So are we getting a grass field or what?

[huskerj12]

Lost in that story about people wanting to get buried at Memorial Stadium...

 

[iruletheskool]

Lost in that story about people wanting to get buried at Memorial Stadium...

I wish it could be done in the next 2 months

 

[Poor_and_Stupid]

I wish it could be done in the next 2 months

Yeah I’m having nightmares about how many more ACLs will be sacrificed before it gets done.

 

[ShortSideOption]

Yeah I’m having nightmares about how many more ACLs will be sacrificed before it gets done.

Field turf isn't the problem, but I do appreciate field turf being the scapegoat in all of this.

 

[Poor_and_Stupid]

Field turf isn't the problem, but I do appreciate field turf being the scapegoat in all of this.

I’m just here for comic relief. I’ll see myself out.

 

[Bootleg11]

I hope so. I just like the look of it better.

And this is very anecdotal but I've gone from coaching at a larger school where we played exclusively on turf to now a smaller school where most of our games are on grass....

My legs and back don't hurt nearly as much standing on natural grass as they do on the turf.

 

[Jim14510]

They should let it grow to like 8 inches for the games.

 

[Herbie]

Field turf isn't the problem, but I do appreciate field turf being the scapegoat in all of this.

Field turf causes way more injuries than grass fields than average

 

[RedSavage]

Field turf isn't the problem, but I do appreciate field turf being the scapegoat in all of this.

MetLife stadium says hello

 

[Herbie]

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0363546518808499?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed

 

[HuskerGarrett]

It was in our nugs thread from the 20th

 

[HuskerGarrett]

 

[ShortSideOption]

Field turf causes way more injuries than grass fields than average

I've read all the studies, I also read all the ones back in the day that said we gotta switch from grass to field turf, which is why it's very humorous to me. The studies don't take into account a ton of variables with just coming to that conclusion. And I apologize about my rant here, but the reality is we have finger pointing going on and no one will win until how the sports train changes.

It's comical really. "Astro turf is causing all sorts of injuries, gotta move to grass." Move to grass and "grass is causing all sorts of injuries gotta move to field turf." Move to field turf "field turf is causing all sorts of injuries gotta move to grass." Wait, weren't we just there? Then the people just throw poop against the wall and say "well we can grow grass better now" which is an unbelievable talk-track. If you saw a study with astro-turf in the 90s compared to field turf nowadays it would say we need to move to astro-turf because there were less injuries.

Purdue has had grass this entire time, and all of our players and coaches say it was the worst field in the B1G. We had guys blowing knees and breaking legs in warm-ups there. So now if you go to grass you have the variables of "are you growing grass good enough" or "is the sprinkler in the right spot" or "is the grounds crew good enough"? Further, can you have volleyball day, concerts, graduations, fan day, etc. on a grass Memorial Stadium? No matter how "good of grass you can grow" wouldn't that cause holes, bumps, imbalances in the surface? Trust me, in a decade we will be going back to "field turf just came out with a newer version that's much better than grass" as the injuries stay the same or heaven-forbid even get worse. A player from Lincoln Northeast was almost single-handedly responsible for getting field turf at Seacrest after destroying his leg late in the year there.

I'm on the side of Justin Verlander. The playing surface isn't causing all the pitcher arm injuries, the playing surface isn't causing all the injuries in football. We are in an era with technology where you can measure spin rate for pitchers, mph for the football players, and we train all year round to increase those to their maximum and go 100% at all times. Bodies are getting bigger, faster, and stronger, while we use the technology to maximize them and the strain is constant and almost never-ending. Years ago, players used to crosstrain a bit and it got us away from the overtraining. In the 90s the football team had multiple intramural teams, just one of the many examples of things that have changed.

 

[ShortSideOption]

My legs and back don't hurt nearly as much standing on natural grass as they do on the turf.

I'd agree with this, would much rather coach or stand on a natural grass field. I also much preferred natural grass to play on personally.

 

[ShortSideOption]

MetLife stadium says hello

Hi MetLife!

 

[Kazman5k]

Grass stains look cooler

 

[SoCal_Corn]

They should let it grow to like 8 inches for the games.

Depends upon whom we are playing

Ohio St = 8"
Usc = 8"
Oregon = 8"

(Everyone else in between)

Illinois = 2"
Wisc = 2"
Cockeye = 2"

 

[Jim14510]

Depends upon whom we are playing

Ohio St = 8"
Usc = 8"
Oregon = 8"

(Everyone else in between)

Illinois = 2"
Wisc = 2"
Cockeye = 2"

I was going to make a list but got lazy. Michigan and Penn St probably have to be 8" too.

Northwestern could be 2".

 

[2010sarenevercomingback]

Penn St probably have to be 8" too.

 

[Herbie]

I was going to make a list but got lazy. Michigan and Penn St probably have to be 8" too.

Northwestern could be 2".

Let’s be clear here as well, 2” to 8” isn’t much of a change. Lot of people would say it’s the same