wdm1219inpenna Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 I try to be observant, but I've been remiss in this. Does anybody know what year the directional arrows began appearing on football fields, in order to help fans watching on TV to tell which side of the field the players are on? Did the NFL & College do this at the same time? Just a really trivial thing that I've always wondered about.Happy New Year.Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I try to be observant, but I've been remiss in this. Does anybody know what year the directional arrows began appearing on football fields, in order to help fans watching on TV to tell which side of the field the players are on? Did the NFL & College do this at the same time? Just a really trivial thing that I've always wondered about.Happy New Year.BillIf memory serves it was sometime in the mid to late 70's. I actually remember watching a game the first season they used them because the announcers talked about. I can't find my car keys half the time but somehow I'm able to remember a silly fact like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrh31584 Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I try to be observant, but I've been remiss in this. Does anybody know what year the directional arrows began appearing on football fields, in order to help fans watching on TV to tell which side of the field the players are on? Did the NFL & College do this at the same time? Just a really trivial thing that I've always wondered about.Happy New Year.BillIf memory serves it was sometime in the mid to late 70's. I actually remember watching a game the first season they used them because the announcers talked about. I can't find my car keys half the time but somehow I'm able to remember a silly fact like that.Arizona State uses pitchforks instead of arrows. Does anyone else use something other than the traditional arrows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EatSleepJeep Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I try to be observant, but I've been remiss in this. Does anybody know what year the directional arrows began appearing on football fields, in order to help fans watching on TV to tell which side of the field the players are on? Did the NFL & College do this at the same time? Just a really trivial thing that I've always wondered about.Happy New Year.BillIf memory serves it was sometime in the mid to late 70's. I actually remember watching a game the first season they used them because the announcers talked about. I can't find my car keys half the time but somehow I'm able to remember a silly fact like that.Arizona State uses pitchforks instead of arrows. Does anyone else use something other than the traditional arrows?i love that detail when watching their games. Georgia uses their helmet logo for their goal line G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apeman33 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Are there other college fields that have the x5-yard lines marked as well as the x0-yard lines like LSU?Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium is unique with the "00" at the goal line. I also think all the numbers are painted in gold instead of white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I try to be observant, but I've been remiss in this. Does anybody know what year the directional arrows began appearing on football fields, in order to help fans watching on TV to tell which side of the field the players are on? Did the NFL & College do this at the same time? Just a really trivial thing that I've always wondered about.Happy New Year.BillIf memory serves it was sometime in the mid to late 70's. I actually remember watching a game the first season they used them because the announcers talked about. I can't find my car keys half the time but somehow I'm able to remember a silly fact like that.Drugs'll do that to ya. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEWJ Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I always liked Cincinnati's field.Their numbers are in the same font as the uniform numbers. | BROWNS | BUCKEYES | CAVALIERS | INDIANS | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 ^I love it when teams don't use the standard Times New Roman (or whatever font it is) numbers on the field. I like it even more when the numbers are outlined or colored.Here's PSU's field. Just plain white (what else, right?) but a cool font. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njmeadowlanders Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 ^I love it when teams don't use the standard Times New Roman (or whatever font it is) numbers on the field. I like it even more when the numbers are outlined or colored.Here's PSU's field. Just plain white (what else, right?) but a cool font.Ah, a September game against some I-AA opponent...The best part about Beaver Stadium's field though is the Yellow Goallines.Here is a photo I took at the Rose Bowl on Thursday...they had a "G" and a red outline. (Personally, I hate the "G")I also hate End Zone painting that doesn't go all the way. Why leave some green grass? Just dump the stupid Blue and Red boundary lines, make them white, and just fill the damn endzone instead of leaving green space between that and the backline/sideline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy B Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 They used to paint the entire end zone and have the colored sidelines. I could see where that would be confusion though.1999 Rose Bowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njmeadowlanders Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 They used to paint the entire end zone and have the colored sidelines. I could see where that would be confusion though.1999 Rose BowlYeah, but I'm saying forget the stupid colored sidelines/backlines and just make them white, then fill the endzones, and you're fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knox Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Yeah, but I'm saying forget the stupid colored sidelines/backlines and just make them white, then fill the endzones, and you're fine.Or -- and I know this is a revolutionary idea -- you could use the team's secondary color for the side/backlines! =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJMorris3 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I'm actually curious as to why they don't double-arrow the 50 like some teams used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 ^I love it when teams don't use the standard Times New Roman (or whatever font it is) numbers on the field. I like it even more when the numbers are outlined or colored.Here's PSU's field. Just plain white (what else, right?) but a cool font.Ah, a September game against some I-AA opponent...The best part about Beaver Stadium's field though is the Yellow Goallines.Here is a photo I took at the Rose Bowl on Thursday...they had a "G" and a red outline. (Personally, I hate the "G")I also hate End Zone painting that doesn't go all the way. Why leave some green grass? Just dump the stupid Blue and Red boundary lines, make them white, and just fill the damn endzone instead of leaving green space between that and the backline/sideline.Hey, I can see myself in that pic The reason they did just the partial endzone painting was to cover up the UCLA script, but it was still blatently visible in the SC endzone. I'd assume they would just leave the endzone green and paint the teams scripts if not.BTW, DAMN you guys traveled well to that game. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSU151 Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I'm actually curious as to why they don't double-arrow the 50 like some teams used to.Probably because there is no point in painting double arrows when no arrows will suffice. Smart is believing half of what you hear. Genius is knowing which half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 They used to paint the entire end zone and have the colored sidelines. I could see where that would be confusion though.1999 Rose BowlYeah, but I'm saying forget the stupid colored sidelines/backlines and just make them white, then fill the endzones, and you're fine.Bowl games use different colors to ensure that coaches and substitutions are properly followed by NCAA rule. One cannot enter the game under the 25 YRD. The colors look nice which have been talked about here, but it has a purpose. Endzones no longer have to have the 1 yard of green/non-school color, and directional arrows are not required as of the 2008 NCAA rulebook. Schools do it because the want to. Personally, serif fonts > sans-serif fonts on football fields. This bowl season the Insight bowl (NFL owned) did endzones the best. AT&T Cotton Bowl was second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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