Stadium Lights: An Incomplete Analysis

[NickSMU17]

Pretty sure old Pike powder puff game was played under the lights, those girls caught everything....

[redpony]

Pretty sure old Pike powder puff game was played under the lights, those girls caught everything....

Including footballs.

GO PONIES!!!

[The PonyGrad]

Not sure the UH stadium is as similar as you say. The "angle" looks similar but you can see that the line from the lights crosses the side line fifteen yards further up.

[couch 'em]

Not sure the UH stadium is as similar as you say. The "angle" looks similar but you can see that the line from the lights crosses the side line fifteen yards further up.

You are right, I didn't look that closely. It would seem that the potential to be blinded would be higher looking back for the ball in the UH stadium. If we indeed have a problem here, it looks like the height of the lights or the angle they are aimed at would be the cause.

With only 4 poles, the lights would have to be aimed farther downfield to light the entire field. Perhaps this is causing glare.

[San Antonio Mustang]

I assume the lights are a problem or June would not have brought it up, but I am not sure the to what degree the dropped balls can be blamed on the lights. The dropped passes that should have been caught are a real frustration for me. I just don't understand why our receivers have such trouble catching the ball. Reading the practice notes I read that receiver A dropped this or that pass and receiver B dropped passes, and so on. This is during practice in the daytime and often without any defense. That leads me to conclude either the quarterbacks are inaccurate or the receivers are the problem. Since in the games I see most of the passes to be catchable I conclude it is probably our receivers fault. Now what I don't know is this because of the talent or the coaching and maybe a little bit the lights.