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Field conditions at Ohio Stadium

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IronBuckI;614535; said:
We're not watching the same game as the one from the 50's. This game is alot more fun to watch if you have better conditions for the teams. Three yards and a cloud of rubber debris doesn't fly in today's football.
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I agree the game isn't the same as the 50s. I'm not so sure it's less fun to watch. But, that's neither here nor there.. and I suppose I should say, I wasn't around in the 50s, but they had some shit fields in the 70s, and that I DO remember.

Anyway, my opinion is they should stick to sod.
 
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exhawg;614432; said:
The only bad thing about putting new sod down is that we lose the artificial layer that holds the turf together. New grass is going to get more torn up than the field has in the past. I would hate to see the Shoe go back to any type of fake turf, but I hear the new stuff is pretty good
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Smith mentioned on Hooley's show that the athletic dept will revisit the turf situation at the end of the season. His concern, and JT's, is primarily injury prevention. His attitude is that if $100,000 prevents an injury, than it is an investment that he has no choice but to pursue. His statement was that they're only looking for a new surface that'll last through the four remaining home games, they're not concerned about whether the root system "takes" and holds up for the expected 2-4 year life cycle.

He sounded like a proponent of field turf, both in support of JT's push to bring HS playoffs back to the Shoe, and to make the facilities available for concerts once again. My sense, after listening to him yesterday, was that his mind is made up and the plan is mostly already in motion: a stop-gap resurface after the field is presumably torn up during play tomorrow due to the already deteriorating condition and the forecast for more rain up until and throughout the game, then a switch to field turf in the spring of next year.

I'm sure he's also keeping one eye on the schedule, anticipating that if Ohio State wins out, beating Michigan at home to go to the national title game, the field will get destroyed no matter what by the fans -- similar to what happened in 2002.
 
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks;614539; said:
I agree the game isn't the same as the 50s. I'm not so sure it's less fun to watch. But, that's neither here nor there.. and I suppose I should say, I wasn't around in the 50s, but they had some shit fields in the 70s, and that I DO remember.

Anyway, my opinion is they should stick to sod.
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I'm like you, I like seeing grass stains and mud on uniforms but I do understand the monetary reason for going with the Field Turf.

Actually, I've never heard many complaints about Field Turf from players.

This way people couldn't vandalize fields with Roundup like what happened at Iowa last year. :slappy:
 
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IronBuckI;614529; said:
I'm guessing that he's talking about Paul Brown Tiger Stadium in Massilon. I believe it's still astroturf, and is a lot closer to Wooster than Cincinnati is.
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Yes, thank you Ironbuck i was talking about the original Paul Brown stadium which is astro turf.
 
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks;614539; said:
I agree the game isn't the same as the 50s. I'm not so sure it's less fun to watch. But, that's neither here nor there.. and I suppose I should say, I wasn't around in the 50s, but they had some shit fields in the 70s, and that I DO remember.

Anyway, my opinion is they should stick to sod.
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I didn't think that I said the 50's game is less fun to watch than the modern game. Rather that the modern game isn't as much fun to watch if it's played on a crap surface.

Bucks21;614598; said:
Yes, thank you Ironbuck i was talking about the original Paul Brown stadium which is astro turf.
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I also prefer grass. And it can be used to increase the home field advantage.

When one of those Southern schools comes up here, we can grow the grass real long to offset the 'Florida speed', since that's probably our only real chance. :tongue2:
 
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Bob Buck;614815; said:
I'll never forget Terry Glenn laying out for an amazing catch... and then coming down hard on astroturf. It shattered his shoulder, and that just wouldn't have happened with grass.
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i also remember MoC going down on the astroturf in Madison, and tearing his shoulder up as well.
 
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Bob Buck;614815; said:
I'll never forget Terry Glenn laying out for an amazing catch... and then coming down hard on astroturf. It shattered his shoulder, and that just wouldn't have happened with grass.
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I'm remembering a diving catch deep over the middle in the Metrodome.
 
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That film was neat to watch. Technology has came a long way since then. The Koro machine cuts the turf and mat, grinds it up, and blows it out into a wagon. Much faster than that sod cutter. Of note, did you see the paint lines on the soil after the sod was cut. That's why painting is very bad for the field, and must be done very carefully and infrequently as possible. The sod laying machines are also much faster and lighter than the one in the film. Not only does that speed up the process, it allows the sod to be installed thinner for quicker rooting, or thicker (I don't think you can get any thicker than the film) for more stability in a shorter time period. Greenies to Gallowbuck for the link..
 
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