Campbell and the field

[TruClone]

Has a good source of info and asks CF why they aren't changing to artificial after one tough season? Makes sense. Personally I hope we never go back to fake.

I didn't ask why we are not changing to fake. Read what I said. I clarified it so you can understand my point better.

 

[harimad]

Maybe we should go all-in for artificial football.

 

[SECyclone]

Who do you know who has the pull to make sure the weather this year be exactly the way that CMC wants it, so that the turf is fully healthy?

Definitely not JP were you at the SDSU game !!!!!!

 

[MartyFine]

Most of us saw the turf disintegrating in early November or even October.

Most of the people in Spokane saw this?

 

[BoxsterCy]

Thought of this old thread when a read a few features on the new Allianz Field in St. Paul. One was about the real grass and how they set it up as a three season field. Serious system that even includes grow lights since part of the field is shaded so much by the stadium itself.

About 97,000 square feet of Kentucky bluegrass was grown on plastic sheeting in Colorado. Last fall it was transported to St. Paul by 26 refrigerated trucks and planted among all the concrete in the Midway neighborhood. A sophisticated underground heating system keeps the field playable from late winter through all kinds of weather into late fall.

United hired Hazeltine National Golf Club assistant superintendent Ryan Moy to care for every blade on a site that’s dwarfed by Hazeltine’s vast acreage. He put the grass to bed in early December, letting it fall to just above freezing temperature, and dialed up the heat to 60 degrees or more by March.

http://www.startribune.com/get-ready-for-faster-soccer-on-pampered-allianz-field-pitch/508466822/

 

[DarkStar]

Thought of this old thread when a read a few features on the new Allianz Field in St. Paul. One was about the real grass and how they set it up as a three season field. Serious system that even includes grow lights since part of the field is shaded so much by the stadium itself.



http://www.startribune.com/get-ready-for-faster-soccer-on-pampered-allianz-field-pitch/508466822/

I would love to see ADJP put in a system like this at Jack Trice. Would be a strong edge in conference play by reducing wear and tear on or players bodies.

 

[SpokaneCY]

Most of the people in Spokane saw this?

By "us" I meant middle-aged white guys who watch ISU football on TV.

 

[tim_redd]

I would love to see ADJP put in a system like this at Jack Trice. Would be a strong edge in conference play by reducing wear and tear on or players bodies.

Kansas City has a similar setup. Electric heating and grow lights.

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/mls/sporting-kc/article226806009.html

 

[legi]

How much would it be to add something like this to Jack Trice?

 

[Aclone]

How much would it be to add something like this to Jack Trice?

Considering ponying up?

 

[legi]

Considering ponying up?

I only wish.

 

[cyclonedave25]

How much would it be to add something like this to Jack Trice?

Looks like KC did their’s for $2.2 million.

 

[dualthreat]

Are we going to play on the same grass in 2019? Or will it be replaced this summer

 

[IcSyU]

Are we going to play on the same grass in 2019? Or will it be replaced this summer

If they were going to replace it I'd bet they'd have done it already.

The turf guy wouldn't be working on it as much as he does either.

 

[Aclone]

So, in other words...it didn’t need to be replaced.

 

[jcisuclones]

So, in other words...it didn’t need to be replaced.

This is my guess. It got the crap beat out of it last season, which I think is why there were so many complaints. I had a field pass for the whole season and would typically walk across after most games, and after the Drake game, I literally am surprised I didn't sprain my ankle. Can't fault the turf crew for that one though..

 

[FOREVERTRUE]

Seemed in good shape for my son's football camp as the kids played on it the last day of camp.