Did anyone see where Eastern Washington is installing all red field turf in their stadium ala Boise St.?

(01-30-2010 11:17 AM)army56mike Wrote:  Did anyone see where Eastern Washington is installing all red field turf in their stadium ala Boise St.?

i dont understand how the ADs can justify a move that makes their home games difficult to watch

is the attention you get when you install it really worth the circus it turns your home games into?

i personally never watch boise home games, it just looks terrible

(01-30-2010 12:13 PM)BullsBEAST Wrote:  

(01-30-2010 11:17 AM)army56mike Wrote:  Did anyone see where Eastern Washington is installing all red field turf in their stadium ala Boise St.?

i dont understand how the ADs can justify a move that makes their home games difficult to watch

is the attention you get when you install it really worth the circus it turns your home games into?

i personally never watch boise home games, it just looks terrible

What I don't understand is how that's apparently legal to do under NCAA guidelines. Aside from the fact that I've never not gotten a headache after about a half hour of watching a Boise game, it just seems like kind of an unfair advantage for them because its so distracting and weird to adjust to. I mean, can we Bearcats just make our turf alternating red and black and get away with it, too? Can we tie-dye our entire field? Maybe throw in some pink while we're at it? Just seems like it should be against the rules.

(01-30-2010 12:37 PM)CD11 Wrote:  

(01-30-2010 12:13 PM)BullsBEAST Wrote:  

(01-30-2010 11:17 AM)army56mike Wrote:  Did anyone see where Eastern Washington is installing all red field turf in their stadium ala Boise St.?

i dont understand how the ADs can justify a move that makes their home games difficult to watch

is the attention you get when you install it really worth the circus it turns your home games into?

i personally never watch boise home games, it just looks terrible

What I don't understand is how that's apparently legal to do under NCAA guidelines. Aside from the fact that I've never not gotten a headache after about a half hour of watching a Boise game, it just seems like kind of an unfair advantage for them because its so distracting and weird to adjust to. I mean, can we Bearcats just make our turf alternating red and black and get away with it, too? Can we tie-dye our entire field? Maybe throw in some pink while we're at it? Just seems like it should be against the rules.

I say let them do whatever they want. As for Boise's blue turf it doesn't bother me in the least. Having all red turf will definitely be hard to look at and I feel like it will look absolutely terrible to a fan with less than amazing vision or on television. Blue turf is dark and neutral like green turf that it really doesn't matter nor should it. But again who cares what they do with their money, facilities, not our problem I say.