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But I think UNI just made you guys the last school to have astro turf. It was announced today that the UNIdome will be getting new turf for next year.

DJH wrote:But I think UNI just made you guys the last school to have astro turf. It was announced today that the UNIdome will be getting new turf for next year.

Thank god! That green concrete was horrible. Didn't the NCAA condemn it as unsafe?

No, that has always been a myth.

UND has the same turf so we aren't the only school. We will probably get new turf in 5-10 years, field turf in the Fargodome is going to be a very expensive endeavor though due to engineering. The large movable bleacher in the south endzone can't have any thing but the concrete floor under it in order to move.

FargoBison wrote:UND has the same turf so we aren't the only school. We will probably get new turf in 5-10 years, field turf in the Fargodome is going to be a very expensive endeavor though due to engineering. The large movable bleacher in the south endzone can't have any thing but the concrete floor under it in order to move.

Ouch - kind of a design flaw there.

I think it kind of takes away some homefield advantage for the Panthers.
But I suppose it is important to strive for player safety, and most of the visiting players don't know how to play safely on that style turf anymore.

And it'll hopefully cut down on all the whining that opposing teams and TV commentators do.

I'm not sure it'll get done by this fall, but it'll be nice if they can.

JayJ79 wrote:I think it kind of takes away some homefield advantage for the Panthers.
But I suppose it is important to strive for player safety, and most of the visiting players don't know how to play safely on that style turf anymore.

And it'll hopefully cut down on all the whining that opposing teams and TV commentators do.

I'm not sure it'll get done by this fall, but it'll be nice if they can.

I'd bet it's ready for USD.

Very cool and about freakin' time. The old rug was hideous and in desperate need of an upgrade.

dbackjon wrote:

FargoBison wrote:UND has the same turf so we aren't the only school. We will probably get new turf in 5-10 years, field turf in the Fargodome is going to be a very expensive endeavor though due to engineering. The large movable bleacher in the south endzone can't have any thing but the concrete floor under it in order to move.

Ouch - kind of a design flaw there.

Yeah, it also meant that we had turf that was zippered together when the dome opened, that stuff was nasty. Our current turf probably isn't much softer but at least there aren't any seems.

JayJ79 wrote:I think it kind of takes away some homefield advantage for the Panthers.
But I suppose it is important to strive for player safety, and most of the visiting players don't know how to play safely on that style turf anymore.

And it'll hopefully cut down on all the whining that opposing teams and TV commentators do.

I'm not sure it'll get done by this fall, but it'll be nice if they can.

If the turf is unsafe (and I am not saying that it is) it's a home field disadvantage since visiting teams only have to play there once a year. The home team plays 5 or 6 games there.

BlueHen86 wrote:

JayJ79 wrote:I think it kind of takes away some homefield advantage for the Panthers.
But I suppose it is important to strive for player safety, and most of the visiting players don't know how to play safely on that style turf anymore.

And it'll hopefully cut down on all the whining that opposing teams and TV commentators do.

I'm not sure it'll get done by this fall, but it'll be nice if they can.

If the turf is unsafe (and I am not saying that it is) it's a home field disadvantage since visiting teams only have to play there once a year. The home team plays 5 or 6 games there.

A visiting team only plays there once every other year making your point slightly stronger.

BlueHen86 wrote:

JayJ79 wrote:I think it kind of takes away some homefield advantage for the Panthers.
But I suppose it is important to strive for player safety, and most of the visiting players don't know how to play safely on that style turf anymore.

And it'll hopefully cut down on all the whining that opposing teams and TV commentators do.

I'm not sure it'll get done by this fall, but it'll be nice if they can.

If the turf is unsafe (and I am not saying that it is) it's a home field disadvantage since visiting teams only have to play there once a year. The home team plays 5 or 6 games there.

I suppose if it really is/was unsafe, then the home team would have a significantly higher injury rate than other teams that play on a "safe" field for all their home games.
I'm not aware of any such data. But then, I haven't done an official statistical analysis either.

Hope that NDSU gets with the program and gets decent turf. Idaho State has the same thing and i participated in several football camps there and that turf hurt like hell.

pantherrob82 wrote: I'd bet it's ready for USD.

Speaking of USD, they also have the old Astroturf in their facility

Mountaineer wrote:Very cool and about freakin' time. The old rug was hideous and in desperate need of an upgrade.

Sounds like my prom night!

Indoor football is a fvcking joke and should be banned in the Kingdom as of now...

I was kind of partial to that turf. Sort of sad to see it go.