DKR Back to Turf
by joenewby4040 on Feb 4, 2009 5:03 PM CST
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At a meeting of UT's men's athletics council on Wednesday, men's athletics director DeLoss Dodds said the $27 million south end zone construction project will include the replacement of the stadium's natural grass field with a synthetic turf.
I remember the good old days when DKR was open to the public because there wasn't any grass to screw up. Maybe they'll do it again? Probably a pipe dream.
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Good memories
Playing football under the DKR lights. Trying to remember if we ever played with Brees there.
--PB--
I never did. I used to line up with Church
and play one on one full tackle. I also did the UT Strength and Sports camp in 1991 with Stew and Wilson. That was the best. We got to use the locker rooms, weight rooms, all of the agility equipment and play on the turf every day.
I went to Arizona
But I grew up in Austin.
by joenewby4040 on Feb 5, 2009 12:35 PM CST up reply actions
Hey Joe
Having lived in Tucson for a number of years, I kind of adopted UofA as my second favorite team. Looking forward to a visit back to the Old Pueblo one of these days.
Anyway, as far as the turf goes, I love grass better.
"Hey, a White guy! They're funny."
Hate the Fieldturf Lobby?
I think this issue has not been fully vetted and think it has hastily been decided to switch to artificial turf. The majority of the studies I have seen have been conducted by organizations that have connections with Fieldturf. I hope UT takes its time to thoroughly vet the issue rather then base it on one game as mentioned in the article. I would like to point out the top four schools with the best recruiting classes as ranked by Rivals.com do not have field turf. I would also like to point out that no team has ever won a MNC on field turf, granted it’s early in its existence. Additionally, I hope the turf is not installed this offseason which could possibly alter the way the players play the game next year. This concerns me because IMO the horns have a legitimate shot at the MNC next year. Hook’em
ATX
I posted an article
from a peer reviewed medical journal awhile ago that stated that there was no difference in the injury rates with concussions and ligament tears reduced and muscle strains and skin abrasions increased. I am too lazy to post the article again, but I think it does give more credence in the relative safety of turf than you are crediting.
Does anyone know
…how this affects the speed of the game? Fieldturf became a trend after I graduated high school, so, although I have walked on some local fields here in New York, I have never played on it.
From walking on it, it seems it might be a bit slower; it has an awful lot of give. Back in the day, artificial turf was much faster than grass, but this stuff is entirely different.
Its decent
I was able to play a lot on the stuff in high school as our practice field was field turf as well as Moorhead, which was replaced with it. It appears as if it would be a slower surface but in reality its almost faster as it does give but it enables cleaner cuts and better traction. The only complaint I have is that during the summer months when it gets hot outside the surface, due to the black rubber tire chunks, has a tendency to absorb a lot of heat and on a hot day may be a good 20-30 degrees hotter than a traditional grass field. Overall though it’s about the same speed as grass and might be a little faster due to the increased traction.
kind of....
when it rains the little black pellets are on top of sand on top of another rain absorbing substance. it only get wtter than normal if it is raining really hard, the same kind of phenomina that occurs in a flash flood
I'm not pleased.
Sports should be played on grass, end of story.
This is a side story
but my Dad was a turfgrass farmer, he’s now retired. Anyway, one of the perks of being a farmer in the industry is that my little brother, who graduated from UT a few years ago, was able to get a job with the university to help take care of all UT athletic fields. My brother regularly watched all of the games from the field, usually from the endzone where the players run out, and there was one year he was allowed to bring his big brother (me) onto the field with him and we watched UT vs. TAMU and it was pretty amazing to be that close to the action.
Go Raiders . . .
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