Capitol One field

Couldn't they have covered it up for the past day or so knowing the weather was going to be bad?

This was the same field as the Champs Sports Bowl that was played earlier this week. The same field that tore up Graig Cooper's knee, which might cause him to miss next year too.

I think it is ridiculous. If you're gonna have so many people use that field (high school, college, etc.) and you know you'll have to re-sod it during the year, you should replace it with Field Turf.

I think the natural-grass field is going the way of the dinosaur. Today's players are too heavy, and teams are playing too many games per season, for grass to have a chance to survive.

a top notch track. I don't miss the grass at all in the BIG House.

That field is a joke.

My cousin is at the game and he called and said it was terrible

The poor football players are getting their jerseys muddy.

Look at how lumpy the field is. Better tape your ankles, kids.

The field is a mess, but it is negating the speed advantage LSU's WR's would have over the bigger PSU defense.

I don't think I've fully transitioned to the new spread offense we run, I still like messy field and huge LB's pounding everything in sight. I would love to see Hart running behind Long on that field..

Man, I need a UM bowl again.. this isn't the right day for nostalgia..

the players deserve better.

These days wouldnt be surprised if Cooper Sued.

Never seen anything like this in any sport. I know they got a lot of rain but that field must have very poor drainage, sod that hasn't rooted at all, or both.

The way it looks right now the big ten will get two wins on this turf.

That flag on Clark was late by about 1 minute. And what the hell is happening right now with the review and whatever?

Just giving LSU a home field advantage. They do play in a swamp for crying out loud.

Hey Capital One.... how 'bout dropping some bucks for new turf! I mean, c'mon.... what's in your wallet?

Nice job by Carl Spackler

I think that Penn State's only chance of winning would be on this type of field for the sole reason that LSU's speed is pretty much a non-factor(other than Holiday).

we wouldnt have this problem if they played some bowl games in the north, where we have cold turf. it makes me angry how all the bowl games are in the south. maybe the big 10 might win some bowls in the cold.
the most northern bcs game is the rose bowl. thats ridiculous

The last time I saw a field in that bad of shape, I was watching a newsreel of Afganistan.

Maybe they should have just hosed the whole field down and had a mudbowl.

That field was a chunky mess at the 2008 game, too. They beat the heck out of it with two bowl games and the other stuff they hold on it in the fall, but what doesn't help is the fact that the Capital One Bowl insists on having one of those elaborate pregame and halftime spectaculars with 8 million cheerleaders and a portable stage and pyrotechnics and such. Which alongside the band shows puts a pretty big strain on the surface. If you noticed, the biggest chunks of turf were behind the bowl logo, the area where the crap would have been parked (and moved on and off) for the shows so the press box shot would get the bowl logo and the stage in view. It wasn't just the players causing that chunking.

Also, the comments about the Citrus Bowl being a dump are spot on. The neighborhood around it is pretty awful, and the stadium itself is a crumbly concrete shack. The concourses (at least in the end of the stadium I was in) were surfaced in wood chips. The bathrooms were in separate little mobile home deals underneath the bleachers. The whole thing made Ryan Field in Evanston look like the Taj Mahal. Total rinky-dink.

My favorite moment of the entire Citrus Bowl experience came after the game. On the ends of the rows of bleachers there were these little Citrus Bowl logo medallions. My friend kind of stamped on the bleacher right above it, and we hear a clinking noise. the little medallion just fell right off onto the crumbling stairs. Looking at the ends of the rest of the rows, it's clear it was an endemic problem. Oh well, instant souvenir!

Not even Shawn Crable could get traction on that field.

would have been a huge improvement to that field. A muddy field is just slippery but the surface that this turf that hadn't taken presented was ridiculous. I feel terrible for the Miami player who tore up his knee. No one could cut on that field because as soon as they put too much pressure on a piece of turf it just rolled out from under their feet. You would expect better from an organization bringing in a ton of money from a bowl game.