New Video Board going in at the Stadium

[ScarletDave]

Hopefully this one will be ultra-high def .. also, it wouldn’t kill them to make the screen bigger! When it was first put up it was top-5 in the country in size. Today, it’s probably bottom 10 in the Power 5. I hope it’s one long screen instead of the 3 screens from before, with them incapable of putting one giant image across.

 

[Leonard23]

Hopefully this one will be ultra-high def .. also, it wouldn’t kill them to make the screen bigger! When it was first put up it was top-5 in the country in size. Today, it’s probably bottom 10 in the Power 5. I hope it’s one long screen instead of the 3 screens from before, with them incapable of putting one giant image across.

Absolutely needs to be much bigger and we need a 2nd video board over the North gate. Our existing videoboard is only 68'x38'. MD's new videoboard is 120'x54'. We should go bigger, like Oregon 186'x66' and Auburn 190'x57' over North and South gates.

 

[Knight Shift]

Bigger is fine, just put the score in the lower right corner, as small as possible . . . . .

 

[GL113]

Bigger is fine, just put the score in the lower right corner, as small as possible . . . . .

Just win that's what matters.

 

[nutfromSEC117]

 

[MadRU]

 

[rurichdog]

Make the video board as big as you want, we still won't be able to see the ineligible receiver downfield, or the offensive pass interference the dopey refs saw

 

[RUScrew85]

Bigger is fine, just put the score in the lower right corner, as small as possible . . . . .

Maybe they'll just show a different game on the new big screen to attract fans? LOLOLOL. Ouch.

 

[Knight Shift]

Maybe they'll just show a different game on the new big screen to attract fans? LOLOLOL. Ouch.

Lingerie football game?

 

[rutgersfan1766]

This was overdue. Video boards typically have a 10yr shelf life. Still was the original from 2009.

 

[RU4Real]

Maybe they'll just show a different game on the new big screen to attract fans? LOLOLOL. Ouch.

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[RUScrew85]

Lingerie football game?

I'd settle for a competitive NCAA FB game - or hey, maybe a older good Rutgers game.

 

[Local Shill]

Will Greg allow out of town scores to be shown on the new board?

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Make the video board as big as you want, we still won't be able to see the ineligible receiver downfield, or the offensive pass interference the dopey refs saw

we don't put any eligible receivers downfield.. not far downfield... so why shouldn't the linemen give it a shot?

 

[sct1111]

These screens have to be millions of dollars no?

 

[RUforlife]

Glad to see improvements being made to the facilities right now. We will need all of those types of improvements to attract our next HC.

 

[e5fdny]

Hopefully this one will be ultra-high def... also, it wouldn’t kill them to make the screen bigger! When it was first put up it was top-5 in the country in size. Today, it’s probably bottom 10 in the Power 5. I hope it’s one long screen instead of the 3 screens from before, with them incapable of putting one giant image across.

I thought it was going to be one big one too.

 

[RUScrew85]

Glad to see improvements being made to the facilities right now. We will need all of those types of improvements to attract our next HC.

Yikes! LOL

 

[Knight Shift]

I thought it was going to be one big one too.

 

[GORU2014]

Absolutely needs to be much bigger and we need a 2nd video board over the North gate. Our existing videoboard is only 68'x38'. MD's new videoboard is 120'x54'. We should go bigger, like Oregon 186'x66' and Auburn 190'x57' over North and South gates.

These screens have to be millions of dollars no?

Based on the dimensions of 68’x38’, the AD should have been able to get ~19 42” Vizios from Walmart on Black Friday for around $350 a piece. They can just toss them up next to each other for under $10K. Saves us some money and we won’t be able to see what Ohio State is doing to us. Win win

 

[rurichdog]

Based on the dimensions of 68’x38’, the AD should have been able to get ~19 42” Vizios from Walmart on Black Friday for around $350 a piece. They can just toss them up next to each other for under $10K. Saves us some money and we won’t be able to see what Ohio State is doing to us. Win win

With that in mind, will the AD give away the old video board to a lucky student during the first media timeout? 😀

 

[611george]

Based on the dimensions of 68’x38’, the AD should have been able to get ~19 42” Vizios from Walmart on Black Friday for around $350 a piece. They can just toss them up next to each other for under $10K. Saves us some money and we won’t be able to see what Ohio State is doing to us. Win win

Instead of giving away a free TV, they can just keep running past the students and put another in each week to build up the screen

 

[GORU2014]

With that in mind, will the AD give away the old video board to a lucky student during the first media timeout? 😀

Yes, but the Vizio savings will unfortunately be used up by settlements for the students injured by the thrown video board

 

[TrueRU]

What happens to the old scoreboard? Honest question. Does it get donated/sold to a high school or other college?

 

[newell138]

These screens have to be millions of dollars no?

The infrastructure bill pays for it

 

[e5fdny]

What happens to the old scoreboard? Honest question. Does it get donated/sold to a high school or other college?

I wonder if it could be put at the other end like @Leonard23 talked about?

Maybe for Baseball or at Yurcak?

 

[T2Kplus20]

Hopefully this one will be ultra-high def .. also, it wouldn’t kill them to make the screen bigger! When it was first put up it was top-5 in the country in size. Today, it’s probably bottom 10 in the Power 5. I hope it’s one long screen instead of the 3 screens from before, with them incapable of putting one giant image across.

Save the money and put it into the NIL fund.

 

[PSU_Nut]

What happens to the old scoreboard? Honest question. Does it get donated/sold to a high school or other college?

Probably into trash or recycled. It is well past it useful life span. The cost to move, install and maintain it is more than it worth.

 

[Knight Shift]

I wonder if it could be put at the other end like @Leonard23 talked about?

Maybe for Baseball or at Yurcak?

Wouldn't it be too large? On the other hand, I don't think the "scoreboard" on the other end could possibly be any smaller. That is smaller than many high school boards. When the game action is on the north end of the field, I often take a look up at that scoreboard to get the down and the score, and shake my head every time at how small that board is.

Don't remember, when the north end zone was grass and a tree or two, was there a scoreboard on that end of the field at all?

Probably into trash or recycled. It is well past it useful life span. The cost to move, install and maintain it is more than it worth.

Hey man, this ain't PSU where money flows like water into the football coffers.

 

[robcac26]

Save the money and put it into the NIL fund.

Schools can't fund NIL. That would be called a salary.

 

[iReC89]

Oh good. Now they can move to 128 bit encrypted winning lottery ticket numbers.

 

[wheezer]

Instead of giving away a free TV, they can just keep running past the students and put another in each week to build up the screen

Probably into trash or recycled. It is well past it useful life span. The cost to move, install and maintain it is more than it worth.

They better check which day the garbagemen take bulk trash

 

[tico brown]

I wonder if it could be put at the other end like @Leonard23 talked about?

Maybe for Baseball or at Yurcak?

All three are brilliant ideas.

Wont hold my breath but still brilliant

 

[RU4Real]

The should put the old video board at the front of the Yellow lot, and stream the live TV feed to it on game day.

This would greatly enhance the overall tailgating experience.

 

[tico brown]

The should put the old video board at the front of the Yellow lot, and stream the live TV feed to it on game day.

This would greatly enhance the overall tailgating experience.

Nobody from there would go inside the stadium

 

[RU4Real]

Nobody from there would go inside the stadium

Precisely.

 

[RCBeta79]

These screens have to be millions of dollars no?

Beer sales were up when we were losing games.
The beer revenues are covering the cost of the new scoreboard.

 

[RU#1fan]

Bigger is fine, just put the score in the lower right corner, as small as possible . . . . .

A new bigger Board is great.
The old board had so much space taken up by Advertising sections.
Looking forward to seeing a much bigger video board with the action.

 

[knightfan7]

Don't remember, when the north end zone was grass and a tree or two, was there a scoreboard on that end of the field at all?

From what I remember there were just steps down to the concourse which ran behind the stands where the North End scoreboard is now.

 

[DennisHajekRC84]

Schools can't fund NIL. That would be called a salary.

There are PLENTY of ways around this.