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Postby J.T.supporta » Sun Jun 29, 2008 4:35 pm

Hope those palm trees go too
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Postby MrMustang1965 » Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:27 am

J.T.supporta wrote:Hope those palm trees go too
First good hurricane that comes along they will be.
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Postby lwjr » Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:05 pm

FroggieFever wrote:
NavyCrimson wrote:
Froggie: We're a little different - once AGCS is torn town - after this season - it'll be fully enclosed.


You got an artist rendition of it for us, Froggie?


Nope... :( They're really keeping this under the table.

All I know is that it's being done from private donations - as opposed to the endowment or university spending - and that Danny Morrison's (our AD) goal is to make it "the Camden Yards of college football." It's likely that preliminary mock ups will be surfacing shortly, but that's anyone's guess.


Froggie,

Where are they going to build it?
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Postby FroggieFever » Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:28 pm

lwjr wrote:
FroggieFever wrote:
NavyCrimson wrote:
Froggie: We're a little different - once AGCS is torn town - after this season - it'll be fully enclosed.


You got an artist rendition of it for us, Froggie?


Nope... :( They're really keeping this under the table.

All I know is that it's being done from private donations - as opposed to the endowment or university spending - and that Danny Morrison's (our AD) goal is to make it "the Camden Yards of college football." It's likely that preliminary mock ups will be surfacing shortly, but that's anyone's guess.


Froggie,

Where are they going to build it?


same spot
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Postby SMU Football Blog » Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:57 pm

Where would they play in the interim?
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Postby J.T.supporta » Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:12 pm

SMU Football Blog wrote:Where would they play in the interim?


good question. Maybe Reliant?
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Postby FroggieFever » Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:13 pm

SMU Football Blog wrote:Where would they play in the interim?


see Stanford Stadium Project
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Re: Houston End Zone Facility

Postby Big Hoss » Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:54 pm

Stallion wrote:Every time I see one of these endzone facilities like UH, TCU, Tulsa etc I wonder why a rich guy would want to sit in the endzone in the first place. That's one thing Ford Stadium got right.

http://picasaweb.google.com/stevokeefe/20080625CoogsEZF


My guess is that the reason is because it's cheaper to tear down an endzone section and build something like that vs. trying to fit it on top of an existing sideline section. Rice's stadium is the same way, and I believe Tulsa is doing this, too.

Definitely glad that they did it right the first time with Ford.
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