If it's green it's because they dye it or paint it. By the end of November grass tends to be going dormant. At Soldier field in Chicago they have to resod almost every year. One bad weather game day and any grass field is essentially destroyed. RA's turf looks terrible by the bucket game and injuries or not isn't a fit surface to showcase players' skills. It is an embarrassment and if your Ag dept. can't do better then they must offer a terrible education. Green Bay has a better at least partial natural grass surface in mid January than RA in November.
Sampson James to Purdue.
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You must play some really awful golf courses.
Purdue doesn’t paint or dye the field. It’s a process called overseeding. The beautiful Bermuda grass goes dormant after the first frost. They overseed with rye to keep the field green. That’s why you’ll see some light golden brown glow-like look in the video I posted. It’s the dormant Bermuda in places where the rye is thin. It still looks and plays phenomenally well in late November.
Rohrman Field is the envy of the league most seasons. Of course, some years Mother Nature gets her revenge, but that’s the price you pay when the health of your student athletes is paramount.
So will it add seats then? I can't imagine PU would need to add seats any time soon. Not a slam, but just the reality of the situation.
I don’t think so. The vision I saw called for an open pavilion at the level of the vomitoriums with a deck above. This would require removal of the existing seats above the vomitoriums.
Ya. I'd guess it will stay about the same. I think they were waiting to see what fan turnout was post pandemic before continuing on. I know they did a bunch of research on fan experience and MLS stadiums and what not.
I can tell you that Bermuda grass is dormant at that time with the temperature. That is rye and trust me just rewatched yhe 2019 game and the field is absolutely crap. You definitely see how spotty the rye is on the field.Mind boggling how someone could keep a field in such pristine condition in late November. Man, that Bermuda field is sweet.
I posted several photos and a video in this thread that prove you wrong. As the OP wrote:
The problem isn't the grass, it's what's underneath. It's mostly sand. It's going to tear up in chunks because of the lack of a firm base. Sure, surface water goes away but it's still wet and loose.
Right after he damned to hell every administrator who installed a fake grass field on which to cripple his children.
I would like to personally follow up on this. Please provide who at IU “Perpetuated the lie”. And how you know if it is a lie or not.
Once you provide these details which you have clearly implied to know, I will follow up directly.
Thank you for the heads up and inside information.
It isn’t the fault of the grass. It is the fault of the administrators who’s pride has crippled their ability to make sound judgements. They don’t have the soil, drainage, fertilization or seed mix right which is amazing considering Pu is primarily an ag school.
many many Pu grads have been screaming to give up the failed dream and go to turf.
You mean like Gale Sayers?
Joe Theisman?
Bob Griese?
Rondale Moore?
Dick Butkus?
Joe Namath?
I watched the game and video does not lie. That field was crap. Rye looks good from field level but grows in patches. It was crap. Commentators also mentioned how bad it was. Also have attended a couple of turf management classes because I used to take care of our fields football baseball and softball. Also lot of people believe it bad to overseen the rye which has changed over recent years. Although Bermuda is a very hearty type of grass. It does go dormant and turn brown with cool weather. Even in South Florida it gets dormant in Mid November
Most of our fields in south Florida are sand sand based. And football is played during the rainy season in a tropical climate.
‘On which to cripple his children’? Ok I’m outta here,y’all have fun dealing with this nut job.
And I've watched those fields come up in chunks too. Wasn't the Orange Bowl PAT also?
Rohrman Field is widely considered the crown jewel of the BigTen. Plastic grass is a hazard to player health, an environmental nightmare, and stinks like burning rubber. None of this can be debated.
I bid you adieu.
I bid you adieu.
I know it natural grass don’t remember. I Florida fief does not do that. Hard rock does not come up in chunks they do get divots. UCF and Raymond James don’t come up in chunks.
Like I said, it's not the grass. It's the system and PAT is a poor system.
Not before you back up your claims about IU administrators promoting the story about the playbook and Tom Allen needing to apologize for it.
Also Rohrman needs to up his donation to the field so they can afford to catch up with the other BIG facilities because right now you are far behind the pack.
Oh God - there's a Jr? I grew up on Bob Rohrman commercials. I always thought he was gay. NTTAWWT
Indicative that artificial turf is not the only type of field where devastating injuries occur - all grass.
Hell….if that’s how this is supposed to operate, I’m surprised Purdue hasn’t shut down GBI. Of course, this is the same school that endorses the “IU sucks” chant at every game. Now, that’s something a school can curtail. Right?
Old T-bag rubbs is back talking about integrity. He has as much integrity as that trash field PUke fans covet.
I just laugh about the denial related to the field being planted on sand. There are photos and purdue.edu articles explaining the installation of the PAT system and the sand base that it relies upon. A 90 second google search brings it all up.
Not hard to see that there have been issues in the past that have caused them to explore new solutions.
An early season night game (looks like ND) where you can already see the wear.
Here's the sinkhole from 4-5 years ago where you see all the sand that is the turf's underpinning.
Notre dame night game from 2012? I've mentioned they've come a long way since then. I think they even changed the type of grass entirely to a more cold resistant Bermuda. So thats really not a relevant post. Sinkholes can happen in dirt as well. The sand wasn't the issue.I just laugh about the denial related to the field being planted on sand. There are photos and purdue.edu articles explaining the installation of the PAT system and the sand base that it relies upon. A 90 second google search brings it all up.
Not hard to see that there have been issues in the past that have caused them to explore new solutions.
An early season night game (looks like ND) where you can already see the wear.
Here's the sinkhole from 4-5 years ago where you see all the sand that is the turf's underpinning.
What part of "Not hard to see that there have been issues in the past that have caused them to explore new solutions." makes you think I'm talking about the current field?
I was speaking specifically about the sand that makes up the seedbed for the field and the idea that you guys are denying it. I said so in the first two sentences.
Do you not learn about context in regards to reading comprehension up there?
Also, do you not see all the sand in the sinkhole pics? It's all that white looking stuff on top of the grass in 3 of the 4 views.
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