Katzenboyer Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 From http://www.southbendtribune.com/sports/college/notredame/football/article_e522daae-2c94-11e3-876a-001a4bcf6878.html Field of screams? The divot squad worked overtime on Notre Dame Stadium’s grass field Saturday during and after ND’s 35-21 loss to Oklahoma. On Thursday, the school took a more drastic step, essentially re-sodding the entire field from goal line to goal line. “We’re hopeful that’s going to give us a better surface,” said Kelly, whose team next plays at home on Oct. 19 against USC. Kelly’s long-term hopes remain having the artificial surface FieldTurf installed. The Irish practice on FieldTurf on a daily basis at the LaBar Practice Complex. “I’ve made it pretty clear what I want for a surface,” he said, “and that has not come to fruition at this point. But we’re going to put the grass down, and we’re hopeful that that’s going to get us through the season.” I see no way in which ND is NOT playing on Field Turf next season. To have to replace the surface after three home games is really, really bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockets Revenge Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Wouldn't the savings in maintenance, fertilizer, materials, water, sod, re-sodding, etc. eventually pay for FieldTurf?? Not to mention the effect on recruiting, marketing, appearance on TV, practicing & playing on the same surface, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlesnake Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Wouldn't the savings in maintenance, fertilizer, materials, water, sod, re-sodding, etc. eventually pay for FieldTurf?? Not to mention the effect on recruiting, marketing, appearance on TV, practicing & playing on the same surface, etc. And to cut down on the potential injurty risk of practicing on one surface and playing games on another.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockets Revenge Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Not to mention the effect on recruiting' date=' marketing, appearance on TV, [b']practicing & playing on the same surface[/b], etc. And to cut down on the potential injurty risk of practicing on one surface and playing games on another.. Hence the effect on practicing & playing on the same surface...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el senor domer Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Time to change the field and get to playing surfaces like almost every school and even most high school have it today as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishFan33 Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 It was supposed to have gone in before this season so i really hope we get it next season. Most of our players hate playing on our field... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlesnake Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Hence the effect on practicing & playing on the same surface...... Wait, you think I actually READ your posts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockets Revenge Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 FTFY Wait, you think I can actually READ ? :clock: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlesnake Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 FTFY :clock: Oh, go add another signature banner already.. I want your one line posts to take up whole pages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocketsan Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Dear Notre Dame: Sh!t or get off the damned pot on a whole boatload of issues. Love: the fans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el senor domer Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Dear Notre Dame: Sh!t or get off the damned pot on a whole boatload of issues. Love: the fans Thanks for being the one that wrote the letter! I can now go on with my day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangeruss Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 when they do put the field turf in the stadium all I ask is to keep the diagonals in the endzones and no logo on the 50 yardline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTennant Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 (edited) Wouldn't the savings in maintenance, fertilizer, materials, water, sod, re-sodding, etc. eventually pay for FieldTurf?? Not to mention the effect on recruiting, marketing, appearance on TV, practicing & playing on the same surface, etc. All day, every day. We ran this scenario with tons of variables in my cost accounting class. Even when you consider a modest 7-8% return on investment income used to pay cash for the field versus being invested in equities. Dear Notre Dame: Sh!t or get off the damned pot on a whole boatload of issues. Love: the fans sh!t or get off the ladder! Edited October 4, 2013 by JTennant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfschellcrna Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 it was an embarrassment of epic proportion...1st, it started off with one fat guy going out during commercial time outs and stomping down the divots. Next thing you know, two fat guys are out there stomping down divots..My brothers and I were cracking up..It got up to four fat guys bouncing around at a feverish pace between commercials, but the best is when one of the fat guys ran onto the field with a tamper bar while some old fat, white supervisor was screaming at all of them to move faster and get it straightened out.......it was friggin classic......the oklahoma fans got a good laugh:pound: at the cheapskate ND administration and the rest of us just shook our heads......:pout: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nd1baby Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Here's a couple of bullets. Go win the war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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