[Fumblerooskies]

I'm watching that game and their field is SICK...
...100% Field Turf...except for the mound and homeplate. Even the "dirt infield" is fieldturf.

[SuperJon]

App's new field is like that. I didn't pay attention to Louisville's though.

[SuperJon]

I think Michigan is using the same thing.


I have nothing to back this up, but I seriously think our "stadium improvements" might include field turf.

[SuperJon]

I'm assuming it's Michigan since they're the home team in Game 1. It could be Oregon St. I think it is Oregon St because of the crowd.

[SuperJon]

It's Oregon St.

[ATrain]

[SuperJon]

http://www.photoworks.com/share/shareLa ... C354&cb=PW

That's App's but the others look the same.

[Libertine]

Still trying to figure out the brown fake grass that's supposed to look like dirt.

[LUconn]

Why wouldnt they just use real dirt? Cheap(free), easy upkeep(none), close to the real thing for the purists (it is the real thing). Are they scared of the seam?

[SuperJon]

The upkeep is harder than it looks, but still not hard.

The beauty of the turf in the dirt is you never get a bad hop. You don't have to worry about a lip from the grass to the dirt, etc.

I hated it at first. It's growing on me now.

[Fumblerooskies]

It didn't seem like the guys had issues sliding on that stuff, either.

[ATrain]

The dirt isn't exactly free...according to Lee Bishop (former linebacker here at LU, current RD, worked with the Dolphins between graduating and being RD), the Marlins paid $200,000 for their infield dirt. The Hillcats also have a huge budget just for dirt.