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60 yard video ribbon
Posted: September 8th, 2011, 8:53 am
by jcmanson
Surprised nobody has mentioned this yet. Tweeted last night from AD Barber.
LUADJeff wrote:Exciting news.The brackets for our new 60-yard LED ribbon board will be installed tomorrow. Board will be ready for the JMU game. #goflames
Re: 60 yard video ribbon
Posted: September 8th, 2011, 9:30 am
by Rooster Cogburn
Way cool.
Re: 60 yard video ribbon
Posted: September 8th, 2011, 9:49 am
by BiggAl57
they will be putting up another one on the student side once they add the second level
Re: 60 yard video ribbon
Posted: September 8th, 2011, 10:54 am
by R i
i think this is great.
but.... all i can imagine is flames burning. and our stadium looking like its on fire for 75% of the game. that would not be great
Re: 60 yard video ribbon
Posted: September 8th, 2011, 11:14 am
by SuperJon
They've been talking about this for a couple of years. Jerry and Barber loved the ribbon boards at WVU and have wanted to put them in since.
Re: 60 yard video ribbon
Posted: September 8th, 2011, 1:29 pm
by TH Spangler
BiggAl57 wrote:they will be putting up another one on the student side once they add the second level
What's the time frame for adding the student side second level? I forgot.
Re: 60 yard video ribbon
Posted: September 8th, 2011, 1:32 pm
by Sly Fox
When we need it. If fans turn out the way they should this Saturday it would be a nice step toward it happening sooner rather than later.
Re: 60 yard video ribbon
Posted: September 8th, 2011, 2:00 pm
by flamesfan30
i think it'll happen next year, and it might just be filled by new freshman.
Re: 60 yard video ribbon
Posted: September 8th, 2011, 2:21 pm
by LUaddict
flamesfan30 wrote:i think it'll happen next year, and it might just be filled by new freshman.
It would only be appropriate to add the next level on the visiting side, if we are following the five year timeframe that was set for the stadium construction. If we had the led ribbon board enclosing the entire horseshoe of the stadium, now that would be cool. This is a great first step. Great job Barber!
Re: 60 yard video ribbon
Posted: September 8th, 2011, 2:54 pm
by BJWilliams
I think we will regularly start seeing attendances around 20,000 before too long...if we win Saturday night, we could get our first one when JMU comes to town
Re: 60 yard video ribbon
Posted: September 8th, 2011, 2:56 pm
by jcmanson
BJWilliams wrote:I think we will regularly start seeing attendances around 20,000 before too long...if we win Saturday night, we could get our first one when JMU comes to town
We could get our first one Saturday against RMU. We had 19,300 for the opener last year against Savannah State.
Re: 60 yard video ribbon
Posted: September 8th, 2011, 3:38 pm
by aredd33
What happened at the stadium today? I was going by at about 2:30 3:00 and there were about a dozen emergency vehicles in the parking lot including a fire truck and 2 ambulances with 8-10 police cars and stuff. Did something happen to a construction worker doing the video ribbon?
Re: 60 yard video ribbon
Posted: September 8th, 2011, 5:52 pm
by Hold My Own
Man got injured on a bucket truck working on the lights. I believe he was even getting some current from the broken bulb and his partner that was up there with him had to kick him off. He was bleeding pretty bad and nearly fainted from the sight of it. Who knows what the truth is but that's the word that trickled down to my office...I havent had a chance to leave my office yet
Re: 60 yard video ribbon
Posted: September 8th, 2011, 5:54 pm
by jmdickens
Will pray for him.
Re: 60 yard video ribbon
Posted: September 8th, 2011, 11:01 pm
by Sly Fox
Re: 60 yard video ribbon
Posted: September 9th, 2011, 10:42 am
by Chris Lang
Just to expand upon that, the worker was working on one of the light bays, not the video ribbon. That won't be up until the JMU game.
Re: 60 yard video ribbon
Posted: September 12th, 2011, 10:10 am
by Sly Fox
@LUADJeff via Twitter wrote:
Re: 60 yard video ribbon
Posted: September 12th, 2011, 10:23 am
by R i
i need to get on twitter.
Re: 60 yard video ribbon
Posted: September 12th, 2011, 10:34 am
by Sly Fox
Yeah, the fad looks like it might have some legs. Be sure to follow @FlameFans first.
Re: 60 yard video ribbon
Posted: September 14th, 2011, 10:54 am
by jcmanson
Looks like they are done
Re: 60 yard video ribbon
Posted: September 14th, 2011, 10:59 am
by Sly Fox
Anxious to see what they can do with them lit up.
@LUADJeff on Twitter wrote:60 yards this year. Will work an adding to the length over the next couple years.
Interesting.
Re: 60 yard video ribbon
Posted: September 14th, 2011, 11:11 am
by LUconn
That looks nice. Probably the last time I'll see it. Enjoy, students.
Re: 60 yard video ribbon
Posted: September 14th, 2011, 12:47 pm
by Kolzilla41
LUconn wrote:That looks nice. Probably the last time I'll see it. Enjoy, students.
Are you leaving?
Re: 60 yard video ribbon
Posted: September 14th, 2011, 1:24 pm
by Sly Fox
I believe he is referencing the fact his seats on the Baptist side won't give him the best of views.
Re: 60 yard video ribbon
Posted: September 14th, 2011, 2:41 pm
by Rooster Cogburn
LUconn wrote:That looks nice. Probably the last time I'll see it. Enjoy, students.
Soon enough, there will be one on the other side too.