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Got grass?
NMSU doesn't.

Watch the grass go.
05-28-2014 05:13 PM
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RE: Got grass?
That would be crazy on game day.

I'm sure it is a rule that you have to have it for the game right?
(I know you will)
But is there a stipulation on how much you have to have?
Say a few blades of grass and the rest is sand! Can you imagine the impact on the game... Forget the cleats boys..... we going bare foot'n!

I've heard of watering down the field or letting the grass be taller to slow teams down - but this is whole new ball game!

NMSU might be SBC champs!

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RE: Got grass?
Perhaps Colorado could help you guys out?
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RE: Got grass?
We are putting inf Synthetic Turf. That is why it looks like a motocross track.
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RE: Got grass?
We've had field turf for 7 years and replacing it this year. The field is used for football and women's lacrosse. Not going to bore you with the bid, but here is an image and a link to the bid.
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http://www.umass.edu/procurement/Constru...F_DWGS.pdf
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RE: Got grass?
(05-28-2014 06:43 PM)The4thOption Wrote:  That would be crazy on game day.

I'm sure it is a rule that you have to have it for the game right?
(I know you will)
But is there a stipulation on how much you have to have?
Say a few blades of grass and the rest is sand! Can you imagine the impact on the game... Forget the cleats boys..... we going bare foot'n!

I've heard of watering down the field or letting the grass be taller to slow teams down - but this is whole new ball game!

NMSU might be SBC champs!

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RE: Got grass?
(05-28-2014 05:13 PM)DoubleAggie Wrote:  NMSU doesn't.

Watch the grass go.

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RE: Got grass?
Could be worse. This was McNeese yesterday.

[Image: BoulHGmCQAAoF-9_zpsf32e593f.jpg~original]
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RE: Got grass?
So are we the only ones with real grass? I know there was a discussion about this a while back and I can't remember who all has turf (but I think it's the majority).
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RE: Got grass?
(05-29-2014 05:24 AM)GoApps70 Wrote:  Could be worse. This was McNeese yesterday.

[Image: BoulHGmCQAAoF-9_zpsf32e593f.jpg~original]

I don't think I've ever seen a field with such poor drainage. Unless a hurricane came through yesterday, there isn't much excuse for that.
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RE: Got grass?
(05-29-2014 06:53 AM)eaglewraith Wrote:  So are we the only ones with real grass? I know there was a discussion about this a while back and I can't remember who all has turf (but I think it's the majority).

There was a lot of fan hesitance on this here.

I prefer the real stuff but I understand the motivations - mostly the ability to increase use without worrying about tearing up the sod.

I'm guessing that up tempo offenses do better on artificial, but don't know.

One of the other motivations was most of road games are on artificial, so there's not as much distraction switching cleats and the like.

Do you have issues with rain? The desert is probably ideal because it rarely gets muddy. But to turf we go.
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RE: Got grass?
(05-29-2014 07:18 AM)The Black Flag Wrote:  
(05-29-2014 05:24 AM)GoApps70 Wrote:  Could be worse. This was McNeese yesterday.

[Image: BoulHGmCQAAoF-9_zpsf32e593f.jpg~original]

I don't think I've ever seen a field with such poor drainage. Unless a hurricane came through yesterday, there isn't much excuse for that.
Think they had tons of rain real fast.
Would think their drainage may have got stopped up with some things washed into it.
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RE: Got grass?
(05-29-2014 09:06 AM)DoubleAggie Wrote:  
(05-29-2014 06:53 AM)eaglewraith Wrote:  So are we the only ones with real grass? I know there was a discussion about this a while back and I can't remember who all has turf (but I think it's the majority).

There was a lot of fan hesitance on this here.

I prefer the real stuff but I understand the motivations - mostly the ability to increase use without worrying about tearing up the sod.

I'm guessing that up tempo offenses do better on artificial, but don't know.

One of the other motivations was most of road games are on artificial, so there's not as much distraction switching cleats and the like.

Do you have issues with rain? The desert is probably ideal because it rarely gets muddy. But to turf we go.
Personally love grass fields, but not so many have them anymore.
Would also think up tempo offenses do better on artificial.
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RE: Got grass?
(05-29-2014 09:14 AM)GoApps70 Wrote:  
(05-29-2014 07:18 AM)The Black Flag Wrote:  
(05-29-2014 05:24 AM)GoApps70 Wrote:  Could be worse. This was McNeese yesterday.

[Image: BoulHGmCQAAoF-9_zpsf32e593f.jpg~original]

I don't think I've ever seen a field with such poor drainage. Unless a hurricane came through yesterday, there isn't much excuse for that.
Think they had tons of rain real fast.
Would think their drainage may have got stopped up with some things washed into it.

I've been there many of times. It's not much better than your typical high school stadium. It has never been renovated. Those A/C seats in the donors building is pretty cool.
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RE: Got grass?
(05-29-2014 05:24 AM)GoApps70 Wrote:  Could be worse. This was McNeese yesterday.

[Image: BoulHGmCQAAoF-9_zpsf32e593f.jpg~original]

What are they going to have mock navy battles like the Romans use to in the Colosseum?
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(05-29-2014 10:50 AM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  
(05-29-2014 05:24 AM)GoApps70 Wrote:  Could be worse. This was McNeese yesterday.

[Image: BoulHGmCQAAoF-9_zpsf32e593f.jpg~original]

What are they going to have mock navy battles like the Romans use to in the Colosseum?
Imagine Al Gore will want to throw out the first football.

They could add some logs and play log football I guess.
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RE: Got grass?
(05-29-2014 10:50 AM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  
(05-29-2014 05:24 AM)GoApps70 Wrote:  Could be worse. This was McNeese yesterday.

[Image: BoulHGmCQAAoF-9_zpsf32e593f.jpg~original]

What are they going to have mock navy battles like the Romans use to in the Colosseum?

B[Image: th?&id=HN.608054351507754827&...mp;amp;p=0]wha, ha, ha, ha
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RE: Got grass?
(05-29-2014 09:06 AM)DoubleAggie Wrote:  
(05-29-2014 06:53 AM)eaglewraith Wrote:  So are we the only ones with real grass? I know there was a discussion about this a while back and I can't remember who all has turf (but I think it's the majority).

There was a lot of fan hesitance on this here.

I prefer the real stuff but I understand the motivations - mostly the ability to increase use without worrying about tearing up the sod.

I'm guessing that up tempo offenses do better on artificial, but don't know.

One of the other motivations was most of road games are on artificial, so there's not as much distraction switching cleats and the like.

Do you have issues with rain? The desert is probably ideal because it rarely gets muddy. But to turf we go.

We don't really have issues with rain. We get enough to keep the grass healthy as well as irrigate as needed. We have a top notch drainage system in the field that was able to drain the rain from a hurricane while we played a game. The field had no standing puddles while the area past the sidelines was a river.

We had an issue with the grass getting some kind of disease in it several years ago and it didn't recover for a while. We had to avoid painting the endzones that season while it recovered. That was a rare issue though.

I'm not against turf philosophically, but I do like that we have grass.
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(05-29-2014 07:18 AM)The Black Flag Wrote:  
(05-29-2014 05:24 AM)GoApps70 Wrote:  Could be worse. This was McNeese yesterday.

[Image: BoulHGmCQAAoF-9_zpsf32e593f.jpg~original]

I don't think I've ever seen a field with such poor drainage. Unless a hurricane came through yesterday, there isn't much excuse for that.

Might be that yesterday had record rainfall in Lake Charles.

Here's another explanation. I'm just hoping our friends in South Louisiana don't suffer too much damage. The weather system has already caused a lot of problems in southeast Texas and south Louisiana.

http://local.msn.com/unrelenting-rain-in...-weekend-2
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(05-29-2014 06:53 AM)eaglewraith Wrote:  So are we the only ones with real grass? I know there was a discussion about this a while back and I can't remember who all has turf (but I think it's the majority).

This was recently discussed over on the AAC boards the other day. Only a few G5 programs have grass fields. ECU, FAU, UCF, and no GaSo are the only G5 programs with on campus stadium grass fields. BYU also has grass. New Mexico State switching to turf leaves only four (or five, depending on how you consider BYU) programs left with grass.
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