It really is way overdone. I understand we have to pay for things, but hell, if there's that much interest in advertising on it, then jack the price up and have fewer ads but the same amount of revenue.
Is anything being done about the jumbotron having too many ads?
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From what I have heard, starting in the 3rd quarter, they will use more discretion on running commercials during critical moments. They are looking to eliminate buzz killing commercials. Ex/ Columbus Orthopedic just before a crucial 4th down stop or after a big play on offense. They really need to learn how to feed off the crowd's momentum. With that being said, I fully expect them to replace a Bullock Toyota commercial with Wooly Bully on the PA.
Next I hope they move the "Our State" piece to halftime. It's a great spot but not motivational at all. It has no business in the "get fired up" moments before the game.
Next I hope they move the "Our State" piece to halftime. It's a great spot but not motivational at all. It has no business in the "get fired up" moments before the game.
Kyle Niblett tweeted
something the other day about the possibility of showing highlights of other SEC games one one of the jumbotrons, in the future ALA NFL redzone or so. That would be cool.
something the other day about the possibility of showing highlights of other SEC games one one of the jumbotrons, in the future ALA NFL redzone or so. That would be cool.
That would suck ***. The last thing I want to do at an MSU football game is watch some other team on the jumbotron in the middle of our game.
They need to put up some sound dampers. I didn't understand a damn word said, it was just echoes.
A distributed sound system cures all but few have them because of expense.
Now, it is essentially "point and blast" the line arrays.
Now, it is essentially "point and blast" the line arrays.
You're right about "point and blast". When the Jumbotron was originally set up, the sound techs with the contractor had it set up pretty damn well. Volume seemed pretty consistent throughout the stadium and most importantly the sound was legible.
I have to believe that some of our local/staff "experts" have been "tweaking" the set-up. Seemed like the second year when they started live cam shots and the control board was taken over by our staff--began the degeneration of sound and video quality.
Just my observations...
I have to believe that some of our local/staff "experts" have been "tweaking" the set-up. Seemed like the second year when they started live cam shots and the control board was taken over by our staff--began the degeneration of sound and video quality.
Just my observations...
That's a good point. I can't speak too much on moving around as I sat in the student section in roughly the same area for 4 straight years, but in 2009 everything was crystal clear. Everything after that went down hill, more and more so each year. We need to spend less money on hashtag paint and scientific studies of whether artificial snow on Scott Field for A&M each year is a good idea and more money on employees who know what they're talking about.
You would think with Peavey down the road we would have half decent resources.
You would think with Peavey down the road we would have half decent resources.
Not peaveys wheelhouse. Our gameday has gotten to the point that it is more of a hastle to go than stay home. For a diehard like myself, that is scary. It just isnt as enjoyable any more. I go to the games still but wouldnt if it wasnt for our 12 hour tailgate family
Unfortunately agree. I stayed home for the last couple games. Just wasn't having fun at that point. Had nothing to do with wins or losses because A&M was the beginning of the skid and I skipped that too.
Here's my idea: No ads at all on the jumbotron. Use it to enhance the fan experience by showing prompt replays and in-game statistics. Sell name and logo space and make money somewhere else. I mean, what percentage of our funds are from jumbotron ads? I bet it's a low number, and I hate that we have turned a positive into a negative to extent we have this this monstrosity. My message to Mr. Jumbotron is, " Leave me the 17 alone, you screaming piece of ****!"
Calling my bluff I see haha.
You know, I'm not sure. It was probably a combination of that and atmosphere from the previous games. From the looks of it on TV I wasn't the only student with the same plan. I went to the junction after the game and went out that night. When games are at night you really don't have too much of a choice if you want to be social. Everyone goes because everyone else goes. Day games are more for the actual football fan, and as a football fan I got to the point in 2013 where it was exhausting to sit through a game in DWS unfortunately.
Hold on - you were a student and still didn't go? Damn - that's ridiculous. We were 7-1 and ranked in the top 15 I think still.
It's your choice not to go but you really have no complaints.
It's your choice not to go but you really have no complaints.
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So the biggest homer on this board is a student who didn't go to an 11:00 SEC home game when MSU was 7-1 because the Jumbotron sound is distorted and he gets too sleepy during games? That is awesome. Esplanade91, you might want to take a long hard look in the mirror and come to grips with the fact that you have a lot in common with the Ole Miss fans (the ones you profess to hate so much) who would rather sit in the Grove than go to games.
Whoa whoa whoa, it goes a lot deeper than an annoying jumbotron. I got to the point where I was hating everything about our gameday experience - starting with the UT game. I went through the student line and the lady took my ticket and one of the event staff members ran up and kicked me out because he claimed I had already been in and couldn't reenter. I missed maybe the greatest game of the year and got a citation for disorderly conduct (I threw a fit) and paid a $300 fine because a guy mistakenly took me for one of the other countless 6' white guys wearing the official adidas shirt, one in particular who he watched leave 5 minutes before I entered. This is the root of it, disliking the commercialization of MSU gameday made it even easier not to go back. It's easy for you to give me hell for not going as a student because when all of you went here you could walk in the front door with a bottle of whiskey in hand and they opened up the gates for free admission to anyone off the street who wanted to walk in at halftime. I bet a lot of you even got a place to sit down on the bench. Trade in those nice seats you get to watch from and go sit in the student section now. It's not so fun.
P.S. You have to get there 2 hours before the game.
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I suspect that we are in for one more year of "muddy" sound and blast zones from the Jumbotron. At the completion next summer of the north endzone enclosure, I think there is another Jumbotron going up on top of it. If that's the case, the sound contractors will have to reconfigure the whole sound approach as to balance and distribution. We are probably going to have to wait for the fix to come when the techs are in the stadium for installation.
But dammit, leave the thing alone when the pros get finished. We pay them damn good money to do a good job...and they did it. Then we decide to "localize" the tweak. Might be a good idea to make the digital board default to the original configuration at start-up, install some limiters and equalizers to squash some of the over-modulated (poorly produced) commercials and help with uneven levels. Maybe that would keep some of the problems from resurfacing.
Peavey doesn't give a damn about helping out with equipment, design or advice. And that is really not his strength. Plus he has his own international struggles right now. Unfortunately, we need to just move on...
But dammit, leave the thing alone when the pros get finished. We pay them damn good money to do a good job...and they did it. Then we decide to "localize" the tweak. Might be a good idea to make the digital board default to the original configuration at start-up, install some limiters and equalizers to squash some of the over-modulated (poorly produced) commercials and help with uneven levels. Maybe that would keep some of the problems from resurfacing.
Peavey doesn't give a damn about helping out with equipment, design or advice. And that is really not his strength. Plus he has his own international struggles right now. Unfortunately, we need to just move on...
Seems like the whole falsely-accused-and-arrested story would have been a salient point to bring up earlier when discussing the unpleasant game day experience, instead of saying you weren't sure exactly why you didn't go. But anywho, I'm not an MSU fan, in case you haven't figured that out. When I was at Ole Miss we had to go to extreme measures to sneak liquor into games, so I'm not buying that excuse. I was frisked like a terrorist every game and had liquor poured out on numerous occasions. And to my knowledge students didn't get in free at halftime, although I never tried that. Yes, we had students (and still do) who didn't go to the games. These people are known as ****** fans.
jbfc
are you serious with that weak ****?! you sound like a blast to be around buddy. get some damned cowboy boots or stuff a bottle in your belt. buy a flask if you must. stand up during a game?! oh noess
Wasn't aware you were an Ole Miss fan. Take everything I said as if I were talking to a guy who went to this forum's school from dawn of time-2008.
You're reading way into that comment, buddy. There were 2 fights in the student section early in the season due to people flinging whiskey after touchdowns so security now treats whiskey like the Nazi's treated Anne Frank. I get my fill before the game starts, so I could care less about that. My point was that before the 2009 season MSU had a laisser-faire approach to students and gameday. Now they go as far as kicking out suspected reenter-ers. Would that have been a problem before? Never. Not at MSU. My point going back to them opening the gates at halftime.
Anyway, in a nutshell I had a horrible season. Glad some of you felt differently.
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I was just trying to see if fans would be interested in such a thing. The Jaguars are likely to be the first one in the NFL to do it.
The thought is there might be a lot of people who sit home on Saturday for let's say our 6 p.m. ESPNU game because they don't want to miss the big ABC game, the SEC game on ESPN and the SEC game on ESPN2.
Well between quarters, during timeouts and stoppages periods of play, you split the second video board into four screens and show three games and in the fourth square have Top-25/SEC scores scrolling. Bringing the in-home experience to the stadium. You don't even have to flip channels, just look up.
What do you think? Love it or hate it?
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That's pretty damn weak
I got frisked like a damn Guantanamo prisoner, and had to save seats for 2 hours before the game, and loved it. You're really going to hate the real world.
/and I wore an onion on my belt, as was the style at the time
I got frisked like a damn Guantanamo prisoner, and had to save seats for 2 hours before the game, and loved it. You're really going to hate the real world.
/and I wore an onion on my belt, as was the style at the time
Reminds me of the time GhostofJackie called people out for not going to our basketball games when he was a student, on a night he skipped a game.
I graduated 2 years ago. I went through everything you did. Which is the same thing every other student goes through at every SEC school. That's some weak **** you're bringing.
You beat me to the punch
A&M was it for me. Running in glue was no fun to watch. Agony. Maybe it was worse on the field, but was sure bad enough in the stands. Couldn't take it and left at half, but you beat me by 2 quarters. Didn't get roughed up by security, though.
When do we get another video board? Does this come after more expansion, or do we get this in 14?
Everyone's making me out to be a prick when I missed 3 games in 4 years. One was GT in 09 during fall break when I had some family stuff I had to go home for.
I went to every basketball game except 2 this year. I'm probably the only person other than the players and coaches maybe their families who can make that claim.
I think I have a pretty damn good reason for disliking the 13 fan experience. If you disagree, blow me. Don't question my fanhood.
Like this idea a lot, Kyle.
As for "you're a bad fan if you skip a game," that's bogus. The NFL and most other schools in the conference are experiencing declining attendance. Why? Because the in-person experience gets more expensive while the living room experience gets better and better, with every game in HD. Plus, you can theoretically drink from cups with no odor. This is not an isolated opinion.
Kyle, I really appreciate your efforts to reach out to the fans for their opinions. Can we please get new cups for the concession stands? I assure you I'm not one of "those" people who live to complain about every little thing- this is a real thing. I don't even buy the cups- but my dad does and I can smell his when it gets half full.
Also, since the next post will be about hot dogs, I don't have a problem with the new hot dogs.
As for "you're a bad fan if you skip a game," that's bogus. The NFL and most other schools in the conference are experiencing declining attendance. Why? Because the in-person experience gets more expensive while the living room experience gets better and better, with every game in HD. Plus, you can theoretically drink from cups with no odor. This is not an isolated opinion.
Kyle, I really appreciate your efforts to reach out to the fans for their opinions. Can we please get new cups for the concession stands? I assure you I'm not one of "those" people who live to complain about every little thing- this is a real thing. I don't even buy the cups- but my dad does and I can smell his when it gets half full.
Also, since the next post will be about hot dogs, I don't have a problem with the new hot dogs.
What kind of job do you have? Does your boss make you go to the hot lunch spot and save him a table? Good grief, time to man up. I freaking love the real world. Living well above the student poverty line, got reserved chairback seats in the shade, walk in right at kickoff so I don't have to watch the band do whatever it is they do in pre game, saving up to buy a $78k car.
Damn this thread went in a funny direction. Esplanade may even have ClintonInHelen come by for a piece of the action.
For what it's worth, I haven't been able to make the long trip back to go to a game with Moo Tube in place. I've heard plenty of people ***** about the jumbotron. Hopefully it is handled this year. We need to use this asset much more effectively.
For what it's worth, I haven't been able to make the long trip back to go to a game with Moo Tube in place. I've heard plenty of people ***** about the jumbotron. Hopefully it is handled this year. We need to use this asset much more effectively.
Run it just like bama does there's. the only time they ran a full commercial was between quarters. The rest if the game they just showed screen shot ads between changes in possession. A few times on TV timeouts they would show an add and the pa announcer would say a quick sentence.
Wish we would just buy out learfield so we could control it 100 percent .
Wish we would just buy out learfield so we could control it 100 percent .