Boise is def best viewed from afar................and way too much blue from the old track!

I lose interest in Twitter with every passing day, but darnit I'll vote in JMU contests

We have a lopsided stadium- I realize that. It's our FCS heritage.
That said, their stadium is odd too. Not too often you see an upper deck with more capacity than the lower deck.
But I will take their press box tower any day over ours. Being situated behind the seats trumps having it sit within the seats.

(07-12-2023 12:17 PM)Deez Nuts Wrote:  I lose interest in Twitter with every passing day, but darnit I'll vote in JMU contests

I don't know..twitter used to be an echo chamber, now it is a sh** slinging forum. Way more entertaining.

(07-12-2023 01:43 PM)olddawg Wrote:  We have a lopsided stadium- I realize that. It's our FCS heritage.
That said, their stadium is odd too. Not too often you see an upper deck with more capacity than the lower deck.
But I will take their press box tower any day over ours. Being situated behind the seats trumps having it sit within the seats.

Guess its a preference thing, but I kinda dislike those concrete "towers", they look tacked on, and not an integral part of the stadium. What we have is much closer to what you will see in NFL stadiums. You won't see those concrete towers at stadiums for Washington, Baltimore, etc.

and it's a final!

Bridgeforth 51%
that stadium with the blue turf 49%

(07-12-2023 02:28 PM)JMURocks Wrote:  

(07-12-2023 01:43 PM)olddawg Wrote:  We have a lopsided stadium- I realize that. It's our FCS heritage.
That said, their stadium is odd too. Not too often you see an upper deck with more capacity than the lower deck.
But I will take their press box tower any day over ours. Being situated behind the seats trumps having it sit within the seats.

Guess its a preference thing, but I kinda dislike those concrete "towers", they look tacked on, and not an integral part of the stadium. What we have is much closer to what you will see in NFL stadiums. You won't see those concrete towers at stadiums for Washington, Baltimore, etc.

Hadn't thought about the tower buildings being a college thing, but now that you mention it-I guess it is. It's just what I'm used to I suppose. Just think ours looks more like an afterthought.
I do like the row of luxury boxes between the decks and would hope that gets duplicated on the Godwin side. I wonder what JMU's thinking would have been if they hadn't had to contend with the existing parking deck? Water under the bridge now.

(07-12-2023 04:16 PM)olddawg Wrote:  

(07-12-2023 02:28 PM)JMURocks Wrote:  

(07-12-2023 01:43 PM)olddawg Wrote:  We have a lopsided stadium- I realize that. It's our FCS heritage.
That said, their stadium is odd too. Not too often you see an upper deck with more capacity than the lower deck.
But I will take their press box tower any day over ours. Being situated behind the seats trumps having it sit within the seats.

Guess its a preference thing, but I kinda dislike those concrete "towers", they look tacked on, and not an integral part of the stadium. What we have is much closer to what you will see in NFL stadiums. You won't see those concrete towers at stadiums for Washington, Baltimore, etc.

Hadn't thought about the tower buildings being a college thing, but now that you mention it-I guess it is. It's just what I'm used to I suppose. Just think ours looks more like an afterthought.
I do like the row of luxury boxes between the decks and would hope that gets duplicated on the Godwin side. I wonder what JMU's thinking would have been if they hadn't had to contend with the existing parking deck? Water under the bridge now.

Totally disagree there. Ours is fully integrated into the stadium design. The tacked on tower boxes are the "afterthought" often added after the main stadium is constructed. Personally find that more tacky. Ours is built the way the pros do it.

Not all college teams build towers either, go look at Bama's. It's typically done because it was an expansion/retrofit added after the fact.

On to the next round.

We won this one, even with UVA fans and some other "haters" voting against us.

(07-12-2023 04:16 PM)olddawg Wrote:  

(07-12-2023 02:28 PM)JMURocks Wrote:  

(07-12-2023 01:43 PM)olddawg Wrote:  We have a lopsided stadium- I realize that. It's our FCS heritage.
That said, their stadium is odd too. Not too often you see an upper deck with more capacity than the lower deck.
But I will take their press box tower any day over ours. Being situated behind the seats trumps having it sit within the seats.

Guess its a preference thing, but I kinda dislike those concrete "towers", they look tacked on, and not an integral part of the stadium. What we have is much closer to what you will see in NFL stadiums. You won't see those concrete towers at stadiums for Washington, Baltimore, etc.

Hadn't thought about the tower buildings being a college thing, but now that you mention it-I guess it is. It's just what I'm used to I suppose. Just think ours looks more like an afterthought.
I do like the row of luxury boxes between the decks and would hope that gets duplicated on the Godwin side. I wonder what JMU's thinking would have been if they hadn't had to contend with the existing parking deck? Water under the bridge now.

I'm not sure if that was intentional but it made me chuckle as they also had to contend with water going under a bridge.

(07-12-2023 04:16 PM)olddawg Wrote:  

(07-12-2023 02:28 PM)JMURocks Wrote:  

(07-12-2023 01:43 PM)olddawg Wrote:  We have a lopsided stadium- I realize that. It's our FCS heritage.
That said, their stadium is odd too. Not too often you see an upper deck with more capacity than the lower deck.
But I will take their press box tower any day over ours. Being situated behind the seats trumps having it sit within the seats.

Guess its a preference thing, but I kinda dislike those concrete "towers", they look tacked on, and not an integral part of the stadium. What we have is much closer to what you will see in NFL stadiums. You won't see those concrete towers at stadiums for Washington, Baltimore, etc.

Hadn't thought about the tower buildings being a college thing, but now that you mention it-I guess it is. It's just what I'm used to I suppose. Just think ours looks more like an afterthought.
I do like the row of luxury boxes between the decks and would hope that gets duplicated on the Godwin side. I wonder what JMU's thinking would have been if they hadn't had to contend with the existing parking deck? Water under the bridge now.

The design of JMU’s press/media box was far from an afterthought, it was purposely designed to be integral to the way the suites, club and parking deck are all articulated, plus (and this is a big “plus”) the design impacted the way the lights on that side of BFS were incorporated.

You are undoubtedly influenced by what many other college stadiums look like, and IMO those stadiums are the ones whose “towers” look tacked-on (and they often were). In contrast, JMU’s BFS (new side) looks contemporary, streamlined and professional in a way that most college stadiums do not. Like you, when the Godwin side of BFS is built, I hope (and expect) it will basically mirror the Newman Lake side, and the finished stadium will be a real gem of a football venue.

next up is CO St's Canvas Stadium, going to be tough to beat.

(07-12-2023 06:35 PM)Bill Wrote:  next up is CO St's Canvas Stadium, going to be tough to beat.

We should ask Toddy which stadium he’d vote for.

End zone seating way too flat.

(07-12-2023 06:47 PM)BleedingPurple Wrote:  End zone seating way too flat.

Not enough purple

Also in the Elite 8:

Marshall v ECU
App St v UAB
UTEP v Liberty

Think I'm voting Marshall, App, UTEP.

(07-12-2023 10:24 AM)Longhorn Wrote:  

(07-12-2023 05:04 AM)JMU2K_DukeDawg Wrote:  Love my BFS and alma mater, but objectively Boise St has a much more complete stadium, unless you're a blue field hater... which gives us a fighting chance. Hell, they've hosted bowl games even!

Seriously? Boise’s stadium is an architectural patchwork that looks like cr*p. The famous blue field aside, Boise’s stadium is “complete”…it’s completely ugly.

And BFS' Godwin side isn't architectural patchwork that looks like cr*p? Let's be honest, it is until we get a full stadium. They have stands as well in both endzones. Is it a thing on beauty? Hell no. Will BFS be superior once Phases II and Phases III are complete? Hell yes. But as of today, we have a half built stadium and those that are finished - ugly as they may be - are better looking to me. Oh, and it holds another 10k+ fans.

I also totally agree with the poster who said TxST > Boise St.

Glad we won though. JMU should always win the Internet.

(07-12-2023 06:38 PM)Longhorn Wrote:  We should ask Toddy which stadium he’d vote for.

This one's easy - a building doesn't make noise, fans do!

(07-13-2023 06:40 AM)JMU2K_DukeDawg Wrote:  

(07-12-2023 06:38 PM)Longhorn Wrote:  We should ask Toddy which stadium he’d vote for.

This one's easy - a building doesn't make noise, fans do!

Sure looks like they had the same architecture firm. Look at how the corners of the upper deck flow. Looks really similar.

Thankfully as a fan base we’re really good at two things - Trying to win polls and throwing streamers.

51 days.