stlspartan Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 This is what I'm talking' about. Real stain the uniform grass. MSU's field even has its own Facebook page. Quote Link to comment
Hammerhead Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 This is what I'm talking' about. Real stain the uniform grass. MSU's field even has its own Facebook page. Man, the amount of time they must put into maintaining that field has to be astronomical. It looks immaculate. Quote Link to comment
ZRod Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I liked playing on grass as long as it wasn't to long, I think I liked it most when it was all muddy and sloppy. If someone could invent a turf that gave you grass stains and got you muddy when it was wet but didn't get sloppy and slick that would be the greatest contribution to human society man kind has ever seen. Quote Link to comment
kchusker_chris Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 On a side note, do you guys remember when they used to continually dump sand into the turf at Memorial Stadium? I remember seeing clips of them doing it, and I remember a bunch of sand flying up when players would cut but I haven't seen any flying sand the last few years. Don't remember why they did that either, I think they said something about it helping with traction. I do remember one announcer saying that they could add/remove sand to impact the speed of the game. More sand and it packed into a harder surface, less sand and it was more spongy. So when we played a speadier team like Texas, or a quicker no-huddle attack like MU, then we'd remove sand to slow it down. (he might have been full of sh!t, but that's what I heard so i'm stickin to it) Quote Link to comment
Marf Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 On a side note, do you guys remember when they used to continually dump sand into the turf at Memorial Stadium? I remember seeing clips of them doing it, and I remember a bunch of sand flying up when players would cut but I haven't seen any flying sand the last few years. Don't remember why they did that either, I think they said something about it helping with traction. I do remember one announcer saying that they could add/remove sand to impact the speed of the game. More sand and it packed into a harder surface, less sand and it was more spongy. So when we played a speadier team like Texas, or a quicker no-huddle attack like MU, then we'd remove sand to slow it down. (he might have been full of sh!t, but that's what I heard so i'm stickin to it) Sand slows both ways... So in other words; he was full of sh#t. Quote Link to comment
Hammerhead Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 On a side note, do you guys remember when they used to continually dump sand into the turf at Memorial Stadium? I remember seeing clips of them doing it, and I remember a bunch of sand flying up when players would cut but I haven't seen any flying sand the last few years. Don't remember why they did that either, I think they said something about it helping with traction. I do remember one announcer saying that they could add/remove sand to impact the speed of the game. More sand and it packed into a harder surface, less sand and it was more spongy. So when we played a speadier team like Texas, or a quicker no-huddle attack like MU, then we'd remove sand to slow it down. (he might have been full of sh!t, but that's what I heard so i'm stickin to it) There's no way in hell they'd have gotten away with that. Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 On a side note, do you guys remember when they used to continually dump sand into the turf at Memorial Stadium? I remember seeing clips of them doing it, and I remember a bunch of sand flying up when players would cut but I haven't seen any flying sand the last few years. Don't remember why they did that either, I think they said something about it helping with traction. I do remember one announcer saying that they could add/remove sand to impact the speed of the game. More sand and it packed into a harder surface, less sand and it was more spongy. So when we played a speadier team like Texas, or a quicker no-huddle attack like MU, then we'd remove sand to slow it down. (he might have been full of sh!t, but that's what I heard so i'm stickin to it) There's no way in hell they'd have gotten away with that. You mean like the Cubs wouldn't get away with keeping the infield grass at Wrigley different heights to combat teams that hit a lot of ground balls? Happens all the time. Quote Link to comment
MichiganMan Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Michigan Has 2 indoor practice fields. Only school in the country that does Quote Link to comment
beanman Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Michigan Has 2 indoor practice fields. Only school in the country that does I think Nebraska has 2 as well(Cook Pavillion and Hawks Championchip Center, although I'm not sure if they still use Cook Pavillion. http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=3126 http://www.huskers.com/pics12/800/EU/EUXCTJWADELLLPP.20060825211240.jpg?DB_OEM_ID=100 I will give you that the 2nd facility you displayed looks pretty damn nice. Quote Link to comment
jsneb83 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Michigan Has 2 indoor practice fields. Only school in the country that does I think Nebraska has 2 as well(Cook Pavillion and Hawks Championchip Center, although I'm not sure if they still use Cook Pavillion. http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=3126 http://www.huskers.com/pics12/800/EU/EUXCTJWADELLLPP.20060825211240.jpg?DB_OEM_ID=100 I will give you that the 2nd facility you displayed looks pretty damn nice. They don't use the Cook anymore. It is open for the students to use now. I've played football in there many a times. Quote Link to comment
beanman Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Michigan Has 2 indoor practice fields. Only school in the country that does I think Nebraska has 2 as well(Cook Pavillion and Hawks Championchip Center, although I'm not sure if they still use Cook Pavillion. http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=3126 http://www.huskers.com/pics12/800/EU/EUXCTJWADELLLPP.20060825211240.jpg?DB_OEM_ID=100 I will give you that the 2nd facility you displayed looks pretty damn nice. They don't use the Cook anymore. It is open for the students to use now. I've played football in there many a times. It was open to us as students back when I was in college too but the team still used it. That was before we had all the fancy upgrades other than the original 2 video screens. Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 I will give you that the 2nd facility you displayed looks pretty damn nice. They don't use the Cook anymore. It is open for the students to use now. I've played football in there many a times. Does that make it not count? I mean, the 2nd photo shows lacrosse players (boys and girls, for that matter), and on the opposite side of the field you can't see who it is but I doubt the lacrosse team is big enough for it to *only* be them, so I'm under the impression that regular students can use Michigan's 2nd field as well. Quote Link to comment
BOJ Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Michigan Has 2 indoor practice fields. Only school in the country that does Not sure you want to start a "who's penis is bigger" contest here. A few pics of tOSU's facilities will have you salivating. That being said, I do like those. Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Michigan Has 2 indoor practice fields. Only school in the country that does I don't care what team you root for - that right there is a nice-looking football facility. Quote Link to comment
st8grad Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Since someone already started the bigger penis contest, I thought at least I'd put the Spartan's out there. Can't wait to visit Lincoln this fall. Toughest game on our schedule. http://www.coachdantonio.com/facilities/skandalaris/ http://www.coachdantonio.com/facilities/weightroom/ Quote Link to comment
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