There is one person to give props to, however; Donovan Aird scored this scoop, as its been 13 years since Madden has commented publicly on Poly. Impressive for a kid just out of college
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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? Two were funded by taxpayer money and are pretty much decrepit, and none of them are ever filled consistently to capacity. Oh, and
don't bother to mention that those 3 schools all operate in metro areas with more than a million people, while SLO has barely 250k.
There is one person to give props to, however; Donovan Aird scored this scoop, as its been 13 years since Madden has commented publicly on Poly. Impressive for a kid just out of college |
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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.
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Harry Pairatesties |
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Ernie All Tourney wrote: ..........follows high school sports is happy Ol' Skin N' Bones is finally hitting the Oregon Trail. Not only has The Trib lost their meal ticket but so has Mission Prep. The paper has become such a front man for the school it's become embarrassing. They are at it again this morning pimping former Mission Coach Tom "Sling Blade" Mott and his troupe of traveling Euro freaks! Dude was run out of town on a rail and now coaches in Santa Maria, WHO CARES?!?! Now The Trib has this local yokel, former Mustang Daily writer Donavan McShill writing with his nose firmly planted up Cal Poly's as*! Great work if you can get it! Where have you gone Peter J. Wallner.
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Harry Pairatesties |
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ExpandSpanos wrote: ......................Yellow Brick Road. Regards, The Lollipop Guild. |
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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.
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Musty wrote:Isn't that the way the poles are now? If I remember correctly they were on the inside of the stadium. |
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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.
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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, ES -- you've cornered the market on Spanos Stadium photos.) |
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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 the days 'till kick off vs. Sac State.
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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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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
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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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