Final Admission That Amon Carter is an Ugly Dump

smu diamond m · Post by **smu diamond m** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:54 pm

You [deleted], bidding IS a war... except usually you don't get to re-aim and fire again.

QuikSStang · Post by **QuikSStang** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:02 pm

i think someone's getting screwed at $175M+ if thats the best the company can come up with. maybe everyone in the company was pulled to the Cowboys' billion dollar monster and they hired the night cleaning crew to come up with ideas

redpony · Post by **redpony** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:02 pm

[/quote]That's going to take a lot of jacks.[/quote]

They'll probably use a few Jills as well. :lol:

GO PONIES!!!

Statler · Post by **Statler** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:51 pm

I may be old and senile, but I wouldn't be caught dead in that balcony

NickSMU17 · Post by **NickSMU17** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:55 pm

$175 MIL for that shows how much inflation is in our country.

This idea was tried at Soldier Field Chicago, (integrate old with new) and let me tell you it looks terrible....however the views of the game and amenities are second to none....

In my opinion...they should build something more college like and less industrial. Camden is a nice idea to aspire to, but this will be an eyesore for a college, in its current form.

CalallenStang · Post by **CalallenStang** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:03 pm

smu diamond m wrote:You [deleted], bidding IS a war... except usually you don't get to re-aim and fire again.

Is anyone else amazed that [deleted] doesn't show up as [deleted]?

redpony · Post by **redpony** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:08 pm

Gee, I just thought '[deleted]' was a synonym for 'froggie'.

GO PONIES!!!

03Mustang · Post by **03Mustang** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:25 pm

I'm still trying to figure out what deleted-eyed means, exactly :lol:

QuikSStang · Post by **QuikSStang** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:28 pm

quotes from froggie nation on the stadium:

"saw the new renderings for ACS in the football media guide on gofrogs.com and let me just say if they build that, we will have the best looking stadium in the country...it really looks cool...."

"Man I get a tear in my eye just looking at this stuff.

I am ready to contribute today if they will let me know the campaign has started.

I plead that all that can give a dollar of whatever to get on board and get ready to make this our dream home!!!!"

"What's with that growth on the stadium exterior???"

Waldorf · Post by **Waldorf** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:04 pm

Statler wrote:I may be old and senile, but I wouldn't be caught dead in that balcony

If not dead then how about in a Margarita induced coma?

Did you see the word to the fight song?

RIFF, RAM, BAH ZOO
Riff, Ram, Bah Zoo
Lickety, Lickety, Zoo, Zoo
Who, Wah, Wah, Who
Give ├â┬ó├óΓÇÜ┬¼├ï┼ôem hell, TCU

Lickety, Lickety
Likey Likey.......

Treadway21 · Post by **Treadway21** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:16 pm

It's actually going to be around 175$ - 250$,

the worst $175 - $250 ever spent - the worst ever spent since Waterworld.

couch 'em · Post by **couch 'em** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:51 pm

OC Mustang wrote:HKS Inc. are not hacks; their website sports an impressive portfolio of projects, including American Airlines Center and the new Cowboys stadium in Arlington. They supposedly reached back to the original 1930s stadium as inspiration for their design. I agree w/ couch'em...I think they haven't blended the old and new very well.

HKS has hundreds of architects. Believe me, they are not all of equal quality. But I don't think any architect would do a better job - you just can't mix old horribly ugly with new and have it blend well.

HKS is very successful, but remember that with any huge company the ones that are involved with TCU suck by definition!

gostangs · Post by **gostangs** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:54 pm

Lipstick on a pig ........

HB Pony Dad · Post by **HB Pony Dad** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:20 pm

Waldorf wrote:
Statler wrote:I may be old and senile, but I wouldn't be caught dead in that balcony

If not dead then how about in a Margarita induced coma?

Did you see the word to the fight song?

RIFF, RAM, BAH ZOO
Riff, Ram, Bah Zoo
Lickety, Lickety, Zoo, Zoo
Who, Wah, Wah, Who
Give ├â┬ó├óΓÇÜ┬¼├ï┼ôem hell, TCU

Lickety, Lickety
Likey Likey.......

I'm starting to understand about how I am supposed to hate TCU especially after this quote on the "Frog Fan Forum"...

"The revival of TCU football began under the watch of Dennis Franchione when TCU defeated the Trojans of USC in the 1998 Sun Bowl, ..."

Don't they realize Paul Hackett was the USC coach for that dismal Sun Bowl! :oops:

Words can not describe this coach! The players I spoke to at the time told me they rarely saw him and when they did he would usually go off on a tirade cussing them out for some inane reason.

Go Mustangs
Beat the Frogs

smu diamond m · Post by **smu diamond m** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:21 pm

couch 'em wrote:
OC Mustang wrote:HKS Inc. are not hacks; their website sports an impressive portfolio of projects, including American Airlines Center and the new Cowboys stadium in Arlington. They supposedly reached back to the original 1930s stadium as inspiration for their design. I agree w/ couch'em...I think they haven't blended the old and new very well.

HKS has hundreds of architects. Believe me, they are not all of equal quality. But I don't think any architect would do a better job - you just can't mix old horribly ugly with new and have it blend well.

HKS is probably in the ranks of thousands. No matter how good an architect is, they are more than (less than?) worthless without an engineer.

According to that collapse -- their engineers over there suck :wink:

(FYI: it seemed more of contractor error, but let's ignore that)

Final Admission That Amon Carter is an Ugly Dump

Re: Final Admission That Amon Carter is an Ugly Dump