The 12 Days of Duckmas: Day 11

by dvieira on Dec 14, 2008 12:00 AM PST in News Comment 15 comments

In keeping with the Holiday Season, I would like to present a series called "The 12 Days of Duckmas", counting down 12 of the best moments from Oregon Duck Athletics in 2008. This isn't meant to be a comprehensive list by any means and is certainly not in order of importance. If anything is left out, the 13th day will be for finishing up the leftovers, taking back the unwanted gifts and spending those giftcards.

Now remember to sing along now...

On the 11th day of Duckmas, the UO Athletic Department gave to me...

a huge new Autzen Stadium scoreboard!

via photos.oregonlive.com

Autzen Stadium received a bit of an update this year in the form of a 33x89 feet LED screen. Because of the bigger screen, the scoreboard is viewable by up to 80% of Autzen Stadium, an increase from 65% in the old 24x42 model. In addition, the old "roller boxes" in the end zones was replaced with LED screens, each measuring 5 feet high by 30.5 feet wide.

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oh i like day 11

Ducks Go!
694, bam!

by trumpetduck on Dec 14, 2008 10:08 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Bruins game. That was a fun night.

Kicker.

by qrsouther on Dec 14, 2008 10:12 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

No kidding

That was the only game I was able to catch live this year.

The brand new effing scoreboard was on the fritz and flickering all kinds of mess for a good few minutes during the game. Cheers went up when they finally just turned the damn thing off.

Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.

by PacBellBoozer on Dec 14, 2008 10:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Hahaha

Yeah, forgot about that. Place went absolutely nuts when Dennis was on as an honorary captain.

Kicker.

by qrsouther on Dec 14, 2008 11:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

i remain

disappointed by the new scoreboard. While it is great when showing replays at full size, most of the time it is covered with obnoxious ads, which really annoy me. At times the screen seems smaller than the old one. I wish they would just leave the ads off, and it would be quite impressive.

by coolconman on Dec 14, 2008 11:27 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I think Portland is pretty much shutdown right because of the snow? I have yet to see any in Eugene. Still hoping for some to make for a good excuse to work from home tomorrow

--Dominic

Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.

by dvieira on Dec 14, 2008 5:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs