If the reports are correct, it would've been Tim.Wonder which one of these guys was the one who told the Hawkeye band to get off his ******* field...
Natural Grass vs Artificial/Field Turf
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Today we salute you Mr. Turf Grass Manager guy, you bust your ass maintaining something that is used 7 times a year and defend it when a ignorant rival band trespasses on it. While many people take the easy way out with artificial surfaces, you enjoy playing in the dirt and weeds to make a field that looks immaculate on game day that you manicure to fit your team's strengths. So crack open a nice cold Budweiser oh King of Grass.
The ISU defensive coaching staff always asks the grounds crew to leave the tarp off the field. That is a fact.
Seems like this deserves a bump. For as bad as the turf was in September, not the turf team's fault, it held up better in October and November than I envisioned. That said there were still large chunks of turf coming up and more slips than you would usually see. Once again this isn't the Tim fault, it is just the weather in Iowa isn't conducive to having a consistent surface.
Wonder what the long term plans are here. I am of the mind that CMC gets to decide what is best for the team.
Wonder what the long term plans are here. I am of the mind that CMC gets to decide what is best for the team.
Honestly I don’t know that you can expect better from the field. The turn around this year was amazing. The field turf team deserves a ton of credit. You can look at other grass fields even in the south and they look just as bad if not worse this time of year. I’m still of the opinion that we need to rebuild the field invest in maybe some heating and see how it goes. I think the end of the year proved we can still get a good surface it just takes maintenance of it.
Nothing last year or this year changed my mind one iota. ISU should have a natural turf field.
It was a bad November for the anti-grass crowd.
Seems like it even led to some home field advantage against Texas because they couldn't figure out what cleats to wear.
Seems like it even led to some home field advantage against Texas because they couldn't figure out what cleats to wear.
Stay with natural grass, but it is time to tear it up and start over, and hopefully upgrade the technology some with at least heaters.
Also, this might be the most poorly constructed sentence I have ever wrote.
I wouldn't get too optimistic. Does anyone else in college football beyond Minnesota have a heated field? The Gophers only got it because the Vikings paid for it when they were forced to play there for a couple of seasons.
I like the natural grass and would prefer to keep it, but I would understand if we went to turf and would be fine with it. Hopefully the weather patterns change and we get some good falls in over the next few years - these abnormally wet falls have been frustrating.
Not sure many do. But so many, particularly in the north, have moved to artificial turf it limits the number that would have natural grass wanting to do this
As long as Lambeau & Soldier Field have real grass, so should we. How bout we consider it a source of pride and chalk it up as part of our home field advantage? Domes and astroturf are for wussies. One of my favorite things about the sport is playing games in spite of whatever crap mother nature throws at it (minus lightning, earthquakes, etc. obviously).
Got any pictures of that? Despite its flaws, I don't think field drainage has been a big issue unless it is actively raining at the time.
I didn't take pictures, but where they stand was all mud. I like the grass don't get me wrong but it looks so JV in November when its dormant.
Our least concern should be the cheerleaders.
