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re: Is there a legitimate reason that Ole Miss uses turf on their field than grass?
Posted on 10/6/14 at 2:04 pm to NEMizzou
Posted on 10/6/14 at 2:04 pm to NEMizzou
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Anyway, we haven't had any more than our fair share of catastrophic lower body injuries with the exception of one game against Texas in Mizzou's last year in the Big 12, the last year we used that certain kind of turf. I think there were 3 blown knees that game, and that was the day Henry Josey tore three knee ligaments and basically was out 18 months.
When players are used to it and know how to play on it, its usually not a problem, so you wouldnt see a lot of injuries from the home team. Its generally the away team that has issues since they dont play on it all the time. I am aware that teams have indoor practice facilities that are turf but they generally only use them in bad weather conditions or when they are trying to recreate closed in spaces with lots of noise.
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Posted on 10/6/14 at 2:51 pm to ThaKaptin
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Its generally the away team that has issues since they dont play on it all the time.
We have practice fields with both Turf and Grass and a Indoor Facility with turf that gets used as well. I'm pretty sure every team in the SEC has a indoor facility with turf so what are you complaining about if the players have turf fields to practice on or they could be very easily built? If its that big of an issue then why doesn't bama build a turf practice field so the players can get used to it since practicing on the indoor facilities apparently does nothing?
Posted on 10/6/14 at 3:36 pm to ThaKaptin
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When players are used to it and know how to play on it, its usually not a problem, so you wouldnt see a lot of injuries from the home team. Its generally the away team that has issues since they dont play on it all the time. I am aware that teams have indoor practice facilities that are turf but they generally only use them in bad weather conditions or when they are trying to recreate closed in spaces with lots of noise.
every SEC team has turf somewhere in there practice facility. Players are used to it. The old astroturf was horrible for knee injuries and such. The new stuff is better and getting better, but it will probably never equal grass.
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