I don't know because I am not a groundskeeper. Logic dictates there will be no mud, however. You ****ing blamed the players implicitly with your post, so don't jump my ass.
O.K. take a couple valiums and settle down The point Im trying to make, is no matter what the field is made of(rubber, grass, cement, dog crap) a wet surface is slippery. You do whatever you can to compensate for that. But changing the turf will not eliminate that large amounts of water falling from the sky makes an open air stadium have a slippery playing surface.
Yeah, why don't we make it BLUE Turf too.... turf in a outdoor staudim is for people North of the Mason Dixon line....it would laughable in Louisiana. :geauxtige
I would love for the Tigers to continue to play on its natural grass surface. That being said, I for one am not opposed to field turf under the current circumstances. The field is in terrible shape and will only get worse if the Saints continue to play in Tiger Stadium and if Tulane uses it again. I remember in 2002 walking on the field and literally you could grab chunks out of the field it was so bad. There was no roots, it appeared to have too much sand base and the roots couldn't set in and grab hold. I'm afraid of that surface costing LSU a game or worse a player getting seriously injured because of its poor condition. Instead of field turf, I'm hoping the NFL will send their "turf gurus" down to Baton Rouge to install a new grass surface and along with the LSU folks manage it closer than ever. With the water table so high being near the river it makes it really tuff on those folks who oversee it.
After reading the responses to this issue, it seems no one here, so far, really has any expertise in athletic fields. And as such, all comments are really uniformed opinions, however well intended. I myself know nothing about the new turf versus real grass. That said, I absolutely HATE the idea the field in Tiger Stadium would be changed for any other reason than it being for the benefit of the LSU players. They deserve the best field that suits OUR team - not a field that's chosen because it can pull double duty. If the best field for LSU happens to be the most durable, great. If not, send the Saints elsewhere. The school does not need the distraction. Besides, I'll be damned if LSU ever loses one point because someone slipped in the backfield on an over-played field.
AMEN!!!! One of the WORST things Michigan, with all it's history and tradition, did was install that fake grass, sh*t! (not that I care too much for Michigan, but I DEFINATELY HATE anything other than REAL GRASS)
Speed is not an issue when it comes to products like Field Turf. The turf is made up of "blades of grass" like real grass and is filled in with sand and rubber pellets made from ground up tires, etc. There are far more benefits from using it than not. First and foremost studies have shown that Field Turf (not Astro Turf) reduce certain injuries when compared to real grass. For example there is a study floating around here that states that in the NFL, 85.5 percent of sprains occur on grass, with only 14.5 percent occurring on synthetic surfaces. Statistics also show that non-contact ACL injuries are more common on grass than artificial turf. The economic benefit may be the most substantial. The University of Wisonsin recently estimated the the costs of maintaining a grass field cost ten times as much as maintaining an artificial one and the costs to install are relatively the same. Natural grass also limits the number of events that can be held on said field, not that that is a big issue for LSU. Then there is the task of painting the field for every game that is eliminated. I would love to see Field Turf or a similar product installed at Tiger Field. It would be a great gesture were the NFL and/or the Saints to furnish the field to LSU as thanks for playing host. I know that the Saints have gotten Astro Play brand turf installed in the Superdome for practically nothing. I do know that in my experience talking with the numerous football players that travel in and out of Monroe, most prefer Field Turf to real grass...
Except for those that have the misfortune of getting that sand and ground up tire bits in their eyes... ...ok...that's all I have in the "Con" department. :hihi: I just like the seeing guys with "grass stains" is all.
TS won't go with the field turf and stay with grass just like they did with the whole Astro-turf phase. The only thing that could change is switching to rye grass. Rye grass is greener and rugged, but doesn't grow as fast as bermuda.
