Natural Grass vs Artificial/Field Turf

[harimad]

Those rubber bb’s are awful. Have to fluff them and add to them all the time.

There's also growing evidence of a link between the little rubber pellets and cancer.

 

[harimad]

That's cute. They have little football-shaped green cutouts in their ugly artificial turf.

 

[SECyclone]

Arm wrapped around our guys neck from the side. Yup apparently that is a legal block

 

[Urbandale2013]

People seem to have this weird fascination with turf. It has its own flaws. At other schools I definitely see where it makes sense. At Iowa State where we have arguably the best turf field in the country no it doesn’t make sense. Besides we generally have the advantage on a sloppier field. From my understanding it probably is time to replace the current grass field due to age but it is a really nice field. Maybe we can add some heating when we replace it as that would help the field conditions late.

 

[TXCyclones]

I stayed off of CF for a day because of the stupid threads I anticipated. But this one... this one wins the stupid thread award.

 

[BCClone]

People seem to have this weird fascination with turf. It has its own flaws. At other schools I definitely see where it makes sense. At Iowa State where we have arguably the best turf field in the country no it doesn’t make sense. Besides we generally have the advantage on a sloppier field. From my understanding it probably is time to replace the current grass field due to age but it is a really nice field. Maybe we can add some heating when we replace it as that would help the field conditions late.

My understanding is we did do a major renovation to it this year. They were working hard on it during the camps this summer.

 

[Trice]

Iowa just replaced their field turf, last one lasted 2-3 years. Heavy rains in the spring destroy them with the freezing thawing we have.

You'll recall that Iowa's entire field flooded. Probably contributed to its needing to be replaced. I'll assume that won't happen at Jack Trice. As for freeze/thaw cycles, basically every other northern CFB program has made it work as well as hundreds of other communities, small colleges, etc.

Again, I'm neutral on the switch but from a cost/hassle standpoint it's not hard to be convinced of the advantage.

 

[BCClone]

You'll recall that Iowa's entire field flooded. Probably contributed to its needing to be replaced. I'll assume that won't happen at Jack Trice. As for freeze/thaw cycles, basically every other northern CFB program has made it work as well as hundreds of other communities, small colleges, etc.

Again, I'm neutral on the switch but from a cost/hassle standpoint it's not hard to be convinced of the advantage.

Waldorf college and Forest city HS has the same problem this year as kinnick.

 

[SECyclone]

People seem to have this weird fascination with turf. It has its own flaws. At other schools I definitely see where it makes sense. At Iowa State where we have arguably the best turf field in the country no it doesn’t make sense. Besides we generally have the advantage on a sloppier field. From my understanding it probably is time to replace the current grass field due to age but it is a really nice field. Maybe we can add some heating when we replace it as that would help the field conditions late.

Also probably update drainage systems. I would think a lot has improved since we last replaced the field

 

[Trice]

Waldorf college and Forest city HS has the same problem this year as kinnick.

They flooded? So the standard here is the ability to withstand a flood?

 

[wxman1]

Campbell doesn't want it. It is in rough shape after the rain and game last weekend and more of the same this week. I would bet good money on it being gone after this year.

 

[BCClone]

They flooded? So the standard here is the ability to withstand a flood?

Yes. Bubbled up and was a mess. They thankfully have a sugar daddy family that helps with some of the issues like this. I don’t think they replaced due to cost and repaired. I can’t say how the repair turned out.

 

[ZB4CY]

It wasn't the field that caused the loss. It was three plays:

1) not fair catching the kick off and placing the team on the 5 yard line which resulted in the only Iowa TD

2) Brocks fumble when we were driving in the 2nd quarter

3) The incredible completion Stanley made in the 3rd quarter.

That thing was on a rope. He put it the only place it could possibly go, too.

 

[Go2Guy]

Football should be played on Grass. Plus, I can't stand the black dust from turf.

 

[Walden4Prez]

I think the coach should have what he wants when it comes to the field.

 

[isutrevman]

Is field turf really less slippery in snow/rain? If anything, I think it could be worse.

 

[harimad]

I stayed off of CF for a day because of the stupid threads I anticipated. But this one... this one wins the stupid thread award.

Keep browsing. This thread is a bad take, but not the worst since Saturday.

 

[JM4CY]

Save the money that the switch to turf would cost and give it CMC and his staff unless of course he wants artificial turf.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

Iowa just replaced their field turf, last one lasted 2-3 years. Heavy rains in the spring destroy them with the freezing thawing we have.

Iowa had to replace theirs because they effed up the drainage... Kinnick also doesn't drain for ****...it never has.

 

[IcSyU]

Iowa had to replace theirs because they effed up the drainage... Kinnick also doesn't drain for ****...it never has.

The Vikings just replaced theirs too for whatever reason. How an indoor field is ruined in 2 years is beyond my understanding.