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re: Top Indoor Practice Facilities In College Football
Posted on 8/14/13 at 11:42 am to Draconian Sanctions
Posted on 8/14/13 at 11:42 am to Draconian Sanctions
There's always gotta be one bitch in every thread.
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Posted on 8/14/13 at 11:43 am to TaxmanMSU
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Go to a real field?
So then what was the point in spending millions of dollars to build those facilities if half of your pass plays can't even be practiced in them? Looks like Tennessee, LSU, and Oklahoma State made a point to build theirs the right way.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 11:44 am to TaxmanMSU
I like the plywood y'all use to line the walls.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 11:46 am to TheDude321
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So then what was the point in spending millions of dollars to build those facilities if half of your pass plays can't even be practiced in them? Looks like Tennessee, LSU, and Oklahoma State made a point to build theirs the right way.
How much room you want on a sideline?
This post was edited on 8/14/13 at 11:47 am
Posted on 8/14/13 at 11:48 am to TheDude321
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So then what was the point in spending millions of dollars to build those facilities if half of your pass plays can't even be practiced in them? Looks like Tennessee, LSU, and Oklahoma State made a point to build theirs the right way.
The IPFs are used mainly for walk throughs and basic skills drills.
Scrimmages are held outside, at Arkansas there are three fields available for outdoors practicing (where the majority of practice takes place).
Posted on 8/14/13 at 11:48 am to NorthGwinnettTiger
Oregon built the first one in the Pac - 12. It's probably due for an upgrade.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 11:50 am to NorthGwinnettTiger
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How much room you want on a sideline?
I'm talking mainly about the arch of the ceilings being too low to throw a pass along the sidelines in most (but not all) of the facilities. Props also goes out to the several schools that also didn't put posts along walls next to the sideline that a player won't slam into after running out of bounds.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 11:50 am to TRUERockyTop
I like the Kentucky and Michigan facilities the best.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 11:51 am to OBReb6
LOL @ plywood
Posted on 8/14/13 at 11:53 am to Mindenfan
I like Virginia's. Appears they have an elevated viewing area for the coaches.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 11:59 am to NorthGwinnettTiger
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aTm's looks like the inside of a coffin. Needs windows.
its ugly as sin from the outside.
it looks like a cheap arse warehouse.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 12:00 pm to Mindenfan
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I like the Kentucky and Michigan facilities the best.
No way. Ceilings are much too low, and UK's track cuts into their playing field. Can't practice sideline passes or corner routes into the endzone. UM's does have a nice safety feature though, as the goal posts are actually hanging from the wall--so there is no pole on the ground that the players can slam into (LSU's also has this feature).
Posted on 8/14/13 at 12:03 pm to TRUERockyTop
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Arkies surprised me. Facility looks really good
Our tennis courts have sky boxes, just to give you an idea of how much money we spend on facilities.
Georgia's is shocking. I went to a poor high school and our practice facility was about the same size as that. Did Mark Richt lose control of construction or something?
This post was edited on 8/14/13 at 12:04 pm
Posted on 8/14/13 at 12:03 pm to NorthGwinnettTiger
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I like Virginia's. Appears they have an elevated viewing area for the coaches.
Looks like most appear to have this feature to varying degrees, although UVA's is no doubt better than most. Georgia's has some coaching offices that actually look back onto their indoor playing field.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 12:05 pm to OBReb6
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I like the plywood y'all use to line the walls.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 12:06 pm to BennyAndTheInkJets
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Georgia's is shocking. I went to a poor high school and our practice facility was about the same size as that. Did Mark Richt lose control of construction or something?
Every Georgia design failure is blamed on the geography of the campus. A full size facility wouldn't fit in between two building so they have that, their stadium was built in a drained pond, so its how it is.
They have it so much worse than schools like Tennessee and Arkansas when it comes to geography surrounding the campus.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 12:06 pm to TheDude321
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Georgia's has some coaching offices that actually look back onto their indoor playing field.
That's how Tennessees is set up as well. Most of the staff have offices overlooking the IPF. Great feature
Posted on 8/14/13 at 12:07 pm to Buckeye06
Originally, UGA's was supposed to extend outward from the current "indoor facility" (it's there for walk-throughs, the workout program, and special events, not actual drills and practices) and onto the practice fields but for whatever reason that idea was scrapped.
As mentioned, some schools just don't want/need them and I guess UGA considers itself one such school
As mentioned, some schools just don't want/need them and I guess UGA considers itself one such school
Posted on 8/14/13 at 12:07 pm to TaxmanMSU
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Palmeiro Center
"It is the best indoor facility in the country. PERIOD."
Posted on 8/14/13 at 12:09 pm to tylerdurden24
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As mentioned, some schools just don't want/need them and I guess UGA considers itself one such school
Not a flame Durden, but that doesn't make sense at all to me. Dawgnight proved that
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