New scoreboard pictures

BGGrad01 · Post by **BGGrad01** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 6:52 pm

http://bgsufalcons.collegesports.com/sp ... 04aad.html

dstubb · Post by **dstubb** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 7:48 pm

It looks kinda naked our there by itself. Maybe we need bleachers in front of them? Of course the tents will be up soon, so we'll see.

Warthog · Post by **Warthog** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 9:45 pm

Drove by tonight and noticed that the top was finally on. It looks really big now. Can someone do the side by side with Miami's new board now that ours is complete?

redskins4ever · Post by **redskins4ever** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 9:56 pm

BGSU Falconz · Post by **BGSU Falconz** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 10:38 pm

They both look good.

I will say that I did think JCrewU's board looked better, but now that I see our complete board, I'd have to give the nod to ours. The logo looks better than just "MIAMI UNIVERSITY", and the scoreboard portion on ours seems to be bigger and will be a lot easier to read/see. Otherwise, MU's board just larger ads.

But kudos to both teams for bringing their stadium a little closer to the new millennium

Dayons_Den · Post by **Dayons_Den** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 11:15 pm

Miami's does have two color matrix boards on either side of the actual scoring portion . That loks pretty cool. ON the right you can see where it says "half time" that is like a mini version of a video/graphics board and there appears to be another one on the other side below the pepsi ad.

Metz · Post by **Metz** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 12:39 am

So when does the betting start for how long it takes the wind to blow ours over

Warthog · Post by **Warthog** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 8:35 am

I do like the top with the logo on for ours alot better than their generic "Miami University". And Pepsi must have paii them more to get a much bigger ad

I do like the "message boards" that Miami has. I think ours would look better if we had the bleachers in front of it. It would feel more like a scoreboard instead of a big wall up in the air. But all in all, it is a HUGE improvement over what we used to have.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 10:45 am

"70:59" left in the fourth? Quick! Someone turn off the power to the popcorn machine, the scoreboard's gone haywire again!!!

I think they both have their positives, and are both very nice. As much as I love to say bad things about Miami(OH), that white framework is pretty cool, as are the extra video boards. Though I do love the orange cap with the new logo on ours, too.

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 11:32 am

TG1996 wrote:"70:59" left in the fourth? Quick! Someone turn off the power to the popcorn machine, the scoreboard's gone haywire again!!!

I think they both have their positives, and are both very nice. As much as I love to say bad things about Miami(OH), that white framework is pretty cool, as are the extra video boards. Though I do love the orange cap with the new logo on ours, too.

I love our board, although I agree with those that said it would look better w/ bleachers. It just looks like a scoreboard rising out of nowhere right now...which I suppose is what it is

It'll look better with tents in front of it, but would look best with bleachers.

The one thing I prefer about Miami(OH)'s board is the brick, but that fits in with their campus decor, so its understandable. I still would love to see a brick surrounding wall around the Doyt...

BGSU33 · Post by **BGSU33** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 11:42 am

I like the top of BG's better, but I still like Miami's better overall. None the less, I like ours 100 percent more than what was there before. I also agree our board looks lost just standing there on its own. I only hope if the tents do not stay long term that seating gets added there again. If not, it would have been better to bring it in closer to the field. If they made a brick base to house the support polls, that could help it blend in better and would make it look much nicer as well.

BG TEXAS · Post by **BG TEXAS** » Fri Aug 27, 2004 10:43 pm

Yeah, the wind coming off the frozen corn fields may have a hay day with the sign. But it looks good. Something in front would be nice.

NickSkin · Post by **NickSkin** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 7:52 pm

The picture above of the Miami board does not depict the finished product. Since the picture shown above was taken, more work was done but there is still more in the works. The entire structure runs just about the width of the field.

Miami will remove the South endzone seating (right in front of the scoreboard) and the new scoreboard will "frame-in" the new "cradle of coaches plaza" that is being completed behind the board.