Ohio to add new scoreboard at Ohio Stadium in Ohio

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April 11th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
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Ohio to add new scoreboard at Ohio Stadium in Ohio

Title basically says it all. Ohio doesn't release the viewing area, but the structure will be 124*42. They'll be adding new speaker systems throughout the stadium as well. For reference, our scoreboard structures are 108*62 (I couldn't find dimensions for Sparty's new boards). Ohio Stadium will also get text ribbons on the side opposite the scoreboard and HDTV's in the concourses.

The new HD, Panasonic scoreboard will be 42-feet-by-124-feet - the current scoreboard is 30-by-90 and is not HD - and will utilize Surface Mount Diode LED technology that will provide a sharper, clearer and brighter picture with extra wide viewing angles of over 140 degrees.

 

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April 11th, 2012 at 10:02 AM | great thread title, made me (Score:5 Normal)
gsblue
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great thread title, made me laugh

April 11th, 2012 at 10:03 AM | It looks pretty nice.  Of (Score:5 Normal)
Schembo
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It looks pretty nice.  Of course, the pictures don't show the advertisement filth that will be plastered all over the place.

April 11th, 2012 at 1:41 PM | Odd squatty dimensions. (Score:2)
M-Dog
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Odd squatty dimensions.  Looks like they can only show running plays.

 

M'Dog

April 11th, 2012 at 10:03 AM | Also of note, in reaction to (Score:5 Normal)
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Also of note, in reaction to being called "Ohio" so much, 642 new members will be added to the marching band in order to spell out script "The Ohio State University NOT OHIO" during next year's loss to Michigan at the Horseshoe.

April 11th, 2012 at 10:04 AM | You mean at "Columbus Crew (Score:5 Normal)
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You mean at "Columbus Crew Stadium", yes?

 

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=ohio+state+stadium&hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=...

April 11th, 2012 at 12:01 PM | Yay internet vandalism (Score:1 Normal)
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I still think this is stupid.  It's bad internet citizenship, it's the opening volley in an arms race between fanbases to see who can deface the other's stuff fastest, and it looks like it was all an accident on the part of a "Michigan fan" who was too dumb to know which stadium he was rating.

April 11th, 2012 at 10:07 AM | Lipstick on a pig... (Score:5 Normal)
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NT...

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April 11th, 2012 at 10:15 AM | On an objective basis (Score:4 Normal)
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I can say quite ugly.

 
 

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April 11th, 2012 at 12:12 PM | And yet, a little less ugly (Score:2 Normal)
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I just think the colors and logo give them very little to work with.  It'd be hard for anything to look much worse than the monstrosity that currently assaults my eyes every time I drive home from downtown Columbus up OH-315.

It doesn't even look like it has good proportion/symmetry. It's like something my unartistic-ass self would have scribbled if I got the word "toilet" in Pictionary.

April 11th, 2012 at 1:32 PM | If you've ever seen a game at (Score:3 Normal)
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If you've ever seen a game at the toilet, you'd know that the scoreboard is far more hideous during games.  Some of the animations on there are simply the dumbest things I've ever seen.  Why would you put an 'O' on the side of a purple cow and have it moo?  It ties into nothing, other than the notion that OSU is stupid. 

Their graphics people emulate an indoor soccer team, but somehow a multi-million dollar athletic department cannot find the money to outperform the self proclaimed Powerpoint expert from the Cleveland Crunch.

Hail.

April 11th, 2012 at 10:15 AM | you cant polish a turd   (Score:5 Normal)
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you cant polish a turd

 

April 11th, 2012 at 11:07 AM | You actually can, just not (Score:3 Normal)
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You actually can, just not this one
/mythbustered

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April 11th, 2012 at 11:18 AM | You can polish a turd (Score:3 Normal)
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but not in the way that you think.

April 11th, 2012 at 11:34 AM | Speaking of turds, I wonder how and where (Score:2 Normal)
rob f
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that "problem" will be handled given the new "Zero Waste" policy at Ohio Stadium:

http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/facilities/zero-waste-ohio-stadium.html

Coolers, maybe?

 

 

April 11th, 2012 at 5:05 PM | OBES?!? (Score:2)
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OBES?!?

David Brandon propaganda

April 11th, 2012 at 10:16 AM | The long tradition of Ohio scoreboards... (Score:2 Normal)
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Unfortunately, it must be noted, we are the VIS in that November '68 photo.

 

 

April 11th, 2012 at 10:24 AM | Sadly, I can't do too much (Score:1 Interesting)
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Sadly, I can't do too much trash talking about the A/V in Ohio Stadium. My grandfather's company did a lot of renovation work with the audio wiring, PA system, and probably the scoreboard a while back.

I'd have to ask exactly when and what, but thinking about it, I believe it was pre-1982. Maybe I can trash talk without feeling bad after all, since I doubt any of their work remains.

Go Blue!

April 11th, 2012 at 11:49 AM | And here I thought Coach Hoke (Score:3 Normal)
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And here I thought Coach Hoke finally had them convinced they were actually just "Ohio" and that they decided to change their scoreboards to reflect that.  I was disappointed with their selection.  I don't like it nearly as much as this retro look one, sans score.

April 11th, 2012 at 11:51 AM | Oh man they must have been (Score:3 Normal)
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Oh man they must have been really pissed we went so far as to put "Ohio" on the- waaait a minute...

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April 11th, 2012 at 3:09 PM | Let's get some better ones (Score:3 Normal)
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Let's get some better ones than that.

Go Blue!  Always!

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April 11th, 2012 at 3:51 PM | 40-0; thank you Tom Harmon. (Score:1)
Section 1
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22-0; I was there for that one!  I had better seats than where that photo (the usual visitors' section up in northwest C-deck) was taken.  They had become O.S.U. at that time.  I really don't know when they changed the old Ohio Stadium scoreboard.

 

 

April 11th, 2012 at 10:17 AM | envy is an ugly shade.... (Score:0 Overrated)
April 11th, 2012 at 10:20 AM | Well we ARE their rivals. (Score:4 Normal)
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Well we ARE their rivals. It's one of the greatest rivalries, so why not showcase it?

"There will be blood on the field and it won't be mine." -KK

April 11th, 2012 at 10:17 AM | ND better be next. Their (Score:4 Normal)
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ND better be next. Their scoreboards look like they belong on a high school basketball court.

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April 11th, 2012 at 10:31 AM | Believe it or not (Score:3 Normal)
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They just replaced them before last season.

ED: I guess it was a couple of seasons ago. But yeah.

They no longer call me Bisbiño

April 11th, 2012 at 11:05 AM | And I used think Michigan was (Score:4 Normal)
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And I used to think Michigan was cheap.

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April 11th, 2012 at 10:34 AM | Dave Brandon sees your new (Score:4 Normal)
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Dave Brandon sees your new scoreboard, and raises you 50,000 seats in the next 25 years!

HEY! You there!

April 11th, 2012 at 10:37 AM | The game, gentlemen (ladies) (Score:2 Normal)
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takes place on the field. I hope that Michigan can leave OSU fans staring at their new scoreboard in dismay, this year and for many on-years to come. 

April 11th, 2012 at 10:38 AM | UM: 108 x 62 = 6,696 (Score:3 Normal)
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UM: 108 x 62 = 6,696 ft^2

Ohio: 124 x 42 = 5,208 ft^2

That is the sturcture measurements- not sure what that means for video dimensions...

April 11th, 2012 at 10:40 AM | The new boards at Michigan Stadium... (Score:1 Informative)
justingoblue
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are 47*85, if you're just talking about video area.

Go Blue!

April 11th, 2012 at 1:37 PM | assuming they go with (Score:3 Normal)
Fitz
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a regular widescreen 16:9 ratio, the screen itself would only be about 75 feet wide if they used the full 42 foot height.

April 11th, 2012 at 10:38 AM | Wait, where? (Score:4 Normal)
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Where at?

Roll Tide.

April 11th, 2012 at 10:39 AM | I'll take (Score:5 Normal)
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April 11th, 2012 at 10:57 AM | I can read, Trebek (Score:5 Normal)
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I can read, Trebek

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April 11th, 2012 at 11:20 AM | Regarding that new ohio scoreboard, though, (Score:3 Normal)
rob f
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the fact remains that most of the 102,329 (official capacity) that attend osu games can't read and are functionally illiterate.  While there might be some 5000 or so fans of the opposing teams there for any given game that can read, why devote any space at all on the ohio scoreboard surface for words or messages, is there some ADA requirement that had to be met? 

April 11th, 2012 at 12:39 PM | Ol' Bob said it best (Score:3 Normal)
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"Here we are at Ohio Stadium, in front of 10,000 alumni and 74,000 truck drivers."

"This is the EMU game, not the emo game."
April 11th, 2012 at 10:47 AM | I'm just glad we have the (Score:4 Normal)
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I'm just glad we have the ball in the sample pics

UMich 13

April 11th, 2012 at 11:18 AM | if its from 2011 (Score:3 Normal)
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it won't be for long.       :(

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April 11th, 2012 at 11:24 AM | Yeah, but (Score:2 Normal)
ND Sux
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they show OSU leading 22-10.  Blasphemy, I say. 

"I promise you we would have walked to the University of Michigan."  - Brady Hoke

April 11th, 2012 at 11:17 AM | Digital ribbons always feel a (Score:3 Normal)
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Digital ribbons always feel a bit too "NFL" to me (MAKE SOME NOISEEEE!!!!), but the scoreboard looks nice.

April 11th, 2012 at 11:20 AM | Ah, every man's dream. (Score:5 Normal)
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A giant T.V. to be viewed from his toilet seat

Me fail English?  That's unpossible!

April 11th, 2012 at 11:39 AM | so will it be bigger than (Score:3 Normal)
Big_H
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so will it be bigger than ours?

 

Shoelaces flapping in the wind!

April 11th, 2012 at 1:37 PM | yeah but ours (Score:2 Normal)
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is thicker

April 11th, 2012 at 11:42 AM | Great, now all the fans that (Score:4 Normal)
MichiWolv
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Great, now all the fans that buy the cheap seats and can only see half the field can watch the whole game in HD!

April 11th, 2012 at 11:48 AM | I was really hoping it was (Score:5 Normal)
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I was really hoping it was going to have a sign that read "your add"

 

Let's eat Grandpa.

April 11th, 2012 at 11:57 AM | Wait... (Score:3 Normal)
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Wasn't that guy a professor at Ohio?  Boy...

April 11th, 2012 at 12:41 PM | Well yeah (Score:3 Normal)
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But not in the English dept! Come on, son...

"This is the EMU game, not the emo game."
April 11th, 2012 at 3:55 PM | Nationwide Insurance (Score:2 Normal)
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is headquartered in Columbus, OH. Remember that the next time you need to buy coverage.

Abort, Retry, Fail?

April 11th, 2012 at 11:54 AM | Great! (Score:2 Normal)
jwschultz
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That means the minor-league-baseball-style graphics and the ridiculous Cartoon Adventures of Brutus the Nut can be even bigger!

 

 

April 11th, 2012 at 12:45 PM | Love those things (Score:4 Normal)
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It's so great when they put one of those on and nobody makes a sound. You can watch it "top out" and hear a pin drop at the same time.

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