Field is rough
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Exactly I love natural grass and want to keep it. But it does need to hold up better.
Since we are all pulling things out of our ass, I'll blame the George Strait concert.
Yeah. But look at Jerry’s world. They took modern technology and turned it east and west without thinking that the sun might be in your eyes. The turf at kinnick is not the softest thing to be tackled on. I’ve talked to high school players who were thinking of quitting when their school spent millions on installing that type of turf on their field.
Maybe the rot is setting in on the field now thanks to Gunner.
It is this.
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Makes me wonder if the roots etc havent bound with the system like it is supposed to.
I was an Athletic Trainer there during those years. All of the time spent on that turf during two-a-days, your whole body hurt at the end of the day, and I wasn't getting tackled on it. It was horrible!
Yeah well that was just because it was late summer during a really long drought, so....
Oh, wait, turns out it doesn't matter, it's just bad grass.
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Late to the thread, but want to side with the natural grass contingent. Domes and carpet are fake football.
I dont think some of us are complaining. Although some on here are, and some on here take offense to any notion that the grass is not holding up as well as hoped.
Many of us are just posting observations. Slipping is a natural component of natural fields.
That being said this year, especially after just putting in a new field last year with hybrid stitching it was expected to hold up better than it has.
In most years you will have more traction issues on natural grass than turf. But the images of chunks coming up on JTS field is what people are talking about.
Many of us like the grass, and many of us want to keep it. But we also understand the issues and limitations of natural grass, especially in a location like Iowa, late in the season. That doesnt mean we cant point out issues that are happening.
My buddy Brett’s turf scrapes would literally scab to his sheets at night…it was harsh.
The good old turf burns. Forgot about those. Some didn't heal until the season was over because progress was impossible.
The freakin massive press box blocks all the late fall afternoon sun. We should downsize. And while we're at it get all those kids off the hill sides.
And the athletic budget must have not covered repairs to the seams. I took photos in the early 80s of where the carpet pulled at the seams. The carpet had heaved two or three inches and you could see the cement exposed. I felt sorry for the players.
Rewatched it as well and thought it was definitely a nonissue.
I've been out on Nebraska's turf with a bunch of grade schoolers, I could hardly breathe with all the rubber dust they were kicking up running around. Not as hard as old astroturf, but it still sucks to be on in my opinion.
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