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The new 81-foot tall, 136-foot wide scoreboard in the background at Texas-Memorial Stadium is designed to be the largest high-definition video display in collegiate sports.

updated 4:28 p.m. ET Aug. 26, 2006

AUSTIN, Texas - Its nickname is Godzillatron.

The monstrous new football scoreboard at Texas, towering over the south end zone at 55 feet tall and 134 feet wide, is more than just a Texas-sized upgrade at Royal-Memorial Stadium, home of the defending national champions.

It’s nearly as wide as the field itself and will be, for a short time at least, the largest high-definition video display board in the world, school officials said.

And Texas players can’t wait to watch super-sized replays of their touchdowns.

“Oh man, that thing’s big,” wide receiver Quan Cosby said. “At night, we don’t need the lights, it’s so bright.”

The $8 million scoreboard and sound system easily dwarf the old unit. It’s the most visible change so far in a $150 million stadium renovation that will add about 10,000 seats in the north end zone, bringing capacity to just over 90,000 by 2008.

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