Today I saw a reference to this former Nebraska mascot:
The Nebraska Cornhuskers mascot from the 1940′s and 1950′s
This prompted me to do a little research into the history of the Nebraska mascot, and well, they are awful. Seriously, check this page out and try to contain your laughter.
A former Nebraska mascot, Mr. Cornhead
[photo via huskerj.com | h/t @elevenwarriors]
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New Michigan football t-shirt
Michigan unveiled a new football t-shirt for sale today that has a list of the program’s accomplishments heading into its 133rd season. Kind of reads like an old No Fear t-shirt from back in the day.
Former Purdue running back Reggie Pegram is headed to North Texas and may be eligible this season.
Pete Sonski (@29Sonski) provided this link with a short video of the USF athletic director Doug Woolard stating that an on-campus football stadium is in the long-term plans for the school.
Former Nebraska players Eric Crouch and Tommy Frazier handled their College Football Hall of Fame snubs with class. Makes he hope even more that Frazier finally gets in next year.
Aaron Torres (@Aaron_Torres) argues that USC’s athletic director Pat Haden is the best in the business.
While on the subject of USC, Heisman Pundit Chris Huston (@HeismanPundit) has an interesting take on how the sanctions actually helped USC become a top program again.
According to @SUonRivals, wide receiver Quinta Funderburk will transfer from Arkansas to Syracuse.
TCU has sold of of season football tickets for the first time in years. Just two years ago, they only sold 19,143 season tickets, than 22,500 last year and finally 30,000 this year. Amazing what a renovated stadium and a move to the Big XII has been worth to them already.
Notre Dame linebacker Carlo Calabrese couldn’t keep his mouth shut while Tommy Rees was being arrested a few weeks ago. Now he has been charged with intimidation of a police officer.
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Kyle Flood looking menacing with the Rutgers mascot
Not sure how this photo promotes Rutgers football, but coach Kyle Flood was proud of it. I think it was part of their daily reminder about the new uniforms being unveiled in New York next Tuesday, but I’m not positive.
Joe Paterno will be posthumously given the Dick Enberg award by the CoSIDA.
Gary Tinsley died from an enlarged heart.
@Year2 with a great explanation on why Florida doesn’t leave the the south.
Spring football may actually become a touch more exciting.
@BYUathletics has released every media guide back to 1946.
Bo Pelini has received a raise and an extra year added to his contract from Nebraska.
Deon Butler, one of five players suspended by Central Michigan, has been formally charged with receiving and concealing stolen property.
A photo of the construction at Nebraska's Memorial Stadium
Those who went to the Nebraska spring game last weekend probably didn’t have a great time. The game was canceled early and the $10 ticket price wasn’t refunded. Instead, a credit for next years game was issued, or you could trade the credit for free baseball or softball tickets.
All was not lost however, as visitors were given free concessions. Fans also were able to get an up close look at the construction being done on the East side of the stadium.
If you were unable to attend, here is a link showcasing some of the building stats, such as the installation of 144 new toilets, 55 urinals and 172 sinks.
[photo via huskers.com]
Since I am trying to get caught up on everything I need to, I am going to make a large post here with little nuggets of stadium information. Normally this will go in either the daily links section or a separate post.
At Conference USA Media Day, Larry Porter said “Facilities don’t win championships, players do. But facilities do win players.” I couldn’t have said it better myself.
First up is an older story on Colorado and how they are looking for a corporate sponsor for their stadium due to financial issues in the athletic department.
Stanford is adding AT&T WiFi to their stadium this year. It says you can connect to the WiFi with any device but I have a feeling it will be faster for AT&T devices.
Cal is renovating their stadium and are going as far as having seismic experts check over the plans.
This story is about Penn State adding WiFi and new scoreboards, among other things, to Beaver Stadium over the next three to four year, but it is a few wrong statements in it. For one, Beaver stadium will not be the only or even the first college stadium with AT&T WiFi, just check the Stanford story above. Two, they took seats away to make room for the 101 ADA seats, lowering seating capacity in Beaver stadium to 106,572.
Staying with Penn State, here is a study from their FieldTurf research building that shows the new FieldTurf Revolution is by far the best turf in terms of wear. The report is huge and will teach you more than you could ever imagine about synthetic turf. Ironically, Beaver Stadium is grass and Penn State has the best turf grass management program in the country.
The final item from Penn State is this picture of upgrades to Lasch Building, their football only complex.
Upgrades to Lasch Building
A photo of a trial version of the Kansas Touchdown Club
And here is a link for the full story on Kansas trying to build a club for big boosters. Note that season tickets in the club are coming down as the team continues to be bad after their magical BCS run.
Here’s a good story behind how Boone Pickens decided to donate $165 million to Oklahoma State athletics.
Oklahoma State is adding a huge flag poll to Boone Pickens Stadium
I’ve linked this story before, but to me it just outlines how desperate some schools are to try and keep up in the money race of BCS and FBS football. Washington is begging you for money and will let you sponsor or name just about any park of their stadium.
A nice video of the scoreboard update at Arizona.
Vanderbilt replaced their grass field this summer for the first time since 1999!Photo of the grass being laid at Dudley Field
Story to go with the Vanderbilt picture, or if you want a video, try this link.
The new "vintage" scoreboard that has been added to the Rose Bowl
Picture of workers installing seats in the UNC Blue Zone
UNC added the Blue Zone, which cost ticket holders a large donation per seat, then they fired Butch Davis, which might lead to a lawsuit as I linked earlier today. At least it looks good in this picture. The picture below is of the scoreboard going on top of the blue zone seats. Here is another take on the scandal and renovation.
Scoreboard on top of the Blue Zone seats
Part of a two year process at Nebraska to expand Memorial Stadium
Nebraska also has a time lapse video of the construction. And a link for the construction details, explaining the completion date of fall of 2013 and capacity of approximately 92,000 fans.
The newest official photo from Kansas State of Bill Snyder Family Stadium
I’m assuming the picture is to show off the new AstroTurf GameDay 3D360 grass for which they sent out this video.
Skip Holtz wants USF to build an on-campus stadium. This story outlines why on-campus stadiums help, which is probably what sparked the Holtz quotes.
I’m not sure what was so great about this except Washington State was excited to see the sun out at Martin Stadium, so they sent this picture.
OMG, sun in Washington!
OK, in all seriousness, Washington State does have a cool program, just like a few other schools such as Army and North Texas where they have movie nights in their stadiums during the summer. I think it is a great way to bring out fans and to use the stadium in a non-traditional way, especially with drive-in theaters dying off so quickly.
Georgia added an HD scoreboard to Sanford Stadium
Michigan will now allow you to say “I do” at Michigan Stadium for the right price. Thankfully they added lights and a scoreboard this summer to enhance the experience.
A photo of the new scoreboard at Michigan Stadium
A photo of the TCU Stadium construction
This is just a general story about planned facility upgrades at South Carolina.
A photo of the field at Bobby Dodd Stadium
LSU provided this picture of the window upgrade project. And a full gallery of photos here.
Photo of the LSU window project
Also, LSU has raised the capacity of their stadium to 92,542 seats this year according to a trivia contest they ran on twitter.
The Chick-fil-A kickoff game wants you to have this info if you are attending the game.
Baseball playoffs might make the Cal-USC game move according to ESPN. Remember that Cal is renovating their stadium so they are playing in AT& T Park this year.
Davis Wade Stadium is getting ribbon boards. Hard to see in this picture but you get the idea.
Here is a rendering of planned upgrades and a full story.
A nice rendering of planned upgrades to Davis Wade StadiumUSC Coliseum is getting a new scoreboard
Lost Letterman ranked his 10 worst stadiums. Sorry, I can only rank places I have been which I will do at a later date
Here is a look at the value of home field advantage and features a heavy dose of Penn State.
Corn Nation is afraid that booing will return to Memorial Stadium at Nebraska this fall.
Rutgers wants everyone to know that they are enhancing game day festivities. Pretty much a fluff piece but worth the read if you are a VIP ticket holder.
Wisconsin has been informed that Soldier Field will have new turf installed in time for the Northern Illinois game according to Brett Bielema.
Boise State may not be able to remove the track in Bronco Stadium due to state board inaction.
Cincinnati has changed up the tailgating areas. Here is the full story.