I understand what you are saying here. And, yes, it is a simple modification if all you want is the same thread title to show just in bigger letters in the center. But if you'll look at the file (the part where I modified the code for my site) it doesn't mess with the table like the full thread intro hack would. It does the same thing as the code you posted does but gives you the flexibility to change it if you ever needed or wanted to. I bypassed the box altogether because I wanted what you did here but the ability to modify it too.

I am looking for a way to do the same thing with the forum intro, but the table in that is really different and hard to get around.