Turf

[panthertrack]

A source told me the NCAA ruled our turf unusable/unsafe and we have to get new carpet for the next season.

Anyone else heard this? That's a pretty big expense at a time like this.

[Trapped in California]

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A source told me the NCAA ruled our turf unusable/unsafe and we have to get new carpet for the next season.

Anyone else heard this? That's a pretty big expense at a time like this.

Same stuff they use in the Alamo dome (without the indoor track surface below) so I would have to wonder...

[achrist70]

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Same stuff they use in the Alamo dome (without the indoor track surface below) so I would have to wonder...

The have Field Turf in the Alamo Dome. However they do use the same stuff as us in the Fargo Dome.

[clenz]

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I would bet the stuff in the fargo dome is newer than ours.

[achrist70]

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Ours is 18 years old the same age as the Fargo Dome. I don't know if it is the original turf up there.

[06panther10]

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Maybe we can get the NCAA to buy it for us...

[achrist70]

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Maybe we can get the NCAA to buy it for us...

Good luck with that!

[Blue42]

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Odd. UNI played more home games than any other team in FCS this year...9. And I don't recall any specific injuries that caused players to miss games as a result of that turf.

I'm sure it's far from ideal. But unsafe and unusable? If that were the case UNI's roster would be riddled with injuries more than anyone's, but they were quite healthy as of the end of the Richmond game.

[igo4uni]

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get new turf.

[Newsbreaker]

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Would the University start a rumor like this to justify a high cost weeks after cutting a program?

[TH1974]

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Would the University start a rumor like this to justify a high cost weeks after cutting a program?

More likely, Dannen's starting this rumor to justify cutting football.