(09-19-2017 11:50 AM)Smokey 1 Wrote:  The problem with putting cameras over there is that they would be shooting toward the sun in afternoon games.

Plus, the midfield logo is upside-down from that side. Not a good look on TV.

(09-20-2017 05:58 AM)DMadison Wrote:  

(09-19-2017 11:50 AM)Smokey 1 Wrote:  The problem with putting cameras over there is that they would be shooting toward the sun in afternoon games.

Plus, the midfield logo is upside-down from that side. Not a good look on TV.

Shots that include the stands/crowd sure would look a lot better. Maybe they should just flip the logo.

What a great idea to build a state of the art pressbox and put the TV and camera crews on the crappy side....

People watching TV don't give a crap what the bleachers behind the field look like. Plus the camera would only get a view of the bottom part of the new section.... not to mention the empty club section.

Nothing says "small time football" more than game cameras close to field level.
As for the shaking, there's plenty of ways to fix that.

(09-20-2017 07:42 AM)JMad03 Wrote:  What a great idea to build a state of the art pressbox and put the TV and camera crews on the crappy side....

People watching TV don't give a crap what the bleachers behind the field look like. Plus the camera would only get a view of the bottom part of the new section.... not to mention the empty club section.

Nothing says "small time football" more than game cameras close to field level.
As for the shaking, there's plenty of ways to fix that.

I think nothing says "small time football" like showing the oldest and smallest side of your stadium that makes it look as if your stadium probably seats 10,000. We've got a great two-tiered side that rarely makes it on television.

(09-20-2017 05:43 PM)olderduke Wrote:  

(09-20-2017 07:42 AM)JMad03 Wrote:  What a great idea to build a state of the art pressbox and put the TV and camera crews on the crappy side....

People watching TV don't give a crap what the bleachers behind the field look like. Plus the camera would only get a view of the bottom part of the new section.... not to mention the empty club section.

Nothing says "small time football" more than game cameras close to field level.
As for the shaking, there's plenty of ways to fix that.

I think nothing says "small time football" like showing the oldest and smallest side of your stadium that makes it look as if your stadium probably seats 10,000. We've got a great two-tiered side that rarely makes it on television.

Yep. And others do it too. We've been through this conversation before. UNH did their 25 million expansion almost all to on 1 side of the field, making the old away side the new, much larger home side, and the old home side the smaller away side. In their 11K+ permanent (not including temp endzone) new stadium, during the JMU game last year (and I assume every game) they filmed from the new side, which is twice as big and a Taj Mahal compared to the ancient, crappy, smaller old side. 95+% of the time all you saw on TV was the smaller, ancient, crappy older side.

Same with Maine. Almost all you see on TV of their 10k stadium, since they film from the big side, is the tiny, maybe 2k HS looking away side, not the maybe 8k home side.

It makes the schools with lopsided stadiums, of which there are a lot at the I-AA level, look worse and even smaller time on TV than they should.

(09-20-2017 05:43 PM)olderduke Wrote:  

(09-20-2017 07:42 AM)JMad03 Wrote:  What a great idea to build a state of the art pressbox and put the TV and camera crews on the crappy side....

People watching TV don't give a crap what the bleachers behind the field look like. Plus the camera would only get a view of the bottom part of the new section.... not to mention the empty club section.

Nothing says "small time football" more than game cameras close to field level.
As for the shaking, there's plenty of ways to fix that.

I think nothing says "small time football" like showing the oldest and smallest side of your stadium that makes it look as if your stadium probably seats 10,000. We've got a great two-tiered side that rarely makes it on television.

(09-20-2017 08:18 PM)BDKJMU Wrote:  

(09-20-2017 05:43 PM)olderduke Wrote:  

(09-20-2017 07:42 AM)JMad03 Wrote:  What a great idea to build a state of the art pressbox and put the TV and camera crews on the crappy side....

People watching TV don't give a crap what the bleachers behind the field look like. Plus the camera would only get a view of the bottom part of the new section.... not to mention the empty club section.

Nothing says "small time football" more than game cameras close to field level.
As for the shaking, there's plenty of ways to fix that.

I think nothing says "small time football" like showing the oldest and smallest side of your stadium that makes it look as if your stadium probably seats 10,000. We've got a great two-tiered side that rarely makes it on television.

Yep. And others do it too. We've been through this conversation before. UNH did their 25 million expansion almost all to on 1 side of the field, making the old away side the new, much larger home side, and the old home side the smaller away side. In their 11K+ permanent (not including temp endzone) new stadium, during the JMU game last year (and I assume every game) they filmed from the new side, which is twice as big and a Taj Mahal compared to the ancient, crappy, smaller old side. 95+% of the time all you saw on TV was the smaller, ancient, crappy older side.

Same with Maine. Almost all you see on TV of their 10k stadium, since they film from the big side, is the tiny, maybe 2k HS looking away side, not the maybe 8k home side.

It makes the schools with lopsided stadiums, of which there are a lot at the I-AA level, look worse and even smaller time on TV than they should.

Couldn't agree more - we should flip the logos on the field and broadcast from the shorter side. At least have the main camera there.

I disagree with all this flip everything around stuff. 95% of the game air time is spent looking down at the field of play. There's no "small side" of the stadium in the background. The rest of the time they show analysts, sideline reporters, stats/graphics, replays, and for a total of maybe 1 minute in 3 hours do they show a zoomed out view/pan the stadium - a lot of which comes from a corner that shows the Plecker center, video board, band endzone, etc. The double deck side of BFS sees as much time as the short stands. Our stadium looks good on TV.

(09-21-2017 08:25 AM)Deez Nuts Wrote:  I disagree with all this flip everything around stuff. 95% of the game air time is spent looking down at the field of play. There's no "small side" of the stadium in the background. The rest of the time they show analysts, sideline reporters, stats/graphics, replays, and for a total of maybe 1 minute in 3 hours do they show a zoomed out view/pan the stadium - a lot of which comes from a corner that shows the Plecker center, video board, band endzone, etc. The double deck side of BFS sees as much time as the short stands. Our stadium looks good on TV.

Not in the games I've watched. Smaller side gets way more airtime than the bigger side, esp since the smaller side is caught on a lot of plays and replays.

definitely not... it's 80/20 small side to new side... even the endzone corner cam faces the visitor side...those shots frustratingly stop panning right when it gets to the new side sideline

Time to lace up yer stompin' shoes!

(09-22-2017 07:47 AM)olderduke Wrote:  Time to lace up yer stompin' shoes!

Late breaking news! Bridgeforth Stomper has confirmed he will stomp tomorrow. (Not caring if some freshman parents may withdraw their students afterwards.)

(09-22-2017 08:28 AM)jmuroadwarrior Wrote:  Late breaking news! Bridgeforth Stomper has confirmed he will stomp tomorrow. (Not caring if some freshman parents may withdraw their students afterwards.)

So I'm watching the game in MASN today and I see a guy holding onto the handrails in the front row of some section jumping up and down (stomping).....did the Bridgeforth stomper get some airtime or was that someone else???

(09-23-2017 10:16 PM)DWING Wrote:  So I'm watching the game in MASN today and I see a guy holding onto the handrails in the front row of some section jumping up and down (stomping).....did the Bridgeforth stomper get some airtime or was that someone else???

Sounds like the Stomper to me that is his MO. First row upper deck.

Of note, today's TV camera was a much newer one with self levelers. Last weeks camera looked like a lot older.

Was good to hear the "Bridgeforth Stomper" pounding the aluminum on 3rd down.

(09-18-2017 03:28 PM)NovaDukes Wrote:  During the first quarter of the NSU game, I was told by the cameraman behind and between section 304 and 305 that they could not use his camera shots on third down because the camera was shaking so much from my stomping. I really like to make noise on third down, but I don't want to limit the camera angles used on TV. Thoughts?

Keep stomping.....love the "Bridgeforth Stomper"

We sit right behind in first row of 404 and love the stomping. Never change your rooting for a cameraman and TV audience.....perhaps the tv crew needs to figure out a better solution.