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Topic: Any chance they'll touch up the field before Wednesday?

Topic: Any chance they'll touch up the field before Wednesday?

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Deciduous Forest Cat
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Any chance they'll touch up the field before Wednesday?

Posted: 10/27/2011 11:27:31 AM

Let's face facts, our football field looks like crap. Obviously, we're not getting new turf before Wednesday so we can't get rid of the nasty faded green look, but I think if we at least repainted the white lines, it would create a good deal more contrast and look better/brighter on TV. Just a thought.

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RE: Any chance they'll touch up the field before Wednesday?

Posted: 10/27/2011 11:33:06 AM

I'm 99% sure there is no paint on the field anymore. I think all different colors (numbers, lines, logos) are separate pieces of turf stitched into place.

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RE: Any chance they'll touch up the field before Wednesday?

Posted: 10/27/2011 11:43:36 AM

here's an even crazier idea.......

Paint the field black to match the blacked out uni's and all the yardage numbers and hash marks are contrasted white with the a white arched OHIO at midfield....HAH!!!!!

Just joking...or am I??? We do need a new field though, maybe next year.

As they say..If you're gonna go, go BIG!!!

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RE: Any chance they'll touch up the field before Wednesday?

Posted: 10/27/2011 1:20:33 PM

Ryan Carey wrote:

I'm 99% sure there is no paint on the field anymore. I think all different colors (numbers, lines, logos) are separate pieces of turf stitched into place.

You're 100% correct.The lines,logos etc. are permanently sewen in.

However, I don't know of any reason why you couldn't "spruce up" a field for a special event by painting over the permanent lines.

I've designed several synthetic turf fields that had permanent football markings only.
When a school wanted to play a soccer game,you paint temporary lines on the synthetic turf.

Field Turf provides the instructions on how to do it,including dillution ratios for the paint.The amount of dillution controls the "life" of the temporary markings.

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RE: Any chance they'll touch up the field before Wednesday?

Posted: 10/27/2011 11:16:08 PM

I like the idea of changing the field to black, for every game. Eastern Washington has red, Boise has blue, lets go Johnny Cash and play all night games on black turf.

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RE: Any chance they'll touch up the field before Wednesday?

Posted: 10/27/2011 11:24:12 PM

GoCats105 wrote:

I like the idea of changing the field to black, for every game. Eastern Washington has red, Boise has blue, lets go Johnny Cash and play all night games on black turf.

I figure you're joking, but even if we wanted to we couldn't. NCAA has a rule against it now.

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RE: Any chance they'll touch up the field before Wednesday?

Posted: 10/27/2011 11:29:12 PM

bigtillyoopsupsideurhead wrote:

GoCats105 wrote:

I like the idea of changing the field to black, for every game. Eastern Washington has red, Boise has blue, lets go Johnny Cash and play all night games on black turf.

I figure you're joking, but even if we wanted to we couldn't. NCAA has a rule against it now.

Really? Didn't see that. Probably a good rule, those blue and red turfs are not easy on the eyes.

And I was half-joking.

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RE: Any chance they'll touch up the field before Wednesday?

Posted: 10/28/2011 8:27:49 AM

bigtillyoopsupsideurhead wrote:

GoCats105 wrote:

I like the idea of changing the field to black, for every game. Eastern Washington has red, Boise has blue, lets go Johnny Cash and play all night games on black turf.

I figure you're joking, but even if we wanted to we couldn't. NCAA has a rule against it now.

Too bad about the rule because, while I was initially joking, the more I thought about it, the idea for a black field became one of those..."so crazy it might work" kinda things.

Oh well...I guess we could always say we painted the field green because of our colors!!!

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RE: Any chance they'll touch up the field before Wednesday?

Posted: 10/28/2011 10:27:54 AM

I have been to several stadia over the past two years and our field doesn't look any worse than most. Akron's is definitely newer, but I don't like their two-tone green. Ours compares favorably with Buffalo's, NMSU's, Kent's and others I have seen - it's no more or less faded than any of those. And let's face it, TV viewers sure as hell aren't going to notice.

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RE: Any chance they'll touch up the field before Wednesday?

Posted: 10/28/2011 1:55:02 PM

The colors don't both me as much as how the seams are looking more and more shoddy every year. If you look at the Bobcat up close, you can see how it's all uneven now. Heck, look at the seams of the OHIO's in the end zones, and you can see how it is just showing its age. Getting close to that 10-year mark, which is believe is the life of turf-fields? Of course, from the TV cameras you probably don't notice the aging of the seams, but it's very obvious in person. However, not as noticeable as the giant seam in the middle of the OSU end zones...

Oh, and the MAC logos on the field are painted on, not stitched. Those get a fresh coat of paint a couple times a year I think.

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RE: Any chance they'll touch up the field before Wednesday?

Posted: 10/28/2011 2:19:40 PM

I do believe they are looking to replace it as they know the life is almost up. Not sure how soon, but AD said it would be soon.

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RE: Any chance they'll touch up the field before Wednesday?

Posted: 10/28/2011 4:04:57 PM

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Getting close to that 10-year mark, which is believe is the life of turf-fields?

When I design synthetic turf field for football i figure a usefull life of 10 -12 years,depending on how much it is used and weather.

O.U.'s turf has held up pretty well,given the amount of use it gets and the weather in Athens.

In addition to "wear and tear", O.U.'s turf is about 3-4 generations behind what we're using today.

The new synthetic turf is absolutely unbelievable.

Fortunately O.U. should be able to just replace the turf (carpet) which reduces the cost signifgantly.

Last Edited: 10/28/2011 4:07:41 PM by rpbobcat

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RE: Any chance they'll touch up the field before Wednesday?

Posted: 10/29/2011 7:23:03 PM

Watching the Rutgers game in the snow and it looks like the rubber is clumping up with the snow,

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RE: Any chance they'll touch up the field before Wednesday?

Posted: 10/29/2011 7:48:07 PM

Watched a lot of games today.

The point is well taken that our turf is showing its age. And I think we'd all agree that it's mostly about the green isn't very green. Our turf is not alone though.

Oklahoma State's turf looked awful today. And even that school up north seems pretty grayish.

Our biggest enemy in this is that our school colors make it more obvious.

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RE: Any chance they'll touch up the field before Wednesday?

Posted: 10/30/2011 3:47:35 PM

bigtillyoopsupsideurhead wrote:

I figure you're joking, but even if we wanted to we couldn't. NCAA has a rule against it now.

I'm almost positive that the NFL is the only one that has a rule, putting it in this past offseason. NCAA still has nothing on it other than you have to be able to see/read the yard markings.

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RE: Any chance they'll touch up the field before Wednesday?

Posted: 10/30/2011 3:55:40 PM

ts1227 wrote:

bigtillyoopsupsideurhead wrote:

I figure you're joking, but even if we wanted to we couldn't. NCAA has a rule against it now.

I'm almost positive that the NFL is the only one that has a rule, putting it in this past offseason. NCAA still has nothing on it other than you have to be able to see/read the yard markings.

Yes, this is from Wikipedia, but I believe it's true. There is no rule against it:

The unique blue turf has spawned several myths. The most prevalent myth is that the NCAA subsequently banned playing surface colors other than green, but allowed Bronco Stadium's field to remain blue under a grandfather clause. In reality, the NCAA has never adopted such a rule. Any school may color its playing surface (or any part, mainly the end zones) any color it wishes. Indeed, other schools have non-green football fields including the University of New Haven (blue)^[12] and Eastern Washington University (red). ^[13] On April 1, 2011, the University of Central Arkansas announced that they would install a purple and grey striped field to Estes Stadium.^[14] Nine high schools also have non-green fields: Barrow High School in Barrow, Alaska,^[15] Lovington High School in Lovington, New Mexico, West Hills High School in Santee, California (alternating royal and sky blue every five yards), Hidalgo High School in Hidalgo, Texas (navy), Chaminade College Preparatory School in the Los Angeles neighborhood of West Hills, Oxford High School in Oxford, Michigan, New Braunfels (Texas) Canyon High (red)^[16]^[17] and Canutillo High School in El Paso, Texas.

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RE: Any chance they'll touch up the field before Wednesday?

Posted: 10/30/2011 3:57:30 PM

Also, the NFL did ban turf colors besides green and the Mountain West banned Boise State from wearing all blue no the blue turf.

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