01-28-2010, 03:45 PM | #1 | ||
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Eastern Washington tells Boise State to kiss their ass
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Tennessee Titans OT Michael Roos is donating 500K to help EWU put in the first ever red turf field ever. .. Yikes. Last edited by DeToxRox : 01-28-2010 at 03:46 PM. |
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01-28-2010, 03:50 PM | #2 |
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I want to see a pitch black field.
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01-28-2010, 03:50 PM | #3 |
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I think Roos needs to chip in a few more bucks to sponsor a study to determine whether staring at that for 3 hours damages your retina.
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01-28-2010, 03:55 PM | #5 |
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Think what Oregon could do...
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01-28-2010, 03:56 PM | #6 |
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Which would be...a pitch-black pitch.
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01-28-2010, 04:05 PM | #8 |
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It gets really hot in Cheney in the summertime. I wonder what the difference in temperature is between red and green turf.
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01-28-2010, 04:15 PM | #9 |
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I hate this trend. Looking at Boise's blue turf strains the eyes. Thankfully E. Washington isn't an FBS school so I'll probably never have to look at their turf...
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01-28-2010, 04:30 PM | #10 |
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Love it.
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01-28-2010, 04:50 PM | #11 |
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I wonder how the football will stand out against it. Contrast / visibility issues?
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01-28-2010, 05:00 PM | #12 |
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01-28-2010, 05:00 PM | #13 |
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Maybe it's a situation where the field is incredibly distracting and all of the EWU players are wearing special contact lenses that filter it out. Brilliant.
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01-28-2010, 05:04 PM | #14 |
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OMG...green turf! That's insane! Last edited by JeeberDMack : 01-28-2010 at 05:09 PM. |
01-28-2010, 05:10 PM | #15 |
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This thread caused me to learn something: that the supposed NCAA rule banning colored turf (except for BSU under a grandfather clause) is apparently an urban myth.
Pity, and there ought to be one.
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01-28-2010, 05:13 PM | #16 |
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01-28-2010, 06:12 PM | #18 | ||
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Yup, that's indeed a myth. So is the one about birds dive bombing into the turf thinking it's water. Quote:
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Doubt it. I can't imagine they'd get enough votes to pass legislation on that and at what level? Meh. Most schools would never think to do it anyway, the few that would are just using it as a way to stand out and if Oregon can have 1000 different jerseys, I doubt the NCAA cares about fields. We're not talking about the NFL here. |
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01-28-2010, 06:22 PM | #20 |
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My stepson goes to EWU. Nice campus, but shithole of a town.
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01-29-2010, 01:19 AM | #22 |
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Awesome!
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01-29-2010, 01:33 AM | #23 |
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What a horrific idea. I'm wondering though if Red would repell more light than green, or absorb more. All I know is the RoyGBiv thing, and Red is obviously farther up the spectrum than green.
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