Eastern Washington is getting a new red field to compete with Boise's Smurf Turf. Hopefully, this results in a run on theme fields...Michigan State could cleverly have a "Sparty Green" field, Northwestern could have the "Purple Haze," and just imagine what an orange field at Tennessee would look like in HD.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Eastern-Wash...
ouch
Eyes indeed. On my TV, that
Eyes indeed. On my TV, that would cause massive amounts of pain to everyone in the room.
Also: Over/Under on a thread suggesting Maize Turf by the end of the day?
I'll bite
5 mentions of a maize turf field, with 3 of the 5 also requesting maize alternate jerseys for a night game.
"So I come out of Ohio Stadium after we beat the Buckeyes, and right there on the hood of my friend's car, some one took a dump, in the shape of an 'O'. no shit. Oh, sorry, bad pun."
I'll take the under on that,
I'll take the under on that, with only 4, but all four will request maize jerseys and a night game.
THEY SHOULD PUT MAIZE TURF IN
THEY SHOULD PUT MAIZE TURF IN MICHIGAN STADIUM!!
Ann Arbor: now the permanent home of the Little Brown Jug
67-22-3 all-time
For your reference
Michigan Stadium - Maize Turf, Maize Jerseys, Night Game:
Not enough
We need maize helmets, too.
I considered it, but I'm too
I considered it, but I'm too much of a traditionalist to even think about touching the wings.
I see this being squashed quickly.
Like it said in the article, this could start a chian reaction of crazy colors going down. I see the NCAA nipping this in the bud.
Yes, because,
they've never shown any level of incompetency, right?
Touche.
Excellent point, sadly.
I believe they've already
I believe they've already banned non-green turf for 1-A schools (with Boise grandfathered in).
I'm pretty sure that's a myth.
A believable one, but a myth nonetheless.
Sportscenter.com raves: Sgt. Wolverine, "Michigan's biggest fan"!
Correct
this is a myth.
Rose colored glasses?
That field is just not right!
Eesh
It's a good thing a red challenge flag isn't needed to get a play reviewed like in the NFL.
All-City '66, scored 4 TDs in one game!
Vampires Are All In Favour Of It!
At least the field will hide the blood stains...
Again,
thankfully we don't have the Nike contract anymore, otherwise we would have a maize field one weekend, a blue the next...
"They're stuck with that quarterback (sophomore Braxton Miller) for the next two or three years, that's fine with me. He throws worse than (Tim) Tebow. - Steve Everitt
then, eventually,
they'd come up with some really crazy idea like combining the maize field with the blue field at the same time. I can't even imagine how terrible that would look...
Not as bad as what they'd do
Not as bad as what they'd do to the yard lines, which would cease to be straight.
"We've beaten Michigan the last four years. So where's the threat?"
- Mark Dantonio
Blogging the Virginia Cavaliers at http://fromoldvirginia.blogspot.com/<
while that would also be true...
I was a making a very subtle joke about how yellow + blue = green.
That explains the whooshing
That explains the whooshing noise when I hit "save." I thought it was my browser acting up.
"We've beaten Michigan the last four years. So where's the threat?"
- Mark Dantonio
Blogging the Virginia Cavaliers at http://fromoldvirginia.blogspot.com/<
Let's do this
Maize turf here, with white lines and numbers... and thousands of blue M's all over the field in a random, scattered arrangement
Perhaps one of the only
Perhaps one of the only instances where color-blind people win.
Red turf...
...smurf turf, FieldTurf. What's the damn difference. Give me grass.
As a matter of fact I like beer.
You liked the mudpit we had
You liked the mudpit we had from 1991-2002?
Yup...
... It's a slippery slope from synthetic turf to playing in a dome. Next thing you know you are rooting for Syracuse.
As a matter of fact I like beer.
the '95...
purdue pretty much showed that the grass field at the big house was never going to work... michigan weather at its finest that day...
It is a Conspiracy
Headache medicine companies are behind the odd colored turf. I have never been able to watch more than fifteen minutes of a game at B.State without getting huge headaches. Fortunately I cannot recall ever watching E. Washington on tv. Didn't even know they had a team.
Fortunately I cannot recall
Fortunately I cannot recall ever watching E. Washington on tv. Didn't even know they had a team.
Bingo.
As long as VT doesn't put
As long as VT doesn't put their colors on the whole field like this, I don't mind the trend.
"We've beaten Michigan the last four years. So where's the threat?"
- Mark Dantonio
Blogging the Virginia Cavaliers at http://fromoldvirginia.blogspot.com/<
I love the Smurf Turf
and if Eastern Washington wants to change their field, I am all for it. I just don't see Alabama, Florida, or Michigan and the like to ever doing this.
Another idea
Spartan Stadium shouldn't change its turf color, but they should replace the white lines with wider silver bars.
You have to take a lot of
You have to take a lot of meth before the idea of a colored field begins to appeal to you.
When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing. -- Bo Schembechler
Oh my eyes!!!
Seriously though... that would be exceptionally annoying to play on. If the field was brown it would make fumbles so much more fun.
Go Baby Go