Reviews on new turf?

[in_the_stands]

A couple of big slips early, and the TV announcers were wondering if the turf was slick or the players had wrong shoes. I didn't notice any after that, anybody hear any player comments?

Looked great on TV, of course.

[clenz]

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After the Iowa game, and slips, I wondered about the shoes too. It looks like a lot of the players are wearing a molded style cleat as opposed to the metal screw in cleats. Are the metal style not allowed on the turf?

[9YRPLAN]

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most players prefer a molded cleat with more spikes to screw-ins for this surface. i personally use shorter screw-ins on field turf, but then again i dont have a sponsor giving me shoes.

[Panther-Sheik]

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Wonder if maybe it is a combination of shoes and also the turf getting broken in. Most field turfs get rain, snow, sunshine etc. to break them in even when not played on. Ours might still have some gloss that just needs playing time to eliminate?? Looks great and I think it has been getting good reviews from the players...especially when it comes to wear and tear on the joints. Should hopefully make for a fresher team at the end of the season.

[Born-a-Panther]

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Farley said at the press luncheon yesterday that they are looking at the shoes and trying to work through it -- I couldn't hear everything he said. He did say the players absolutely love it, and how much easier it is on everyone's bodies.

[Khan4Cats]

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It's a combination of the new turf still being broken in and finding the right shoe, or at least shoes the players are comfortable with.

Should be a big advantage to us for a couple years as other schools will have to adapt with much less acclimation.

[CincyPanther88]

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It's a combination of the new turf still being broken in and finding the right shoe, or at least shoes the players are comfortable with.

Should be a big advantage to us for a couple years as other schools will have to adapt with much less acclimation.

I hope so. I was worried when they took out the old turf and replaced it with the new turf that since no one plays on that kind of turf we had anymore.

[JayJ79]

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I hope so. I was worried when they took out the old turf and replaced it with the new turf that since no one plays on that kind of turf we had anymore.

well, except NDSU. but they're quickly becoming a "no one" anyway

[FMPanther]

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[Newsbreaker]

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That's a large picture.

[JayJ79]

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According to the TV broadcast, the center logo is actually a tad bit higher than the rest of the turf. And there are plans to redo that section during UNI's bye week (or "idle" week, if you prefer) to remedy the situation.

Dunno if the height difference really poses that much of a problem, but it's still probably good to get it fixed.

[06panther10]

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According to the TV broadcast, the center logo is actually a tad bit higher than the rest of the turf. And there are plans to redo that section during UNI's bye week (or "idle" week, if you prefer) to remedy the situation.

Dunno if the height difference really poses that much of a problem, but it's still probably good to get it fixed.

I've been on it. Its no big deal if you ask me. Hardly noticable.

[clenz]

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I've been on it and hadn't noticed...hmmm.

[JayJ79]

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I wonder if they've yet made arrangements to fix whatever issues had cropped up with the new turf (with the logo or whatever, plus with the velcro).
Or if the rumors of those problems were just exagerated rumors.