TURF - it's official

[woolybug25]

you guys didn't happen to have the same grandma did you?

You are freaking out… man...

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Yup! Its not as if the average ND ole basterd has the eye-sight to see the difference anyways

 

[Jerry]

A friend told me that you sometimes get the recycled rubber in your eyes when playing on field turf. This was like 10 years ago though. Anybody had that problem? That's the only downside I see. Well unless we get gold turf or something

 

[Henges24]

Will we be coming out of ND stadium on turf with our new Under Armour jerseys this year? Or do the jerseys/UA come next year?

 

[irishknight35]

Will we be coming out of ND stadium on turf with our new Under Armour jerseys this year? Or do the jerseys/UA come next year?

UA uniforms will be worn this coming football season. Contract ends with Adidas and starts with UA in June IIRC.

 

[BleedBlueGold]

This year screams green unis. Am I right?

 

[woolybug25]

This year screams green unis. Am I right?

You know that UA is slobbering at the opportunity to do the green unis.

 

[gkIrish]

This year screams green unis. Am I right?

Will look awesome paired with our new gold field turf.

 

[woolybug25]

Will look awesome paired with our new gold field turf.

Especially when they run past the 40 yard long bright green logo.

 

[gkIrish]

Especially when they run past the 40 yard long bright green logo.

Replay will look amazing on the hovering/wireless Papa John's jumbotron.

 

[woolybug25]

Replay will look amazing on the hovering/wireless Papa John's jumbotron.

Just wait until halftime. I heard Doritos was tinkering with sponsoring a streaming live Kei$ha show over the jumbotron.

 

[gkIrish]

Just wait until halftime. I heard Doritos was tinkering with sponsoring a streaming live Kei$ha show over the jumbotron.

So you could say..."It's going down" ?

 

[woolybug25]

So you could say..."It's going down" ?

Ah... Indeed!

YOLO

 

[NDdomer2]

A friend told me that you sometimes get the recycled rubber in your eyes when playing on field turf. This was like 10 years ago though. Anybody had that problem? That's the only downside I see. Well unless we get gold turf or something

I only recall it getting in someones eye once during my 4 years playing on it. Now in your shoes and socks is a whole other story.

 

[dshans]

GK & Wooly ... Knock it off!!!

I fear that your sarcastic remarks (My favorite style of remark, BTW) will be taken seriously and come to idiotic fruition.

I'm getting on in years, have a bad leg and an ever-increasing expanse of forehead. I'm not sure that my heart could take much more!

I am one of the few around this neck of the woods (IE, i.e.) that have an attachment to a grass field and affection for a "plain" field. As a "tree-hugger" I value the natural and view artificial "turf" an abomination. It is an affront to Mother Nature. It is yet another misguided attempt by mankind to misshape the natural order.

I think that ND should respect and pay homage to Our Lady, her Son and His Father, by allowing seeds not sown on rocky, barren grounds to grow and flourish.

Besides, when all is said and done, I like mud.

 

[GoIrish41]

GK & Wooly ... Knock it off!!!

I fear that your sarcastic remarks (My favorite style of remark, BTW) will be taken seriously and come to idiotic fruition.

I'm getting on in years, have a bad leg and an ever-increasing expanse of forehead. I'm not sure that my heart could take much more!

I am one of the few around this neck of the woods (IE, i.e.) that have an attachment to a grass field and affection for a "plain" field. AS a "tree-hugger" I value the natural and view artificial "turf" an abomination. It is an affront to Mother Nature. It is yet another misguided attempt by mankind to misshape the natural order.

I think that ND should respect and pay homage to Our Lady, her Son and His Father, by allowing seeds not sown on rocky, barren grounds to grow and flourish.

Besides, when all is said and done, I like mud.

will it help that they will put a giant UnderArmor logo in the middle of the field?

 

[dshans]

will it help that they will put a giant UnderArmor logo in the middle of the field?

It'll be upside down ... or sideways!!!

 

[Irish#1]

GK & Wooly ... Knock it off!!!

I fear that your sarcastic remarks (My favorite style of remark, BTW) will be taken seriously and come to idiotic fruition.

I'm getting on in years, have a bad leg and an ever-increasing expanse of forehead. I'm not sure that my heart could take much more!

I am one of the few around this neck of the woods (IE, i.e.) that have an attachment to a grass field and affection for a "plain" field. AS a "tree-hugger" I value the natural and view artificial "turf" an abomination. It is an affront to Mother Nature. It is yet another misguided attempt by mankind to misshape the natural order.

I think that ND should respect and pay homage to Our Lady, her Son and His Father, by allowing seeds not sown on rocky, barren grounds to grow and flourish.

Besides, when all is said and done, I like mud.

How dare you!

 

[dshans]

How dare you!

Hey, man, I'm just a blue hair that's gotta let his freak flag fly.

 

[chicago51]

A friend told me that you sometimes get the recycled rubber in your eyes when playing on field turf. This was like 10 years ago though. Anybody had that problem? That's the only downside I see. Well unless we get gold turf or something

Yea it does happen from time to time.

I've coach 7-8th graders since 05. Our home is a Chicago Park District grass field but most of the suburban teams play at local high school turf fields so I say I've coach 40-50 games on field turf since 05. I've only had the issue with the black stuff getting in a player's eye once.

In four years of high school ball prior to my coaching days we had 0 zero issues with turf.

 

[sos32]

Plant it in your yard and eventually your lawn will be brown.

No just some TLC, it would be my outside ND shrine! STAY OFF THE GRASS signs everywhere lol

 

[dshans]

No just some TLC, it would be my outside ND shrine! STAY OFF THE GRASS signs everywhere lol

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Let the sun shine, let the sun shine; let the sunshine in ...

 

[dshans]

you guys didn't happen to have the same grandma did you?

A fitting, and the only appropriate use for plastic grass ... aside from Easter Baskets.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

It is kind of funny, all my nature loving, tree hugging friends, would love nothing more than to get rid of all the grass, stadium, lawn, and otherwise. Turns out that all that you can plant and mow is a Northern European transplant or a hybrid from said. American grasses are longer, and wild; they don't make pretty lawns.

Also, native North American bees don't sting.

 

[connor_in]

An Idiot's Guide to FieldTurf - One Foot Down

 

[IrishBlood81]

you guys didn't happen to have the same grandma did you?

Dang, those stairs sure would hurt! Golly!

Let the sun shine, let the sun shine; let the sunshine in ...

Did you just make a reference to a modern, not-80-years-old, song??

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I'm sure it was a mistake or by accident.

 

[dshans]

Dang, those stairs sure would hurt! Golly!


Yeah. "Oh, and watch that last step – it's a doozy!"

Did you just make a reference to a modern, not-80-years-old, song??

I'm sure it was a mistake or by accident.

What do you think?

And the song is only 47 years old, you techno-pop punk, you!!!

 

[NCND]

What do you think?

And the song is only 47 years old, you techno-pop punk, you!!!

^This guy! Lol

 

[Bogtrotter07]

^This guy! Lol

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(This is what is being referred to.)

 

[dshans]

I wouldn't mind a little sunshine right now. I haven't seen it since around noon on Saturday.

My (natural turf) yard appreciates the precipitation but would also appreciate the sweet caress of some warm sunshine.