I don't see what spending a ton of money on a jumbotron (or whatever you want to call it) has anything to do with whether a team is good or not. It is there because it is a big school, U of MN has one of the largest student bodies in the country, and will in turn be a big stadium. It is pretty much a standard to have a large jumbotron in a large stadium, it would kind of be stupid to not do it.
On top of that, as far as the money. The money was raised, TCF Bank putting up a large portion along with a lot of private funds coming into pay for the stadium. The school is not pay too much for it. As far as scholar ships go, that money is locked up and also regulated by the NCAA. It is not like because they had a bunch of extra money laying around, they can toss it at kids for scholarships.
Sure, jumbotrons are not going to bring in the fans or make the team great, but it is going to add to the atmosphere to being at a big sporting event in a big stadium. That right there is the point for the jumbotron.
As far as NDSU, they are not a Division II school for Football (they made the switch a few years back) or Hockey. So a Division I school beat a Division I school. It is all gravy, the Gophers sucked last year and have not had a good program for a long time, is it really something to be proud of to beat a bad team? Maybe the new administration and coach can change that, only time will tell. All I know is I will be enjoying a game or too in the new stadium to cheer on my Gophers for good or bad.
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I don't see what spending a ton of money on a jumbotron (or whatever you want to call it) has anything to do with whether a team is good or not. It is there because it is a big school, U of MN has one of the largest student bodies in the country, and will in turn be a big stadium. It is pretty much a standard to have a large jumbotron in a large stadium, it would kind of be stupid to not do it.
On top of that, as far as the money. The money was raised, TCF Bank putting up a large portion along with a lot of private funds coming into pay for the stadium. The school is not pay too much for it. As far as scholar ships go, that money is locked up and also regulated by the NCAA. It is not like because they had a bunch of extra money laying around, they can toss it at kids for scholarships.
Sure, jumbotrons are not going to bring in the fans or make the team great, but it is going to add to the atmosphere to being at a big sporting event in a big stadium. That right there is the point for the jumbotron.
As far as NDSU, they are not a Division II school for Football (they made the switch a few years back) or Hockey. So a Division I school beat a Division I school. It is all gravy, the Gophers sucked last year and have not had a good program for a long time, is it really something to be proud of to beat a bad team? Maybe the new administration and coach can change that, only time will tell. All I know is I will be enjoying a game or too in the new stadium to cheer on my Gophers for good or bad.