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- Thread starter MililaniBuckeye
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Yeah, the competition committee needs to get on this ASAP before 50 lower division/non-AQ Boise wannabes install crayola turf to get their program regular appearances on TV. To be honest, I'm surprised it's taken this long for someone else to do it.
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buxfan4life
The future's so bright, I've gotta wear... shades.
The Big Outhouse with urine colored turf. That would be classic.
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Dryden;1655409; said:
My biggest concern isn't who gets on TV, it's trying to maintain uniformity in playing surfaces throughout the game. I realize each place is going to be a little different based on how high the grass is, how good it is, or whether or not it's real or fake. I don't think any more variables are desirable.
I've always wondered how many opposing QBs throw INTs that result from not seeing a Boise State player because they're camouflaged (blue uniforms against a blue backdrop). I realize that teams that wear green are going might enjoy a similar situation on a naturally colored field, but visiting players would be acclimated to that coloring where they wouldn't be on a strange colored field.
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Poe McKnoe
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buxfan4life;1655415; said:
I hear they are just going to install West Virginia's turf with the WV at midfield and get the transition over with.
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One of the things I love about baseball is the variation of field surfaces and dimensions. The rules of baseball cover where the four bases, pitchers mound, rubber, and batters boxes are supposed to be, but after the infield it's pretty much up to the lay of the land and the architect. It's part of the charm of baseball that it's the only sport where you will regularly make a legal play on a batted ball while you're out of bounds, and you may have to dodge spectators, officals, and furniture while doing it.jlb1705;1655422; said:
While common sense says baseball should be played on grass, and that grass should be green, there is not to my knowledge any rule in baseball that says you can't have the playing surface be concrete, asphalt, gravel, carpet, or flaming hot vinyl disco records. The Chicago White Sox have attempted all of these at some point or another after all.
But that's baseball.
Football, on the other hand, should be played on natural green grass with a pit of mud/permafrost down the center of the field between the hashes. It should be 20 degrees and snowing, and the game should start at noon.
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Particularly LBs or DL lurking underneath in their peripheral vision. That would be a much better scientific study than the idiotic face symmetry angle they used to evaluate quarterbacks.
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Bleed S & G
Taking Crazy Pills
We need more grey as it is, dude. Maybe grey numbers on a black turf with Woody's face at the 50.. now I'd pay $15 extra dollars per ticket for that!!1!Chewbacca;1655504; said:
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To be honest, it's really wasteful spending to redress the field for different events and only use the facilities for certain sports, or have different buildings for non-revenue sports. I say just go ahead and paint hashes for high school, college and the NFL on there, and maybe add all the field markings for la crosse, rugby, and soccer! Just leave all of them on there year-round. There's no reason not to have some event at the 'Shoe every single day of the year.Bleed S & G;1655537; said:
Of course, it'd be more difficult to single out the sideline hashes for football with all those other lines on there, so they could make that part more spectator friendly by just painting all the numbers from 1 through 50 on there in both directions. They should be doing this already anyway, after all, football isn't played in only 10 yard increments. Of course, they can't paint the number 45 on the field, so they'll use Archie faces there instead.
That would look awesome ... a giant Woody face in the middle of the field with four slightly smaller Archie faces flanking it on all four corners! Damn, they need to get this done. That would look so pimp for our Thursday night opener!
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