(10-17-2016 11:48 AM)GoodOwl Wrote:  For those who actually went to the UTSA game: were there improvements in the stadium ops hiccups alluded to earlier in the above posts? Scoreboard still having issues, how do those get worked out/fixed?

Stadium is slowing regaining her luster, and I still do hope that despite this season's on-field performances so far, that the renovations continue.

At least this year's Homecoming crowd will be able to distract themselves with the new EZF and other cosmetic improvements.

No nachos on the west side. Only on the east side. Why can't the home fans have nachos?

(10-17-2016 01:46 PM)loki_the_bubba Wrote:  Why can't the home fans have nachos?

'cause it's No-cho Cheese

(10-17-2016 01:45 PM)seniorowl Wrote:  Concessions moved much quicker. Impressed

Yes, but I think they moved fast because of the crowd size unfortunately.

(10-17-2016 11:48 AM)GoodOwl Wrote:  For those who actually went to the UTSA game: were there improvements in the stadium ops hiccups alluded to earlier in the above posts? Scoreboard still having issues, how do those get worked out/fixed?

Stadium is slowing regaining her luster, and I still do hope that despite this season's on-field performances so far, that the renovations continue.

At least this year's Homecoming crowd will be able to distract themselves with the new EZF and other cosmetic improvements.

Also, with the change in food vendors there was no one selling pretzel's on the home side (at least that I could find). Didn't take the time to walk to the east side.

(10-17-2016 01:00 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  

(10-17-2016 11:48 AM)GoodOwl Wrote:  For those who actually went to the UTSA game: were there improvements in the stadium ops hiccups alluded to earlier in the above posts? Scoreboard still having issues, how do those get worked out/fixed?

Stadium is slowing regaining her luster, and I still do hope that despite this season's on-field performances so far, that the renovations continue.

At least this year's Homecoming crowd will be able to distract themselves with the new EZF and other cosmetic improvements.

Video board did have the score, quarter and time for this game, but the scoreboard at field level on the north end was inoperable. The only full score board was at the south end above the R Room.

I may have been the only one, but I was very underwhelmed by the score/time display on the video board. The text was waaaaayyyyyy too small to read and seemed to be an afterthought or last second addition. Baby steps, however.....

(10-17-2016 02:48 PM)rice-76-03-06 Wrote:  

(10-17-2016 01:00 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  

(10-17-2016 11:48 AM)GoodOwl Wrote:  For those who actually went to the UTSA game: were there improvements in the stadium ops hiccups alluded to earlier in the above posts? Scoreboard still having issues, how do those get worked out/fixed?

Stadium is slowing regaining her luster, and I still do hope that despite this season's on-field performances so far, that the renovations continue.

At least this year's Homecoming crowd will be able to distract themselves with the new EZF and other cosmetic improvements.

Video board did have the score, quarter and time for this game, but the scoreboard at field level on the north end was inoperable. The only full score board was at the south end above the R Room.

I may have been the only one, but I was very underwhelmed by the score/time display on the video board. The text was waaaaayyyyyy too small to read and seemed to be an afterthought or last second addition. Baby steps, however.....

Agreed. Too small of text for the score and time. Couldn't even read it from the far end zone. The scoreboard looked great overall though. The EZF really is a huge improvement for us.

Definitely no more pretzels on the home side. Big fan of the great American cookie addition though.

(10-17-2016 02:48 PM)rice-76-03-06 Wrote:  

(10-17-2016 01:00 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  Video board did have the score, quarter and time for this game, but the scoreboard at field level on the north end was inoperable. The only full score board was at the south end above the R Room.

I may have been the only one, but I was very underwhelmed by the score/time display on the video board. The text was waaaaayyyyyy too small to read and seemed to be an afterthought or last second addition. Baby steps, however.....

My guesstimate was that the characters were set to "one foot tall", which is probably the smallest they can be.
With any luck (and getting the right vendor to show up to fix things) we won't need it again this Saturday, but maybe they'll create a default backup for next time that's set it in the bottom corner (either side) and at least "two feet tall", or maybe "three feet tall".

I sit about the 30 yd line on the north end, west side, and could see and read it, but it was small. I can easily see a problem if you are on the south end of the stadium.

What we were seeing I assumed is what would have been the feed for the CUSA or ESPN feed and wasn't necessarily put up to compensate for the scoreboard failures.

(10-17-2016 01:46 PM)loki_the_bubba Wrote:  

(10-17-2016 11:48 AM)GoodOwl Wrote:  For those who actually went to the UTSA game: were there improvements in the stadium ops hiccups alluded to earlier in the above posts? Scoreboard still having issues, how do those get worked out/fixed?

Stadium is slowing regaining her luster, and I still do hope that despite this season's on-field performances so far, that the renovations continue.

At least this year's Homecoming crowd will be able to distract themselves with the new EZF and other cosmetic improvements.

No nachos on the west side. Only on the east side. Why can't the home fans have nachos?

I love this post.
It's the quintessential existential metaphor for this season.
No longer do we spend endless texts and threads about football minutiae!!!!! ( well, maybe just a little) No! This season has been reduced to a cry for equal availability of nachos!!!!
And I agree!!!
If we are going to endure this Season in the Wilderness we are going to need nachos on the West Side for God's sake!!!
I'm flying in on Saturday and it will upset me if I don't see nachos. 'Cause I really think I'm going to need them.
And a beer.
Fire Bailiff.

(10-17-2016 05:34 PM)greyowl72 Wrote:  

(10-17-2016 01:46 PM)loki_the_bubba Wrote:  

(10-17-2016 11:48 AM)GoodOwl Wrote:  For those who actually went to the UTSA game: were there improvements in the stadium ops hiccups alluded to earlier in the above posts? Scoreboard still having issues, how do those get worked out/fixed?

Stadium is slowing regaining her luster, and I still do hope that despite this season's on-field performances so far, that the renovations continue.

At least this year's Homecoming crowd will be able to distract themselves with the new EZF and other cosmetic improvements.

No nachos on the west side. Only on the east side. Why can't the home fans have nachos?

I love this post.
It's the quintessential existential metaphor for this season.
No longer do we spend endless texts and threads about football minutiae!!!!! ( well, maybe just a little) No! This season has been reduced to a cry for equal availability of nachos!!!!
And I agree!!!
If we are going to endure this Season in the Wilderness we are going to need nachos on the West Side for God's sake!!!
I'm flying in on Saturday and it will upset me if I don't see nachos. 'Cause I really think I'm going to need them.
And a beer.
Fire Bailiff.

Well you won't have far to go for beer....
Just up the stairs from our section:


And just across the concourse from that:

That's great info, Tiki. Hopefully, I'll see you on Saturday!

(10-17-2016 06:16 PM)Tiki Owl Wrote:  

(10-17-2016 05:34 PM)greyowl72 Wrote:  

(10-17-2016 01:46 PM)loki_the_bubba Wrote:  

(10-17-2016 11:48 AM)GoodOwl Wrote:  For those who actually went to the UTSA game: were there improvements in the stadium ops hiccups alluded to earlier in the above posts? Scoreboard still having issues, how do those get worked out/fixed?

Stadium is slowing regaining her luster, and I still do hope that despite this season's on-field performances so far, that the renovations continue.

At least this year's Homecoming crowd will be able to distract themselves with the new EZF and other cosmetic improvements.

No nachos on the west side. Only on the east side. Why can't the home fans have nachos?

I love this post.
It's the quintessential existential metaphor for this season.
No longer do we spend endless texts and threads about football minutiae!!!!! ( well, maybe just a little) No! This season has been reduced to a cry for equal availability of nachos!!!!
And I agree!!!
If we are going to endure this Season in the Wilderness we are going to need nachos on the West Side for God's sake!!!
I'm flying in on Saturday and it will upset me if I don't see nachos. 'Cause I really think I'm going to need them.
And a beer.
Fire Bailiff.

Well you won't have far to go for beer....
Just up the stairs from our section:


And just across the concourse from that:

See you on Saturday, as I'll be making a guest appearance.

Surprised St Arnolds not represented.

(10-17-2016 07:44 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  

(10-17-2016 06:16 PM)Tiki Owl Wrote:  

(10-17-2016 05:34 PM)greyowl72 Wrote:  

(10-17-2016 01:46 PM)loki_the_bubba Wrote:  

(10-17-2016 11:48 AM)GoodOwl Wrote:  For those who actually went to the UTSA game: were there improvements in the stadium ops hiccups alluded to earlier in the above posts? Scoreboard still having issues, how do those get worked out/fixed?

Stadium is slowing regaining her luster, and I still do hope that despite this season's on-field performances so far, that the renovations continue.

At least this year's Homecoming crowd will be able to distract themselves with the new EZF and other cosmetic improvements.

No nachos on the west side. Only on the east side. Why can't the home fans have nachos?

I love this post.
It's the quintessential existential metaphor for this season.
No longer do we spend endless texts and threads about football minutiae!!!!! ( well, maybe just a little) No! This season has been reduced to a cry for equal availability of nachos!!!!
And I agree!!!
If we are going to endure this Season in the Wilderness we are going to need nachos on the West Side for God's sake!!!
I'm flying in on Saturday and it will upset me if I don't see nachos. 'Cause I really think I'm going to need them.
And a beer.
Fire Bailiff.

Well you won't have far to go for beer....
Just up the stairs from our section:


And just across the concourse from that:

See you on Saturday, as I'll be making a guest appearance.

(10-18-2016 01:03 PM)OldOwl Wrote:  Surprised St Arnolds not represented.

They are. I was drinking Lawnmower at the game.

Despite my (and others') comments in other recent threads about the EZF not being able to line up and win games or stop easy long passes by opponents, I am still grateful and glad we have the new EZF and hope for continued improvements to HRS to be announced in the near future, with renderings.

Wondering if/how retaining/firing Coach Bailiff affects possible additional renovation phases of HRS, if they are still planned to come (anyone heard anything new?)

Although the news from the story is not good, there was a nice photo that it seems worth it to post here for posterity:

(11-30-2016 12:31 PM)Grungy Wrote:  

(11-30-2016 10:29 AM)Tiki Owl Wrote:  John Royal has his say.
http://www.houstonpress.com/news/rice-re...on-8988309

Photo at the top is from the Baylor game - biggest crowd of the season.
A kindness on his part to use that...

Not sure if I saw this before, but seems worth posting due to past sound issues:

Big House Sound Gives Rice Owls Game-Changing Audio

...and some cool drone video: