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king_kong_

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really wish we played on a natural surface. not interested in the 'but the weather!' excuse even a tiny bit.

that said, good bye striped turf, hello dark green turf. may you witness much, much better football than your predecessor.

 
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king_kong_ said:
really wish we played on a natural surface. not interested in the 'but the weather!' excuse even a tiny bit.

that said, good bye striped turf, hello dark green turf. may you witness much, much better football than your predecessor.

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I give you a little history.. before Astro turf and playing on grass they would mow every 5/10 yards so the grass would look like the turf that way that we have had in recent years for field turf..

As a youth back in 1968 that was one of the first thing I noticed when I seen my very first Husker game..

In the end I always thought it was a cool look doing this with field turf..
 
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scarletred said:
I give you a little history.. before Astro turf and playing on grass they would mow every 5/10 yards so the grass would look like the turf that way that we have had in recent years for field turf..

As a youth back in 1968 that was one of the first thing I noticed when I seen my very first Husker game..

In the end I always thought it was a cool look doing this with field turf..
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I really didn't mind the striped turf but never thought of it like that where it was mimicking a mowing pattern.

makes sense!
 
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king_kong_ said:
really wish we played on a natural surface. not interested in the 'but the weather!' excuse even a tiny bit.

that said, good bye striped turf, hello dark green turf. may you witness much, much better football than your predecessor.

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Just win
 
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Claw26

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I think all green is going to look really good and it will make the red pop more.
 
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It was the surface that predates the current one but is the piece of turf that jumped up, tripped and injured Braxton Miller and thrust Joe Bauserman onto the scene in 2011 hanging in the trophy case or somewhere in the indoor facility in recognition of its historic contribution to Husker lore?
 
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pgainey said:
It was the surface that predates the current one but is the piece of turf that jumped up, tripped and injured Braxton Miller and thrust Joe Bauserman onto the scene in 2011 hanging in the trophy case or somewhere in the indoor facility in recognition of its historic contribution to Husker lore?
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trophy case is pretty full, but I'm sure Bo kept a swatch.
 
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king_kong_ said:
they used to just rotate it into the field house, but not sure if they still do that or not
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I've got several astroturf pieces that they sold in 70s and 80s and last one before field turf. Not sure what they do now. This needs to be burned or donated to iowa
 
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huskerfan66 said:
I've got several astroturf pieces that they sold in 70s and 80s and last one before field turf. Not sure what they do now. This needs to be burned or donated to iowa
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That made me think what year was the old turf put in… I know Moos wanted to do it last year but because of Covid finances he set it back one more year..
 
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DarkHorse93 said:
Summer of 2005 prior to that. It appears that they are on a 8 year schedule. Without Covid, the turf would have been replaced last year.
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seems like some pretty good ROI. probably would have to trim down the walk-on program quite a bit if they wanted to hire a groundskeeper and plant grass :(
 
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king_kong_ said:
I think it's Eastern Mich (QB cradle) that plays on a gray field. equally as bad as EW's red one.
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Correct, Eastern Michigan. I actually think the grey field looks cool, makes everything else pop on camera. I wouldn't want it everywhere as the novelty effect would wear off, but the one instance is alright by me. On the other hand, the Boise blue and Eastern Washington red fields are obnoxious.
 
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I am surprised the athletic department did not send out a survey to season ticket holders to get their opinion about the turf color scheme. Winking
 
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TFrazier said:
I am surprised the athletic department did not send out a survey to season ticket holders to get their opinion about the turf color scheme. Winking
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I did put that in a comment line since we've never been good on it
 
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