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  1. elreh

    Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

    Just some perspective of TV viewership under the new conference alignments.
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    Jim Rose - KFAB Omaha - talking up ISU while lamenting the Huskers

    Somewhat nice things to say about the Cyclones - in a maneuver to slam current Husker football. Very similar to things you hear from the Texas side of things. Living here in Omaha it's weird to be here with an almost?? hapless NU football team after living through the 1990's with Husker Nation...
  3. elreh

    Pete Taylor

    OK - may I play the part of the local contrarian and at the same time expunge some personal guilt? First - I think Pete Taylor was a great and good man and I always enjoyed his passion for ISU. I second all the many accolades that have been typed here....except I did have one issue that arose...
  4. elreh

    ISU's Missed Opportunities

    The Alumni building south of CY Stephens has all sorts of ISU stuff. Not a full museum really but some artifacts.
  5. elreh

    Civil Engineering Graduate Question

    Start looking for a job?
  6. elreh

    Perdictions for ISU's Attendence at the Alamo Bowl?

    I'm a real engineer and no offense taken. I was also the Chief Structural Engineer of the Alamodome so if you are going to the game, rest assured there is adequate levels of safety factor on the 378 ft. long x 50 ft. deep trusses over your head. And lots of rebar in the four vertical 300 ft...
  7. elreh

    2006 Houston Bowl

    Sorry about that - you are correct.
  8. elreh

    2006 Houston Bowl

    And a couple more pics - we had a pretty good crowd - about equal between TCU and ISU.
  9. elreh

    2006 Houston Bowl

    Someone was asking in an earlier thread about whether the roof was open or closed at Reliant Stadium when we played TCU. Here's a photo of the stadium during the game and it appears to be open.
  10. elreh

    Alamodome

    It was completed in 1992 as I remember.
  11. elreh

    Alamodome

    When the Alamodome was originally built, some dude in San Antonio had the foresight to trademark the name "Alamodome". The city, and the mayor (Henry Cisneros) were already devoted to that name and I think they had to pay the guy something to get it. It was otherwise compared to a dead...
  12. elreh

    Alamodome

    And there's really a basement - it just happens to be the field and the lowest level below the lower bowl:
  13. elreh

    Alamodome

    A construction shot looking at the upper level seating (club level below it and lower bowl at the bottom.
  14. elreh

    Alamodome

    There are no "bad" seats there - no obstructed views unless you are trying to look sideways at the seating on the adjacent side.
  15. elreh

    ALAMO BOWL!!!!

    We've got all our tickets and rooms ready to go.. Very jacked up for this game since we used to live in SA and while there the Alamodome was my last big project. I was the Chief Structural Engineer of it while working for an engineering firm called W. E. Simpson Company. I've got the Alamodome...
  16. elreh

    Elam Ending

    The Elam Ending, to me, is too weird and would screw up the game. The reason for this alternative ending is the massive fouling. SOLUTION: in the last 2 minutes of the game, tweak the rules a bit so that the fouled team can choose either to take the free throws as usual, or optionally they...
  17. elreh

    Espn article

    Did you notice the Likes-Dislikes on the YouTube video? 24 Likes vs. 0 Dislikes....eerie.
  18. elreh

    Winning best conf tournament

    Note this in the Big 12 web page: Automatic Qualifier. The winner of the postseason basketball championship shall be declared the Big 12 automatic qualifier to the NCAA Championship. Found here: http://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=202066 So it appears from the Big 12 perspective...
  19. elreh

    ESPN - Jeff Goodmans suugests ISU a No. 1 seed next year

    Didn't know if any of you noticed this (need an ESPN insider to read it all) The headline on the ESPN front page mentioned ISU as one of Goodman's No. 1 seeds for 2016. http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/jeff-goodman/post?id=4828