Red Field

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Live in Spokane WA area and heard about this. I am not in favor of red field in Lincoln for what its worth

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Boise State has its infamous "Smurf Turf," and Nebraska has what it likes to call the "Sea of Red" to describe the vast crowd inside Lincoln's Memorial Stadium. As of next fall, though, neither of them will have anything on I-AA Eastern Washington, which announced plans Wednesday to install an actual field of red:

 

Taking a cue from Boise State's famous blue turf, Eastern Washington is planning to install an artificial red playing surface inside its football stadium. The Big Sky program's official school colors are red and white.

 

Former EWU star Michael Roos, now in the NFL with the Tennessee Titans, has pledged $500,000 toward the "Red Turf Project.'' School officials in Cheney hope to raise additional private money and have the field installed for the 2010 season.

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"There is no doubt that one of Boise State's claims to fame has been their blue turf and like it or dislike it, it has certainly brought them a tremendous amount of notoriety," EWU athletic director Bill Chaves said. "In a similar vein we have a tremendous opportunity at Eastern to do the same by differentiating ourselves with the red turf while providing a superior playing surface."

 

The NCAA has no provision addressing the color of playing surfaces -- at least not yet -- because it hasn't had to consider the issue outside of the relatively obscure venues at Boise State and Division II University of New Haven, which installed its own blue turf last year. If it goes through with it, then, EWU's lava motif will be breaking ground on what promises to be a run on multi-colored turf by publicity-starved schools across the country; eventually, somebody somewhere is going to go with black. (I'm looking at you, Idaho.)

 

Until then, Woodward Field, thy name is "Blood."

[killer cacti]

No. No. No. No. No.

 

Grass is green. Football is played on grass.

 

Congrats to Eastern Washington for their new menstrual field though.

[HuskerfaninOkieland]

We need a black field, black jersey's and a fan B!ackout

[caveman99]

No. No. No. No. No.

 

Grass is green. Football is played on grass.

Congrats to Eastern Washington for their new menstrual field though.

Except when it is played on turf.

[killer cacti]

No. No. No. No. No.

 

Grass is green. Football is played on grass.

Congrats to Eastern Washington for their new menstrual field though.

Except when it is played on turf.

Yeah, but at least simulate grass. Next thing you know, Oregon will have a highlighter yellow field.

[Vuren]

No. No. No. No. No.

 

Grass is green. Football is played on grass.

Congrats to Eastern Washington for their new menstrual field though.

Except when it is played on turf.

Yeah, but at least simulate grass. Next thing you know, Oregon will have a highlighter yellow field.

chip kelly just authorized it.

 

also i'm alright with a red field for nebraska, on one condition, it's painted with the blood of the vanquished foes.

[kozzman555]

No. No. No. No. No.

 

Grass is green. Football is played on grass.

 

Congrats to Eastern Washington for their new menstrual field though.

this made me lol. +1

[billdozer15]

The NCAA needs to lay the hammer down on this. It is the equivalent to playing with camoflauge. It is an unfair advantage. The field itselfe is to be universal and when an opposing team can basically disappear in the color when matching their uniform with it, it lends an unfair advantage. I would suspect if Army replaced their field with a digital camo pattern and suited up with their digital camo uni's that would garner some attention from the NCAA, atleast i would hope.

[carlfense]

We need a black field, black jersey's and a fan B!ackout

 

Absolutely!!!!!!! :koolaid2: :koolaid2:

[Blackshirt316]

They just better hope the people that do the dye job do it well. Red field + Sunlight = a whole lotta pink.

[TheCheshireCat]

Red is the easiest color to see during the day and the hardest to see at night. Wonder what that field will look like during night games, illuminated only by a few light posts.

[holvy83]

yeah that is not going to work... bad idea

[mturn087]

I sorta look at this as a School trying to entice a few quaility recruits. Would we ever have heard of Boise State at first without the Smurf Turf. Congrats to them on trying. I have no problem with a CAMO turf....and on the Army part....I think only Jesus could make them any good. Being in the army for years I've had to watch them on AFN (Armed Forces Network) and quite honestly they just plain suck!

[Enhance]

No. No. No. No. No.

 

Grass is green. Football is played on grass.

Congrats to Eastern Washington for their new menstrual field though.

Except when it is played on turf.

Yeah, but at least simulate grass. Next thing you know, Oregon will have a highlighter yellow field.

chip kelly just authorized it.

 

also i'm alright with a red field for nebraska, on one condition, it's painted with the blood of the vanquished foes.

:laughpound

[Cy the Cyclone]

Bah...how would you see the blood if the field was red?