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Title: Has anyone done a game with college/pro sized goalposts?
Post by: Joe Stack on December 31, 2011, 02:56:52 PM: I know UIL says we use what we have, but I'm just wondering when and if this has happened.
Title: Re: Has anyone done a game with college/pro sized goalposts?
Post by: HoustonUmp on December 31, 2011, 07:36:19 PM: I believe that we had a game in Texas Stadium where the pro goal posts were up.
Title: Re: Has anyone done a game with college/pro sized goalposts?
Post by: TxSkyBolt on December 31, 2011, 07:44:56 PM: San Marcos home games are played at Bobcat stadium with the NCAA goal posts.
Title: Re: Has anyone done a game with college/pro sized goalposts?
Post by: fencewire on December 31, 2011, 09:32:18 PM: Yes, on several college fields.
Title: Re: Has anyone done a game with college/pro sized goalposts?
Post by: mishatx on January 03, 2012, 05:22:36 PM: Pretty sure I did a set of jr high games on a field with 18'6" goalposts. In Bastrop, I think.

Nobody kicked, though.
Title: Re: Has anyone done a game with college/pro sized goalposts?
Post by: Arbitrator on January 04, 2012, 08:18:05 AM: ^flag

Definitely! The most vivid recollection is from the high school games officiated at the Astrodome, Texas Stadium, and also Reliant Stadium. z^
Title: Re: Has anyone done a game with college/pro sized goalposts?
Post by: Etref on January 04, 2012, 09:35:50 AM: Quote from: Arbitrator on January 04, 2012, 08:18:05 AM
^flag

Definitely! The most vivid recollection is from the high school games officiated at the Astrodome, Texas Stadium, and also Reliant Stadium. z^

And he is still waiting to get paid for the one at Texas Stadium............. LOL
Title: Re: Has anyone done a game with college/pro sized goalposts?
Post by: Arbitrator on January 04, 2012, 10:26:51 AM: Quote from: RickWts on January 04, 2012, 09:35:50 AM
And he is still waiting to get paid for the one at Texas Stadium............. LOL

^flag

Brother! You know all too well! At Texas Stadium, you were paid almost the time that the ensuing football season was kicking into gear. Either that, or you were severely underpaid. I would reckon that's what happens when they let one of the competing school districts handle the large gates and the payroll there!

Can't really complain about the payroll people at the Astrodome or Reliant. If anything, they paid in excess! The Houston Sports Association absolutely refused to let the school districts cut their playoff checks for them! Simply put, they like to run their own show! z^
Title: Re: Has anyone done a game with college/pro sized goalposts?
Post by: El Macman on January 04, 2012, 04:35:06 PM: I didn't work this game, but was in attendance when two HS teams played a playoff game at a unmodified BCS stadium, i.e., 18'-6" goals. Team X missed a field goal to win the game by less than two feet, then Team Y missed a field goal to win the game in the first extra period by less than 2 feet. The winner eventually won via a TD. Both HCs were probably kicking themselves for agreeing to play at a site with 18'-6" goals. But their ADs and Superintendents were probably OK with the 30,000 attendance (less the UIL's take).