Its happening (stadium renovations)

[RamjetFDO 10,575]

47 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

It's still there... judging, watching, look at the baby, look at the baby.

[taybo20 2,825]

I, for one, like the new field

[Hookah Horns 3,083]

On 7/13/2021 at 2:40 PM, texifornia said:

Ah, so they pulled up the shadow Texas to get the lines through it. I was wondering how that was going to work.

WTF...they made it look even worse. I don't recall ever seeing yard lines laid on top of a logo before. I get that it's a shadow or whatever, but it looks even worse with the lines going over it. 

[Hookah Horns 3,083]

3 hours ago, EZ$ said:

Nope, don’t like that…

I wouldn't have gone with burnt orange on the floor of the patio too. Kinda fucks with the logo outline. 

[Rivers 80]

Nothing a little Photoshop/CGI can't fix + a jetpack man or three.

[Surly Bevo 24,908]

Looks like CDC put in a change order with old Randy Cody on the end zones.  He's gonna have to pull a few all-nighters.

[Stinkpalm 687]

He’ll just sub it out. He’s already up to his ass in alligators with the mid-field logo

[TenCarryTom 398]

21 hours ago, taybo20 said:

I, for one, like the new field

Are you new here?

[Barbacoa 1,934]

I saw it today from the NEZ. 

I was in school when they finished the NEZ. It was shocking to me how different it was, in a good way. It looked fantastic, like it was always there. Color was great, club sections and chairbacks were great. 

I look at the SEZ today and I see some Disney looking try hard design. I dont think that longhorn cutout looks cool at all. It looks overdone and campy. It looks somewhat cheap. Like we tried to design an end zone we could flip really quick for a profit. 

 

[Jersey Man10 3,528]

You shut your whore mouth.

[Droopy 2,626]

2 minutes ago, Jersey Man10 said:

You shut your whore mouth.

Rev’ern!

[Hook1997 5,353]

18 minutes ago, Barbacoa said:

 Like we tried to design an end zone we could flip really quick for a profit. 

 

If it looks like it could be flipped for a profit then that means it looks better then before or more appealing atleast? Profit??   

Edited July 16, 2021 by Hook1997

[cdain3 3,454]

I saw it today from the NEZ. 
I was in school when they finished the NEZ. It was shocking to me how different it was, in a good way. It looked fantastic, like it was always there. Color was great, club sections and chairbacks were great. 
I look at the SEZ today and I see some Disney looking try hard design. I dont think that longhorn cutout looks cool at all. It looks overdone and campy. It looks somewhat cheap. Like we tried to design an end zone we could flip really quick for a profit. 
 

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[NorthLoop 14,189]

Well I was in school before the NEZ, and I thought it looked great too, and I think this looks great. My only concern is if the longhorn cutout will translate as well once the seats are filled with people. Hell it might look even better. 

[BurntOrange&White 39,931]

6 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

Well I was in school before the NEZ, and I thought it looked great too, and I think this looks great. My only concern is if the longhorn cutout will translate as well once the seats are filled with people. Hell it might look even better. 

It's going to be fucking sick, bro!

[BurntOrange&White 39,931]

 

Surface looks to be completed the H isn't centered......But the color looks great. Also looks like they decided to go without the shadow texas.

[NorthLoop 14,189]

3 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

It's going to be fucking sick, bro!

[NorthLoop 14,189]

2 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

 

Surface looks to be completed the H isn't centered......But the color looks great. Also looks like they decided to go without the shadow texas.

Maybe they painted invisible ink for the shadow that will only show up with they cut the lights out for the intro

[Sock Monkey 722]

47 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

Maybe they painted invisible ink for the shadow that will only show up with they cut the lights out for the intro

What/who do you know?!

Edited July 16, 2021 by Sock Monkey

[David Dennison 18,853]

9 hours ago, Barbacoa said:

I saw it today from the NEZ. 

I was in school when they finished the NEZ. It was shocking to me how different it was, in a good way. It looked fantastic, like it was always there. Color was great, club sections and chairbacks were great. 

I look at the SEZ today and I see some Disney looking try hard design. I dont think that longhorn cutout looks cool at all. It looks overdone and campy. It looks somewhat cheap. Like we tried to design an end zone we could flip really quick for a profit. 

 

College football is overdone and campy, so this is perfect.

[jTower 227]

2 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

 

Surface looks to be completed the H isn't centered......But the color looks great. Also looks like they decided to go without the shadow texas.

Zoom in on the web cam.  You can see a faint highlight.  

So this:

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Maybe they painted invisible ink for the shadow that will only show up with they cut the lights out for the intro

 

[rantanamo 143]

10 hours ago, Barbacoa said:

I saw it today from the NEZ. 

I was in school when they finished the NEZ. It was shocking to me how different it was, in a good way. It looked fantastic, like it was always there. Color was great, club sections and chairbacks were great. 

I look at the SEZ today and I see some Disney looking try hard design. I dont think that longhorn cutout looks cool at all. It looks overdone and campy. It looks somewhat cheap. Like we tried to design an end zone we could flip really quick for a profit. 

 

Going to gagree.  No reason all this crap couldn't have been integrated into a matching bowl.  There are a million ways to reduce capacity if that's a worry.  Its as if it was decided the north end zone was too matchy and not college footballish, so let's make sure the new one is weird and doesn't match for no reason at all.

[BurntOrange&White 39,931]

6 minutes ago, rantanamo said:

Going to gagree.  No reason all this crap couldn't have been integrated into a matching bowl.  There are a million ways to reduce capacity if that's a worry.  Its as if it was decided the north end zone was too matchy and not college footballish, so let's make sure the new one is weird and doesn't match for no reason at all.

Cool. Nice to bitch about something already constructed 

[NorthLoop 14,189]

The reasoning behind these opinions is dumber than the opinions themselves. 

[Surly Bevo 24,908]

If you want symmetrically, matchy and boring you are a Pennsylvania douchebag who probably thinks places like Three Rivers Stadium and the Vet were awesome.

[NorthLoop 14,189]

Yeah I guess they want something like Neyland, which is ugly and boring as fuck. 

[BurntOrange&White 39,931]

Sounds like they want that tackle box in college station. 

[Pato del Muerto 52,488]

I wanted the lower bowl to connect like the north one does. Above that, do what you like. Even just the first 50 rows.   But I also don’t know what constraints they were working within. Maybe that footprint would be too large, or the additional demo too costly or time consuming. 
and unless I missed an email, I was not consulted on the design. 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21,889]

The reasons why the NEZ couldn't be recreated for the SEZ have been discussed here.  The choice was making it look like they tried to recreate the NEZ and just fucked it up, or create something new and different.

[Bobby_Batronic 1,994]

9 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Sounds like they want that tackle box in college station. 

Four mismatched aides surrounding an uncentered field. 

[TrashMaster G 17,551]

12 hours ago, Barbacoa said:

I saw it today from the NEZ. 

I was in school when they finished the NEZ. It was shocking to me how different it was, in a good way. It looked fantastic, like it was always there. Color was great, club sections and chairbacks were great. 

I look at the SEZ today and I see some Disney looking try hard design. I dont think that longhorn cutout looks cool at all. It looks overdone and campy. It looks somewhat cheap. Like we tried to design an end zone we could flip really quick for a profit. 

 

Everyone is entitled to their opinion.  As a result, you get a lot of dumb opinions.

[texifornia 56,900]

12 hours ago, Barbacoa said:

I saw it today from the NEZ. 

I was in school when they finished the NEZ. It was shocking to me how different it was, in a good way. It looked fantastic, like it was always there. Color was great, club sections and chairbacks were great. 

I look at the SEZ today and I see some Disney looking try hard design. I dont think that longhorn cutout looks cool at all. It looks overdone and campy. It looks somewhat cheap. Like we tried to design an end zone we could flip really quick for a profit. 

 

I respect the opinion but have some thoughts.

I think that, given that structurally the SEZ couldn't match, and we needed to fit a Godzillatron into it, the Neyland/Big House style oval bowl just wasn't happening.

Most construction looks kind of flimsy and shitty until right before it's complete - there's so much that needs to be fitted in and all the aesthetic cheats that make things look cohesive tend to be in the last steps.

College football IS campy. That's why it's fun. It's not the No Fun League, it's a bunch of college kids with zany mascots and wild traditions. It has room for silliness.

Edited July 16, 2021 by texifornia

[cdain3 3,454]

[Shaggybevo 353]

Yikes.  If those videos are recent, there is still a lot of work left.

[Surly Bevo 24,908]

Yikes.  If those videos are recent, there is still a lot of work left.

Peter Gibbons is wrapping up the dry wall at the McDonalds in Las Colinas and then he will be right down to finish things off.

[MuellerHorn 4,229]

39 minutes ago, Shaggybevo said:

Yikes.  If those videos are recent, there is still a lot of work left.

Posted on 7/6

[taybo20 2,825]

On 7/15/2021 at 1:59 PM, TenCarryTom said:

Are you new here?

Feels that way often

[Victor Lazlo 1,776]

For fuck’s sake, every got damn new home or construction project comes down to the last few hours before everything is completed prior to closing.

Why should this be any different, or for that matter, any of you a-holes be getting your panties in a wad because of it?

I’m pretty confident that CDC and his minions have this under control better than you would.

(Notwithstanding the fact that every Surly poster is an engineer, lawyer, doctor, etc, married only 10’s and could certainly do it better.)

[mr. sunshine 2,824]

1 hour ago, Victor Lazlo said:

(Notwithstanding the fact that every Surly poster is an engineer, lawyer, doctor, etc, married only 10’s and could certainly do it better.)

Quite a few must be wives based on all the bitching about shit not matching 

Edited July 17, 2021 by mr. sunshine

[Vito Andolini 9,125]

7 hours ago, Victor Lazlo said:

For fuck’s sake, every got damn new home or construction project comes down to the last few hours before everything is completed prior to closing.

Why should this be any different, or for that matter, any of you a-holes be getting your panties in a wad because of it?

I’m pretty confident that CDC and his minions have this under control better than you would.

(Notwithstanding the fact that every Surly poster is an engineer, lawyer, doctor, etc, married only 10’s and could certainly do it better.)

Oh yeah? Well, we’ll..  your wife still wants to bang Rick Blaine!

Other than my very topical, 80 year old joke, you’re 100% right, let the fuckers finish the job, then we can bitch. If I were CDC, I would’ve turned off the webcam long ago if lookie loos were going to judge every move while being made. Putty exists for a reason and things like molding and paint are more than just decorative, they cover up things that were never meant to be seen. 

[Domedriver 655]

Looking at the South side of the old stadium at the 0:22 mark of that tour vid seems to show that they left one of my old climbing cracks exposed!  It’s the one that had that photo of me climbing it in Texas Monthly back in the ‘90s.  Wondering what those unfinished pillars are for and if they are going to obstruct the crack.

They have filled in or obstructed all my old crack climbs during these rounds of stadium upgrades, including the one I climbed on the 100th birthday of the University.  While I love the upgrades, it’s sad to see us lose a great climbing area.  At one time we had almost 30 routes, including the one I used to climb in for the SMU Pony Express game, and the last ArkiePig SWC game, over by Section 26U.

😢🤘

[Pato del Muerto 52,488]

6 hours ago, mr. sunshine said:

Quite a few must be wives based on all the bitching about shit not matching 

Boo fuckin hoo

[txfight 40]

My daughter is at soccer camp today at Texas. They took the kids on a campus tour, including them eating lunch inside DKR. She sent this picture. It's faint, but you can see Texas at midfield.

Edited July 17, 2021 by txfight

[CashMcCoy 3,199]

[texifornia 56,900]

16 minutes ago, txfight said:

My daughter is at soccer camp today at Texas. They took the kids on a campus tour, including them eating lunch inside DKR. She sent this picture. It's faint, but you can see Texas at midfield.

Ooo that's subtle. Interesting. 

[BigHornedLurker 1,936]

1 hour ago, txfight said:

My daughter is at soccer camp today at Texas. They took the kids on a campus tour, including them eating lunch inside DKR. She sent this picture. It's faint, but you can see Texas at midfield.

did you neg her for not lining up on the 50 ? 

[JFKFC 4,878]

1 hour ago, txfight said:

My daughter is at soccer camp today at Texas. They took the kids on a campus tour, including them eating lunch inside DKR. She sent this picture. It's faint, but you can see Texas at midfield.

 

[LOHorn 277]

1 hour ago, txfight said:

My daughter is at soccer camp today at Texas. They took the kids on a campus tour, including them eating lunch inside DKR. She sent this picture. It's faint, but you can see Texas at midfield.

So it’s gotta be a light reflective coating, right? Do we think it’s gonna pulse for pregame? I would imagine any game lights would nullify it’s effect. I wonder what the color range would be?

[Henry Hill 3,156]

[Hookah Horns 3,083]

10 minutes ago, LOHorn said:

So it’s gotta be a light reflective coating, right? Do we think it’s gonna pulse for pregame? I would imagine any game lights would nullify it’s effect. I wonder what the color range would be?

What in God's name are you talking about? Pulse? Color range? 

It's just a slightly lighter shade of green bro.