Hey Jerry, were was the blue star in the middle of the field?
Before the game the news showed a man walking down every row with a laptop with three cell phones strapped to the computer to test cell phone coverage. The laptop was GPS enabled, and if there was a weak area, the GPS marked the location.
Nothing like the Cowboys opening the stadium with a play that resulted in a penalty.
It’s amazing that the first Cowboys game in Texas Stadium wasn’t a preseason game, but a mid-season regular season game. That’s right, the Cowboys opened the season in the Cotton Bowl and them moved to Texas Stadium.
I can’t stand that damn Fox robot.
The players seemed genuinely excited about playing in the new place, and a lot of them actually seemed to car even though it was just the second preseason game of the season.
I noticed that some of the numbers on the field looked different. The 20 isn’t as curvy and the new 40 is skinnier. It’s like the numbers worked out, lost weight, and toned up.
There are hints of Texas Stadium in the new place. Other than the hole in the roof, you can see some stars on the walls around the field, but only in the endzone.
This time lapse is pretty cool. From tearing down all the Paul McCartney stage and equipment to laying down the field.
Very observant about the numbering and the blue star, Keith!
I watched the game but after the first team left the field, I finished doing a crossword puzzle and was only watching secondarily.
Trivia question: Barber has the first touchdown in the new stadium. It was very deserving that a guy who puts forth that much effort gets to score the historic touchdown.
Another important observation was the punts hitting the scoreboard and thus requiring that time-honored NFL remedey of a "do-over". Toward the end of the game Buck told Troy that the Cowboys will need to fix that. How?! The scoreboard cost more than the original Texas Stadium. I didn't think it was designed to be raised. I had a thought of some shady company, such as the one who designed the ill-fated practice field tent, trying to raise the thing and accidently dropping it on the field. I wonder why Jones couldn't have foreseen that an NFL punter could hit it so easily?
I know the scoreboard is designed to be lowered to the field so it can be worked on, and before the game Jerry was being interviewed by the Fox 4 people and mentioned that he could raise it even higher, and went on to say that it 'shouldn't' be in the way because most punts are at an angle. But after watching that punt last night, it was going to go pretty high and I was thinking there just isn't any way to move it so high it would be out of the way.
I took a tour of the stadium last week. They had brought in Matt Mcbriar to see how high he could kick it and he was hitting it. They said it was at 95' and was going to be raised to 115'. So, they already knew about the problem but i don't think it had been raised yet.
Very observant about the numbering and the blue star, Keith!
I watched the game but after the first team left the field, I finished doing a crossword puzzle and was only watching secondarily.
Trivia question: Barber has the first touchdown in the new stadium. It was very deserving that a guy who puts forth that much effort gets to score the historic touchdown.
Another important observation was the punts hitting the scoreboard and thus requiring that time-honored NFL remedey of a "do-over". Toward the end of the game Buck told Troy that the Cowboys will need to fix that. How?! The scoreboard cost more than the original Texas Stadium. I didn't think it was designed to be raised. I had a thought of some shady company, such as the one who designed the ill-fated practice field tent, trying to raise the thing and accidently dropping it on the field. I wonder why Jones couldn't have foreseen that an NFL punter could hit it so easily?
I know the scoreboard is designed to be lowered to the field so it can be worked on, and before the game Jerry was being interviewed by the Fox 4 people and mentioned that he could raise it even higher, and went on to say that it 'shouldn't' be in the way because most punts are at an angle. But after watching that punt last night, it was going to go pretty high and I was thinking there just isn't any way to move it so high it would be out of the way.
I took a tour of the stadium last week. They had brought in Matt Mcbriar to see how high he could kick it and he was hitting it. They said it was at 95' and was going to be raised to 115'. So, they already knew about the problem but i don't think it had been raised yet.
Love the time lapse. Even though they have a 2 week cushion on both ends, I would love to see a similar video with the massive U2 stage.