Now that is much more realistic. 1.5" per hour. Those poor aubies, the big numbers get really confusing. But you gotta admit, 36 in 24 sounds much more impressive than 1.5 in 1. Those shrewd marketing people.
This just in: During the hurricane a fire truck was stolen from the Auburn Fire Department. Authorities were astonished when they entered Pubic-Hare Stadium to find Tubby soaking the field with the fire hose. Although no charges have been filed, Tubby was forced to give back the big red hat - in return, the good firemen let Tubby climb up the ladder and play with the radio...
These Gomers don't have the first clue about what they say here ... If it were to rain 12 inches over a 24 hour period ... the field would be a joke and unplayable unless covered ... end of story ... their bull **** bragging about their "magical drainage system" refers to the size of their pumps ... located in the sumps or pits made of concrete located well underground ... and the ability to channel or drain and move a specific volume of water water from inside the stadium to an evaporation pond or water treatment facility ... If the pumps fail to "kick on" when a low level alarm (means the sumps are filling) goes off ... then the field will flood ... cover or no cover My guess is that a couple of 50 HP pumps (1 used, 1 spare) could drain Tiger Stadium ... there is no magical formula for preventing water logged soil other than to keep the damned cover on ... hence, trickle irrigation is used and the grass never has to be watered ... just covered If the Auburn field is wet at all after 3.5 inches of rain ... :dis: THEN THAT AZZHOLE TUBERVILLE HAD THEM BRING A FIREHOSE OUT AND SOAK THE DAMNED THING ... OR THEY LEFT THE COVER OFF DURING THE STORM ... PRETTY CHICKEN**** ... BUT THAT'S THE LOWLIFE TRUTH THAT THE BARNERS ARE FAMOUS FOR. IF THE FIELD IS BONE DRY ... THAT MEANS THEY KEPT THE COVER ON IT AND USED THEIR NORMAL WATERING PRACTICE ... DON'T COUNT ON THIS I hear the Barners invented the "magical cat" show too ... back in 1982 for a quarter you could see a Barner cat "dance" in a microwave oven for 15 seconds
Difficult to believe. The pump stations in New Orleans are only equipped to pump out 1" - 1 1/2" of water per hour.
I thought about adding that when I replied earlier. But then I considered the square area inside the levee system into account. The 1" to 1.5" accounts for the max pump rate across the entire area. That is a huge amount of water that NO pumps out, relative to the rainfall amount. Dabbs' statement later on of 36" in 24 hr makes much more sense. Somebody just got their wires crossed.
Easy, everyone. I was simply passing info I read on a message board. Take it for what it's worth. Perhaps I misread his numbers. Whatever, it's a moot point. The sun is out in Auburn and the field will be dry when we play. No worries about a wet field.
Why does everyone assume a wet field favors AU? Is LSU only a "speed" team, are we that one dimensional? Saban built this team to play physical football, basically to line up and hit the other team in the mouth for 4 qtrs . . . regardless of rain, snow, or whatever else can fall out of the sky. I honestly don't think field conditions matter all that much. If the field is wet, then both teams have the same disadvantage working against them. If AU is favored by a wet field, then that would mean AU is the better team since they can handle conditions we cannot. I don't believe that, I feel LSU has more talent and is a stronger team than AU. Wet field or not, the better team should win the game and that team should be LSU.
I haven't bought into that wet field crap since the OSU game. We played well last year on a wet field. But from some of the barners here expect a dry field.
its nothing to buy into... Saban doesnt BS and on many occassions he said that the weather for that game took away a very distinct advantage of his team. Speed. Its quite elementary....nothing real complicated about it. however, it doesnt mean we shouldnt be able to handle a team physically either way. DA was on his game and was quite impressive tossing that ball around in the slop.
