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Post by fishwrapper on Aug 24, 2022 20:44:01 GMT -8
I went by the field today at about 4pm; the gate at the top of the ramp on Ralph Miller was open, so I wandered down to the terrance. As of 4pm on Wednesday August 24 only the bottom 3/5 of the new video board was covered with panels, plus one in the center of the next row they're putting in. NOT 2/3 completed, and sure as heck not, " ...completed by August 20 with electrical and data install happening concurrently" that was promised in the August 9 news release linked in a previous post. Not being a construction manager or engineer, let alone working directly in the steel every day, I can't know exactly where things are at, but I do know a person who is involved in the operation side of the project - he'll be part of the team putting images on the board when it's finally completed, and I ran into him today as well. He's not directly involved in the day-to-day construction, but he's involved in other operational projects at Reser, and his comments did not inspire confidence that the board would be ready for prime time on the 3rd. I got the impression that, 9 days out, some folks are being forced to be optimistic. Let's face it: nobody wants to be the one to say things are as far behind as they are, let alone say be the one to walk back the earlier news that it was all but done. My impression after seeing all that empty frame waiting for panels and talking with with someone close to the inside is that it is possible (or, at least, not entirely impossible) for the new video board project to be successful and be up and running in time for our first game - only as long as a very complicated number of tumblers align properly to unlock that success. But first they have to get all the panels hung, and there's still power and connections etc. It was, I have to say, a bit...distressing to stand there, on the terrace, and start counting the rows of panels and seeing how far there is - still! - to go. So, having said all of that, unless you're deeply involved in the project, statements about where we're at, when it will be done, and why they are not testing thing this week...it's all hearsay and rumor - and, yes, I acknowledge that puts me in position to be hoisted by my own petard. All any of us can do, then, is sit and wait. And maybe brace ourselves. What's more important on the 3rd - raising the at-home win streak to 7 games, or having the new board working? I mean, if you had to take only one of those, which do you pick? Focus.
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Post by qbeaver on Aug 25, 2022 10:14:42 GMT -8
My comments were based on me walking onto the terrace Tuesday afternoon looking at the video board and seeing how many panels had been put up. I have no idea what internal stuff needs to be done(electrical,etc) nor do I know how long it takes to tweak the colors and graphics once it has been assembled. I know they are working on it and any delays due to being able to get parts or the like are unknown. It's pure speculation on all our parts whether the board will be ready for game one...
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Post by Werebeaver on Aug 25, 2022 10:22:02 GMT -8
My comments were based on me walking onto the terrace Tuesday afternoon looking at the video board and seeing how many panels had been put up. I have no idea what internal stuff needs to be done(electrical,etc) nor do I know how long it takes to tweak the colors and graphics once it has been assembled. I know they are working on it and any delays due to being able to get parts or the like are unknown. It's pure speculation on all our parts whether the board will be ready for game one... Im old enough to remember OSU’s first video replay board at Parker Stadium during the Pettibone era. It stood in the south-east corner. Back then, there were hardly any OSU plays that merited a replay.
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Post by qbeaver on Aug 25, 2022 10:32:38 GMT -8
My comments were based on me walking onto the terrace Tuesday afternoon looking at the video board and seeing how many panels had been put up. I have no idea what internal stuff needs to be done(electrical,etc) nor do I know how long it takes to tweak the colors and graphics once it has been assembled. I know they are working on it and any delays due to being able to get parts or the like are unknown. It's pure speculation on all our parts whether the board will be ready for game one... Im old enough to remember OSU’s first video replay board at Parker Stadium during the Pettibone era. It stood in the south-east corner. Back then, there were hardly any OSU plays that merited a replay. I was there. I've gone to games since the early to mid 1970's. I liked the pettibone teams offensively when Tim Alexander and J.J. Young were in the backfield.
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Post by fishwrapper on Aug 25, 2022 11:58:10 GMT -8
What a difference a day makes! I can say another stroll by the venue showed they were making pretty good progress before noon today - almost a whole row of panels. Now we're closer to the 2/3 mark! I hope they don't work *too* fast and make mistakes (forced errors?).
I used to work on video board operations back in the Jumbotron days into the first seasons with the now "old" Daktronics board ('07?) It does take some time with cameras on the field and signals to the board to tweak in the colors just right. The engineers have to tweak the colors coming from the TV camera feeds to match the ones from the in-house camera feeds, so when they cut between them you don't see a massive color shift. All that has to be adjusted to align with the signal used to set up the video board. When the immediate past board was first set up, initially the colors were calibrated to, let's just say, *not* game-day cameras and shading, so the uniforms of the home team looked a bit cardinal-esque.
When the first video board, the Jumbotron, was put up, the control room for it was put in VFC. For the Daktronic board (now the old one), operations were moved to a truck, so they could park it at Goss or Gill as they added those board shows as well. These days, I'm told all the cameras and signals from the venues are sent to a control room across campus and then back over fiber to the displays. I hear they are adding another board to the fleet, for softball. Do they use KBVR as the control room now?
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Aug 25, 2022 13:47:14 GMT -8
Im old enough to remember OSU’s first video replay board at Parker Stadium during the Pettibone era. It stood in the south-east corner. Back then, there were hardly any OSU plays that merited a replay. I was there. I've gone to games since the early to mid 1970's. I liked the pettibone teams offensively when Tim Alexander and J.J. Young were in the backfield. At the same time? The Wyoming and USC games in 1994? Don Shanklin got hurt against Arizona State in a 22-16 loss. (Oregon State led 16-15 with 10:28 left but Jake Plummer led the Devils back for the win.) Tim Alexander was supposed to debut in the Wyoming game the next week but hurt his ankle in pregame warmups and only played in two snaps. Rahim Muhammad led Oregon State to the 44-31 victory (Reggie Tongue had two pick-sixes and set up a short field-14 yards-with an another interception to turn a probable loss into a victory almost by himself). Shanklin came back the following week to lead Oregon State to a victory over Fresno and then a loss to Arizona. The Beavers blew a 13-2 lead and were down 27-13, when Alexander went in the second half against USC. Alexander scored a three-yard touchdown to pull within eight. In the fourth quarter, Alexander's season ended with a broken collarbone after a 31-yard run down to the 14. The drive ended with a fumble at the five.
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Post by qbeaver on Aug 25, 2022 16:00:42 GMT -8
Maybe they didn't play much together...both had elite speed. It was 30 years ago almost...memory fuzzy lol
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Post by Judge Smails on Aug 25, 2022 18:42:56 GMT -8
My comments were based on me walking onto the terrace Tuesday afternoon looking at the video board and seeing how many panels had been put up. I have no idea what internal stuff needs to be done(electrical,etc) nor do I know how long it takes to tweak the colors and graphics once it has been assembled. I know they are working on it and any delays due to being able to get parts or the like are unknown. It's pure speculation on all our parts whether the board will be ready for game one... Im old enough to remember OSU’s first video replay board at Parker Stadium during the Pettibone era. It stood in the south-east corner. Back then, there were hardly any OSU plays that merited a replay. We averaged about 10 fumbles per game. Were those not replay worthy?
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Post by giantkillers83 on Aug 25, 2022 18:48:18 GMT -8
I listened to the ASU Game on radio…. Was just a kid.. actually saw the play v USC where Alexander got hurt… it was borderline hit out of bounds…. It was right in front of us…. And that…. Was that….
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Post by ironbeaver on Aug 25, 2022 21:57:10 GMT -8
Well at 10:56pmPT the lights on the east side are on. Anyone know why the lights are on at near 11pmPT on a thursday night?
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Post by fishwrapper on Aug 25, 2022 22:03:23 GMT -8
Hey - at least the those lights are working...
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Post by beaverbeliever71 on Aug 25, 2022 22:07:13 GMT -8
Well at 10:56pmPT the lights on the east side are on. Anyone know why the lights are on at near 11pmPT on a thursday night? I would assume they are testing the lights? Opener vs BSU is a night game
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Post by Werebeaver on Aug 26, 2022 6:32:04 GMT -8
Well at 10:56pmPT the lights on the east side are on. Anyone know why the lights are on at near 11pmPT on a thursday night? Maybe someone forgot to turn them off before going to bed?
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Aug 26, 2022 12:50:20 GMT -8
I listened to the ASU Game on radio…. Was just a kid.. actually saw the play v USC where Alexander got hurt… it was borderline hit out of bounds…. It was right in front of us…. And that…. Was that…. Yeah, 1994 was my eighth grade year. I don't remember that Arizona State game, but I was there for the USC game. I don't remember another time that it sounded like all of the air got sucked out of Parker so loudly and so quickly. We were going to beat USC for the first time in 26 years, and then our season was just destroyed all in one play. What a gut-punch.
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Aug 26, 2022 13:19:18 GMT -8
Im old enough to remember OSU’s first video replay board at Parker Stadium during the Pettibone era. It stood in the south-east corner. Back then, there were hardly any OSU plays that merited a replay. We averaged about 10 fumbles per game. Were those not replay worthy? Only 21 fumbles in 1994. Oregon State only lost 11. The problem with the wishbone is that it is just so dull to watch. The Beavers basically just ran the fumblerooski, so that they could show highlights of Keister's 72-yard run for the next couple of years.
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