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Inside Michigan football's new scoreboard, lights and audio system

The installation of the new scoreboards, among other upgrades, at Michigan Stadium is nearly complete and they’re quite large.

The structures, which reside in exactly the same positions as before at the north and south ends of the stadium, are 179 feet wide and 62 feet tall — 85% larger than the previous boards (109 feet by 55 feet). The video boards themselves are 152 feet by 55 feet; that's a 118% increase from the old boards (85 feet by 45 feet).

U-M officials said each board, by itself, would be the nation's third-largest, behind only Auburn's Jordan-Hare Stadium and Purdue's Ross-Ade Stadium.