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Should We Install Synthetic Turf at Tiger Stadium?

Posted on 1/2/09 at 7:21 pm
Posted by AlaTiger
America
Member since Aug 2006
21123 posts
Posted on 1/2/09 at 7:21 pm
Watching the start of the Sugar Bowl, I was just thinking about how we own the Superdome. Then, except for the 2005 SEC Championship Game against Georgia, we have owned the Georgia Dome as well. Would we have even more of a home field advantage if we put some type of synthetic/artifical turf in at Tiger Stadium to take advantage of our speed? The actual turf there is terrible anyway.

What do ya'll think? Pros/cons?
Posted by nhsj012
Member since Aug 2008
2975 posts
Posted on 1/2/09 at 7:23 pm to
no...it would ruin the tradition
Posted by Springlake Tiger
Uptown
Member since Aug 2006
15531 posts
Posted on 1/2/09 at 7:24 pm to
i say YES

Our piece of shite field negates all of that speed that we recruit.
Posted by philter
Member since Dec 2004
8966 posts
Posted on 1/2/09 at 7:24 pm to
without a doubt, yes
Posted by GatorTrunk
City Point, VA via Luna, LA
Member since Jul 2008
3332 posts
Posted on 1/2/09 at 7:32 pm to
Yes...the cost of maintenence would be almost nothing. I bet LSU spends hundreds of thousands of dollars a year on the grass and field looks better.
Posted by RummelTiger
Texas
Member since Aug 2004
89902 posts
Posted on 1/2/09 at 7:33 pm to
Pros: None

Cons: Lots
Posted by BayouBndt
Shreveport
Member since Dec 2007
3168 posts
Posted on 1/2/09 at 7:34 pm to
No!
Posted by futuretiger6
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Oct 2007
2576 posts
Posted on 1/2/09 at 7:34 pm to
:notthisshitagain:
Posted by GatorTrunk
City Point, VA via Luna, LA
Member since Jul 2008
3332 posts
Posted on 1/2/09 at 7:36 pm to
quote:

Pros: None

Cons: Lots


Explain
Posted by Jackfish28
Mobile
Member since Feb 2007
2112 posts
Posted on 1/2/09 at 7:44 pm to
Con: a lot more injuries. Plus, they grow a supergrass right down the road in foley taht is as fast as turf
Posted by Dijkstra
Michael J. Fox's location in time.
Member since Sep 2007
8738 posts
Posted on 1/2/09 at 7:50 pm to
Yes.

Tradition is good, but good god, some of you are willing to give up speed just to say "Oh LSU blah blah tradition blah blah". We're recruiting lightning fast kids, but our field is garbage.
Posted by philter
Member since Dec 2004
8966 posts
Posted on 1/2/09 at 7:56 pm to
quote:

Con: a lot more injuries. Plus, they grow a supergrass right down the road in foley taht is as fast as turf


there are not a lot more injuries on these new turfs, they are fantastic


the biggest con with these turfs are the heat buildup in the south, but that can be managed. there is very little maintenance savings, just different types of maintenance

if we could actually grow that foley shite, then yea it would be great...but our grounds crew is absolutely incompetent - so nothing short of firing them, or switching to field turf, is going to solve it
Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
Bat'n Rudge
Member since Oct 2004
57289 posts
Posted on 1/2/09 at 8:00 pm to
quote:

Con: a lot more injuries.


You have the turf grass confused with Astro Turf.
This post was edited on 1/2/09 at 8:01 pm
Posted by fjhjr08
The Kingdom
Member since Jun 2008
919 posts
Posted on 1/2/09 at 8:30 pm to
NEAUX!!!!!!!!!
Posted by misey94
Hernando, MS
Member since Jan 2007
23327 posts
Posted on 1/2/09 at 8:53 pm to
Our field has been a joke for years. Even with the recent improvements, the drainage sucks. Remember the second half of the SC game last year? The more modern fieldturf surfaces are a lot easier to maintain and aren't as tough on the body as older synthetic surfaces. They should absolutely make the switch.
Posted by trilltiger
LA
Member since Nov 2007
2677 posts
Posted on 1/2/09 at 8:55 pm to
screw tradition

we need:
1) turf field
2)black uni's
Posted by mrtee35
Prairieville, La
Member since Dec 2008
151 posts
Posted on 1/2/09 at 8:55 pm to
This sounds like a project for TAF!!!!! I'll give my $1.00...lol
Posted by grobeckus
Fishville
Member since Jan 2008
142 posts
Posted on 1/2/09 at 8:55 pm to
NO.......next
Posted by GatorTrunk
City Point, VA via Luna, LA
Member since Jul 2008
3332 posts
Posted on 1/2/09 at 9:00 pm to
quote:

the biggest con with these turfs are the heat buildup in the south


I say that is BS! I have been on West Monroe's turf for over 20 home games and that included games in September and that is a complete MYTH!!! You could not tell a difference...it was hot everywhere, in the air and ground.
Posted by AlaTiger
America
Member since Aug 2006
21123 posts
Posted on 1/2/09 at 9:11 pm to
quote:

Plus, they grow a supergrass right down the road in foley taht is as fast as turf


Then put it in. I'm not talking about Astroturf here. I am talking about the stuff that they have in the Superdome.

Or, anything faster than what we have now.

Or, anything better than what we have now.

Or, anything that is not a sandfilled mud pit.

Just anything, really.
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