July 3, 2013
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IOWA CITY, Iowa – – So what will fans settling into their seats at historic Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 31, when the Iowa Hawkeyes open their 2013 campaign see when they look to the north and to the south of the home of the Hawkeyes?
The answer is pretty simple: Some awesome new technology.
The UI Athletics Department is currently installing two new videowalls and a massive “ribbon board” at the north end of Kinnick. At the south, the “guts” of the scoreboard that rests atop the south grandstand have been removed and replaced with state-of-the-art digital technology. All locations will have the capability of displaying images in high definition.
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The dimensions of the installations are impressive:
The south board will have the capability of displaying HD video in a space that measures approximately 120-feet wide by 31-feet tall. The maximum width and height of video displayed in the south scoreboard a year ago was approximately 74 feet by 22 feet.
The two video walls to be installed at the north will measure approximately 38-feet wide by 21-feet tall. The video wall located in the northwest corner of Kinnick Stadium a year ago measured approximately 28-feet wide by 16-feet tall.
The ribbon board will stand 8-feet tall and span almost 400 feet wide.
Periodically during July and August, the UI Athletics Department will share some of what is being created for display in these spaces during pre-game and halftime, when the game is in progress, and post-game. We’ll also save a few surprises for game day.
Today’s topic is the game data area of the south scoreboard. The game data area on the south scoreboard will measure approximately 19 feet wide by 31 feet tall. It will include all of the information that is required by the coaching staffs and student-athletes of both teams, and the game officials: The score of the game, possession, down and distance, “ball on,” quarter, and time outs remaining for each team. The game data area will also display first downs, rushing yards, passing yards, and total yards for each team.
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The south board will have the capability of displaying HD video in a space that measures approximately 120-feet wide by 31-feet tall. The maximum width and height of video displayed in the south scoreboard a year ago was approximately 74 feet by 22 feet.
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This data will be displayed on the south board when the game is in progress. It will be disappear briefly from the south board when the Hawkeyes score a touchdown or secure a turnover, for example, and between the first and second quarters, and between the third and fourth quarters. It will not be displayed during pre-game and will be available briefly at the start halftime and will return to the board prior to the kickoff that starts the third quarter.
Much of the information available in the game data area of the south scoreboard will also be available on the new ribbon board at the north end of Kinnick.
P.S. — Don’t get too hung up with the math on the total yards for the visiting team and, instead, spend more time getting acquainted with the “look.” We’re sure the computer will spit out the right numbers when, as Hayden used to say, the real “bullets are flyin’.”
