mcrosby Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 I was at the game on Saturday and noticed something odd in the South endzone, only to discover that the South endzone was the least of my worries. 3 out of 4 N's in the new endzones are upside down. https://twitter.com/OutOfThisWC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bleuet Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 lol Chefs is Chiefs in french. Its all OK lite that :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnWis97 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 I love that someone from this board caught that. Disclaimer: If this comment is about an NBA uniform from 2017-2018 or later, do not constitute a lack of acknowledgement of the corporate logo to mean anything other than "the corporate logo is terrible and makes the uniform significantly worse." BADGERS TWINS VIKINGS TIMBERWOLVES WILD POTD (Shared) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepis21 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 15 hours ago, mcrosby said: I was at the game on Saturday and noticed something odd in the South endzone, only to discover that the South endzone was the least of my worries. 3 out of 4 N's in the new endzones are upside down. Great googly-moogly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSU151 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Darren Revell tweeted about this too...more press for mcrosby. Smart is believing half of what you hear. Genius is knowing which half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Is Wisconsin's field painted or are those graphics sewn into the turf? If it's painted then no big deal. If they're a part of the turf then it's a more difficult fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrosby Posted September 13, 2016 Author Share Posted September 13, 2016 2 hours ago, McCarthy said: Is Wisconsin's field painted or are those graphics sewn into the turf? If it's painted then no big deal. If they're a part of the turf then it's a more difficult fix. Part of the turf. https://twitter.com/OutOfThisWC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 3 minutes ago, mcrosby said: Part of the turf. Depending on where the seams are that's going to cost them a good bit to rip out two end zones. It might be something they can fix in the offseason and make the installer cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 4 minutes ago, mcrosby said: Part of the turf. ahhh! That's a more interesting screwup then. I'm not sure how that particular error could've happened. Someone at the turf company had vector files of the WISCONSIN wordmark that most likely came from UW, they placed one in Endzone A with two upside down N's like you said, but then rotated the wordmark 180 degrees for Endzone B, fixed one of the N's, but not the other? I could understand all 4 being upside, but 3 out of 4 is even more strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrosby Posted September 13, 2016 Author Share Posted September 13, 2016 20 minutes ago, McCarthy said: ahhh! That's a more interesting screwup then. I'm not sure how that particular error could've happened. Someone at the turf company had vector files of the WISCONSIN wordmark that most likely came from UW, they placed one in Endzone A with two upside down N's like you said, but then rotated the wordmark 180 degrees for Endzone B, fixed one of the N's, but not the other? I could understand all 4 being upside, but 3 out of 4 is even more strange. The only thing I can think of is that the endzone turf came in letter sized sections and was flipped during installation. https://twitter.com/OutOfThisWC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoknight Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 I hope they play Akransas in a bowl this year. 5th in NAT. TITLES | 2nd in CONF. TITLES | 5th in HEISMAN | 7th in DRAFTS | 8th in ALL-AMER | 7th in WINS | 4th in BOWLS | 1st in SELLOUTS | 1st GAMEDAY SIGN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 7 hours ago, mcrosby said: The only thing I can think of is that the endzone turf came in letter sized sections and was flipped during installation. Good thinking. That's gotta be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSU151 Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 On 9/13/2016 at 3:03 PM, mcrosby said: The only thing I can think of is that the endzone turf came in letter sized sections and was flipped during installation. Wouldn't there be a of seams in the endzone if it was letter by letter sections? If they are individual sections, the kerning is so tight that it's impressive that the seams are pretty much unnoticeable. Smart is believing half of what you hear. Genius is knowing which half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumpygremlin Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 On 9/15/2016 at 8:25 AM, WSU151 said: Wouldn't there be a of seams in the endzone if it was letter by letter sections? If they are individual sections, the kerning is so tight that it's impressive that the seams are pretty much unnoticeable. 1) I would think -- and someone can correct me if I'm wrong -- that any joining of two sections would be done with thread that's colored the same as the patches, so the seams wouldn't be visible 2) Do we know if it was fixed for their Georgia State game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sykotyk Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 From seeing turf installed at high school venues, line numbers and wording in endzones is added after the fact. They just cut out the turf and then lay down the white (or other colored) characters and sew them in place. That's why more artwork costs more money and most high schools use the bare minimum. Sports lines are made in place as part of the roll. Most turf is 5 yards wide, and has the yard line right at the mid point. So, the seam is actually at the 2.5, 7.5, 12.5, etc yard lines. The endzone then is 'part' of three separate rolls. The background color is there, but the lettering is applied after. Since the turf may have to stretched/rolled to get it to lay perfectly and match up with the sidelines correctly. You don't want a wavy logo or wordmark in the middle of the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WavePunter Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Our turf was installed with the yard lines at one end, so each section is 5 yards x 53.3333 yards with the white line being on one side, then stitched to the next piece, but the lettering and logos are applied over the top as stated above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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