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Tiger Stadium turf...Whats the plan?
Posted on 12/1/19 at 8:34 am
Posted on 12/1/19 at 8:34 am
Not to knit pick, but the only negative i saw this season and last night is the condition of the field at the TS.
Last night guys were slipping and ripping up chunks of turf.
If I were LSU admins, i would hire a consultant from Miss. State’s turf program and get this corrected. MSU has the best golf course management program around and you can tell they know what they are doing with the football field.
Hell, even Auburn’s field looked like it held up much better after the Iron Bowl compared to TS.
So what the plan and who is in charge of its replacement?
Last night guys were slipping and ripping up chunks of turf.
If I were LSU admins, i would hire a consultant from Miss. State’s turf program and get this corrected. MSU has the best golf course management program around and you can tell they know what they are doing with the football field.
Hell, even Auburn’s field looked like it held up much better after the Iron Bowl compared to TS.
So what the plan and who is in charge of its replacement?
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Posted on 12/1/19 at 8:36 am to Covingtontiger77
Auburn’s field was an absolute wreck. It rains and the fields get sloppy. Some things are hard to control. Not sure if there is a perfect solution to this.
Posted on 12/1/19 at 8:37 am to Covingtontiger77
It’s being replaced.
Also they need to stop allowing the country music festival to play there. It should only be used for football
Also they need to stop allowing the country music festival to play there. It should only be used for football
Posted on 12/1/19 at 8:38 am to Covingtontiger77
Chances of going artificial in the next 10 years? I've heard the term "Goat Pasture" kicked around lately. Do grass fields have a shelf-life and need to be replaced every so many years??
That said, I believe that teams with home grass play better when traveling to artificial turf.
That said, I believe that teams with home grass play better when traveling to artificial turf.
Posted on 12/1/19 at 8:39 am to Covingtontiger77
Overall this was the worst I've seen it over the course of the season. It's never been this bad. Someone fricked up.
Posted on 12/1/19 at 8:39 am to Covingtontiger77
Dude relax. The field is scheduled to get replaced.
Probably a lot to do with it is the shite weather we had since July.
- Rained all July
- Didn’t rain a drop in August or September and we had triple digits thru the first week of October
- Cool and rainy in October
- Arctic blast first of Nov
Probably a lot to do with it is the shite weather we had since July.
- Rained all July
- Didn’t rain a drop in August or September and we had triple digits thru the first week of October
- Cool and rainy in October
- Arctic blast first of Nov
Posted on 12/1/19 at 8:39 am to Covingtontiger77
Hire the Mississippi St. crew
Posted on 12/1/19 at 8:40 am to Covingtontiger77
If you are so passionate about the turf then donate money to TAF. It’s that simple. If you do not have the money then all good. Focus on more important issues.
Posted on 12/1/19 at 8:41 am to LSUlefty
I believe the field gets replaced every offseason. NFL fields do it multiple times if necessary.
Posted on 12/1/19 at 8:41 am to LSUlefty
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Hire the Mississippi St. crew
That rinky dink stadium of theirs doesn’t block the sun like TS
Posted on 12/1/19 at 8:42 am to Yeti_Chaser
It was worse when the saints played here.
The field held up pretty good last night. Considering the record flood stage of the miss river all summer the field did great. I’m old school football should be played on real grass frick all those rubber pellets.
The field held up pretty good last night. Considering the record flood stage of the miss river all summer the field did great. I’m old school football should be played on real grass frick all those rubber pellets.
Posted on 12/1/19 at 8:43 am to Covingtontiger77
Being replaced this spring.
Posted on 12/1/19 at 8:44 am to Yeti_Chaser
quote:It's been much worse. Nothing unusual about the field. If it gets wet, it's going to tear up. After a certain point in the season, it cannot repair itself due to non growing temperatures.
It's never been this bad. Someone fricked up.
Posted on 12/1/19 at 8:45 am to Covingtontiger77
IMO the turf is much better than it was 20 years ago, when they had major problems. Painting the field green to cover dirt and dead grass was normal.
Posted on 12/1/19 at 8:45 am to Covingtontiger77
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Not to knit pick, but the only negative i saw this season and last night is the condition of the field at the TS.
Last night guys were slipping and ripping up chunks of turf.
I have said this repeatedly over the last couple of weeks. LSU turf is not 3" thick grass. It is mowed like a PGA fairway. So is every other grass field in the SEC. Ole Miss field looked like it had been plowed a couple weeks ago after we played.
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If I were LSU admins, i would hire a consultant from Miss. State’s turf program and get this corrected. MSU has the best golf course management program around and you can tell they know what they are doing with the football field.
I am pretty sure we are using a MSU developed sod/turf/drainage presently. I know we were when Miles was still here.
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