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On this date in 1968 the SEC had its first game on artificial turf
Posted on 9/14/17 at 1:57 pm
Posted on 9/14/17 at 1:57 pm
Tennessee, who won the SEC in 1967, and Georgia ,who would win the SEC in 1968, tied 17-17. Tennessee scored on a 21 yard Bubba Wyche to Gary Kreis pass on the last play of the game to cut it to 17-15. Wyche completed a pass to Ken DeLong for the two point conversion and the tie.
Tennessee's surface was actually Tartan Turf made by 3M and not Monsanto's Astro-Turf that would eventually be more widely used.
Tennessee's surface was actually Tartan Turf made by 3M and not Monsanto's Astro-Turf that would eventually be more widely used.
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Posted on 9/14/17 at 1:58 pm to I-59 Tiger
Doug's Rug
Posted on 9/14/17 at 2:04 pm to I-59 Tiger
I think you mean green concrete.
Posted on 9/14/17 at 2:06 pm to I-59 Tiger
Look at VOLS being trailblazers per usual
Posted on 9/14/17 at 2:09 pm to I-59 Tiger
Any Agricultural school south of Mason Dixon using turf should have its land grant status revoked
Posted on 9/14/17 at 2:22 pm to I-59 Tiger
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Tennessee, who won the SEC in 1967, and Georgia ,who would win the SEC in 1968, tied 17-17. Tennessee scored on a 21 yard Bubba Wyche to Gary Kreis pass on the last play of the game to cut it to 17-15. Wyche completed a pass to Ken DeLong for the two point conversion and the tie.
I, too, remember an ancient time when Tennessee and Georgia could win the SEC.
Posted on 9/14/17 at 2:30 pm to I-59 Tiger
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On this date in 1968 the SEC had its first game on artificial turf
A dark day.
Posted on 9/14/17 at 2:47 pm to I-59 Tiger
Why in the hell did Ag schools ever go to astroturf?
Posted on 9/14/17 at 2:48 pm to I-59 Tiger
Back to back passes by UT to tie the game? I thought passing did 3 things and two of them were BAD!
ETA: and narry a one of those 3 would make the team today
ETA: and narry a one of those 3 would make the team today
This post was edited on 9/14/17 at 2:50 pm
Posted on 9/14/17 at 3:16 pm to I-59 Tiger
Can someone explain the reason turf became a thing?
Posted on 9/14/17 at 7:38 pm to I-59 Tiger
I think this is the game where Tennessee didn't tell uga that they had that turf and uga was prepared. Then the last second td they scored hit on the ground and was incomplete but the officials cheated uga out the game
Posted on 9/14/17 at 8:38 pm to Godawgs323
It's still better than that shite field they have now.
Posted on 9/14/17 at 9:05 pm to I-59 Tiger
Surprising. I would have thought Legion Field.
Posted on 9/14/17 at 9:47 pm to Smalls
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Can someone explain the reason turf became a thing?
The Houston Astrodome opened in 1965 and thus artificial playing surfaces were born.
Posted on 9/14/17 at 11:19 pm to I-59 Tiger
It hurts me to look at that pic. That shite was awful. The modern synthetic stuff will hurt you too.
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