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  • #106
    Re: New turf in the Dome

    Originally posted by 06panther10 View Post
    We have to keep this thread going to keep the new turf dream alive.
    New turf alive and well and soon to appear in the Dome GREAT NEWS!!!!!

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    • #107
      Re: New turf in the Dome

      TD announced this AM on 1650 that a "formal announcement" would be made later today but that he might as well tell the listeners that a grant has been received and new turf will be installed. They hope to have it installed by this fall.
      Last edited by UNIAlum95; 05-21-2009, 09:08 AM.
      If computers ruled college basketball the way they do football, we'd have skipped all this March Madness monotony and just waited a month for the Kansas-Kentucky title game. And watched Northern Iowa play Cornell in the Poulan Weedeater Bowl. ~ Dwight Perry The Seattle Times

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      • #108
        Re: New turf in the Dome

        is this for real???????
        "I think they're very good," Farley said of the preseason top 25 Hawkeyes. "But so are we."

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        • #109
          Re: New turf in the Dome

          Originally posted by ubuntuCAT View Post
          is this for real???????
          Yes, you can literally "take it to the bank."

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          • #110
            Re: New turf in the Dome

            wow! I am way curious as to how they are going to implement new turf and what kind of turf it will be. Any word on who is funding this????? I think it's pretty safe to say that UNI is not.
            "I think they're very good," Farley said of the preseason top 25 Hawkeyes. "But so are we."

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            • #111
              Re: New turf in the Dome

              Originally posted by ubuntuCAT View Post
              wow! I am way curious as to how they are going to implement new turf and what kind of turf it will be. Any word on who is funding this????? I think it's pretty safe to say that UNI is not.
              He said the full annoucement would happen this PM but did say that it was a grant. I didn't get anything more specific.
              If computers ruled college basketball the way they do football, we'd have skipped all this March Madness monotony and just waited a month for the Kansas-Kentucky title game. And watched Northern Iowa play Cornell in the Poulan Weedeater Bowl. ~ Dwight Perry The Seattle Times

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              • #112
                Re: New turf in the Dome

                cool I wonder how they were able to get a grant for athletics? I guess I would have expected it to be funded privately if it ever happened. I wonder if the IHSAA has anything to do with it like they did with the big screen? We'll find out this evening.
                "I think they're very good," Farley said of the preseason top 25 Hawkeyes. "But so are we."

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                • #113
                  Re: New turf in the Dome

                  Let me be the first to plead...

                  No yellow endzones!!!
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                  The McLoud Center -Bob Lutz, Wichita Eagle, 2/3/2010

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                  • #114
                    Re: New turf in the Dome

                    The grant is coming from the BH Gaming Assoc if I remember correctly.

                    I believe the new turf is a new kind of field turf that can roll up.
                    Selling a lot of old UNI stuff here: http://www.panthernation.com/showthread.php?t=65762

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                    • #115
                      Re: New turf in the Dome

                      Great news. Now, try to make some money off of the old turf. Sell me a chunk for a door mat, key chain, etc and I'll pay 35-50 bucks. Then, share that with all of the great coaches our school has in all of the sports.

                      After the HAZMAT squad cleans up the turf of course.

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                      • #116
                        Re: New turf in the Dome

                        Originally posted by CR Panther View Post
                        Great news. Now, try to make some money off of the old turf. Sell me a chunk for a door mat, key chain, etc and I'll pay 35-50 bucks. Then, share that with all of the great coaches our school has in all of the sports.

                        After the HAZMAT squad cleans up the turf of course.
                        You can have the section that Ryan Doak on between plays. I remember that well.
                        If computers ruled college basketball the way they do football, we'd have skipped all this March Madness monotony and just waited a month for the Kansas-Kentucky title game. And watched Northern Iowa play Cornell in the Poulan Weedeater Bowl. ~ Dwight Perry The Seattle Times

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                        • #117
                          Re: New turf in the Dome

                          Holy Crap!!! this is awesome. I can't believe this is FINALLY going to happen.
                          UNI FIGHT

                          Originally posted by 9YRPLAN
                          iowa sucks, fran sucks, their schedule sucks, iowa fans suck

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                          • #118
                            Re: New turf in the Dome

                            This could be a great sports news day for me. First new turf in the Dome and now if only the Sox could complete the trade deal for Peavy I will be in sports heaven.

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                            • #119
                              Re: New turf in the Dome

                              So the Casino is (indirectly) coming through?

                              I had already wondered if there was a chance to get some stimulus money as a "shovel ready" project, but this is nicer.

                              My first reaction was that this wasn't the sort of investment I'd expect from gambling funds, but UNI football does drive some money in the local economy (and the HS football play-offs certainly do.) UNI Athletics is (and should be moreso) an economic engine locally, so this is a good expenditure of those funds. It's a chance for that money to be used to enhance something that already exists.

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                              • #120
                                Re: New turf in the Dome

                                So, lets start the new debate. How do you all want the field painted? I want the new logo at the 50 as we did last year, with unpainted enzones with purple and gold lettered Panthers in them.
                                UNI FIGHT

                                Originally posted by 9YRPLAN
                                iowa sucks, fran sucks, their schedule sucks, iowa fans suck

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