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Jun 25, 2016
10:06:08am

Zach Morris All-American

Utes just installed an impressive new Big Screen and sound system...

This is frustrating knowing that BYU could have went with a much better and bigger Big Screen when they installed the new one a couple years ago.... The U's new screen is twice the size of the one at LES, that's twice!

The funding for a much larger screen was there from a large donor. It's examples like this that remind me that "BYU doesn't want to keep up with the arms race of college football". There's sort of a one foot in and one foot out mentality with BYU's leadership in terms of the decisions they make for the program in comparison to other comparable top 40 programs.

http://www.ksl.com/?sid=40366002&nid=148&title=u-stadium-gets-bigger-scoreboard-better-sound-system

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Originally posted on Jun 25, 2016 at 10:06:08am

Recategorized from Ute Smack to Football (BYU) by Zach Morris on Jun 25, 2016 at 10:06:29am

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Utes just installed an impressive new Big Screen and sound system...

Zach Morris

6/25/16 10:06am

It wasn't BYU. It was the neighbors.

gwalker

6/25/16 10:07am

Correct. The neighbors voted against the larger screen for various reasons

truecoug1

6/25/16 10:19am

Actually, it was the foundation of LES

6/25/16 10:23am

It was both. I distinctly remember the complaint about ice. I wouldn't have

gwalker

6/25/16 10:29am

I just read that. A lot of people in that neighborhood are crazy, man

6/25/16 10:31am

The neighbors also voted against the larger size. Could be foundational too

truecoug1

6/25/16 10:33am

I know this was a factor. I bid on this work and the soils at the time killed

Millhouse

6/25/16 2:54pm

There was no vote

concolor couguar

6/25/16 11:14am

Meaning, they petitioned to city officials.

truecoug1

6/25/16 11:18am

Nope....wrong again

WJCougar

6/25/16 11:28am

My source is Tom Holmoe. Who's yours. I didn't mean a literal vote.

truecoug1

6/25/16 11:46am

I don't believe you for one minute. BYU didn't need permission...

WJCougar

6/25/16 2:11pm

It was definitely an issue. The same neighbors that pitched a fit about

gwalker

6/25/16 2:16pm

You either used the wrong word or your spell check isn't working.

ArcticKat

6/25/16 2:23pm

You are wrong. I have a sibling that is a Manager

SaintGeorgeYFan

6/25/16 2:26pm

I can attest to this. My grandma lives in the neighborhood and was disgusted at

Bgash

6/25/16 3:16pm

I've said it on here many times but my major problem with upgrades to LES is the sound system.

TheSmiths

6/25/16 3:24pm

They did have to get approval from Provo City to alter it and the neighborhood

concolor couguar

6/25/16 2:42pm

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concolor couguar

6/25/16 11:37am

Lol...who told you there was a vote?

WJCougar

6/25/16 11:28am

I didn't mean a literal vote. BYU has to get permits from the city

truecoug1

6/25/16 11:48am

The neighbors are the ones who live in Provo and pay local taxes

OpusX

6/25/16 3:23pm

But there's only one at U. I thought it looked like overkill. It's as high as the stands below it. The sound

soupie

6/25/16 10:11am

90% of aspects of major college football is overkill. Do you wanna compete at

Zach Morris

6/25/16 10:14am

They were going with bigger screens and a better sound system. The same

gwalker

6/25/16 10:17am

I don't remember specifically but sounded

soupie

6/25/16 10:18am

I thought I remember hearing that neighbors were putting up a big fuss about the

SUAVO

6/25/16 10:19am

There are 6 games a year....the neighbors know the stadium is there...

WJCougar

6/25/16 11:31am

You seem very sure about proving a negative with nothing more than your

gwalker

6/25/16 2:17pm

Same to you.

WJCougar

6/25/16 3:36pm

Did you miss concolor's post with the copy of the Provo City Planning Commission

gwalker

6/25/16 3:42pm

To make it easy for you: (edited)

gwalker

6/25/16 3:46pm

Everyone is mixing up neighbors complaining about the MTC construction announcements and plans with the LES screens

indocoug

6/25/16 11:59am

Neighborhood did complain. They said the bigger boards would put too much ice on

concolor couguar

6/25/16 12:13pm

No we are not. They complained about both. This is pretty common knowledge.

truecoug1

6/25/16 12:15pm

I'd hate to live in that neighborhood. What a bunch of complainers.

6/25/16 12:47pm

BYU will eventually buy up the whole area...maybe not until the people die off..

Nat Gas Man

6/25/16 2:49pm

Isn't that the neighborhood that crazy guy is trying to buy and turn into a

bluebloodedcoug

6/25/16 2:52pm

I think he is buying up stuff farther north...about $750 for a house worth $250

Nat Gas Man

6/25/16 2:57pm

He is not doing it for a simple high rise

concolor couguar

6/26/16 12:30pm

Yes same neighborhood

concolor couguar

6/26/16 12:29pm

Did soupies wife has his account? Too big of a tv? That's not even possible.

6/25/16 10:36am

Soupie is the wife. 😉 I'm all for bigger but the thing dwarfs

soupie

6/25/16 11:02am

And for the record. I think the big one wouldn't

soupie

6/25/16 12:21pm

Oh, great! Now we get to hear the announcers on thescreen at home

Tarbo

6/25/16 2:47pm

People know the details of this, right?

6/25/16 10:18am

I've been told differently.

Zach Morris

6/25/16 10:25am

Why would they say no then? I think splitting it into two was the common sense

6/25/16 10:28am

I was told the donor proposed "two screens, one on each end that would be three

Zach Morris

6/25/16 10:39am

i get that but you telling me NONE of these other schools with these ginormous

nashty

6/25/16 10:35am

But there are advantages to having two big screens instead of one massive one

6/25/16 10:40am

RE: But there are advantages to having two big screens instead of one massive

Zach Morris

6/25/16 10:43am

Michigan State did the same thing as BYU with 2 smaller, big video boards. No shame.

LiveCoug

6/25/16 10:45am

At least Michigan State put up widescreens.

fredgarvin

6/25/16 2:16pm

And, I was also wrong, MSU has those two BYU size boards AND a massive one.

LiveCoug

6/25/16 2:46pm

I heard the contract is non commitable. They might not want it after installed.

SoValleyCOUG

6/25/16 10:50am

"Game Changer"

WJCougar

6/25/16 10:21am

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Abe Froman

6/25/16 12:51pm

I'll admit that I'm jealous of the size of that thing, but it looks ridiculous

Pimpin4Paradise

6/25/16 10:26am

Texas is the same way.

LiveCoug

6/25/16 10:30am

So is Clemson and several other top 40 stadiums. Screens this size are becoming

Zach Morris

6/25/16 10:32am

It's just a jumbotron. I wouldn't get all out of sorts for something like this. Big whoop.

LiveCoug

6/25/16 10:33am

Tell that to Buddy Garrity.

southernfriedcougar

6/25/16 10:46am

A lot of 3-sided stadiums have this.

southernfriedcougar

6/25/16 10:44am

Have you ever been to a stadium with a screen like that? It's great.

Kerbouchard

6/25/16 12:34pm

That looks like my son put 4k rims on his Ford Fusion.

El Fuego

6/25/16 12:53pm

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Pimpin4Paradise

6/25/16 10:30am

We're comfortable with who we are..

6/25/16 10:52am

Overcompensating.

6/25/16 11:08am

Just become a ute fan and your problem is solved

coot20

6/25/16 11:14am

Always the answer anytime a BYU fan observes an area with need of improvement.

Zach Morris

6/25/16 11:19am

They are also doing some really cool things for food for fans at their seats

zonacougar

6/25/16 11:27am

It's like an orange on a toothpick!

holipuluki

6/25/16 11:36am

"It's got its own weather system"

deckard667

6/25/16 12:11pm

Zach Morris is Right. I personally know, and am related to one of the directors that was in the meeting

indocoug

6/25/16 11:48am

"too elite" Good grief...either commit to having a major CFB program or don't.

Kerbouchard

6/25/16 12:36pm

Precisely my point with my "one foot in one foot out" there is a feel of we

Zach Morris

6/25/16 12:52pm

Evidently, it is kind of a image thing. They want to look nice, but are afraid that if any

indocoug

6/25/16 1:28pm

This makes sense

CougarPilot

7/2/16 1:58am

Probably was a Ute fan GA.

Rocketman

6/25/16 1:00pm

Who made the "too elite" comment?

ArcticKat

6/25/16 2:01pm

Which is why we have biggest jumbro-tron in the Marriott

SaintGeorgeYFan

6/25/16 4:15pm

At 1/3 the cost, to a facility that is used 90% more often.

indocoug

6/25/16 4:58pm

We have LED Ribbons at LES, which I think are cool.

SaintGeorgeYFan

6/26/16 11:02am

Some of you will never be happy with what BYU does.

SaintGeorgeYFan

6/26/16 11:03am

You called my claim BS, I was just explaining the difference. No need to get all worked up about it.

indocoug

6/26/16 11:24am

IMO what matters is having great facilities as BYU sees it to be, not how Utah, or Texas

ocmyhome

6/25/16 11:51am

I still remember when Utah fans were the ones sounding like the little brother.

OpusX

6/25/16 11:59am

This thread needs a running count for number of "laughs" Zach's posts receive.

WhyKnot

6/25/16 12:02pm

Hahaha! You're so silly!

Zach Morris

6/25/16 12:53pm

I'm not the one getting laughed are every time I make a "serious" post.

WhyKnot

6/25/16 3:03pm

And yet you give a thumbs up to the post validating what I was told?

Zach Morris

6/25/16 1:09pm

looks like they just put a $3,000 stereo system into their car that cost them $1,500....

HarlemCoug

6/25/16 12:45pm

They still won't sell out their games, regardless

pegushin

6/25/16 12:52pm

You mean, except for the 38 game sellout streak, right?

ALUF 1990

6/25/16 1:30pm

empty red seats and free tickets given away at subway don't count

pegushin

6/25/16 1:34pm

Subway no. But $300 standing room only seats do count. Go see if you

ALUF 1990

6/26/16 7:31am

Someone's upset....or obsessed, can't really tell anymore

NorthernCougFan

6/26/16 10:49am

LOL - more ticket smack.. Just ridiculous. Your numbers are inferior to ours. We sold more tickets to Wagner than

HarlemCoug

6/26/16 11:13am

Ridiculous to talk smack on here about your "sellouts"

HarlemCoug

6/25/16 1:38pm

if we had a 45k seat stadium I'd guess we would have a 30 YEAR streak of

VACOUGFAN

6/25/16 1:41pm

BEING a sellout and HAVING a sellout or totally different things.

zonacougar

6/25/16 2:02pm

Attendance smack is the weakest smack of all.

OpusX

6/25/16 1:59pm

especially when your attendance stats are inferior.

HarlemCoug

6/25/16 2:04pm

Putting in that scoreboard is aimed at apeasing and distracting the U fans

Rocketman

6/25/16 1:03pm

Lol that they paid for that with "ticket sales"...nothing to do with the massive

akmewg

6/25/16 1:11pm

Meant for OP

akmewg

6/25/16 1:12pm

I never watched Laguna Beach but there was an episode I rember hearing about

akmewg

6/25/16 1:25pm

At least something is bigger on those tiny endzone bleachers.

6/25/16 1:34pm

But really, who cares?

Machiavelli

6/25/16 2:06pm

Ute's have ONE. We Have TWO big screens at LES. Stop crying folks.

SaintGeorgeYFan

6/25/16 2:21pm

Except they're tiny.

southernfriedcougar

6/25/16 3:34pm

So stay home and watch it in your big screen at home.

SaintGeorgeYFan

6/25/16 4:18pm

Just saying that was a dumb argument.

southernfriedcougar

6/25/16 7:36pm

Retractable video board?

NorthernCougFan

6/25/16 3:34pm

This seems like a very cliche Utah (State of Utah) type of problem.

Y2k

6/25/16 3:56pm

Rice Chex Stadium' s Cracker Jack size makes anything look bigger

Cougarpride

6/25/16 4:01pm

Let's do Google Fiber and then you can have your own tablet for replays

Shore10

6/25/16 4:56pm

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