OT:blue field, red field, now purple!
So Central Arkansas is throwing their name into the mix of worse fields possible. I originally liked the smurf turf because it was creative. The red of Eastern Washington looked cool but it burnt my retna's after a while. Now we have purple but not only purple. They have it with alternating shades. YIKES! can somebody upload the photo, I haven't mastered that skill yet.
Others may disagree, but for me if it isn't green, it isn't right. Boise State's colors are so dark I just don't enjoy watching their home games. Some AD's are tyring way too hard.
thing we know, sparty will have a pink field.
No, they'll pay someone triple to design a field that reflects MSU's unique color scheme. Then they'll brag about it.
Unique? They stole them from Eastern Michigan.
And I can say that because Eastern Michigan was founded in 1849 and Michigan State sometime after. Although, I'm not entirely clear on Eastern's Colors history on the field but since they've been the Hurons for a while and have used the same logo, they probably started using green and white before the Spartans did.
I think you mean "jumpsuit orange" instead of pink
I'll pass. It makes EWU's field look marvelous.
But still an eye sore
I like how the blue kind of overpowers the gray...
Just like in real life, amirite?
In less than a month I will be in Fredericksburg....can't wait.
Is this a Michigan-Ohio State joke, or a American Civil War joke?
I didn't even think about the M-OSU implications, but yeah, I guess that could work too.
I was going from the Civil war/War Between the States/War of Northern Aggression angle
once EWU's field fades to a used tampon pink that won't look so bad
when it comes to personalized turfs and as far as painted fields go, that one isn't too bad. It does create a more personal homefield and the two other schools which have shied away from the natural grass look are doing pretty good on the field...so if we were to do something along these lines, I'd imagine a blue field with yellow yard markers?
I think that woud screw up the first down line on television.
Bleh.
That crap belongs in Canada or Arena league. Not on a real football field.
I always thought Michigan should have a maize field. By which I mean an actual field of corn, not just yellow turf. I think it would really give us a competitive advantage. /s
When I played high school soccer the soccer field up in Buckley was a former corn field and they never bothered to level it. You ran up and over the rows.
One fish two fish red fish blue fish
Your daughter looks a lot like mine does on autumn Saturdays.
Can you smoke it?
this has to be an April fools thing, right?
please?
Way to go Central Arkansas. Ruining college football for everyone.
You can rip on it all you want, but message boards like this all around the country are talking about Central Arkansas football. I would say that they accomplished their goal. It is not like they are Michigan or ND or something and are concerned about ruining a nationally-recognized brand.
Also, take a look at Oregon. Their uniforms and their basketball floor are total eyesores, but it gets them a lot of attention and apparently it appeals to recruits. If you are a small program trying to make a splash, why not try something a little outlandish? I think football will survive, no matter how ugly their field is.
In the interests of full disclosure, I live in Boise and the The Blue (their preferred term over Smurf Turf) has kind of grown on me. At this point, the blue field IS their tradition.
I originally thought the blue turf was sweet, but now the concept of painting fields is becoming overdone