Turf At ND Stadium

[Indydomer]

dont worry fellas it won't dis credit our tradition if we don't have real grass. The players on the field are what keep the tradition going. I think we need to go with whatever Charlie thinks. ha ha

 

[Freeman Ara]

I think any type of artifial stuff at ND Stadium would be a disgrace, I know the new stuff is great but it just doesn't seem right. anybody else hear that they are renovating the lower bowl of the stadium in the next few years? I thought I heard the NBC guys say something about it saturday but I just wanted to check if I was imagining things.

 

[proudndfan]

my high school is talking about astro play for the football and soccer fields so their isnt any maintenance.

 

[SIUIrish]

No, but sometimes you hit the ground and slide, causing tiny bits of rubber to fly eveywhere.

They have the Astro Play in Carbondale, don't they SIUIrish?

Yes, we have the field turf/astro play or whatever it is called at SIU. I've heard it called so many different names but it all is basically the same. I've played on this stuff at football camps in high school and I'm in the athletic traning program here, so I've been on our field; it's nice because it is easier on the joints imo but the rubber bits get everywhere.

IF Notre Dame changes the field, look at pictures of Calvin Johnson's td against us this year and the grass at GT. That stuff looks like a carpet and I dont recall anyone slipping or falling on that stuff. That is the only kind of grass Notre Dame should change to if they do indeed opt to make a change.

 

[NDgettysburg]

IF Notre Dame changes the field, look at pictures of Calvin Johnson's td against us this year and the grass at GT. That stuff looks like a carpet and I dont recall anyone slipping or falling on that stuff. That is the only kind of grass Notre Dame should change to if they do indeed opt to make a change.

Guessing it might be Bermuda grass. Couldn't find out exactly but it looks like this is the company that maintains it.

http://www.harmonturfservices.com/pages/award.html

 

[SIUIrish]

IF Notre Dame changes the field, look at pictures of Calvin Johnson's td against us this year and the grass at GT. That stuff looks like a carpet and I dont recall anyone slipping or falling on that stuff. That is the only kind of grass Notre Dame should change to if they do indeed opt to make a change.

Here is a link to what I am referring to.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mu...1/gallery.cfb.burningquestions/content.4.html

 

[Pete]

that was also the first game of the season. also bermuda grass will not survive in south bend.

 

[SIUIrish]

that was also the first game of the season. also bermuda grass will not survive in south bend.

My high school re-did our field in the spring of 2005 with a mixture of northern and southern bermuda. I never got to play on it, but it looks really nice and many schools in this area have bermuda fields. The first link is a series of pictures taken during the renovation project from start to finish and the other is a link to pictures of this seasons playoff game and games from the start of the season. In the second link you can see what happens to bermuda when the seasons begin to change.

http://www.marshallquarterbackclub.com/id65.html

http://www.marshallquarterbackclub.com/id80.html

 

[Pete]

I am hoping that those pictures of the crapy field in the first linkk where the before pics. Because if not your school got hosed.

 

[SIUIrish]

yeah, those were before pics. that was a 2nd round playoff game too. my team was standing outside our locker room when the other team showed up, they had this look on their faces like "we really have to play on that sh!t?"

 

[Indydomer]

Just saw that the Patriots are putting in Field Turf instead of their natural grass. Should be ready for the game against the Bears. Will Charlie follow?

 

[ackirl]

The New England Patriots hastily installed Field Turf this week.

 

[mizzouirish]

Are you kidding me? Turf on a football field? I am sorry if this offends some peoples' posts but that is the stupidest idea I have ever heard. That's like saying that baseball is better played inside a dome. Better yet, football is better played in a dome. Other than basketball, sports were meant to be played outside in the natural elements. There is nothing cooler than watching a football game in a rain or snow drenched setting with players fighting the elements and the other team(i.e. ND-Penn State Snow Bowl). I would argue that if anything, natural grass shows who the REAL athletes are. Football on artificial turf, COME ON.

 

[NDOM]

Are you kidding me? Turf on a football field? I am sorry if this offends some peoples' posts but that is the stupidest idea I have ever heard. That's like saying that baseball is better played inside a dome. Better yet, football is better played in a dome. Other than basketball, sports were meant to be played outside in the natural elements. There is nothing cooler than watching a football game in a rain or snow drenched setting with players fighting the elements and the other team(i.e. ND-Penn State Snow Bowl). I would argue that if anything, natural grass shows who the REAL athletes are. Football on artificial turf, COME ON.

Well put dude! I agree with that statement.