In the Tall Grass at Northwestern

[uihawk82]

Can confirm. In '98 my high school team played a baseball game in the Metrodome, and any ball that got past you was rolling all the way to the fence.

All I could think the whole time was that I couldn't believe anyone played football on that stuff. It was like office carpet glued down to concrete. Still don't know how that shit was legal and how no one died on the field from their head bouncing off it.

Again that was Astroturf not PAT from Purdue

 

[Fryowa]

Again that was Astroturf not PAT from Purdue

Well, the post I replied to wasn’t talking about PAT from Purdue.

 

[Fryowa]

I have openings...

 

[Northside Hawk]

Can confirm. In '98 my high school team played a baseball game in the Metrodome, and any ball that got past you was rolling all the way to the fence.

All I could think the whole time was that I couldn't believe anyone played football on that stuff. It was like office carpet glued down to concrete. Still don't know how that shit was legal and how no one died on the field from their head bouncing off it.

And if had to lay out and dive for a ball (baseball or football) you were going to have a turf burn the size of a hamburger bun.

Cris Collinsworth, who played in the turf era eighties, said he would wake up the morning after a game and find himself stuck to the bedsheet in more places than he could count.

 

[Northside Hawk]

You are thinking of the original Astroturf that was developed after the Astrodome was opened in houston and they found out real grass wouldnt grow inside that stadium.

PAT turf system developed at Purdue was real grass.

One of the last converts in the B1G to something other than that awful mini golf surface was Wisconsin. Even Barry had a difficult time convincing the band that the turf was dangerous.

The band had to accept the fact that they were no longer bigger than the football team.

 

[Northside Hawk]

It looks like the tape is bent as opposed to buried down to the ground. Regardless, it's still relative speed.

Now, if they mow that grass down before next weekend, the Hawks should take that as a slap in the face.

Agree, that's a steel tape. It would be easy to bend it back and hide the excess.

 

[Seth53]

It's obviously a male tape measure.

Claims it's 9"
Actually only 2"

 

[hawkinn3]

Notre Dame tried this during the “Bush Push” game.

Charlie Weiss is the only coach I can recall getting a raise and extension after a loss.

 

[WinOneThisCentury]

I could never understand why the State of Iowa uses the Unidome for their State Championships. I get it's a nice environment when it's cold out for fans, but it sucks as a player. You are playing outside on grass pretty much all year...then in late Oct./early November it's 30-40 degrees outside for your playoff games. You win those...then you play the most important game of the year...in a domed stadium, on a foreign surface, and it's 80 degrees on the field. You would spend the whole game sucking for air.

I freaking hated that place...and back when we played the surface was hard and burned the crap out of you.

 

[Robowe]

It worked! Ohio State only scored 52 points!