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 Apr 27 2011, 12:19 PM
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Only a Zips fan  Group: Members Posts: 10517 Joined: 18-July 06 From: The edge of the Allegheny plateau Member No.: 483  |
If you have been down Exchange recently, you've seen that the scoreboard is badly damaged from the windstorms this past month. I fear that another storm or two and the everything will be gone but the structural elements.
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Apr 27 2011, 12:35 PM
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Zips Junkie Group: Members Posts: 1784 Joined: 24-February 04 From: Green Member No.: 29 |
QUOTE(ZachTheZip @ Apr 27 2011, 01:19 PM)  If you have been down Exchange recently, you've seen that the scoreboard is badly damaged from the windstorms this past month. I fear that another storm or two and the everything will be gone but the structural elements. The back of the scoreboard that faces Exchange street is only made of canvass. More tilting at windmills, huh? |
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Apr 27 2011, 12:53 PM
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Only a Zips fan Group: Members Posts: 10517 Joined: 18-July 06 From: The edge of the Allegheny plateau Member No.: 483 |
The back was gone weeks ago. Now the sides are blown out, the electronics are exposed to the weather, the sound system is loose and moving around in the wind, and all it needs is one good gust from the south to pop out the ad panels.
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Apr 27 2011, 01:20 PM
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 Zips Junkie Group: Members Posts: 988 Joined: 3-March 05 From: Lakewood OH Member No.: 150 |
Who here is surprised?
I never trusted a tarp to protect anything of value lol. |
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Apr 27 2011, 02:31 PM
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 UA Intramural Legend Group: Moderators Posts: 7886 Joined: 23-February 04 From: McDonald Ohio Member No.: 3 |
It seemed like the scoreboard segment responsible for displaying the Zips offensive point total was broken for the entire 2010 season?
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Apr 27 2011, 03:37 PM
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Zips Junkie Group: Members Posts: 1784 Joined: 24-February 04 From: Green Member No.: 29 |
I would imagine that every component of the scoreboard is designed for use outdoors. If your so concerned, perhaps you should contact someone at UA.
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Apr 27 2011, 03:44 PM
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 Zips Junkie Group: Moderators Posts: 6278 Joined: 23-February 04 From: The Burg Member No.: 5 |
Is it possible that they took down the "tarp" and they are going to replace it with
something permanent, or even some new artwork advertising the up and coming season??? Either way, I'm not going to miss any sleep over it like.... 
--------------------  "One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings"--Diogenes of Sinope |
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Apr 27 2011, 03:57 PM
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 Zips Superfan Group: Members Posts: 3442 Joined: 11-October 06 From: Wadsworth/Akron Member No.: 647 |
Winds are picking up and the panels in the front are starting to wobble in the wind. According to weather.com, there could be a period of sustained winds tonight 40-50mph. That scoreboard is game-over.
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Apr 27 2011, 04:03 PM
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UA Intramural Legend Group: Moderators Posts: 7886 Joined: 23-February 04 From: McDonald Ohio Member No.: 3 |
Any chance we can re-activate that old InfoCision web cam and watch the scoreboard sway 24/7?
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Apr 27 2011, 04:13 PM
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Only a Zips fan Group: Members Posts: 10517 Joined: 18-July 06 From: The edge of the Allegheny plateau Member No.: 483 |
QUOTE(Dr Z @ Apr 27 2011, 04:44 PM) Is it possible that they took down the "tarp" and they are going to replace it with something permanent, or even some new artwork advertising the up and coming season??? Either way, I'm not going to miss any sleep over it like.... If they took down the tarp on purpose, whoever decided to shred it to pieces and leave the frayed edges attached to flap in the wind should be fired. |
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Apr 27 2011, 05:08 PM
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Zips Junkie Group: Members Posts: 6717 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Parts Unknown, USA Member No.: 91 |
QUOTE(ZachTheZip @ Apr 27 2011, 01:53 PM) The back was gone weeks ago. Now the sides are blown out, the electronics are exposed to the weather, the sound system is loose and moving around in the wind, and all it needs is one good gust from the south to pop out the ad panels. Thanks for the update Chicken Little. Just so you know Zach...The components of the scoreboard are designed to be OUTSIDE. Movement of the scoreboard may have been designed into the scoreboard. I was in Raleigh yesterday and today. A tarp flapping in the wind has nothing on what has happened around there. The world is not coming to an end. -------------------- "...you want it to be one way. But it's the other way." --Marlo Stanfield, The Wire
"Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple." - Woody Guthrie |
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Apr 28 2011, 12:20 AM
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Junior Zippy Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 18-May 05 From: West Yinzerginia Member No.: 175 |
I'm sure they can transfer the lite brite scoreboard from the Rubber Bowl.
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Apr 28 2011, 10:48 AM
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Zips Junkie Group: Members Posts: 1784 Joined: 24-February 04 From: Green Member No.: 29 |
 I had to go downtown this morning so I stopped by the Info and took a look at the scoreboard. All I can say is I hope that Zach is not an engineering major. If he is I have no faith in what's being taught to our engineering students.
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Apr 28 2011, 12:06 PM
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Zips Junkie Group: Members Posts: 988 Joined: 3-March 05 From: Lakewood OH Member No.: 150 |
QUOTE(Hilltopper @ Apr 28 2011, 11:48 AM) I had to go downtown this morning so I stopped by the Info and took a look at the scoreboard. All I can say is I hope that Zach is not an engineering major. If he is I have no faith in what's being taught to our engineering students.I just heard someone say the scoreboard collapsed and killed two unicorns... Is that true?? |
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Apr 28 2011, 12:36 PM
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UA Intramural Legend Group: Moderators Posts: 7886 Joined: 23-February 04 From: McDonald Ohio Member No.: 3 |
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