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The stadium sits on bedrock...

Posted on: December 11, 2020 at 21:02:42 CT
INStripes STL
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The amount of dirt you would have to tuck in is enormous. And the drainage with the blasting down into the side of the hill where the stadium sits is terrible. If you were around for the Larry Smith era, you will remember the grass coming up in clumps. The roots can't get a good hold when the dirt on top of the rock is in actuality temporary. It is just not worth the time and money to try to make it work when the field turf almost everyone uses now requires little to no maintenance.

Edited by INStripes at 21:04:00 on 12/11/20
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Let's go back to real grass - alzoo MU - 12/11 15:04:37
     Take out the track around the field - Lavon MU - 12/11 21:29:50
     The stadium sits on bedrock... - INStripes STL - 12/11 21:02:42
     Agree but - tigfan MU - 12/11 19:10:32
     Doesn't this come right after leather helmets on TB's list - samclemens MU - 12/11 16:28:45
          Gold burlap pants(nm) - TigerFan92 STL - 12/11 17:03:06
               Anthracite conversations have lost their luster (nm) - samclemens MU - 12/11 17:08:07
     Fine with the turf but can we buy a better quality this time - Erwin Fletcher STL - 12/11 15:47:32
          Agree. And while we're at it. Why not put a few more.. - winslow MU - 12/11 17:31:32
               and take the damn track out before someone gets hurt(nm) - Erwin Fletcher STL - 12/11 20:28:18
     the turf is better in almost every way - Jeff85 MU - 12/11 15:38:24
          we should replace it with GOLDEN turf - bobbelcher MU - 12/11 15:41:56
     I always thought Notre Dame had the nicest grass field, then - Fool on the Hill MU - 12/11 15:31:05
     This would get the students back - TigerFan92 STL - 12/11 15:21:43
     but we can't grow the real stuff..... - SuperTone MU - 12/11 15:19:04
     Real grass is tough to grow in Memorial Stadium - Harvest MU - 12/11 15:18:30
          Good analysis - MoArk MU - 12/11 17:35:23
          Most are going artificial as it has come a long way and it - Erwin Fletcher STL - 12/11 15:49:10
          it is not too hot for KBG. - SuperTone MU - 12/11 15:28:49
               arrowhead uses bermuda - phrejd MU - 12/11 16:08:45
                    I don’t see colleges going with inground heating systems - alwaysright MU - 12/12 07:24:06
                    Most of those 20 years they didn't field a football team(nm) - TigerMatt STL - 12/11 16:53:17
                         stick to trolling on the shack. you look foolish here (nm) - phrejd MU - 12/11 18:02:38
          RE: Real grass is tough to grow in Memorial Stadium - lhs MU - 12/11 15:27:34
               The field is sitting on - greendoor MU - 12/11 16:47:35
               Arrowhead isn't below ground - Tigerfish MU - 12/11 15:40:09
                    Curious - what is ground level. That is vague. I've heard of - winslow MU - 12/11 17:40:54
                    I think it is below ground level - alzoo MU - 12/11 15:47:49
               They have a better location, air flow and drainage - SuperTone MU - 12/11 15:29:46
                    And have a bigger budget for this sort of thing(nm) - winslow MU - 12/11 15:30:53
                         we have a multi-billion dollar ag school and some of the - phrejd MU - 12/11 16:06:23
               Exactly - alzoo MU - 12/11 15:28:53
               very carefully (nm) - phrejd MU - 12/11 15:28:45
          that just tells me we're not trying hard enough - phrejd MU - 12/11 15:24:40




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