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re: Does LSU tarp the field in TS?
Posted on 10/25/19 at 9:55 am to eelsuee
Posted on 10/25/19 at 9:55 am to eelsuee
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This isn't like your yard. They build the field over a layer of gravel with a drainage system under it. There was a $2M upgrade this past summer as well. LINK
The big drainage project didn’t happen last year. It will start this year after the TAM game. There is underground drainage now and with a sand based field the water moves quickly through the soil and roots.
This post was edited on 10/25/19 at 9:56 am
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Posted on 10/25/19 at 9:55 am to GeeOH
It has never actually rained in Tiger Stadium so there is no need.
Posted on 10/25/19 at 9:56 am to GeeOH
Posted on 10/25/19 at 9:57 am to djrunner
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It has never actually rained in Tiger Stadium so there is no need.
It rains all the time in TS but the chance of rain is never.
Posted on 10/25/19 at 10:06 am to eelsuee
I'd like to see the drawings for the drainage project.
Posted on 10/25/19 at 10:07 am to Alt26
subsurface drainage
Posted on 10/25/19 at 10:13 am to LSUMANINVA
Visqueen.
Posted on 10/25/19 at 10:24 am to mikearch
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There is a $2,000,000 drainage system under the field, it will drain quickly!
I'm sure it will drain quickly. But good drainage is a "back end" solution (i.e. after the water has already entered the surface). Covering the field would be a "front end" solution (i.e. not allowing the water to saturate the field in the first place). No water = nothing to drain. Given the choice would you rather wear quick drying clothes in the rain or simply just put on a raincoat to prevent your clothes from getting wet in the first place?
Again, I assume there is a reason they don't cover the field. But from a logical standpoint wouldn't make more sense to take efforts to prevent the field from getting wet vs. making sure it dries quickly AFTER getting wet? Something that though it may happen quickly, wouldn't happen instantaneously even with the best subsurface drainage
This post was edited on 10/25/19 at 10:25 am
Posted on 10/25/19 at 10:27 am to eelsuee
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There was a $2M upgrade this past summer as well.
Bid for Tiger Stadium
Has the work been done yet or not? Looks like this bid was just let and approved September of this year?
Posted on 10/25/19 at 10:51 am to Alt26
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I'm sure it will drain quickly. But good drainage is a "back end" solution (i.e. after the water has already entered the surface). Covering the field would be a "front end" solution (i.e. not allowing the water to saturate the field in the first place). No water = nothing to drain. Given the choice would you rather wear quick drying clothes in the rain or simply just put on a raincoat to prevent your clothes from getting wet in the first place?
Again, I assume there is a reason they don't cover the field. But from a logical standpoint wouldn't make more sense to take efforts to prevent the field from getting wet vs. making sure it dries quickly AFTER getting wet? Something that though it may happen quickly, wouldn't happen instantaneously even with the best subsurface drainage
You're making too much sense for these dimwits. But I agree with you 100%.
Posted on 10/25/19 at 11:21 am to GeeOH
Fields today are built like putting greens. All water goes straight through to a subsurface drainage system. The grass could be wet but there won't be any standing water....especially since the drainage upgrade this past summer or might have been 2018 summer; don't remember.
Posted on 10/25/19 at 11:30 am to GeeOH
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Ill let all of MLB and other sports know what you think.
They do not use full field tarps you yoyo
Posted on 10/25/19 at 11:30 am to Alt26
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Again, I assume there is a reason they don't cover the field.
They don't cover fields. Typically they soak the fields with blower irrigation systems before games anyway. We design fields with sand/moss/gravel/hydraway flat pipe drainage system's that need to be moist to keep playing surface safe and it helps keep field of play cool. Flat pipe dumps into a large French drain system that runs under the sidelines. If any water is held during a large storm event its held in the French drain pipe system that sits lower than field drainage. Under no circumstance is water held in flat pipe system....its a direct flow.
Posted on 10/25/19 at 1:31 pm to Purple Spoon
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Fast forward till about the 2:00 hour mark.
Holy crap. I was at that game.
Had forgotten how bad the field used to be...thanks, Joe Dean!
Posted on 10/25/19 at 2:09 pm to mthorn2
The drainage project will start in November after the A&M game.
Posted on 10/25/19 at 3:03 pm to mthorn2
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Fields today are built like putting greens. All water goes straight through to a subsurface drainage system. The grass could be wet but there won't be any standing water....especially since the drainage upgrade this past summer or might have been 2018 summer; don't remember
bullshite. Different grass and different root structures.
You act like after a 2" rain, 5 minutes later the dirt under the grass would be dry. It's not! The moisture under the grass leads to the roots giving way and slipping.
Posted on 10/25/19 at 3:04 pm to themunch
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They do not use full field tarps you yoyo
They tarp the part the 99% of the game is played on
This post was edited on 10/25/19 at 3:25 pm
Posted on 10/25/19 at 3:08 pm to Trout Bandit
"The field will drain just fine", he said.
Posted on 10/25/19 at 3:28 pm to GeeOH
The field has a nice crown to it. Maybe the sidelines?
Posted on 11/2/22 at 11:26 pm to Alt26
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Covering the field would be a "front end
I believe they do cover the field if rain is in the forecast
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