Knowing this board someone will claim the administration forgot the Block R if it isn't painted the same day the turf installation is finished and that will lead to at least 25 posts back and forth.
HPSS turf.
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The "gap" is the all-time best, never to be beat.
I consider E5 who was King of the Gaps a buddy. Great guy but yeah it was funny.
all this money wasted on field turf when we could have the castle & deathstar 1/2 built by now!
squandered opportunity....
squandered opportunity....
As God as my witness I really thought we were going for the old Stanford Stadium look...
Because we wanted to be the "Stanford of the East" LOL
Screw the Star Liar. Let them watch from the Port-a-Potty in the Scarlet Lot.
all this money wasted on field turf when we could have the castle & deathstar 1/2 built by now!
squandered opportunity....
Always got a kick out of this pic. Where are the wooden horses?
What about Tulane in the Superdome.. 1975? We played them sometime back then.. or was that much later? Eh.. we played Hawaii.. not Tulane then... and at home. Looked it up. So I checked the schedules for all but 1980.. nothing jumps out..
I was thinking I might see a game that might have been played at Franklin Field.. or veterans stadium.. or riverfront.. or 3 rivers.. nothing jumps out. If not Army as guessed by RAA.. has to be a mid major.. unless it was 1980...and since I know we played Bama at Giants Stadium.. and Giants Stadium wasn't the answer... then it must have been an earlier game. Since I cheated I won't "guess".
I was thinking I might see a game that might have been played at Franklin Field.. or veterans stadium.. or riverfront.. or 3 rivers.. nothing jumps out. If not Army as guessed by RAA.. has to be a mid major.. unless it was 1980...and since I know we played Bama at Giants Stadium.. and Giants Stadium wasn't the answer... then it must have been an earlier game. Since I cheated I won't "guess".
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When was our last game on AstroTurf? I'm guessing cuse in '04 (Carrier dome didn't go to FieldTurf till '05).
My trivia question- who did we beat in our last win on AstroTurf and where/ when did the game take place?
Joe P.
And the answer is:
“The visit to Boston will be the Scarlet’s second of the season and the game will be Rutgers first on a synthetic playing surface,” according to the November 6, 1970 Targum. Rutgers broke its longest losing streak in 15 years (five games) with a 6-3 victory over Boston University on Astroturf at Nickerson Field on November 7, 1970.
“The visit to Boston will be the Scarlet’s second of the season and the game will be Rutgers first on a synthetic playing surface,” according to the November 6, 1970 Targum. Rutgers broke its longest losing streak in 15 years (five games) with a 6-3 victory over Boston University on Astroturf at Nickerson Field on November 7, 1970.
November 9, 2007
Rutgers 41 Army 6
West Point, NY
Michie Stadium -
AstroPlay (used 2001-07, successor to Astro Turf)
Solid answer though AstroPlay is still a 'new generation' turn product; it was Southwest Industries answer to FieldTurf. I was talking about the 'standard' carpet-pile turf product.
Joe P.
Oh. So you mean the last Rutgers victory on the "original" product Astroturf?
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Grass fields that aren't in CA or FL look awful by game 3
Keep the artificial surface!!
Keep the artificial surface!!
Well, then ya got me. I'm not up on my similar products to AstroTurf. Just a guess but:
October 17, 1998
Rutgers 25 Pittsburgh 21
Pittsburgh, PA
Pitt Stadium - AstroTurf (1970-1983 and 1990-1999)
Lol remember it well funny stuffThe "gap" is the all-time best, never to be beat.
Because the masters is a money making machine....very few members, not a ot of play and 100% made for TV course. As an FYI the Masters has its little tricks too. The entrance onto the course that goes thru a valley in the fairway between tee and green is artificial turf. The Masters image is everything
I can never seem to find this "money" wherever I'm "right." Must be doing something wrong.
Okay, so here's one back at you. What was the last Rutgers football victory on a 100% natural surface (i.e. grass)?
Off the top of my head I'd say @Temple 2012 (35-10). We also won @USF that year (though it was earlier in the year) and won 2 games at Yankee Stadium in '11 on grass.
Joe P.
You're close with Temple. But Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia is made up of "Desso GrassMaster" which is a grass/artificial fibers combo, so not 100% grass only.
However, you're correct on the September 15, 2012 game:
Rutgers 23 South Florida 13 Tampa, FL
Raymond James Stadium
Surface: Tifway 419 Bermuda (essentially fancy crab grass)
Wow, thanks for the info; never knew Philly had a 'combo' field (I think Baltimore had one for a while).
Joe P.
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