Turf Watch

[JayJ79]

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I figured this would be the case: we get new turf and some people will complain because it is different from the old turf.

[Scrambler]

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I don't think Mondo would be so happy with us for mowing the work they did all this summer....

I agree.. I just didn't know if it comes one length and we can decide how high we want the "grass to be". I am not that familiar with the it.

Jay--are you saying I am complaining?

[Kyle]

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Even if the turf is slower, it will be equally slower for both teams. I don't see any advantage lost.

[UNIfreak28]

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I bet the do come in different lengths.

My guess is the university either looked at:
-Injury Rate on lengths
-Price.

Most likely the last one

[Newsbreaker]

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As I understood it, FieldTurf used to be installed in such a way that the grass was all sorts of different lengths. Job one was having people, scissors in hand, going blade by blade to even it out.

Thankfully this stuff doesn't have that kind of problem.

[Chitown Panther]

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Even if the turf is slower, it will be equally slower for both teams. I don't see any advantage lost.

Kyle I couldn't agree more. I have never understood the growing of grass....making a wet or muddy field....etc.

If a guys is faster than me on any surface...he is faster on all....

[UNIFanSince1983]

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Pretty much all "new" turf surfaces come in the same length. It will be faster than grass, especially that long crap the keep down in Macomb. It will be slower than the old stuff, but nothing is as fast as that cement. The injuries will be fewer (especially rug burns). I don't think there will be "more" ankle injuries. It will also be easier on the joints, and players will not be as beat up towards the end of the season.

This is just from my experience in playing on similar surfaces at Wartburg and Augustana.

[JayJ79]

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rug burns?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5x_ikFpqz0

[Panther-Sheik]

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I think the lengths are pretty standard. The filler actually fills the fibers up some so that the length of the grass will seem less when they play on it. It doesn't feel a whole lot different than other "field turf" surfaces that I have walked on, though.

[jegbomb52]

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You can get several different lengths. Granted, it has been a few years but the turf at SMS is significantly longer than the turf at Indiana State and Youngstown. I am not sure what the difference is but it is definitely noticable.

[06panther10]

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I thought that I had heard Farley talking about how our new turf may be a bit shorter than most other fields. We wanted to get it fairly short to keep taking advatange of our speed in the dome as we used to.

[UNIpanther99]

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Do you think they will still open it up to fans after the games? I can see both sides of this issue... You want to protect it, but it's a great thing to do for the fans.

[JayJ79]

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Do you think they will still open it up to fans after the games? I can see both sides of this issue... You want to protect it, but it's a great thing to do for the fans.

I really don't see how having fans on it would adversely affect it (unless someone purposefully tries to damage it, like that yahoo from App State in Chatty in '05). I mean, the turf is DESIGNED for football, which entails 300# guys with cleets running back and forth and whatnot. I wouldn't think a few fans in sneakers running across it would exactly wear it down

[Roy Fleming]

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When are they going to add the soccer lines on the field? I think it sucks without yellow lines all over the place.

[UNI Prof]

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Perhaps someone already posted this, but the webcam is now a video of the installation process.