Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Scoreboard Watching

One of the reasons why the scoreboard on Memorial Field won't be moving in time for the 2006 season is because the delay gives the college a chance to rethink its options for replacing the old board. Having seen scoreboards with video replay capability at Columbia and Penn that is something to consider. I was surprised to see a replay screen at Boston University a few weeks ago for the women's lacrosse national championships and found it fun. Now comes word that opening-game opponent Colgate is erecting a new scoreboard with video capability at Andy Kerr Stadium. The board will be 64 feet wide and about 43 feet high with a video screen that is 12 feet by 21 feet. There's not much posted yet, but this is the Colgate link to the scoreboard construction project.

Still on the subject of facility improvements, it seems everyone playing I-AA football in the Northeast who didn't have it already is installing FieldTurf this year and taking the same boring pictures of the process. (I can say that because my pictures are equally boring.) ... Here are pics of the UMass installation and updated shots from Lafayette. I haven't seen anything of the work at Harvard (link to earlier Globe story) but I'm sure those pictures will be posted soon. And lest we forget, Princeton wrapped up its FieldTurf installation by early winter.

It's the final day of the Vermont Open at Lake Morey Resort about 15 miles north of Hanover and PGA Tour veteran Jumbo Elliott holds the lead. I'll be out on the course following his group today and that should be fun as long as the rains hold off. I've managed to get the tournament a little bit more ink than it has gotten in the past 20 years or so and some more air time, so hopefully I'm earning my keep. Still, it surprises me that more people don't come out to watch some really good golf. The price is right (free) and you never know who you are going to see. The champion two years ago was Sean O'Hair, who was playing on the PGA Tour the next season. You can catch last year's champ on TV this week in the U.S. Open. ...

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