re: SEC football stadiums and artificial turf

It's a combo of reasons why Mizzou's had a tough time getting grass to grow. First, and this is why the air flow comes into mention, the playing surface is about 30 or 40 feet below street level. The turf down there just cooks and it has no air movement at all. Leads to a lot of issues with disease, especially with the heat & humidity in MO. Columbia also is in between with the warm season versus cool season grasses. The warm season would be great early on, but it'd go dormant by Oct 1 or so. The cool season grows very well in MO, but is much more susceptible to disease.

That's pretty much it, which is why even with a top flight Ag School, Mizzou is stuck with the field turf.