Hooked on Huskers
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what's the purpose for one crooked column? (north stand). Anyway, the north stand columns are kinda flimsy IMO.
Stadium Expansion
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tschu
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Lol, I think we should leave the engineering to the engineers. I'm sure that North Stadium is adequately built.
To answer your question, the reason that one of the columns is "bent" is because if it was perfectly vertical, it would hit the ground right in the middle of the track, so obviously that's no good.
To answer your question, the reason that one of the columns is "bent" is because if it was perfectly vertical, it would hit the ground right in the middle of the track, so obviously that's no good.
Mierin
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It's hard to see at the current resolution, but they're actually made from glued together toothpicks.
ZRod
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And here I thought they were made from the crushed hopes and dreams of jay hawks, wildcats, tigers, and buffaloes.
California4Nebraska
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Speaking of tall buildings... I wonder how Memorial Stadium will "stack up" against other FBS stadiums in terms of structure height. If I remember correctly, Memorial Stadium will be roughly 125' tall. Other tall stadiums that come to mind: LSU's Tiger Stadium, TA&M Kyle Field, TCU's new expansion, PSU's Beaver, OSU.
Surely the top bleachers in the East Stadium expansion will be some of the highest off ground level, right?
Surely the top bleachers in the East Stadium expansion will be some of the highest off ground level, right?
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ShawnWatson
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huzkerbob
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One word.... EPIC!
It's a good thing we left the Big12 when we did. There's no way we could have kept pace with the arms race happening in Ames .
Twinkletoes Flintstone
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Thanks for the pics knap and corncraze. They've really slowed down on the skeleton of the structure and facade, I wonder why? It's obvious a lot of interior work is going on but I remember reading that the ironwork will need to be complete by week one so that the lighting on the upper stands will be in place. Of course, they still have a couple of months (unfortunately) to get that complete.
Landlord
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knapplc
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They're just redoing it. The old surface was pretty bad. I took a picture of it a while back. I'll have to see if I still have it. One look at it and you'll know why it was replaced. It had to be among the worst athletic facilities at UNL.
icedavis
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Should see if you can get a shot of the new track from nearly the same spot and then put the two images side by side to show the difference. Sometimes things we aren't familiar with are hard to tell really how bad they are...i.e. the tires on my car last summer. Had okay tread left but needed to be replaced (cupping) and new tires get me way better gas mileage and I don't have to yell at my passengers to hear me. Sad part was I just didn't know the difference until the new tires were put on.
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