Football New Cowboys stadium HD Scoreboard too low? - Page 2

Deberg_1990 · 08-22-2009, 10:15 AM

Interesting...Did anyone see the kick?

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shu...urn=nfl,184487

Spending $1.2 billion on a football stadium can get you a lot, but not apparently a good sense of how high to hang 2,100 inch video screens above the field.

At the debut of the new Dallas Cowboys' stadium last night, Tennessee Titans punter A.J. Trapasso kicked a ball that struck one of the gargantuan high-definition scoreboards that hang over the center of the field. Trapasso's punt sailed straight up and hit one of the two scoreboards that face the endzone. It deflected backward and was ruled in-play until Titans coach Jeff Fisher informed officials (who had been watching the players, not the ball) that the punt struck the scoreboard. By rule, the down was replayed.

Jerry Jones wasn't happy with the kick, not so much because he felt that somebody on his engineering team screwed up by placing the video boards too low, but because he seems to think that Trapasso was trying to hit the board on purpose. When asked whether he thought the scoreboard should be raised higher, Jones snapped:

"That's not the point. How high is high if somebody just wants to sit there and kick straight up?

"If you look at how you punt the football, unless you're trying to hit the scoreboard, you punt the ball to get downfield. You certainly want to get some hangtime, but you punt the ball to get downfield, and you sure don't punt the ball down the middle. You punt it off to the side."

Later, Jones reitirated that he would not be moving the scoreboard higher. Trapasso and the regular Titans punter, Craig Hentrich(notes), think that's a bad idea. Said Hentrich:

"I hit it probably a dozen times in pregame," Hentrich said. "Probably somewhere around a five-second punt is going to hit it and some of the guys in the league wouldn't be able to punt here if it's not raised, they'd just be non-stop hitting it. I don't know what the people were thinking. I guess they should have tested things out before they put that thing in place. It'll have to be raised."

Despite his dismissive response to the incident, Jerry Jones may have a point. Watching a replay of the kick, it sure does look like Trapasso is trying to boot the ball as high as he can, a method that punters usually only use on shorter punts designed to pin a team back. (The Titans kicked from their own 37-yard line, so Trapasso should have been trying more for length than height.)

That doesn't mean that directional punts won't find their way toward the "Jerrytron" this season. Even the Cowboys own punter, Mat McBriar(notes), thinks that a kick with a 4.9 second hangtime will strike the screen. If that happens more than once or twice, Jerry Jones and the Cowboys might find out that when it comes to video screens, bigger isn't is always better.

ChiefaRoo · 08-22-2009, 01:22 PM

I'm pretty sure Jerry Jones is Ari's Grandpa.

Herzig · 08-22-2009, 01:24 PM

My brother-in-law is a cowboys fan...he calls them "God's Team"

LaChapelle · 08-22-2009, 01:25 PM

Jerry Jones can go **** a land mine.

**Gonzo** · 08-22-2009, 03:09 PM

At least the ****ing thing didn't fall and paralyze anyone..(i.e. their practice facility)
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Sweet Daddy Hate · 08-22-2009, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Herzig

My brother-in-law is a cowboys fan...he calls them "God's Team"

God I hope we kick their ass this year.

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Originally Posted by LaChapelle

Jerry Jones can go **** a land mine.

This.

HermanHater · 08-22-2009, 03:22 PM

It shouldnt even be a question. The N.F.L. should make his dumbass raise it.

beach tribe · 08-22-2009, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Herzig

My brother-in-law is a cowboys fan...he calls them "God's Team"

And that's ONE of the reasons why so many people hate them.

Most of their fans only like the team when they're good.
They won't even show allegiance when the boys suck.

I bartend at a sports bar. Have been for years. When the cowboys were not so good, I hardly ever saw any cowboys fans. Then they put a decent team together, and these shitheads show up with flags, and airhorns.
All the punks in my HS were all Cowboys fans back in the early 90s. HARDCORE. Now they're all Patriots fans, but don't worry, if the boys ever win the SB they will have those Dallas colors on with Pride. "Romo's my Boy!!!!"
I ****in hate the Cowboys, and I LOVE to watch them lose. I LOVE it.

**BigMeatballDave** · 08-22-2009, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Herzig

My brother-in-law is a cowboys fan...he calls them "God's Team"

Blasphemy! Jerry Jones is kin to Satan...

**Bugeater** · 08-22-2009, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Bowser

Their owner, mostly. And that whole "America's Team" crap.

And the constant junk-fondling by the media...and their obnoxious bandwagoning fans...

Pasta Little Brioni · 08-22-2009, 03:36 PM

Jerry Jones in denial. Big surprise. Blaming it on the punter doing it on purpose

I wonder what the excuse will be next time it happens.

**Buehler445** · 08-22-2009, 03:42 PM

The FOX coverage of it showed the punter in warmups hit it 4 times IN A ROW.

Then they showed Jones yelling at him.

In other news, I didn't realize they were just a couple inches bigger than the ones at Kaufman.

Fairplay · 08-22-2009, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by HermanHater

It shouldnt even be a question. The N.F.L. should make his dumbass raise it.

I agree. I hope more teams kick into that darn thing.

MMXcalibur · 08-22-2009, 04:01 PM

Nice stadium, cockwipe.

How about you get the field to be completely playable instead of having to have "workarounds" on the field because of your dipshittery...

TEX · 08-22-2009, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by ChiefaRoo

I heard that thing cost $40Million and it's going to cost hundreds of thousands in wireways to move it. What a bunch of dumb*ucks.

Get this - that scoeboard cost more than the entire Texas Stadium did when it was built. I have actually been in the new stadium and the first thing I said when I saw the scoreboard was that it was too low. It also obstructs the view of folks in the nose bleed seats. Jerry Jones got all caught up in having to have the biggest and the best stadium in the NFL, but he missed badly. He doesn't even have the best stadium in Texas. Reliant Stadium in Houston is hands down better.

Fairplay · 08-22-2009, 04:18 PM

Jerry Jones and the scoreboard remind me of the Clint Eastwood movie Hang'em High.

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