There were no down and distance indicators on any of the displays/screens. There's plenty of room for them so why not show them?
Biggest complaint about the stadium
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There was down and distance in the north end zone. Really difficult to see tho. The Northwestern Medical logo was the panel closest to the field, and it appeared that the down and distance was almost ground level.
(I saw it when Kirtz couldn’t come up with that pass in the end zone.)
(I saw it when Kirtz couldn’t come up with that pass in the end zone.)
Biggest plus about the Stadium:
Lack of West side bleacher height put the sun squarely in the eyes of our opponents and their eye-shielding coaches standing on the East Sideline.
Lack of West side bleacher height put the sun squarely in the eyes of our opponents and their eye-shielding coaches standing on the East Sideline.
I was sitting in the north zone, so if they were ground-level in the north zone, I wouldn't be able to see them. Why not put them on one of the large screens?
The most improvement for any team is between week one and week two, Coach Walk used to say. Hopefully that’s the case for Stadium ops as well.
Go Cats Go Cats Go
Go Cats Go Cats Go
Also audio was terrible in the first half. Could not hear anything. Somewhat better in the second half
Did NUMB play the alma mater at half? Director was waving his arms, but no sound.
My biggest complaint were the empty seats on tv. We’ve got to be able to fill that stadium. Settles the debate on the size of the new stadium.
Hard to be TOO mad off the rave reviews on social media and a quality early win
And when the speakers were on it was insanely loud. As in ear-splitting. Brutal from the south end zone.
North side concession stand did not have waters at the beginning of half time.
We finally have the high school stadium visiting fans like to complain about.
I had a great time, though!
We finally have the high school stadium visiting fans like to complain about.
I had a great time, though!
It’s comforting to know that, no matter what type or size of venue NU builds, no matter the sport, the most expensive seats will be both sold and empty.
I'd rather have their criticism (next year) than have them at Wrigley again and be surrounded by those yahoos. Edit, just looked, we don't play them next year.
They were there to start the game. It was hot as balls out there and there is no relief anywhere except the west stands, top of the South stands and the Porto Potties!
On the broadcast, Lisa Byington literally compared it to a Texas high school stadium, and Jared Thomas laughed nervously.
Texas high school stadiums are bigger…
Appropriate, since her announcing is at the high school level. I don't need Gus Johnson hyperbole, but she's as boring as hell
Yeah, I get it. Just not sure it's something to be chuckling about on a BTN broadcast.
Overall, however, Lisa was her usual confused self and Jared's analysis generally was spot on. I hope this is the last we see of Lisa this season, but that's probably wishful thinking on my part.
I will say that I enjoyed seeing Jared Thomas on the broadcast. Lisa at one point corrected herself by saying that he's not a former football player but is a current one, which I assume means he's still hanging around in a pro league somewhere. I believe he was in the arena football league a few years ago. Glad he's still pursuing his dream, and he did a good job on the TV broadcast.
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Like someone said, wealthy and loyal NU backers have a lot of points to get seasons tickets without the desire to go to a game or the need to scalp the tickets thus resulting in empty seats very visible in a small stadium that can be easily scanned by network camera crews. Some of them might have been on those motorboats shown on TV.
I just went old school and watched the chain gang.
It was a sell out but was far from filled. I figured there was room for about 2K more in the seats.
Yeah, that was driving me crazy and could have led to a delay of game if the QB looked up and trusted that clock.
At the start of the game it *looked* miserably hot on tv. Seemed like almost a haze in the air, though perhaps that was my tv. 🤷♂️. There must not have been any cloud cover.
South stands looked pretty full later in the game, also as shadow started showing up onscreen.
Jared did a nice job. Lisa was awful. When Miami o was driving late down by ten she said they were about to score to tie the game.
But she never corrected herself.
Lisa is now an institution. She usually gets the lowest ranked game by BTN. I am so use to hearing her that it doesn't bother me anymore.
I had no idea Jared was a color guy. He was pretty good. Well spoken and just the right amount of enthusiasm.
