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OhioCatFan
8/27/2017 10:13 PM
L.C. wrote:expand_more
There is also no way to know what else needs to be done in the way of wiring.
All I can say is that a large wiring harness is in place and it appears to go underground -- presumably to somewhere in the Peden Press Box.
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GoCats105
8/28/2017 8:39 AM
bshot44 wrote:expand_more
I'm more concerned with the speakers. How in the world will the fans know when to "GET AGITATED!!!
bshot44 always bringing up the important issues. ;)
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Deciduous Forest Cat
8/28/2017 9:17 AM
OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more
There is also no way to know what else needs to be done in the way of wiring.
... -- presumably to somewhere in the Peden Press Box.
Maybe that's just what they want you to think
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100%Cat
8/28/2017 9:33 AM
Slippery Pete and Schlomo could have this thing done by gameday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHDv7NKmLnA
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Doc Bobcat
8/28/2017 9:49 AM
Maybe it's just a large dry erase board....hopefully we won't see a stepladder on Saturday.
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OhioCatFan
8/28/2017 10:33 AM
Doc Bobcat wrote:expand_more
Maybe it's just a large dry erase board....hopefully we won't see a stepladder on Saturday.
That's our Doc, always into the cutting-edge, high-tech solutions to every problem. ;-)
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mf279801
8/28/2017 10:39 AM
bshot44 wrote:expand_more
I'm more concerned with the speakers. How in the world will the fans know when to "GET AGITATED!!!
To be fair, even if there were no speakers and the PA announcer is forced to lean out of the press box window and use one of those "cheerleader cones" to make all of his announcements, that is at most a 10% reduction in volume compared to our old stadium speaker system
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BillyTheCat
8/28/2017 11:59 AM
OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more
I went by Peden stadium this morning and I took the photos below. I apologize that the lighting is not great because I was taking the shots into the sun, and I was too lazy to come back in the afternoon when the sun would be to my back. Nonethelss, I think you can see that the screen is all up, and that the only things left are the logo on top and the trim on the sides. It seems to me that this could be easily done by game time on Saturday for the Hampton contest. But, what do I know, I'm only a dumbass poster on BA, with no knowledge of the inner workings of the AD's office.
this is actually the temporary scoreboard and will be removed when the one purchased arrives.
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GoCats105
8/28/2017 12:27 PM
BillyTheCat wrote:expand_more
I went by Peden stadium this morning and I took the photos below. I apologize that the lighting is not great because I was taking the shots into the sun, and I was too lazy to come back in the afternoon when the sun would be to my back. Nonethelss, I think you can see that the screen is all up, and that the only things left are the logo on top and the trim on the sides. It seems to me that this could be easily done by game time on Saturday for the Hampton contest. But, what do I know, I'm only a dumbass poster on BA, with no knowledge of the inner workings of the AD's office.
this is actually the temporary scoreboard and will be removed when the one purchased arrives.
WHAT.
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BillyTheCat
8/28/2017 1:53 PM
GC105 - yes, this is a temporary scoreboard that will be taken down when the one for OHIO arrives.

Props though for the work to ensure that there is a working scoreboard during the first game.
Last Edited: 8/28/2017 1:53:40 PM by BillyTheCat
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Deciduous Forest Cat
8/28/2017 2:20 PM
BillyTheCat wrote:expand_more
GC105 - yes, this is a temporary scoreboard that will be taken down when the one for OHIO arrives.

Props though for the work to ensure that there is a working scoreboard during the first game.
Where the !@#$ do you get a temporary scoreboard? Is this just the old scoreboard?

Another opportunity lost to make a good first impression on the incoming (already here) class
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Robert Fox
8/28/2017 2:30 PM
I would guess you get a temporary scoreboard from the vendor of the new scoreboard. If the new one is not yet ready, they may be furnishing this temporary one as a good faith effort to keep the peace. Just a hunch.
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GoCats105
8/28/2017 2:36 PM
BillyTheCat wrote:expand_more
GC105 - yes, this is a temporary scoreboard that will be taken down when the one for OHIO arrives.

Props though for the work to ensure that there is a working scoreboard during the first game.
Props indeed for whomever made that happen, but I agree with DFC. Opportunity lost here. Openers are usually one of the biggest crowds all year.
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Cats2014
8/28/2017 3:08 PM
Deciduous Forest Cat wrote:expand_more
[QUOTE=BillyTheCat] GC105 - yes, this is a temporary scoreboard that will be taken down when the one for OHIO arrives.

Props though for the work to ensure that there is a working scoreboard during the first game.
Where the !@#$ do you get a temporary scoreboard? Is this just the old scoreboard?

Another opportunity lost to make a good first impression on the incoming (already here) class

LOL... "A good first impression on the incoming freshman class?" What do they (administration) care? They already have their money.
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Deciduous Forest Cat
8/28/2017 4:00 PM
Cats2014 wrote:expand_more
[QUOTE=BillyTheCat] GC105 - yes, this is a temporary scoreboard that will be taken down when the one for OHIO arrives.

Props though for the work to ensure that there is a working scoreboard during the first game.
Where the !@#$ do you get a temporary scoreboard? Is this just the old scoreboard?

Another opportunity lost to make a good first impression on the incoming (already here) class

LOL... "A good first impression on the incoming freshman class?" What do they (administration) care? They already have their money.
Well, that's a cynical viewpoint (something that the king cynic would recognize). I mean this from an athletic standpoint. You don't get a lot of chances to make fans for life and it's harder when you don't have a huge tradition. It should be a big crowd and it should be a win and it should be a good lead-in to two tough games that follow. but now it's also going to be a little bush-league due to some sort of screwup with our new scoreboard. Now, we are well-positioned to recover from this mini-disaster... it's called "Beat Purdue" in week 2.
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Sam bobcat
8/28/2017 4:11 PM
Deciduous Forest Cat wrote:expand_more
[QUOTE=BillyTheCat] GC105 - yes, this is a temporary scoreboard that will be taken down when the one for OHIO arrives.

Props though for the work to ensure that there is a working scoreboard during the first game.
Where the !@#$ do you get a temporary scoreboard? Is this just the old scoreboard?

Another opportunity lost to make a good first impression on the incoming (already here) class

LOL... "A good first impression on the incoming freshman class?" What do they (administration) care? They already have their money.
Well, that's a cynical viewpoint (something that the king cynic would recognize). I mean this from an athletic standpoint. You don't get a lot of chances to make fans for life and it's harder when you don't have a huge tradition. It should be a big crowd and it should be a win and it should be a good lead-in to two tough games that follow. but now it's also going to be a little bush-league due to some sort of screwup with our new scoreboard. Now, we are well-positioned to recover from this mini-disaster... it's called "Beat Purdue" in week 2.
Right on! Beating Purdue would most likely be a more effective recruiting tool then the new scoreboard.
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BillyTheCat
8/28/2017 7:21 PM
Deciduous Forest Cat wrote:expand_more
[QUOTE=BillyTheCat] GC105 - yes, this is a temporary scoreboard that will be taken down when the one for OHIO arrives.

Props though for the work to ensure that there is a working scoreboard during the first game.
Where the !@#$ do you get a temporary scoreboard? Is this just the old scoreboard?

Another opportunity lost to make a good first impression on the incoming (already here) class

LOL... "A good first impression on the incoming freshman class?" What do they (administration) care? They already have their money.
Well, that's a cynical viewpoint (something that the king cynic would recognize). I mean this from an athletic standpoint. You don't get a lot of chances to make fans for life and it's harder when you don't have a huge tradition. It should be a big crowd and it should be a win and it should be a good lead-in to two tough games that follow. but now it's also going to be a little bush-league due to some sort of screwup with our new scoreboard. Now, we are well-positioned to recover from this mini-disaster... it's called "Beat Purdue" in week 2.
Even though temporary this board is all video, and will blow the old one out of the water in size and resolution. As far as where do you get one? There are many to rent and in many platforms.
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Carnac
8/28/2017 8:08 PM
Arkley with the facts.

https://www.athensmessenger.com/sports/ohiouniversity/ped...
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OhioCatFan
8/28/2017 10:20 PM
So, I took photos of the temporary board. Who'd have thunked it?
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LynxRufus6
8/29/2017 1:01 AM
Shame they won't have it on Saturday night. I bet there will be over 22.000 in the stands. They should have made Hampton the 2:00 game and the Kansas game 7:00 and debuted the new scoreboard on that night. With the alcohol sales, P5 opponent (yes, I realize it's Kansas), and a new scoreboard ready for a night game I can imagine the atmosphere would have been somewhat electric.

Wishful thinking
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BillyTheCat
8/29/2017 6:29 AM
You guys realize that only a handful of folks will ever realize that this is not the correct scoreboard????
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L.C.
8/29/2017 8:31 AM
BillyTheCat wrote:expand_more
You guys realize that only a handful of folks will ever realize that this is not the correct scoreboard????

That's kind of an insult to Arkley and the Messenger, don't you think? If the only place that information could be found was here, I'd agree with you, but with it being featured in the Messenger, I'd think that more than a handful of people read it.
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MedinaCat
8/29/2017 9:42 AM
L.C. wrote:expand_more
You guys realize that only a handful of folks will ever realize that this is not the correct scoreboard????

That's kind of an insult to Arkley and the Messenger, don't you think? If the only place that information could be found was here, I'd agree with you, but with it being featured in the Messenger, I'd think that more than a handful of people read it.

Here's the slap...how many in the stadium will have read the article? Circulation is 10,000 and I am willing to bet that no one(slight exaggeration) on the student side will have read it and most of them will be gazing at their smart phones.
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OU_Country
8/29/2017 10:17 AM
Oh boy, here we go with the smart phone comments....
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BillyTheCat
8/29/2017 10:19 AM
L.C. wrote:expand_more
You guys realize that only a handful of folks will ever realize that this is not the correct scoreboard????

That's kind of an insult to Arkley and the Messenger, don't you think? If the only place that information could be found was here, I'd agree with you, but with it being featured in the Messenger, I'd think that more than a handful of people read it.
Not a slap to Arkley at all, you are assuming that everyone in attendance is a reader of the Athens Messenger or a reader of Bobcat Attack? Yeah, don't think so. Again, the average fan, the freshman that comes to the game, or any alum that comes in from out of town will have no clue regarding the scoreboard until someone tells them.
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