Pretty cool idea for Doyt L. Perry for the football stadium
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 12:54 am
The other day I was talking to a friend of mine who is from the state of Washington, he went to the University of Washington. We were talking about different colleges, college basketball, college football, football stadiums, etc. Anyway, we were talking about some recent renovations and constructions of facilities at BG and UW and I was telling him about the ongoing construction of the SEBO. He asked me why the stadium was named Doyt L. Perry Stadium and I informed him why. He then asked if there was anything present and visible in or around the stadium that was dedicated to him. I said not that I was aware of, but that I thought I remembered seeing a plaque or something in one of the boxes or in the athletic hallway, but nothing else that I could remember, at least in or around the stadium. (Maybe there is, but nothing jumped out at me).
Anyway, like me, he also enjoys seeing other facilities across the country and he was telling me about a stadium he saw in Spokane, Washington that had something that could be a cool idea for BG to honor Doyt L. Perry in addition to the naming of the facility. He told me about a football stadium in Spokane called Joe Albi Stadium. Funny enough, the stadium was used in the mid-1980’s wrestling movie called Vision Quest. I know I am starting to date myself by referring to this movie, but for you movie buffs, the stadium is shown in the scene where the wrestler called Shute was carrying a log on his shoulders while walking up the stands. If you’ve seen the movie, you’ll remember the part. Anyway, inside this stadium, there is a bronzed statue of what he said was the man they named the stadium after sitting in one of the seats. I found a link with some photos of the stadium (the link is below) and you can scroll around and see this statue and other images of the stadium as well. I’ve also seen similar ideas at other schools like Notre Dame and Virginia around the stadium with bronzed statues, or even at Ohio U. they have a little monument area with a bronzed bobcat outside the stadium.
Obviously, something like this would cost money, but when I saw it I thought it would be very cool to have something like that of Doyt L. Perry, like having a statue of him standing in an endzone “coaching” while looking over the field, or have him sitting in a seat like the photos in this link. I just think it would be an awesome touch to do something like that for Doyt L. Perry or Harold Anderson. I know the facilities are named after them, but it would be cool to take it a step further with what we are doing at the stadium now. We've talked about hanging bowl banners, replacing the fence, adding more trees, etc. I just thought this was another idea to throw around……here’s the link to the photos:
http://www.friendsofjoealbi.com/photoga ... p?photo=24
Anyway, like me, he also enjoys seeing other facilities across the country and he was telling me about a stadium he saw in Spokane, Washington that had something that could be a cool idea for BG to honor Doyt L. Perry in addition to the naming of the facility. He told me about a football stadium in Spokane called Joe Albi Stadium. Funny enough, the stadium was used in the mid-1980’s wrestling movie called Vision Quest. I know I am starting to date myself by referring to this movie, but for you movie buffs, the stadium is shown in the scene where the wrestler called Shute was carrying a log on his shoulders while walking up the stands. If you’ve seen the movie, you’ll remember the part. Anyway, inside this stadium, there is a bronzed statue of what he said was the man they named the stadium after sitting in one of the seats. I found a link with some photos of the stadium (the link is below) and you can scroll around and see this statue and other images of the stadium as well. I’ve also seen similar ideas at other schools like Notre Dame and Virginia around the stadium with bronzed statues, or even at Ohio U. they have a little monument area with a bronzed bobcat outside the stadium.
Obviously, something like this would cost money, but when I saw it I thought it would be very cool to have something like that of Doyt L. Perry, like having a statue of him standing in an endzone “coaching” while looking over the field, or have him sitting in a seat like the photos in this link. I just think it would be an awesome touch to do something like that for Doyt L. Perry or Harold Anderson. I know the facilities are named after them, but it would be cool to take it a step further with what we are doing at the stadium now. We've talked about hanging bowl banners, replacing the fence, adding more trees, etc. I just thought this was another idea to throw around……here’s the link to the photos:
http://www.friendsofjoealbi.com/photoga ... p?photo=24
Seriously though, it is pretty cool.
