Remedy for Slick Ford Turf

by **Bergermeister** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:40 pm

On the way to the Radisson today I saw HUGE bags of turf BBs at the top of the Mockingbird ramp at Ford. Stopped by afterwards to check it out and they were retrieving the original pellets (vacuuming them outta the turf) and dumping them in a bin. Quite an operation. I guess "they" determined that was the problem.

by **ponyboy** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:50 pm

The remedy is actual real, live grass.

by **RGV Pony** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:51 pm

man that must be a pain in the [deleted]

by **Junior** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:58 pm

you mean "pain in the [gary patterson]"?

by **smupony94** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:08 pm

"pain in the [Mrydel]"

by **GiddyUp** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:13 pm

ponyboy wrote:The remedy is actual real, live grass.

Sure was nice to see a nice grass field this past weekend. I guess they don't play as much HS football there as we do?

by **mustangklick** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:27 pm

GiddyUp wrote:
ponyboy wrote:The remedy is actual real, live grass.

Sure was nice to see a nice grass field this past weekend. I guess they don't play as much HS football there as we do?

Dont see why we can't have grass as well, although I'm sure we saved some $$ during this drought....

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by **DiamondM75** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:34 pm

Bergermeister wrote:....vacuuming them outta the turf

Man that $ U C K $

by **mrydel** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 6:34 pm

smupony94 wrote:"pain in the [Mrydel]"

You hurt me.

by **ObeyMyDog** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:11 pm

I was wondering what all those bags were. Didn't realize it took so much to fill the field. There were at least 40 gigantic bags of that stuff.

Didn't we used to have grass but it was too expensive to maintain?

by **CalallenStang** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:35 pm

ObeyMyDog wrote:I was wondering what all those bags were. Didn't realize it took so much to fill the field. There were at least 40 gigantic bags of that stuff.

Didn't we used to have grass but it was too expensive to maintain?

Didn't it burn at the Navy game?

by **CalallenStang** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:38 pm

TCU's grass field

by **GRGB** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:11 pm

ponyboy wrote:The remedy is actual real, live grass.

Cost 500k per year to maintain

by **Longtime** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:57 pm

The reason they have grass in their stadium is because they have an artificial surface to practice on in their indoor facility.

When it's wet and muddy, our only artificial surface is Ford Stadium.