on my phone so I can't link, but it is in Seth Davis's latest article. 4 courts, each game staggered by 15 minutes

(12-06-2012 01:14 PM)fsquid Wrote:  on my phone so I can't link, but it is in Seth Davis's latest article. 4 courts, each game staggered by 15 minutes

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/wr...hts/1.html

Quote:The details aren't finalized, but here it is: Next year on Veterans Day weekend, there will be four -- count 'em, four -- games taking place simultaneously at Cowboys Stadium, site of the 2014 Final Four. The games will begin 15 minutes apart and be held side by side (by side by side) in the giant facility. The purpose is to simulate the madness that takes place during the first week of the NCAA tournament. Only instead of the games taking place in four different cities, they'll be played in one town, under one roof.

"We're going to squeeze everything into a three-hour time period," Hollis told me. "We're talking with eight institutions right now that have a very high interest and have that weekend open, and we're going to partner with the 12 [military] bases that are around Dallas, so we can make it a celebration for the guys at Fort Hood and others."

Hollis didn't want to get into which schools would be playing, except to confirm that Michigan State would be one of them. The idea came to him while he was touring the stadium last month for the unveiling of the 2014 Final Four logo. Cowboys Stadium is so massive (and its overhanging video screen so gargantuan) that Hollis wondered aloud whether they could have four courts instead of one for the Veterans Day tipoff. "I was sitting with Rolando Blackmon, and he said to me, 'You can never do that,'" Hollis said. "Someone barked out, 'You just told that to the wrong guy.' "

As for the logistically-challenged copycat games that the Carrier Classic spawned, Hollis said he thought it was unfortunate that two of those had to be canceled because of condensation on the courts, but he indicated that it was the result of limited advance planning. "We spent eight years planning the first one," he said. "We started in sunlight and had a warm court, which was the most important piece. If you're anywhere near the ocean, you're going to get condensation at night. When President Obama was late, our immediate concern was about condensation. It was unfortunate those games had that happen, but hopefully it won't be the end [of aircraft carrier games]."

Having developed a deep passion for athletic events that honor and include the military, Hollis, who also arranged for Michigan State to play UConn at Ramstein Air Base in Germany last month, said that he's hoping to continue setting up these games "at some other unique locations down the line." Mark Hollis doesn't just think outside the box. He lives there.

See y'all in Texas.

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Really wish Jerry would focus on getting the cowboys above .500

I really hate that the NCAA has moved the title and final four games to football stadiums.

(12-06-2012 01:29 PM)TigerDEW Wrote:  Really wish Jerry would focus on getting the cowboys above .500

I really wish Jerry would hire someone else to worry about the Cowboys. His meddling is just the beginning of the problem.

Also has this in his notes section:

• Geron Johnson, the juco transfer who has had multiple legal problems in the past, had his breakout game for Memphis on Wednesday night, scoring a season-high 21 points in a 26-point drubbing of Ohio. That's a great sign for the Tigers, but an even better sign was the return of malcontented forward Tarik Black to the lineup after a one-game hiatus. The pieces are there for a really good season in Memphis. The question is whether Josh Pastner can make them all fit.



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might be the dumbest idea ever.

When will the Cowboys start playing in that stadium?

(12-06-2012 02:22 PM)fsquid Wrote:  might be the dumbest idea ever.

This is the same man that put a victoria's secret in an NFL stadium.

(12-06-2012 02:22 PM)fsquid Wrote:  might be the dumbest idea ever.

Agree... Everything about this just sounds stupid. I see no possible way to successfully make this work with referee whistles/stoppages and PA announcers interrupting other games, and everything else.

Been to several of Jerry's "parties down there for 90,000 of his closest friends. It is really something. If you haven't been you ought to go just so you can say, "OMG!"

(12-06-2012 02:09 PM)cwise Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 01:29 PM)TigerDEW Wrote:  Really wish Jerry would focus on getting the cowboys above .500

I really wish Jerry would hire someone else to worry about the Cowboys. His meddling is just the beginning of the problem.

Is that what you were saying mid 90's when you first hopped on the bandwagon?

(12-06-2012 01:31 PM)uofmcamaro Wrote:  I really hate that the NCAA has moved the title and final four games to football stadiums.

Had the NCAA made that decision 20 years earlier, the Tigers may still be playing in the 17,000 seat Pyramid.

(12-06-2012 02:26 PM)ksigtigerdood Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 02:22 PM)fsquid Wrote:  might be the dumbest idea ever.

Agree... Everything about this just sounds stupid. I see no possible way to successfully make this work with referee whistles/stoppages and PA announcers interrupting other games, and everything else.

i was wondering myself about the whistles
how many times will they stop play in one, having heard a whistle from another... sounds confusing

(12-06-2012 02:22 PM)fsquid Wrote:  might be the dumbest idea ever.

Teaching the wife to play golf was pretty dumb.

(12-06-2012 03:27 PM)Phillip26r Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 02:22 PM)fsquid Wrote:  might be the dumbest idea ever.

Teaching the wife to play golf was pretty dumb.

Pretty embarrassing to lose to her now, huh?

(12-06-2012 03:27 PM)ksigtigerdood Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 03:27 PM)Phillip26r Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 02:22 PM)fsquid Wrote:  might be the dumbest idea ever.

Teaching the wife to play golf was pretty dumb.

Pretty embarrassing to lose to her now, huh?

Yeah, you would think a man could connive his way into a good bet even if he lost. She's ******* smarter than I am too.

(12-06-2012 01:29 PM)TigerDEW Wrote:  Really wish Jerry would focus on getting the cowboys above .500

I think he's doing a great job.

Of course, I'm a hater.

(12-06-2012 03:20 PM)Willie Becton Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 02:26 PM)ksigtigerdood Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 02:22 PM)fsquid Wrote:  might be the dumbest idea ever.

Agree... Everything about this just sounds stupid. I see no possible way to successfully make this work with referee whistles/stoppages and PA announcers interrupting other games, and everything else.

i was wondering myself about the whistles
how many times will they stop play in one, having heard a whistle from another... sounds confusing

C'mon guys. Kids play side by side all the time with nothing but a curtain separating the courts. You never been to Germantown Center or the Grizzlies Center? At the Disney resort in Orlando there isn't even a curtain seperating four courts in the Milk House. I used to coach Y ball at Ridgeway. Easterwood was coaching his son Courtney (sp?) on the court next to us if he wasn't coaching against us. Same with Ronnie Robinson. Dwight Boyd reffed some of those games.

#theybothbeatourass

(12-06-2012 03:29 PM)Phillip26r Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 03:27 PM)ksigtigerdood Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 03:27 PM)Phillip26r Wrote:  

(12-06-2012 02:22 PM)fsquid Wrote:  might be the dumbest idea ever.

Teaching the wife to play golf was pretty dumb.

Pretty embarrassing to lose to her now, huh?

Yeah, you would think a man could connive his way into a good bet even if he lost. She's ******* smarter than I am too.

My wife asked me to teach her to play golf. Really she just wanted pink golf clubs. My reply, however, was, "Why do you think I play golf? Of course I like it but it is 4 hours that I am on the course with no nagging. Why in the world would I want to bring you with me so you can nag me there too."


The couch was comfortable that night.