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re: How fricked up is the field?
Posted on 10/27/19 at 2:56 pm to bayou85
Posted on 10/27/19 at 2:56 pm to bayou85
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Auburn pass rush did it
No. Wet field did it. Burrow even when rushed has been able to move in and out of the pocket to avoid sacks and still make huge plays. The field tremendously limited his mobility.
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Posted on 10/27/19 at 3:54 pm to biglego
I think Bayou Country Superfest buys them new turf every year.
Posted on 10/27/19 at 4:12 pm to biglego
Sorry about the length
Mississippi State has maybe the best grass turf field in the US. LSU actually studied it to improve tiger stadium, now I'm no expert on grass but I do know a bit about whats under our top soil here and it is basically a clay sub-base that not only that water has difficulty in penetrating, but it also pools on and travels horizontally, just putting a tarp on doesn't stop the subterranean movement so the water basically just goes under ground back to the field and as weight is added to the top layer it is pushed(or squeezed) back to the surface, a lot like a wet sponge that appears dry till you compress it. MS States subsoil construction is different, there is a lot of sand ribbons throughout the soil that lets the water drain down to the different aquifers deep in the ground. Our soil drainage is supposed to run off into the rivers and streams, but with all the levies highways & structures it is very hard to drain out quickly.
Mississippi State has maybe the best grass turf field in the US. LSU actually studied it to improve tiger stadium, now I'm no expert on grass but I do know a bit about whats under our top soil here and it is basically a clay sub-base that not only that water has difficulty in penetrating, but it also pools on and travels horizontally, just putting a tarp on doesn't stop the subterranean movement so the water basically just goes under ground back to the field and as weight is added to the top layer it is pushed(or squeezed) back to the surface, a lot like a wet sponge that appears dry till you compress it. MS States subsoil construction is different, there is a lot of sand ribbons throughout the soil that lets the water drain down to the different aquifers deep in the ground. Our soil drainage is supposed to run off into the rivers and streams, but with all the levies highways & structures it is very hard to drain out quickly.
Posted on 10/27/19 at 4:40 pm to TigerBait1971
Turf Shame: it's an under-reported, national problem.
Film at 11...
Film at 11...
Posted on 10/27/19 at 4:43 pm to TigerBait1971
The sloppy field conditions were the primary reason why LSU didn't blow Auburn out. LSU receivers couldn't make their cuts and couldn't get separation as they usually do. So the result was LSU struggled on offense yesterday.
Posted on 10/27/19 at 4:47 pm to J2thaROC
quote:
No. Wet field did it. Burrow even when rushed has been able to move in and out of the pocket to avoid sacks and still make huge plays. The field tremendously limited his mobility.
On top of it, the LSU receivers couldn't make their cuts and gain separation both in the long game and in the short game. So Auburn's defensive backs were mugging our receivers all game, which also caused the play calling to go into super conservative mode.
Posted on 10/27/19 at 5:48 pm to KingDaddyRabbit
Posted on 10/27/19 at 6:04 pm to TigerBait1971
Field was great during 50s - 80s
Posted on 10/27/19 at 6:09 pm to tigerinridgeland
Thought they said after the final home game 2019...
Posted on 10/27/19 at 6:59 pm to ZydecoTigah
Let's install a vacuum system that literally sucks the field dry!!!! Can't be anymore costly than replacing it 3 times a season.
Posted on 10/27/19 at 8:31 pm to ZydecoTigah
Fair enough. I don’t have any technical expertise. I’m sure there is a good reason for not covering the field and that sounds like a good reason. But the snarky “link?” type responses, as if covering a playing field is unheard of...well that hurt my feeling. 
Posted on 10/27/19 at 8:32 pm to TigerBait1971
Kinda looked like a football game in October had been played on it.
Posted on 10/27/19 at 10:05 pm to biglego
Covering the field would not stop the horizontal movement of water into the field. There is a way to create a controlled surface that would not be affected by subsurface water or the Mississippi River high levels pushing up from underground, but money talks and bs walks, it would be expensive.
Posted on 10/27/19 at 10:09 pm to TigerBait1971
After the season..
Posted on 10/27/19 at 10:16 pm to TigerBait1971
it was a little cut up but it played well. i didn't notice anyone slip on it.
Posted on 10/27/19 at 10:18 pm to Sir Fury
It’s still a turn field. You need to retain some water you know... for the plants to drink.
If you get a shite ton of rain. It’s gonna floors. Even the best drained field will.
If you get a shite ton of rain. It’s gonna floors. Even the best drained field will.
Posted on 10/28/19 at 9:18 am to TigerBait1971
More of the last couple of rains that had the top of the turf soaked somewhat already. It didn't rain that hard near LSU. There actually is something to it never rains in Death Valley. Some sort of geographical features that it storms with lightning and thunder up to the river then for the most part skips over to about 2 miles east of the river whenever a front moves through. It might storm a few miles to the north and to the south as it travels eastward.
I live right at Stanford and Hyacinth and didn't really believe this until I moved here.
I live right at Stanford and Hyacinth and didn't really believe this until I moved here.
Posted on 10/28/19 at 9:31 am to ZydecoTigah
I get that and know for a fact that near LSU when an inch below it is like concrete even after being soaked for days.
HOWEVER, I would think that the turf at Death Valley has a prepared subsoil which has been dug up, mixed with sand in a pugmill, then replaced and resodded. Hell, any good golf course down here did that decades ago.
HOWEVER, I would think that the turf at Death Valley has a prepared subsoil which has been dug up, mixed with sand in a pugmill, then replaced and resodded. Hell, any good golf course down here did that decades ago.
Posted on 10/28/19 at 9:32 am to TigerBait1971
27 downvotes for asking a valid question.
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