Picture of the Doyt

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Fri May 27, 2005 3:44 pm

Rollalong,
You are correct....it did say "Harris For Heisman". My error.

Flipper · Post by **Flipper** » Fri May 27, 2005 4:51 pm

It's the NIU game...I have a framed copy of that photo and another aerial shot of the game day area on my wall (I was too lazy to go and look yesterday). Coach B gave me the 5X7's last year as part of that Ebay auction.

Stupid ass me had them framed before I scanned them though...

BGSUFootballFan · Post by **BGSUFootballFan** » Fri May 27, 2005 7:42 pm

ok thanks, it doesnt look 31,000 full though... i think we could really stuff the Doyt if that was 31,000

Falcon30 · Post by **Falcon30** » Fri May 27, 2005 9:09 pm

rollalongFF0304 wrote:It is certainly the 2003 NIU game. ESPN had a camera platform at the south endzone and the rolling sideline camera on the west side (both visible in the photograph).

The SICSIC signs below the boxes on the east side spelled out Harris4Heisman.com, as the site was up by that game. Each sign had one letter, with spaces on either side of the "4." This is also visible in the photograph. The signs were not there before that game, and had begun to fall down during subsequent games later in the season.

The tent city was the biggest one up until that point, and you can see that they extend beyone the top edge of the photograph. It's obviously a big game - SEMO would not have had that many tents.

The visiting team is wearing white on black. The players on the field are doing so as are the players on the visitors sidelines (who are located north of the tarp between the 20-yard line and the end zone). This is consistent with NIU's jerseys that day, which were white with black pants.

This photo is on the "Won the West" poster featuring J5, Patton, and the linemen that was distributed early the next semester. All of the features are even more visible on the poster.

I can't figure out why there are still questions as to what game the photo was taken. Arial shots of the Doyt (as we know) are few and far between, and the University knew when it commissioned this photo that the NIU game would be as close to a perfect gameday (no pun intended) image as they would get in a long time.

This is like CSI:Bowling Green!

kdog27 · Post by **kdog27** » Fri May 27, 2005 9:18 pm

UK Peregrine wrote:
BGSUFootballFan wrote:its does look pretty full, but i certainly see a decent amount of openings and i that makes me think its not NIU b/c we had over 31,000 and our stadium lists at 28,500 so i doubt you would see many empty seats, and i certainly see quite a few, i still think it could be the SEMO game b/c the stands are gone and i see the jumbo-tron and the "other" team is wearing white on white, and that game didnt get over until 9:27pm and the attendance was somethin like 23,500 meaning the stadium would be 85% full, id say it looks 85% full
I think BGSUFootballFan is correct on this assesment. The picture we're viewing was posted on October 15, 2004. So if the picture is from the 2004 season, it can only be the SEMO game on 9/11/2004. The BSU game was after this date on on 10/16/04. This makes sense to me, unless the athletic department decided to store the 2003 NIU game for over a year before posting it, which I guess is possible. I don't see the big satellite truck that I thought was present for the 2003 NIU game, plus that looks like the new scoreboard to me, so it has to be the 2004 season. Also, I zoomed in on the picture and I'm definitely sitting on the West side of the stadium in that picture. I was sitting on the east side at the NIU game

I think it is the NIU gameday picture. Yes it was soldout but there were tons of empty seats. I took plenty of pictures that day and there were tons of empty seats. They may have sold 31,000 tickets but there was no way there were that many people there. The weather was crappy and not everyone went. It can't be from 04 because the most we had last year was 23,000.

UK Peregrine · Post by **UK Peregrine** » Fri May 27, 2005 9:44 pm

Okay, okay, I'll buy that it that it was the NIU game.

kdog27 · Post by **kdog27** » Fri May 27, 2005 9:46 pm

UK Peregrine wrote:Okay, okay, I'll buy that it that it was the NIU game.

I think it was the EMU game from 2000.

BGSUFootballFan · Post by **BGSUFootballFan** » Fri May 27, 2005 10:26 pm

im still not 100% sold, but i think its hard to say that its not NIU, so i would say for sure that its is the NIU 2003 game but my 1st impression was SEMO and there is still a chance that it is that game, so anyone with more unbelievably good convincing evidence either way?

BGSUFootballFan · Post by **BGSUFootballFan** » Fri May 27, 2005 10:31 pm

ok ok, it is for sure not the SEMO game b/c the yardlines were painted orange in that game w/ white outline... http://bgsufalcons.collegesports.com/sp ... html?pic=7

so this means it is defn NIU without a doubt, but the time of game was right and the jerseys are very similar and the attendance was unusally high so i thought maybe... but no defn NIU

BGSUFootballFan · Post by **BGSUFootballFan** » Fri May 27, 2005 10:39 pm

i know this is 3 in a row, but i love this topic... ok just to throw another game into the mix... Mizzou 02??? the pics on the athletic site look very comparable!

RossfordFalcon · Post by **RossfordFalcon** » Fri May 27, 2005 11:22 pm

Which ever game it is it has to be telivised bc the ESPN Jumbo-Tron is in the lower right corner behind the falcon club tent.

BGSUFootballFan · Post by **BGSUFootballFan** » Fri May 27, 2005 11:40 pm

good call on that one, but i did watch the SEMO game on some weird sports channel.... but obviously not an ESPN, so most likely NIU again... but Mizzou could have been Televised.... anyone know?

rollalongFF0304 · Post by **rollalongFF0304** » Sat May 28, 2005 12:30 am

Attendance at Mizzou '02 is listed at 21,969. If you count the little dots in the stands in our picture in question, you will count more than that.

There is nothing to indicate that the game was televised, though it may have been a local cable deal.

rollalongFF0304 · Post by **rollalongFF0304** » Sat May 28, 2005 12:39 am

For a second I thought it might be the BG vs. Miami (OH) game in 2003, but I can't spot the Redhawk mascot anywhere in the picture.

Still NIU.

Bleeding Orange · Post by **Bleeding Orange** » Sat May 28, 2005 1:20 am

rollalongFF0304 wrote:For a second I thought it might be the BG vs. Miami (OH) game in 2003, but I can't spot the Redhawk mascot anywhere in the picture.

Still NIU.

Way to throw that one in the mix! If it was indeed that game, much of the East stands would be red. Miami brought a pretty big contingent for that game.

As far as the [weak] deabate over whether or not this is a game from 2003, there wouldn't be tents in the south endzone -- there would be stands.