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Razorback Stadium Really Needs to Go Back to A Grass Field
Posted on 7/7/16 at 8:09 pm
Posted on 7/7/16 at 8:09 pm
Apparently Ole Miss has recently ripped up their shitty looking turf and gone back to grass. I think now that only leaves Arkansas and Vandy playing on turf now in the SEC...sad. To me, classic Southern football has to be played with great stadium lights and especially on grass. it just looks so much better on tv. Plus it's softer and doesn't turn into an oven in hot weather.
Nutt was an idiot, but he gave Arkansas their best uniforms ever and made the field look as good as it could. Damn shame Bobby destroyed it all in a matter of a couple years.
Nutt was an idiot, but he gave Arkansas their best uniforms ever and made the field look as good as it could. Damn shame Bobby destroyed it all in a matter of a couple years.
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Posted on 7/7/16 at 8:36 pm to Jack Ruby
Amen
Make it happen
Make it happen
Posted on 7/7/16 at 8:36 pm to Jack Ruby
Grass always starts looking like shite late in the year. Don't care.
Posted on 7/7/16 at 9:09 pm to Jack Ruby
Not happening for the foreseeable future
Posted on 7/7/16 at 9:18 pm to RazorHawg
After the november vote, we can get a doctor to write a prescription for Hog Fever.. and we can have a real natural grass field.. it would be a huge selling point to recruits.. and Les Miles would probably apply to be a groundskeeper.
Posted on 7/7/16 at 9:27 pm to Jack Ruby
I've never understood why folks care one way or the other. It's not like it's 1970's Astro turf anymore.
Posted on 7/7/16 at 10:10 pm to TheCheshireHog
In Europe they are using synthetic real grass hybrids with grow lights. Look fantastic, but very expensive.
What would we gain?
What would we gain?
Posted on 7/7/16 at 10:13 pm to j1897
From my experiences an unbelievable high that last twice as long, worth the extra asking price.
Posted on 7/7/16 at 10:21 pm to DaleDenton
Posted on 7/8/16 at 8:33 am to Jack Ruby
Grass fields have fewer significant foot/ankle injuries.
Just made this up, no idea if true.
Just made this up, no idea if true.
Posted on 7/8/16 at 9:54 am to TheCheshireHog
quote:
've never understood why folks care one way or the other. It's not like it's 1970's Astro turf anymore.
What about baseball on turf?
Posted on 7/8/16 at 9:07 pm to Porker Face
Have y'all walked on the new turf? It's incredibly soft. I wouldn't have a problem with baseball being played on it as long as there was still dirt in the infield. All that being said, I like original turf better, but what we have is really not bad compared to artificial of old.
Posted on 7/10/16 at 10:51 pm to Columbia
I'd go so far as to say it's spongy. I think it's softer than the field at Baum.
Posted on 7/11/16 at 7:03 am to Porker Face
Also every school we play at in the SEC has grass except vandy and mizzou
Posted on 7/11/16 at 7:11 am to Porker Face
Ole Miss will be back to turf before you know it. The turf at Razorback Stadium is a necessity here. The field doesn't get much sunlight throughout the day and the grass cannot take root properly. Grass has been tried over and over and it just doesn't work.
Turf is becoming more and more of a thing. Its less maintenance and has the feel of grass and is a softer surface. You don't have to worry about games being played in the slop and no worry of the field getting torn up during bad weather games. I remember during Nutt's tenure it would not even be halftime yet and there were chunks of the field every where from how poorly the grass was rooted. It looked like absolute shite.
Turf is becoming more and more of a thing. Its less maintenance and has the feel of grass and is a softer surface. You don't have to worry about games being played in the slop and no worry of the field getting torn up during bad weather games. I remember during Nutt's tenure it would not even be halftime yet and there were chunks of the field every where from how poorly the grass was rooted. It looked like absolute shite.
Posted on 7/21/16 at 5:21 pm to Jack Ruby
Go back and watch the Tennessee game. Multiple plays impacted by the shitty condition of the grass field. Do not want.
This post was edited on 7/21/16 at 5:22 pm
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