Wait, the guy who believes the Clintons have roaming death squads has ridiculous ******* takes about other basic things?
Who could have guessed.
Who could have guessed.
Natural Grass vs Artificial/Field Turf
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Let me know when/where you're going to do it. I'll sic the cops on you for vandalism, you schmuck.
somwhow wanting field turf is owning libs.
Because we are in a wet cycle. You can argue weather versus climate but the trend is there. Even if next year is back to historic norms we have enough rain in the last 9 years in Minnesota to make it the wettest decade on record once 2020 is over.
The hundred year trend is the entire Midwest is getting more rain each year. Somehow I think that might be significant to planning. Civil engineers are thinking about using 500 year rain amounts for planning instead of 100 year. I am just saying Iowa in the fall isn’t going to turn into a desert anytime soon based on evidence we currently have.
I also believe you want as consistent of a surface as you can have. Unfortunately natural turf can’t give you that when you get inches of rain each week.
I don't really care either way but yeah it might be time to start leaning toward field turf.
The point was you cant compare Iowa State or any other college playing field to a pro stadium field, not the other way around.
For one go back a few pages and read a few posts and look at the 25 links I shared.
Then you realize yes they do play a couple months later into the season than we do.
Then you realize they spend way more money on that field and systems than Iowa State. You wiill never see Iowa State spend the kind of money it takes to maintain the surface in Lambeau. ISU may do a hybrid natural grass with synthetic weave system like many stadiums around the world but they still will never spend the money that Pro stadiums do to maintain that natural surface.
We may stay with grass, we may go with turf, we may go with a hybid system. I think we probably need to upgrade our subgrade systems, and drainage. The season isnt getting any shorter, the weather is still going to be crap, so no matter what we probably need to do something to upgrade some of it, but you still wont be able to compare it to a pro stadium.
For instance as far as I know the only college only stadium that has a heated field in the US is U of Minnesota and they have Turf, because the Vikings payed to put it in when they played there while the new stadium was being built.
Besides, I heard CMC hates green, so the plan is to put in a Black turf field next year.
~ do you understand satire, are you just another boring engineer w/zero sense of humor? good gawd you must be fun at a party
For one go back a few pages and read a few posts and look at the 25 links I shared.
Then you realize yes they do play a couple months later into the season than we do.
Then you realize they spend way more money on that field and systems than Iowa State. You wiill never see Iowa State spend the kind of money it takes to maintain the surface in Lambeau. ISU may do a hybrid natural grass with synthetic weave system like many stadiums around the world but they still will never spend the money that Pro stadiums do to maintain that natural surface.
We may stay with grass, we may go with turf, we may go with a hybid system. I think we probably need to upgrade our subgrade systems, and drainage. The season isnt getting any shorter, the weather is still going to be crap, so no matter what we probably need to do something to upgrade some of it, but you still wont be able to compare it to a pro stadium.
For instance as far as I know the only college only stadium that has a heated field in the US is U of Minnesota and they have Turf, because the Vikings payed to put it in when they played there while the new stadium was being built.
Besides, I heard CMC hates green, so the plan is to put in a Black turf field next year.
Interesting so you mean like Soldier field and Arrowhead and Green Bay stay intact all year?
And I don't need to go back and read your drivel.
Nah this has already been discussed how well they hold up or don't, how much it takes to do so, and how well it works or doesn't but, if you are above my drivel then you can just stay in your bubble of false superiority and believe what you want.
I believe it, I was down on Nebraska's field a couple of years ago with a bunch of 3rd graders. Just their running around kicked up a bunch of black dust that you could tell was not good to breathe in. Are they made of recycled tires? Can't imagine there is anything bad for you in that.
Football was meant to allow QBs to be hit and WRs to be creamed by defensive players. That's gone now too.
the field looks like chewed peace of double mint gum. not good
and that is the point. We have the best turf guys in the world working on it. The weather just won’t work with them. It’s one thing if it is November and the field falls apart. This year it has been since game one. And now the seasons won’t allow us to catch up.
I have always been on the side of natural turf. This is just not sustainable anymore. There are new innovations in field turf making it less health hazardous.
All you guys who say we need field turf are a bunch of cry babies. What didn’t your mom let you play in the sandbox as a kid? She probably always had fresh play-doh for you
