BYU's opposition shoots second half free throws into a sea of optical illusions. The band and students need to add that. Cupcakes don't create bad shots.

https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/35435775

JP1037 said:

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I know the camera angle has been beat to death but "we are working on it" from Mack doesn't give me much confidence.

Will you fix this exceptionally poor error in judgement? Yes or No?

But live games here are special. Exceeded my high expectations.

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Actually, I have gotten used to seeing the games on TV and don't even think about it any longer. However, I would suspect that to "fix" the camera angles probably involves some "reconstruction / repositioning" that you just cannot do when you have games going on basically every week. Whatever will be / can be done is probably only going to be able to occur in the off season.

blackie said:

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JP1037 said:

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I know the camera angle has been beat to death but "we are working on it" from Mack doesn't give me much confidence.

Will you fix this exceptionally poor error in judgement? Yes or No?

But live games here are special. Exceeded my high expectations.

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Actually, I have gotten used to seeing the games on TV and don't even think about it any longer. However, I would suspect that to "fix" the camera angles probably involves some "reconstruction / repositioning" that you just cannot do when you have games going on basically every week. Whatever will be / can be done is probably only going to be able to occur in the off season.

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I was going to say the same thing. Watching the game on tv last night, I didn't even think about the camera angle. It was a little different at first, but I think I've gotten used to it.

Tone down some of the artificial noise.

Show a decibel meter on the screens during opponent's free throws and at other key times.

Spectators will see the decibel meter as a challenge to get louder.

There's restrooms open now on 2nd level I heard.

I think the only restrooms on the upper level are single stall ADA ones. Don't think they have the ability to add any in the current configuration.

For the most part, I've gotten accustomed to it, but not everything is a homerun improvement over Ferrell. The self-serve concessions move more efficiently, but the hotdogs sitting out under a heatlamp rather than in a warming drawer are far more likely to be dried out and crusty, and the popcorn usually tastes like it has aged a minimum of 48-72 hours before serving.

Maybe by next season more people will have learned how to use the automated drink machines. As long as the line isn't too long, you can get your ice before scanning the code to start the timer, because in the 20 seconds you are given, it fills up with foam in about 10 seconds, then takes 6-7 seconds for the foam to go down, leaving you with 2-3 seconds to fill up your cup to somewhere near the top.*****

But here's my biggest gripe:

At FC you had the scoreboard and video in the middle over the court, ads above the portals and on the scoreboard, and separate team and player stat boards. Rarely if ever did they supersede the stat boards with advertising. The HD graphics at Foster are much better, but 70-80% of the time the team stats are replaced with ads (and 20-30% of the time so are the player stats). Often I will glance up to check team shooting percentages, rebounds, turnovers, etc. (usually while little is happening on the court, such as walking it up from the backcourt) and instead find nothing but 5 to 10 seconds of ads for Rudy's. Or TFNB. Or Tow King. Or something else that has no connection whatsoever with what's happening on the court. I understand the need to visible ad signage throughout the arena, but not at the expense of providing info pertinent to the game.









*****Note the parallel to our end of half offensive sets discussed in another thread.