Re: I don't know whos the biggest dreamer our own ES or.........

feeds@yuku.com (rocketmustang) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:48:41 GMT

Ya I was riding by the stadium when they were craning out the old scoreboard. Im starting to count the days too until football season starts too. I can't wait.

BTW when did the parking structure get scrapped? And also, was there ever a set plan on what the phases of the stadium were and which order they were going to be in?

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feeds@yuku.com (doublede) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:05:51 GMT

I was on campus Monday July 6th....the tree's in the North End Zone are all tagged for removal. Looks like they are very close to removing the tree's and installing the posts. Were getting very close....

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feeds@yuku.com (ExpandSpanos) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:03:56 GMT

I'll have to try and get some more with people actually in attendance.. Nick Lucero takes some excellent pictures of the action you should check out if you haven't already.

and I guess now that the 'parking structure' directly south of the stadium has been scrapped, and the installation of the scoreboard in the north.. it probably would make more sense having stands on the south side- I'm just looking forward to seeing this new scoreboard, and am now counting...

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feeds@yuku.com (Musty) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:17:20 GMT

I think they were -- before the west side expansion. The lighting got upgraded as part of Phase One, and they removed the standards that were in front of the east side grandstand.

(When I searched for photos to show the above, Google brought me straight to ES's flickr. So good job,...

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feeds@yuku.com (SJSrat) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:34:12 GMT

The best looking building on your campus is the Business Building named for the guy who started Kinkos, Orfalea. That north end should remain open. The south end appears to have more space to expand if you're going to keep it a horseshoe.

http://www.cob.calpoly.edu/about/history.html

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feeds@yuku.com (aggie6thman) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:10:50 GMT

Musty wrote:
Looks pretty good, but shouldn't the light standards be on the outside? Apart from perhaps not being feasible construction-wise, their current placement would make those two end upper deck sections partial-view.

Isn't that the way the poles are now? If I remember correctly they were on the inside of the stadium.

Re: I don't know whos the biggest dreamer our own ES or.........

feeds@yuku.com (Musty) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:15:28 GMT

Looks pretty good, but shouldn't the light standards be on the outside? Apart from perhaps not being feasible construction-wise, their current placement would make those two end upper deck sections partial-view.

Re: I don't know whos the biggest dreamer our own ES or.........

feeds@yuku.com (Harry Pairatesties) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:44:04 GMT

ExpandSpanos wrote:
speaking of dreaming...

Re: I don't know whos the biggest dreamer our own ES or.........

feeds@yuku.com (ExpandSpanos) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:34:47 GMT
speaking of dreaming...

Re: I don't know whos the biggest dreamer our own ES or.........

feeds@yuku.com (Harry Pairatesties) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:59:41 GMT

Ernie All Tourney wrote:
I'm just glad somebody - anybody - at the Trib cares. I don't necessarily want to rip on any of the other reporters there, because I don't know the conditions they're working under, but it sure seems that the Jordan Hasay beat writer at the paper has been the only person banging out copy.

..........follows high school sports is happy Ol' Skin N' Bones is...

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feeds@yuku.com (Ernie All Tourney) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:13:43 GMT
I'm just glad somebody - anybody - at the Trib cares. I don't necessarily want to rip on any of the other reporters there, because I don't know the conditions they're working under, but it sure seems that the Jordan Hasay beat writer at the paper has been the only person banging out copy.

Re: I don't know whos the biggest dreamer our own ES or.........

feeds@yuku.com (aggie6thman) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:49:02 GMT
At least he is talking about Cal Poly football, that is a start right there, I agree with dprichar and SloStang.

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feeds@yuku.com (SloStang) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:20:11 GMT

dprichar wrote:
I think this article is a really good sign. If I am reading between the lines correctly, I think Madden is saying, "let's see if the past 6-7 years of success are a fluke or not. If the winning continues I'll help you build a new stadium." I wish the interviewer had asked him if he had seen the new Spanos. That might be enough to get him excited and believe that Poly is serious about football....

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feeds@yuku.com (dprichar) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:01:35 GMT
I think this article is a really good sign. If I am reading between the lines correctly, I think Madden is saying, "let's see if the past 6-7 years of success are a fluke or not. If the winning continues I'll help you build a new stadium." I wish the interviewer had asked him if he had seen the new Spanos. That might be enough to get him excited and believe that Poly is serious about football.

My worry is that Madden is pretty old. He keeps talking about these...

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feeds@yuku.com (Peter) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:17:37 GMT
....from fresno.

there was no game in the central valley, so, this man and his family drove in to watch Poly FB play
at Spanos!

When it is done right, with all the bells & whistles, watching a game in Spanos Stadium is great!

GoPOLY!!!

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feeds@yuku.com (SJSrat) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:44:12 GMT
It was standing room only for last year's UC Davis game. Don't you think if Poly was playing SJS, SDS and Fresno State the crowds would fill a 22,000 seat stadium. Has anyone noted the population of Santa Maria lately? It's just a half hour south.

http://www.cchcc.net/images/Fresno%20State%20Bulldog%20StadiumNight.jpg

https://files.gotickets.com/cached/_images/maintainwidth/521x154/3289d6466a2cd8483042263f956c9f7d/123-4588.jpg

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feeds@yuku.com (ExpandSpanos) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:50:30 GMT
I didn't say it was selling out every game- but the stadium is in fact, selling out.

Re: I don't know whos the biggest dreamer our own ES or.........

feeds@yuku.com (Musty) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:18:51 GMT

How hard is it really to get a few people to chip in get the stadium expanded? I mean.. the school has done little to entice any sort of outside investment.. that's how you get something like this done- $!%% I'll do the fund-raising myself if I have to.
It's incredibly hard. I'm sure people want to see the stadium expanded, and its easy to say "I'd give the money if I had it." It's a whole 'nother thing to throw $20-30...

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feeds@yuku.com (Musty) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:13:37 GMT
Yeah, the commenters are idiots...but the biggest idiot is Madden. He seems to refuse to accept that college football is a much different landscape today than it was back in his time. It's almost laughable that the of the 3 schools he holds as standard-bearers -- SJSU, SDSU, and Fresno State -- two of them are hanging on to football for dear life and one had to completely sacrifice all academic reputation in order to keep its programs afloat. And those "big stadiums" they have?...

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feeds@yuku.com (ExpandSpanos) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:07:25 GMT

Mustang8o5 wrote:
at 8:30 the comments are already pretty funny. It doesnt seem like most of the commenters even read the article. Madden said now isnt the time to be spending $$ on a new stadium because of the economy and budget concerns in California, yet all the posters on there are sh*tting their pants that he wants a stadium right now.

How hard is it really to get a few people to chip in...

I don't know whos the biggest dreamer our own ES or.........

feeds@yuku.com (Harry Pairatesties) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:24:28 GMT

.................The Blowhard John Madden. If Madden wants a bigger venue then why doesn't take some $$$$ out of that fat ass* of his and help produce one?!?! The comments section will start to heat up on this article and I predict it won't go well for Madden, Cone, Baker, Poly ect...... Get used to Spanos the way it is because it's going to be that way for a very loooooooooooooog time!