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No, but it probably helps.silverbear;2899255 said:Maybe that's why you hate kickers??
No, but it probably helps.silverbear;2899255 said:Maybe that's why you hate kickers??
No kidding? That surprises me.Kangaroo;2899303 said:Funny thing is the myth buster tried to see if a helium football would fly higher and further and guess what it made no difference
Ditto.CowboyMike;2899271 said:I think it's Mort talking out of his ***.
?????PHof83;2899276 said:Allow me to clear something up.
From what I've gathered around here, U2 requested to have the board at its current level. It was basically a deal breaker from what I understand. So the earliest the board could be moved would be sometime in early October.
I think this is a pretty definitive answer on the issue.67CowboysFan;2898587 said:Here's some info from Kristi Scales:
The digital board will NOT remain at that height of 90' for long. I spoke with the stadium's general manager, my friend Jack Hill, BEFORE the game about the board's height. Cowboys Stadium has been planning for a couple of months to raise the board in order to accomodate the rock group U2 which will perform a concert in Arlington on October 12th. U2's staging is so enormous, Cowboys Stadium planned to raise the digital board by 25 feet.
And because Cowboys Stadium would have to raise the digital board for U2 by 25 feet, the team/stadium decided to invest an additional $6-plus million for new hoists and suspension so that the board can be raised/lowered more easily between all events.
http://www.arlington.org/accommodations/listing.details.php?category=13979&id=865
Yeah, that's what I said in the other thread -- this may cause them to raise higher sooner. I really don't get the problem. Just raise it 25 feet and get it over with. It would look better that way and this silly discussion is over.bbgun;2899356 said:But the concert's not until October. What if the league doesn't want to wait that long?
Hostile;2899325 said:No kidding? That surprises me.
poke;2899425 said:the astros have "tals hill", the red sox have the "green monster"
cleveland has the "dog pound"....at some point dont you just say
kiss my *** this is how our field plays ???
poke;2899427 said:pardon my french, just got home from a Robert Earl Keen concert and my attitude may have been adjusted by a few Shiner bocks !
Murph80;2899257 said:I was at the game and during pre game warmups they were hitting it with ease.
Just because our Punter isn't affected doesnt mean he never will be.RainMan;2899450 said:I have to admit I agree a little with the poster who raised the homefield comparisons of the "Green Monster" and the Astros' outfield.
There's a little romance to the idea of having a homefield advantage that is uniquely Cowboys Stadiumish. A giant video board that can smack down punts certainly falls in that category, especially when it doesn't seem to affect our own punter.
But I also fear the egg-on-face nature of it all. Even if Jerry complied with league rules, fans/media will look at the video board's height as a failure on our part.
Spectre;2899452 said:Just because our Punter isn't affected doesnt mean he never will be.
That stadium is gonna be there ALOT longer than McBriar.
daschoo;2899460 said:true but you would think any punter for the cowboys would be more used to punting with the screen than any visiting punter
Hostile;2899253 said:It blows my mind that they can hit that thing. I couldn't kick a ball filled with helium that high. Amazing.
I think the Titans punter was trying to hit it and in a real game no one would. You punt downfield for distance not straight up.