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re: Just how bad is the field goin to be tonite?
Posted on 9/12/09 at 9:17 am to Icansee4miles
Posted on 9/12/09 at 9:17 am to Icansee4miles
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I have always heard that we have like a whole department or degree program in turf management that would be rendered obsolete if we got field turf. Someone call Jindal and tell him if he is looking for budget cuts in higher education, this would be the perfect place to start.
well, then lets render it obsolete .. because it obviously isn't working if one student that has come through that program over the years can't figure out how to grow grass well enough to last three lousy months and look decent ...
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Posted on 9/12/09 at 9:18 am to nosaj56
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but we're an ag school!!!!!!!!!!!!!! people should know how to grow grass here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
at an ag school, grass is for eating, not playing on ..
Posted on 9/12/09 at 9:18 am to SlowFlowPro
NO UNIFORM OR FIELD CHANGES!!! AHHH TRADITION!!!
Piped in music+field turf=END OF DA WORLD
Piped in music+field turf=END OF DA WORLD
This post was edited on 9/12/09 at 9:19 am
Posted on 9/12/09 at 9:20 am to BilJ
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Piped in music+field turn=END OF DA WORLD
piped in music that is played at every sporting event in America is pretty lame...
Posted on 9/12/09 at 9:23 am to SlowFlowPro
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Just how bad is the field goin to be tonite?
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After this game, it will be garbage for the rest of the year.
so many fans love tradition. i'm glad they're excited that we'll keep our horrible field tradition up this year
Yeah...it's almost as traditional, and might I add...predictable, as another negative post by you. Is there anything about the LSU football program that you enjoy or respect? Please illuminate us...as we wait for your next missive from on high. Geaux.
Posted on 9/12/09 at 9:25 am to ForeLSU
WELCOME TO THE NOW
Posted on 9/12/09 at 9:26 am to byubengalboy
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it's almost as traditional, and might I add...predictable, as another negative post by you
dude
it's likely going to monsoon at tiger stadium tonite
our field has been horrible for years, and it looks like it will be horrible after our first game this year
Posted on 9/12/09 at 9:26 am to Icansee4miles
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Speaking of which, they (UW) has a POS stadium, but a brand new turf surface-how can they afford it selling 40,000 tickets a game, and we can't?
i am fairly sure that a wealthy alum ( cant remember who ) donated 100% of the cost of their turf.
Posted on 9/12/09 at 9:27 am to SlowFlowPro
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WELCOME TO THE NOW, WHERE THERE IS NO ROOM FOR ORIGINALITY
Posted on 9/12/09 at 9:28 am to nosaj56
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but we're an ag school!!!!!!!!!!!!!! people should know how to grow grass here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(this is the dumbest response ever)
Correction: Dumbest response is....
"Football is meant to be played on real grass blah blah blah"
Field Turf is in many ways a superior product to real grass especially in the Southern La climate (tons of rain) There are many injuries that are the result of a poorly maintained grass field.
This post was edited on 9/12/09 at 9:31 am
Posted on 9/12/09 at 9:28 am to ForeLSU
what can we do that's original anymore?
and anyway, we couldn't do anything original other than a new band song b/c then the tradition freaks would rise up in arms
and anyway, we couldn't do anything original other than a new band song b/c then the tradition freaks would rise up in arms
Posted on 9/12/09 at 9:43 am to Cajun Slick
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"couldn't they just cover the field till game time?"
When you cover natural surfaces, you need to account for humidity, additional heat etc. If there is condensation, they field will be slippery. It'll be better to let it drain than allow condensation at the top.
When you leave your bagged grass/leaves on your lawn, you may find a patch of yellowing grass. Similar conditions affect this field as well, if you cover with a tarp.
Posted on 9/12/09 at 9:45 am to SlowFlowPro
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dude
it's likely going to monsoon at tiger stadium tonite
our field has been horrible for years, and it looks like it will be horrible after our first game this year
dude...while I agree that our field can look bad (I have advocated in past posts for field turf)...I'm still patiently waiting for sfp to give us insight as to what he does find appealing about the LSU football program. You're obviously not a dummy...why so negaive?
Posted on 9/12/09 at 9:45 am to YellowShoe
Will the field conditions get as bad as the 04 Oregon State game? That was the worst I've seen the playing conditions get from constant rain. '03 UGA game was pretty bad as well.
Posted on 9/12/09 at 9:47 am to YellowShoe
The real reason the won't covert anytime soon to artifical is because after 2005 and Katrina when the saints gave some money to change the surface they spent a million bucks on subsurface drainage and all kinds of crap for the field.........I think this is the reason they won't change it, invested money natural.
Posted on 9/12/09 at 9:48 am to L S Usetheforce
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Will the field conditions get as bad as the 04 Oregon State game? That was the worst I've seen the playing conditions get from constant rain. '03 UGA game was pretty bad as well.
Tiger Stadium drains like a champ now..........but............you can't change wet bermuda.....
Posted on 9/12/09 at 9:49 am to L S Usetheforce
Drainage isn't the issue.....it's the grass they use as well as the nature of a grass field in general. In wet climates, it doesnt perform well.
force is right.
force is right.
This post was edited on 9/12/09 at 9:50 am
Posted on 9/12/09 at 9:51 am to learnthehardway
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i am fairly sure that a wealthy alum ( cant remember who ) donated 100% of the cost of their turf
Then let's just have a fundraiser on the OT-everyone there makes 6 figures, lives in a 4000 sq. ft. house, and has bank >$1 mill.
Seriously, Alleva is trying to raise money to refurb the outside (North Stadium dorms for us old-timers), why not pass the hat for turf first?
Posted on 9/12/09 at 9:51 am to SlowFlowPro
I was waiting for you to be called negative or a negatiger and the rant came through for me.
Posted on 9/12/09 at 9:53 am to CharlesLSU
They put so much sand under it to help it drain that the grass never took well and it has poor roots, therefore you will see huge clumps of grass being thrown all over.
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