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"During the school year, you have to take care of sports first, because you spend so much time with the team,” he said. “But on the off-season, I like to load up academically, usu ally taking 18 credits. That way they don’t interfere.” Griffin, who still has one more year of NCAA eligi bility, graduated this June with a bachelor of science degree in sociology and a minor in business with a concentration in sports marketing. He sometimes feels student-athletes don't appreciate how valuable the provided resources are. “If people took away what we have in that building, there would be a lot of ineligible players,” he said. Griffin also attributes the football team’s academic success to the counselors that evaluate their academ ic progress, although he feels that players “should be mature enough to do it on our own.” He said it was from his counselor that he learned time management skills. He also praised the indi vidual position coaches for taking a special interest in the academic progress of the players. The coaches set up personal one-on-one meetings with the players at the beginning and end of the term, as well as throughout every term. ijmtw. COURTESY The MegaVision scoreboard at Pitt Stadium is the same as the one to he installed at Autzen Stadium. University goes MegaVision Twice as large as the old board, the new one will show pre-game shows and replays By Peter Breaden Oregon Daily Email! A mad dash for the concession stands was once an observable phenomenon in Autzen Stadium. Following a remarkable or con troversial play, fans would race for the only televisions in the sta dium to grind an axe or talk strate gy with their well-informed pop corn vendors. With the introduction of a new $4 million video scoreboard, Oregon football may well be seeing the end of the halftime exodus to the parking lot, headphones tuned to other games around the country and the occasional humorous misprints due to burned-out bulbs on the old display system. The 88-foot-by-56-foot struc ture will be nearly twice as large as the previous scoreboard. It will include a 42-foot-by-24-foot MegaVision video display sys tem, only the second in the coun try after the University of Pitts burgh. MegaVision is one of the first of its kind to use outdoor col or LED video technology. Athletic Director Bill Moos said Monday, “We really feel that the replay board is going to be a definite upgrade for what is al ready a tremendous venue for col lege football.” Pittsbugh officials noticed a dif ference. “It was like being in another stadium. The clarity is unbeliev able,” said Jason Lener, director of ticket operations at Pittsburgh, “It greatly enhanced atmosphere.” Pittsburgh’s ticket sales in creased by more than 10,000 per game last year, Lener said. The new system is expected to be installed in time to host Michi gan State in the Sept. 5 season opener. It will offer replays, na tionwide scores and highlights, taped pre-game shows and half time activities, and statistics up dates throughout games. Surrounding the scoreboard will be ten sponsor positions, said Dave Heeke, associate athletics di rector for media relations and marketing. “It is one more piece of a mas ter plan that we feel will make Autzen Stadium one of the pre mier stadiums in the country,” Moos said in a recent press re lease. This plan includes additional projects of conversion to a natur al-grass playing surface and the possibility of 10,000 to 20,000 new seats. Previous projects have added new metal seating for gen eral admission and refurbished the players’ entrance at Gate F of Autzen. The purchase of the scoreboard was made possible through private and corporate funds and a new partnership with ESPN Regional Television. Simi lar to the Athletic Department’s extensive fund raising for a new indoor practice facility, the ap proach to the new scoreboard has used new resources rather than taxes or bond measures. “They (ESPN Regional) bring expertise in sales,” said Heeke. “The result will be an obvious benefit for our fans as well as a successfully implemented plan which will permit all advertising revenues to be funneled directly back into the athletics depart ment,” Heeke said. 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