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Topic:  OT: Western Michigan-Akron
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Buckeye to Bobcat
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  Message Not Read  OT: Western Michigan-Akron
   Posted: 10/14/2017 5:26:09 PM 
Unreal what happened there today.....game moved to tomorrow at 1pm.
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Ohio69
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  Message Not Read  RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron
   Posted: 10/14/2017 7:24:42 PM 
I missed it - what happened ?


Can somebody hit a pull up jumper for me?.....

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The Optimist
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  Message Not Read  RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron
   Posted: 10/14/2017 7:31:09 PM 
Hurricane hits Kalamazoo. Mass flooding. Stadium underwater.


I've seen crazier things happen.

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shabamon
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  Message Not Read  RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron
   Posted: 10/14/2017 7:34:04 PM 
FS1 just showed video. The playing field is literally inflated like a water balloon.
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rpbobcat
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  Message Not Read  RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron
   Posted: 10/14/2017 7:49:13 PM 
Haven't seen the video,but from looking at the stills,1:00 tomorrow may be optimistic.

As I've posted before,I design synthetic turf fields.

Synthetic turf can be submerged without without necessarily damaging the "turf" (mat) itself,but being submerged,particularly if water got under the mat and disturbed it,will do a number on the infill.
The infill is what provides all the "cushioning" and makes the filaments (grass) vertical.

The amount of damage depends on the type of infill.

You also have to deal with any "muck" the water deposits.

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C Money
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  Message Not Read  RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron
   Posted: 10/14/2017 8:11:43 PM 
Pics:
https://twitter.com/WMU_Football/status/919303495278383104
https://twitter.com/broncofitz

Video:
https://www.facebook.com/KzooGazette/videos/1015475702943...
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rpbobcat
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  Message Not Read  RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron
   Posted: 10/15/2017 10:17:42 AM 
C Money wrote:
Pics:
https://twitter.com/WMU_Football/status/919303495278383104
https://twitter.com/broncofitz

Video:
https://www.facebook.com/KzooGazette/videos/1015475702943...


From looking at the pictures and video it doesn't look like the "turf" got disturbed.

Standing water,as long as it drains through the turf,doesn't really damage the infill.

If that's the case,and they didn't get any more rain overnight,it may be possible to get the field ready to use by "grooming" it.

Grooming removes any surface "dirt","fills in" infill and "straightens" the turf's filaments.



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  Message Not Read  RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron
   Posted: 10/15/2017 10:27:09 AM 
The video on FS1 literally showed the turf in the middle rising and falling.....will admit to have never seen that before
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L.C.
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  Message Not Read  RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron
   Posted: 10/15/2017 10:33:59 AM 
Here's a perspective of what can happen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB2V7wWofy8

MLIVE makes the obvious joke:
http://www.mlive.com/broncos/index.ssf/2017/10/flooding_a...
MLIVE wrote:
Has there ever been a more appropriate time to row the boat in Waldo Stadium?

Last Edited: 10/15/2017 12:02:59 PM by L.C.


“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” ― Epictetus

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BillyTheCat
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  Message Not Read  RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron
   Posted: 10/15/2017 12:25:10 PM 
Buckeye to Bobcat wrote:
The video on FS1 literally showed the turf in the middle rising and falling.....will admit to have never seen that before


That happened to our last turf in about 2003.
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C Money
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  Message Not Read  RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron
   Posted: 10/15/2017 2:51:14 PM 
Free live-stream of the game:
http://wmubroncos.com/watch/?Live=17&type=Live
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SWBC
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  Message Not Read  RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron
   Posted: 10/15/2017 2:57:25 PM 
A stream of the game is available at wmubroncos.com. At the half, Akron is handling them 14-3
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SWBC
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  Message Not Read  RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron
   Posted: 10/15/2017 3:04:28 PM 
Doh. C Money beat me to it and provided the link.
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Doc Bobcat
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  Message Not Read  RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron
   Posted: 10/15/2017 3:16:59 PM 
WR Kwadarrrius Smith with 2 receptions...all name team.
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rpbobcat
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  Message Not Read  RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron
   Posted: 10/15/2017 3:36:13 PM 
You can see from the stream that the turf is not in the best shape.

Several areas where the infill is "clumped".

Still,a lot better then a grass field would have been after the same type of event.
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  Message Not Read  RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron
   Posted: 10/15/2017 4:16:14 PM 
Well now....that was interesting. Can't say I expected this outcome at all.
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The Optimist
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  Message Not Read  RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron
   Posted: 10/15/2017 4:54:54 PM 
Akron appears to be the big competition in the East.

We cannot afford a loss the next 2 weeks considering we already have 1 MAC loss and we play Toledo and Akron in back to back weeks.

Last Edited: 10/15/2017 4:58:34 PM by The Optimist


I've seen crazier things happen.

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Panda
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  Message Not Read  RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron
   Posted: 10/16/2017 8:13:36 AM 
WMU was not ready to play. Their coach blew it in 4 quarter not kicking FG.

It will probably come down to last game!


Panda

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allen
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  Message Not Read  RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron
   Posted: 10/16/2017 11:44:05 AM 
How does Western lead USC for most of the game and lose to Akron? Wow


Nobody despises to lose more than I do. That's got me into trouble over the years, but it also made a man of mediocre ability into a pretty good coach. Woody Hayes

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