New videoboard should be ready by spring game

[BGSU33]

Just watched the latest Ask the AD and GC said work will start soon and they hope to have the new videoboard up and running by the spring game. Great news, and I can't wait to see the new one. I wonder what they are going to do with the current one however? Maybe use it at baseball or soccer, or maybe even hockey? That would really be a nice addition to any of those facilities.

[Warthog]

I wonder what they are going to do with the current one however?

Donate it to a high school...

[BGorDeath]

I wonder what they are going to do with the current one however?

Donate it to a high school...

Or the soccer field.

[Flipper]

Or a sports bar...

[Redwingtom]

Maybe Freak has room in his Falcon nest at home?

[It's the Journey...]

They should attach it to the open space on the Sebo Center and keep scores from across the MAC rolling across it. If they only had one games score at a time it would be big enough to be seen from the southern most point in the stadium. Or they can hang it in Anderson Arena so gymnastics can have a scoreboard that works!

[transfer2BGSU]

Or they can hang it in Anderson Arena so gymnastics can have a scoreboard that works!

And we have a winner!

[Hockey John]

How about the ice arena? I am tired of hockey being a second class citizen on this campus. Also, whoever schedules hockey and basketball games at the same time should be reprimanded. A fan should not have to choose which game to go to when they have season tickets to each sport. That bothers me more than the security at the Stroh Center!

Go Falcon Hockey and Basketball.

[Flipper]

Just Falcon hockey and basketball? What did the gymnastic and soccer teams do to piss you off? Tell ya what, when hockey finishes a season above .500...they can have a new scoreboard...

[transfer2BGSU]

Tell ya what, when hockey finishes a season above .500...they can have a new scoreboard...

You're an instigator!

[Redwingtom]

How about the ice arena? I am tired of hockey being a second class citizen on this campus. Also, whoever schedules hockey and basketball games at the same time should be reprimanded. A fan should not have to choose which game to go to when they have season tickets to each sport. That bothers me more than the security at the Stroh Center!

Go Falcon Hockey and Basketball.

That is by no means a regular occurrence.

[Flipper]

Tell ya what, when hockey finishes a season above .500...they can have a new scoreboard...

You're an instigator!

I prefer s**t-disturber...

[BGFalconfromCincy]

How about the ice arena? I am tired of hockey being a second class citizen on this campus. Also, whoever schedules hockey and basketball games at the same time should be reprimanded. A fan should not have to choose which game to go to when they have season tickets to each sport. That bothers me more than the security at the Stroh Center!

Go Falcon Hockey and Basketball.

Well since the last time this occured (last Friday) involved a conference hockey game your issue would be with the CCHA since they do conference scheduling. Since the basketball game was an OOC game you would probably have to take issue with Curt or whoever on his staff does OOC scheduling

[Drago]

My guess is that they sold the old one to help pay for the new one. In regards to the scheduling I think it is inevitable things are going to conflict to some degree. We should avoid mens bball and hockey conflicting. I agree with Flip on the hockey team. At some point I think the university needs to decide whether wasting all this money to finish in last every year is worth it....I personally would like to see us downgrade the program or just cut it. Let's invest the money in improving our awful MAC sports teams.

[zete]

RIGHT ON, Drago! It needed to be said.

When I was growing up in BG, we would jam Anderson to watch BB. Why? Well, back then (1965-1972) if you won the MAC an automatic berth was granted, like now,to the field of 23 teams (not like now) competing for the NCAA title. So you win the league, get hot, win a few games you were in the finals. Kids on campus REALLY thought BG had a chance and the did. Hundreds of students would come to the games and go NUTS. Anderson record attn. something like 6000 for a game with Miami during that period. MAC record was BG at OHIO and about 15000 fans during that same period. I recall in '67 Toledo was 11th or 12th in the country. Believe it or not the MAC was a damn good basketball league and well thought of throughout the country. Also, blacks didn't often want to play at southern universities due to fear so our league would get some super players that way.
Then, the powers to be brought hockey onto the scene. And now, looking back basketball is on life support, hockey isn't much fun anymore and we can't beat Kent in a football game. It seems the runs are over and not much on the horizon. What is the answer?