Letting football field grass grow high to slow down fast players: fact or myth?

those that are slow already can't be slowed morely by higher grass.

ND duhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Yes, high grass would slow down all players.

Mud on the other hand has a greater affect on the faster players because only so much force can be generate before the ground gives way.

Nice try though, craig.

I know it has affected my little middle school team

Our offense relies on speed in space, and we have visited certain "3 yards and a cloud of dust" type teams and played in some high grass

Our kids play on turf at home, so it certainly slows us down. It doesn't account for us not being strong enough some of those game in the trench when the other team is running straight at us, but it certainly does affect us in space

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But wouldnt it slow down ALL the players?

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Yes, but that isn't the point nor the essential point of the mud bowl.

The idea is that the physics of field conditions will allow a player to only go X fast even if he can go faster (Y) in optimal conditions. The logic goes that the slow team will still be able to reach its normal speed because the field speed allowed (X) is higher or equal (or even lower) to their slow speed (Z), but lower than fast team's Y speed.. Therefore, the faster player (Y) MUST slow down to X speed which in turn is closer to Z team's speed of play.

At the end of the day we are talking about inches and decimals of a second, whether the above has merit or affects the outcome is up to you.

He is fast, real fast.

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But wouldnt it slow down ALL the players?

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What if your team was SOOO much slower than the other team?

Ask Charlie Weis...

He deliberately didn't cut the grass for weeks in 2005...

Almost worked.

A few years ago I saw Saban walk out 3 hours to kick off. Bend down, rub the grass (didn't eat any), shake his head, and say something to the guy next to him.

Next thing you know 5 mowers came out and mowed the whole field.

Maybe he wanted to make the other teams slow players fast for the first time and confuse them.

High grass slows down all players, but mental reaction time is always the same. If I'm a slow corner, high grass works to my advantage because a fast receiver will be less capable of juking me. Speed is still an advantage for him, but the advantage he has with quickness is diminished.