, from O'Brian's perspective, these kids not only saved his career, but actually boosted it when it was in their justified power to torpedo it. If it were me, I'd certainly want to do something beyond the team banquet to show my appreciation.
BertramCooper
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The whole point of the outrage was that Penn State's football program and Joe Pa had become so deified that the abuse of innocents of decades was swept under the rug. Football was bigger than Penn State and the people of Penn State.
You don't see how holding a banquet again celebrating the football program receives derision?
You don't see how holding a banquet again celebrating the football program receives derision?
Coaches are there. Saban looks thrilled to not be on the recruiting trail. Thrilled.
Can always count on Coach BOOM to have the craziest suit on.
SEC Network- With ESPN through 2034
1,000 live events, 450 on tv, 550 online
45 Football games anually, 3 SEC games each week
100 mens, 100 womens, 75 baseball
Championship coverage
Future SEC Storied, documentaries
SEC Network will launch August 2014
1,000 live events, 450 on tv, 550 online
45 Football games anually, 3 SEC games each week
100 mens, 100 womens, 75 baseball
Championship coverage
Future SEC Storied, documentaries
SEC Network will launch August 2014
GoldenEye 007
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That's an awfully long time goddamn.
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