Looks great but a second phase to include suites, new restrooms, paint job, etc still required.

(08-27-2016 08:47 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  

(08-27-2016 05:00 PM)loki_the_bubba Wrote:  Workers power washing the upper west.

loki, as on out-of-town alum I just wanted to say "THANK YOU" for the photos you have provided.

This is a particularly good one as it gives a great perspective on the stands and what a difference the power-washing makes in appearance. Hope they eventually get to a fresh coat of paint on the gray (bathtub ring) around the field. All the water marks, chipped paint, and rust stains provide a discordant contrast to the shiny new EZF. Wish we'd bring back the 'sine waves' around the ring, but at least a fresh coat of paint would look better.

Are the coaches located in the suits?

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(08-28-2016 09:16 PM)YOwl Ming Wrote:  Are the coaches located in the suits?

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no but the couches are . . . .

(08-27-2016 08:47 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  loki, as on out-of-town alum I just wanted to say "THANK YOU" for the photos you have provided.

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You're quite welcome. I love cycling through campus on weekend mornings.

Is the cam gone or just down? Will we be able to see the video/sound board finished?

Webcam might be gone. page is just blank now. I confess I will miss it. Don't know what it would hurt to just leave it up--couldn't see the field or practice field, so we're not giving away any secrets or free game videos.

Still hope we can get another one up soon for next phase of HRS renovations, and Reckling for that matter.

Wasn't sure where this was most appropriate to post, but everyone should read the first section of this article. Hopefully none of our coaches ever again have to cover up our warts:

http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/265...powerhouse

(09-05-2016 09:44 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  Wasn't sure where this was most appropriate to post, but everyone should read the first section of this article. Hopefully none of our coaches ever again have to cover up our warts:

http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/265...powerhouse

Wow. Great article. Pretty easy to get depressed when you read the Andrew Luck/ Rice facilities section.
However, I hope that when our AD et al read the article it will inspire them to get our football program out of its rut and into a much more successful mode. Our team and our fans deserve better.

That article is such a bummer. My only solace is to take a sour-grapes approach and believe that, even if Andrew Luck had come to Rice, he wouldn't have been the transformational player that he was at Stanford, so we didn't lose out as much as it seems. Terrible thinking, I know . . .

(09-06-2016 01:35 PM)Barrett Wrote:  That article is such a bummer. My only solace is to take a sour-grapes approach and believe that, even if Andrew Luck had come to Rice, he wouldn't have been the transformational player that he was at Stanford, so we didn't lose out as much as it seems. Terrible thinking, I know . . .

Think of how many great players we've surely missed out on over the past 25 years due to the deplorable facilities. Luck is one of many. I'll be upset if I don't see a surge in recruiting moving forward.

(09-06-2016 01:35 PM)Barrett Wrote:  That article is such a bummer. My only solace is to take a sour-grapes approach and believe that, even if Andrew Luck had come to Rice, he wouldn't have been the transformational player that he was at Stanford, so we didn't lose out as much as it seems. Terrible thinking, I know . . .

I think he would have been.

Just think of what Clement was able to do. Now, Imagine a better Clement with McGuffie, Wilson, McDonald, Torren Dixon, and a few others at his disposal from 2009-2011 (his time at Stanford after red-shirting).

While defense was awful then, half of the problem was that our offense couldn't keep the defense off the field.

(09-06-2016 02:17 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(09-06-2016 01:35 PM)Barrett Wrote:  That article is such a bummer. My only solace is to take a sour-grapes approach and believe that, even if Andrew Luck had come to Rice, he wouldn't have been the transformational player that he was at Stanford, so we didn't lose out as much as it seems. Terrible thinking, I know . . .

I think he would have been.

Just think of what Clement was able to do. Now, Imagine a better Clement with McGuffie, Wilson, McDonald, Torren Dixon, and a few others at his disposal from 2009-2011 (his time at Stanford after red-shirting).

While defense was awful then, half of the problem was that our offense couldn't keep the defense off the field.

Don't take my excuse away from me, RiceLad! :)

Didn't know David Beaty's team also had some renovations to their locker room. This does seem to be a recent big trend in making these things look like video-game arcades; for I think ours is fine, while it may need some paint, wall-hangings and graphics:

New $2 million Kansas football locker room features barber shop, personalized lockers with Twitter handle

Posted by Liam McGuire on Aug 29, 2016 11:20



The Kansas Jayhawks football team’s latest locker room upgrades unsurprisingly border on the excessive side.

On Sunday, Kansas unveiled its upgraded locker room and player lounge. The $2 million facelift implemented many lavish details.

The connected player’s lounge has a pool table, shuffleboard, gaming consoles, arcade games and a barber shop among other entertainment options. The Jayhawks re-designed locker room now includes player pictures and Twitter handles in personalized lockers, an illuminated LED Jayhawk logo on the ceiling and sound system upgrades throughout.

“I could not believe how big and flashy it was when we walked in,” senior safety Fish Smithson said. “I knew it was going to be nice, but it definitely exceeded my expectations. Our lockers have all of the fancy extras you would want in there.”

Kansas’ changes aren’t as extravagant as Clemson’s $55 million facility, featuring a nap room, bowling alley, and golf simulator. Nor is it as fancy as Oregon’s impressive 30,000 square feet Marcus Mariota Sports Performance Center.

Still, it’s hard to argue the millions spent on upgrades will provide any benefits to Jayhawks players aside from entertaining them on off days. The upgrades, in this case, are largely unnecessary and were made to boost the aesthetics of the facility and attract future players.

Given that Kansas is 12-60 over the last six years and coming off a winless season last year, anything is worth a try to make the program feel better about itself.

(09-08-2016 02:58 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  Didn't know David Beaty's team also had some renovations to their locker room. This does seem to be a recent big trend in making these things look like video-game arcades; for I think ours is fine, while it may need some paint, wall-hangings and graphics:

New $2 million Kansas football locker room features barber shop, personalized lockers with Twitter handle

Posted by Liam McGuire on Aug 29, 2016 11:20



The Kansas Jayhawks football team’s latest locker room upgrades unsurprisingly border on the excessive side.

On Sunday, Kansas unveiled its upgraded locker room and player lounge. The $2 million facelift implemented many lavish details.

The connected player’s lounge has a pool table, shuffleboard, gaming consoles, arcade games and a barber shop among other entertainment options. The Jayhawks re-designed locker room now includes player pictures and Twitter handles in personalized lockers, an illuminated LED Jayhawk logo on the ceiling and sound system upgrades throughout.

“I could not believe how big and flashy it was when we walked in,” senior safety Fish Smithson said. “I knew it was going to be nice, but it definitely exceeded my expectations. Our lockers have all of the fancy extras you would want in there.”

Kansas’ changes aren’t as extravagant as Clemson’s $55 million facility, featuring a nap room, bowling alley, and golf simulator. Nor is it as fancy as Oregon’s impressive 30,000 square feet Marcus Mariota Sports Performance Center.

Still, it’s hard to argue the millions spent on upgrades will provide any benefits to Jayhawks players aside from entertaining them on off days. The upgrades, in this case, are largely unnecessary and were made to boost the aesthetics of the facility and attract future players.

Given that Kansas is 12-60 over the last six years and coming off a winless season last year, anything is worth a try to make the program feel better about itself.

Nap Room??????

(09-06-2016 02:17 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(09-06-2016 01:35 PM)Barrett Wrote:  That article is such a bummer. My only solace is to take a sour-grapes approach and believe that, even if Andrew Luck had come to Rice, he wouldn't have been the transformational player that he was at Stanford, so we didn't lose out as much as it seems. Terrible thinking, I know . . .

I think he would have been.
Just think of what Clement was able to do. Now, Imagine a better Clement with McGuffie, Wilson, McDonald, Torren Dixon, and a few others at his disposal from 2009-2011 (his time at Stanford after red-shirting).
While defense was awful then, half of the problem was that our offense couldn't keep the defense off the field.

The other half was that our defense couldn't get itself off the field--except to be replaced by the PAT block or kickoff return team. I'm really not sure we would have won more than 1-2 additional games per year. We were just that bad. Now, if we had gotten a few more defensive recruits to put with him, that might have made a difference.

"...But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas?

We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too..."

- John F. Kennedy, speaking at Rice Stadium on Sept. 12, 1962, 54 years ago today

These shiny locker rooms that look like arcades and cultivate even more deeply the notion that football players are a special breed of student on campus--I just don't like them.

I like the Rice EZF because it is tasteful, and I know we have to keep up with the Joneses in some ways, but just as a general matter, I'm not a huge fan of the gaudiness of the football palaces that are now a requisite part of modern universities. My personal two cents.

(09-12-2016 04:43 PM)Barrett Wrote:  These shiny locker rooms that look like arcades and cultivate even more deeply the notion that football players are a special breed of student on campus--I just don't like them.

I like the Rice EZF because it is tasteful, and I know we have to keep up with the Joneses in some ways, but just as a general matter, I'm not a huge fan of the gaudiness of the football palaces that are now a requisite part of modern universities. My personal two cents.

Agreed. In order to differentiate ourselves from the new programs our facilities should exude class and old money. Lots of fine wood, brass instead of gilding, that sort of thing.

Did it help them win more games?

(09-08-2016 02:58 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  Didn't know David Beaty's team also had some renovations to their locker room. This does seem to be a recent big trend in making these things look like video-game arcades; for I think ours is fine, while it may need some paint, wall-hangings and graphics:

New $2 million Kansas football locker room features barber shop, personalized lockers with Twitter handle

Posted by Liam McGuire on Aug 29, 2016 11:20



The Kansas Jayhawks football team’s latest locker room upgrades unsurprisingly border on the excessive side.

On Sunday, Kansas unveiled its upgraded locker room and player lounge. The $2 million facelift implemented many lavish details.

The connected player’s lounge has a pool table, shuffleboard, gaming consoles, arcade games and a barber shop among other entertainment options. The Jayhawks re-designed locker room now includes player pictures and Twitter handles in personalized lockers, an illuminated LED Jayhawk logo on the ceiling and sound system upgrades throughout.

“I could not believe how big and flashy it was when we walked in,” senior safety Fish Smithson said. “I knew it was going to be nice, but it definitely exceeded my expectations. Our lockers have all of the fancy extras you would want in there.”

Kansas’ changes aren’t as extravagant as Clemson’s $55 million facility, featuring a nap room, bowling alley, and golf simulator. Nor is it as fancy as Oregon’s impressive 30,000 square feet Marcus Mariota Sports Performance Center.

Still, it’s hard to argue the millions spent on upgrades will provide any benefits to Jayhawks players aside from entertaining them on off days. The upgrades, in this case, are largely unnecessary and were made to boost the aesthetics of the facility and attract future players.

Given that Kansas is 12-60 over the last six years and coming off a winless season last year, anything is worth a try to make the program feel better about itself.

(09-12-2016 07:17 PM)OldOwl Wrote:  Did it help them win more games?

(09-08-2016 02:58 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  Didn't know David Beaty's team also had some renovations to their locker room. This does seem to be a recent big trend in making these things look like video-game arcades; for I think ours is fine, while it may need some paint, wall-hangings and graphics:

New $2 million Kansas football locker room features barber shop, personalized lockers with Twitter handle

Posted by Liam McGuire on Aug 29, 2016 11:20



The Kansas Jayhawks football team’s latest locker room upgrades unsurprisingly border on the excessive side.

On Sunday, Kansas unveiled its upgraded locker room and player lounge. The $2 million facelift implemented many lavish details.

The connected player’s lounge has a pool table, shuffleboard, gaming consoles, arcade games and a barber shop among other entertainment options. The Jayhawks re-designed locker room now includes player pictures and Twitter handles in personalized lockers, an illuminated LED Jayhawk logo on the ceiling and sound system upgrades throughout.

“I could not believe how big and flashy it was when we walked in,” senior safety Fish Smithson said. “I knew it was going to be nice, but it definitely exceeded my expectations. Our lockers have all of the fancy extras you would want in there.”

Kansas’ changes aren’t as extravagant as Clemson’s $55 million facility, featuring a nap room, bowling alley, and golf simulator. Nor is it as fancy as Oregon’s impressive 30,000 square feet Marcus Mariota Sports Performance Center.

Still, it’s hard to argue the millions spent on upgrades will provide any benefits to Jayhawks players aside from entertaining them on off days. The upgrades, in this case, are largely unnecessary and were made to boost the aesthetics of the facility and attract future players.

Given that Kansas is 12-60 over the last six years and coming off a winless season last year, anything is worth a try to make the program feel better about itself.

TBD. Just opened from the looks of the article.