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Nov 14, 2023
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BlueBlood
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Funny thing is, after all those glowing articles about the new turf...
it was TERRIBLE that year. Whatever the plans were, I don't think it was as good as they hoped it would be.
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tkh9
11/14/23 10:22pm
Funny thing is, after all those glowing articles about the new turf...
BlueBlood
11/14/23 10:32pm
Agreed. It was a mess until year 2.
tkh9
11/14/23 10:33pm
Seemed like sod didn’t have time to root. Like they did it in Aug
CorndogStickshift
11/15/23 11:04am
They need to do what the broncos did with their field. I know it cost a bunch
A Drew Aitch
11/14/23 11:15pm
What did the Broncos do?
BlueBlood
11/14/23 11:28pm
They have a whole process. But one thing is that they run pipes under the turf
A Drew Aitch
11/14/23 11:32pm
I'm pretty sure that our turf is heated. Or my memory is slipping in my old age.
CougarScrub
11/15/23 6:39am
Nope. We tarp the field every night when it starts to freeze.
buhlcougar
11/15/23 6:45am
The baseball field is heated.
tkh9
11/15/23 8:20am
Painted their fake turf blue.
Les IsMore
11/15/23 2:29pm
Time to remove it again
Big-Q
11/15/23 7:24am
But more injuries. Players overwhelming prefer real grass
runnincoug
11/15/23 7:25am
Seems like Saturday the players preferred it slipping all over the field.
Big-Q
11/15/23 8:39am
how new are these new turfs? Research completed in 2020 indicated more injuries
runnincoug
11/15/23 8:56am
it depends on who is paying for the study. Here's what the NFL says per Titans
Best Guess
11/15/23 3:33pm
Funny--seems almost everyone except the administration want grass at Ohio State
Buckeye
11/15/23 10:30am
Absolutely not.
Senora Featherbottom
11/15/23 1:54pm
My cousin was studying landscape management at the time and
CougaRR4L
11/15/23 11:53am
They haven’t replace it since then? The first year on this grass was a disaster!
Shawarma
11/15/23 4:28pm
How does the grass even recover from use late in the season?
Bobber
11/15/23 2:33pm
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