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[TexasBoi]

Originally Posted by torsten

No you can't see the skyline, Blaine is a long way from downtown. That's the thing I don't like about this stadium plan. It's not in a central location. For those in the south metro (Eagan, Bloomington, Eden Prarie, etc.) it's a long drive. I'm not sure this will actually get built.

The Cowboys are doing the same thing by building a new stadium in the suburbs. I also like the old model better.

[spyguy]

Daktronics Inc. (Nasdaq-DAKT) of Brookings, S.D., announced today that it has been awarded a contract to design and build the world’s largest high definition (HD) light emitting diode (LED) display for Dolphins Stadium.

Daktronics has been chosen by Dolphins Stadium to provide two large ProStar® video displays, each with true, physical pixel resolution exceeding the 720p high definition television standard of 720 pixel by 1,280 pixel resolution. The largest of the two displays will be the largest of its kind in the world. The project is scheduled to be completed in time for the 2006 baseball season, which begins in April.

The facility will be the first NFL venue to implement true HD large screen video. Sports fans are becoming accustomed to watching their teams on high definition broadcasts. Now fans in Dolphins Stadium will see incredible, high resolution, crystal clear, live video and replays on the new digital displays behind each end zone.

Both ProStar® screens will incorporate an even wider aspect ratio than the 9:16 wide screen ratio of HD television, and will give fans a wider, more panoramic view of the action. With their superb resolution and super wide format, the displays will also have the ability to show multiple images simultaneously.

Behind the east end zone, a Daktronics ProStar® display will be installed on the existing scoreboard structure. This display will measure approximately 50 feet high by 137 feet with a true resolution of 736 pixels high by 2,112 pixels wide. Full-screen images shown on this display will be comprised of more than 1.5 million pixels, made from more than 4.6 million red, green and blue LEDs.

Upon completion, this display will become the world’s largest high definition video display, surpassing one installed earlier this year that was recognized as the largest by Guinness World Records. The largest of the two ProStar® displays at Dolphins Stadium will be nearly 20 percent larger than the current record holder.

Behind the west end zone, a second large ProStar® display will be installed. This high definition display will measure approximately 50 feet high by 99 feet wide, and will be mounted to the existing support structure.

“Daktronics is very excited about the opportunity to bring true HD large screen video to a great venue like Dolphins Stadium,” said James Morgan, President and CEO of Daktronics. “This will add another dimension and greater entertainment for the fans. With this upgrade, Dolphins Stadium will claim the world’s largest HD video screen, which will be a landmark for video display technology.”

“As a football fan who has attended Dolphins games, I can say the game-day experience is already exceptional,” said Brent Stevens, Daktronics Regional Sales Manager for Large Sports Venues. “The installation of these two revolutionary displays will enhance that experience even further by allowing Dolphins fans to see images unsurpassed in any venue in the world.”

Said Stevens: “Fans will be amazed with the image quality of the ProStar screens."

[vertigosufferer]

Blimey! - It will be so real lifelike, that you would amost expect them to jump out of the screen and take too the field lol

[The Mad Hatter!!]

WHOA so i guess huizenga is finally reaching into those very deep pockets and spending some money in anticipation for the 2007 and 2010 superbowl....go dolphins?

[40Acres]

100th game of the Red River Rivalry between the University of Texas Longhorns and the University of Oklahoma Sooners. The stadium seats 75,452 and tickets are divided exactly even between both universities, right down the 50 yard line at midfield. Both campuses are exactly 3 hours from the city of Dallas and the Cotton Bowl doorstep. As part of the tradition, OU gets the south side and UT the north, making fans ceremoniously "cross paths" on thier way to the stands (Norman, OK is 200 miles north of dallas, Austin, TX is 200 miles south of dallas) This takes place during the state fair of TEXAS, which adds to the ambiance of the football game. Texas' color is Burnt Orange and Oklahoma's color is Crimson.

The 50-50 split at the 50 yard line




Up close




Texas state fair in the background:




'Big Tex' greets players and fans outside the Cotton Bowl




Jamal Charles, just another great runningback in a long line of great Texas runningbacks




Billy Pittman scores a touchdown on the Texas side with 7 seconds left before halftime




Ramonce Taylor catches the first touchdown pass for Texas in 6 TX-OU games




315 pound Rod Wright returns an OU fumble 80 yards. Notice the QB Rhett Bomar flat on his ass after commiting the fumble on a VERY hard hit.




TOUCHDOWN!



Bomar would rather NOT get up




Vince Young, Texas quarterback, is the MAN!






TEXAS fans celebrate a 45-12 victory. Notice the half-full stands of orange, while the crimson-clad Sooner fans have headed for the exits on their side of the stadium.




Winner get The Golden Hat trophy. Hook 'em Horns! OU sucks!

[Fear of Heights]

Cool pics!! The pageantry captured in those pics is why college football is better than pro football.

[DrJoe]

That is pretty awesome. .

[th0m]

Awesome stuff. Kind of sad for OU that their 'fans' left at half time. OK, it was 24-6 at the half, but a lot can happen in 30 mins of play.

[dave8721]

What is this world coming to...Florida State finally beats Miami, Texas finally beats Oklahoma, and Minnesota finally beat Michigan...

[krodiger]

What is the biggest rivalry in California?

[40Acres]

Originally Posted by krodiger

What is the biggest rivalry in California?

i would say probably Cal-Stanford

[CharlieP]

Why is Oklahoma called the "Sooner" State? Is it because all its visitors would Sooner be somewhere else?

[Perth4life3]

thats awesome hey, wish they did that for the Western derby over here in aus in the afl , rather than having one team be at a home game and the other supporters getting like 10,000 seats (although they play twice a year so it evens out)

[2005]

American "football" rivalrys are very big in size but that is it the passion isn't there simple as you want passion and singing and an amzing atmosphere go to FOOTBALL match like Tottenham vs Arsenal at whl or Everton vs Liverpool now that is a real sporting rivalry.

Sorry to be a git but it is true.

[JimB]

Originally Posted by 2005

American "football" rivalrys are very big in size but that is it the passion isn't there simple as you want passion and singing and an amzing atmosphere go to FOOTBALL match like Tottenham vs Arsenal at whl or Everton vs Liverpool now that is a real sporting rivalry.

Sorry to be a git but it is true.

Oh, for God's sake, shut up about Tottenham just for once, can't you? It's very tedious. And if you had been to a big American football match, then you would know that the fans are very passionate indeed. Just as passionate as they are in English football. They may not sing spontaneous songs as "soccer" fans in Europe and South America. But that's just a matter of tradition. The fans at American football still make a hell of a noise, though.

So please - just for once - stop trying to turn every thread into a competition or a discussion about Tottenham.

[40Acres]

Originally Posted by 2005

American football rivalrys are very big in size but that is it the passion isn't there simple as you want passion and singing and an amzing atmosphere go to FOOTBALL match like Tottenham vs Arsenal at whl or Everton vs Liverpool now that is a real sporting rivalry.

Sorry to be a git but it is true.

LMFAO. Spoken like a typical english git. You dont know shit outside of your little island. now go wank to your wayne rooney posters and slather your face in spot cream.

Texas-ou has more pagaentry than 99% of sporting events in the world. The best part is, its not forced, like say, the olympics ... "oooohhh, everybody's happy, its the olympics, we're the peace games, fair competition, look at the fireworks, la da da deee da!"

No, its driving up with your buddies from Austin on Friday when you should be in class (but hell, your professors are driving up too), its going out and getting fucked up at "The Across the Street Bar" in Dallas Texas, with 25 cent pitchers and talking shit to Oklahoma trash. Its waking up with your date on saturday moring in a cheap hotel, bloody-nosed and hungover, but none of that matters because you're headed to the Texas State Fair to eat funnel cake and corny dogs and every other fried delicacy in the midway while talking shit to the Sooner trash outside the Cotton Bowl. Its taking your picture underneath Big Tex, then making your way over to the team entrances to greet your team bus or throw shit at the OU bus.

Its filing into the Cotton Bowl stadium. An OLD historic dinosaur of a stadium that is split exactly 50-50 with fans down the 50 yard line, 38,000 in Orange, 38,000 in Crimson. There isnt even an aisle to divide the fans. you are rubbing sholders with the enemy halfway down your aisle should you be lucky enough to be on the dividing line.

Its the teams walking down the famed Cotton Bowl tunnel, so close that they could reach out and touch each other. Great players have thrown up in there from nerves. The Texas section sings "The Eyes of Texas" and possibly "Texas Our Texas", two heartfelt songs (much, MUCH like "You will never walk Alone" before England plays) before the hysteria begins

The Oklahoma band plays Boomer Sooner and The Texas Band playing Texas Fight, and the teams rush out of the tunnel to their respective sides. OTher songs include March of the Longhorns, March Grandioso, Wabash Cannonball, Deep in the Heart of Texas, Texas, Texas, Yee Haw, and Go Horns Go, all of which require spontaneous singing, body movements and the world famous "hook 'em horns" hand sign. There are flags, banners and posters.

Every play, 50% of the stadium is cheering. Every play. When have you heard a stadium like that? Hook em horns handsigns up, or if you are a sooner, you do the handsign upside down to show disrespect. Old grandmothers teach their young grandchildren how to flip off "TEXASS" fans. No shit, i've seen it.

Matthew McConaughey, actor, cheering on the sidelines for the horns, and Willie Nelson doing a bump of cocaine from his seats in the endzone (allegedly in the 70s). Barry Switzer, former OU and Dallas Cowboy coach getting taunted and praised from Longhorns and Sooners.

And in the end, you have that little matter of a football game. One that has been played one hundred times in a neutral site in a neutral city in a 50-50 split stadium. the smell of fair food lingers, and the prospect of celebrating your win on the town of Dallas or drowning your sorrows. Either way, you know you'll be ending up with a bloody nose and a hangover next to your date in a cheap La Quinta hotel on Sunday morning.

[krodiger]

Why Notre Dame has such a high rank in the polls? I don´t think they are that good.

[TexasBoi]

Originally Posted by dave8721

What is this world coming to...Florida State finally beats Miami, Texas finally beats Oklahoma, and Minnesota finally beat Michigan...

Well, Texas has beaten OU before 2000-2004. In fact, they have beaten them now as of 2005, 56 times. This rivalry goes in streaks. Just before OU had its 5 game winning streak, Texas had a 3 game winning streak itself and won 7 out of 9 in the series.
It was a great game if you was a Longhorn fan . Glad you guys got to "2005" before I did because I would have said the same things lol. 45-12 was sweet.
40acres, if you don't mind, I saved your post describing the Texas-OU game. Have not seen a better description on the internet.

[TexasBoi]

Originally Posted by krodiger

Why Notre Dame has such a high rank in the polls? I don´t think they are that good.

Because they are a good team and not many teams in the top 20 are better than them. They are only going to get better with Charlie Weiss as head coach.

BTW that pic of billy pittman is great. That was a great pass and catch and just overall, a great play.

[great prairie]

I hope Laura Miller doesn't fuck up and let the series go to home and home...