(02-04-2024 09:28 AM)texowl2 Wrote: (02-01-2024 05:47 PM)Grungy Wrote: (02-01-2024 02:49 PM)GoodOwl Wrote: Q: will we have enough room in the trophy case for our participation trophy?
What trophy case?
I miss the case at Autry...
The entire back wall of the lobby, that was replaced by glass?
That was quite a bit of trophy acreage.
Rice lost all of that in the Tudor update, and there are currently zero trophies on display in the R-Room.
The All-American framed pictures, as well as the Hall of Fame framed items have been reproduced on 8x10 metal wall hangings with the photo and name on them.
There is a QR code on each one, but it's the same QR code on every one of them, so a reader still has to search for that person on the web page that the code takes you to.
They didn't create a unique QR code for each one that would link directly to the bio for that honoree.
Harder to get right? Yes.
Very little time before opening day? Yes.
More work than the casual nostalgic donor will do? Yes.
The Hall of Fame room in the R-Room contains the original Coaches Table started by George Martin at Ye Old College Inn in the 1920s, a copper-topped copy of that table whose provenance I can discover nothing of, and three large portrait-mounted touch-screen displays for searching for Hall of Fame members.
Other than that, there is a bronze owl sculpture under a glass case.
It's very nice...
...and displayed 90˚ off (clockwise, plan view), under a glass case, making it very difficult to turn.
The Owl Club / R-Association / Athletic Department facilities team triumvirate that controls the R-Room is still figuring out what and how to display other items.
The renovated R-Room is gorgeous, but it has a fraction of the wall space that the original had for displaying items.