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Offline TxJim

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Someday, we'll see something like a team maybe named "Tartans" will install a plaid field.

Here is the latest I found, Purple and Gray at Univ. of Central Ark.

http://www.ucagameday.com/livevideo/?pp=UCAGameday


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Offline AlUpstateNY

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Re: New Turf colors and combinations other than green, Do you like?
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2011, 09:07:04 AM »
Truly, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" and sometimes that can cause problems.  Football is a wonderful game designed to be played on a grass field, under a clear sky on a crisp afternoon.  Sometimes that's just not possible as night games under the lights are played when it's way to warm, or cold.  Changing the color (and texture) of the grass is something advances in technology allows us to do.  It doesn't require, however, that we do so.

There are those who just cannot resist changing things regardless of how well they are working, how well they perform, or how much others appreciate them.

Offline HLinNC

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Re: New Turf colors and combinations other than green, Do you like?
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2011, 03:27:39 PM »
Watching the Eastern Washington-Villanova FCS nee' 1AA game made my head hurt.  I guess its neat you can get the plastic grass in your school colors but I'm a traditionalist.

Offline Amir

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Re: New Turf colors and combinations other than green, Do you like?
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2011, 04:36:39 AM »
It does look a bit odd, but at least it's a relatively muted colour scheme so it might just work. Just imagine if Boise State decided to go with a stripy field!
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Now look, you know different people think about life in different ways. Lawyers think life is a big court room, doctors probably think life is like a big operation, and bus drivers think life is... er... a big bus I guess, who knows what the hell those guys think. Anyway, I've always thought of life as a big football game...

Offline Osric Pureheart

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Re: New Turf colors and combinations other than green, Do you like?
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2011, 07:29:57 AM »
Love it.  Admittedly, a large part of that is because I enjoy watching the inevitable wailing and gnashing of teeth from traditionalists.

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Re: New Turf colors and combinations other than green, Do you like?
« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2011, 12:20:14 PM »
Just imagine if Oregon decided to color-coordinate it's field to correspond to the home team uniforms being worn on a given day!

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Re: New Turf colors and combinations other than green, Do you like?
« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2011, 02:57:45 PM »
A local HS in our area

http://www.sdsportscommission.com/why-play-here/facility-guide/west-hills-high-school/

obviously their claim of being the "only 2 tone non-green in the nation" is dated.
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Offline AlUpstateNY

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Re: New Turf colors and combinations other than green, Do you like?
« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2011, 06:18:16 PM »
A more important question might be, "Did it EVER matter?"

Offline Bob M.

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Re: New Turf colors and combinations other than green, Do you like?
« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2011, 07:52:44 PM »
A more important question might be, "Did it EVER matter?"

REPLY: It did to the poor contestant who got it as his "Daily Double" question on Jeopardy! under the Ugly Playing Surfaces category
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Offline LAZebra

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Re: New Turf colors and combinations other than green, Do you like?
« Reply #9 on: June 02, 2011, 08:40:59 AM »
Hate it!!!!!!!!  I am not necessarily a traditionalist.  I just think some of the colors have an adverse effect on participants and fans.  If it isn't addressed we could see something as painful as lime green or dayglow orange before long.
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Dommer1

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Re: New Turf colors and combinations other than green, Do you like?
« Reply #10 on: June 04, 2011, 05:20:11 PM »
Awful. Stick to green! You want your team/school/program to stand out? Do it through playing!

Offline bama_stripes

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Re: New Turf colors and combinations other than green, Do you like?
« Reply #11 on: June 09, 2011, 11:53:08 AM »
Awful. Stick to green! You want your team/school/program to stand out? Do it through playing!

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