Field Conditions

[Tombo7]

Are field conditions for playoff games somehow monitored? What is to keep a team from soaking the field or letting the grass grow a bit longer to slow down a running team? It happens in baseball all the time.

 

[Boca Vol]

Are field conditions for playoff games somehow monitored? What is to keep a team from soaking the field or letting the grass grow a bit longer to slow down a running team? It happens in baseball all the time.

I'm sure they are but only Penn St. plays on a natural grass field. I'm not sure what you can do to an artificial field...maybe dump an extra ton or 2 of rubber pellets on it?

 

[billcox0625]

We shouldn't have to worry about that at OSU, If I'm not mistaken they have turf. After that will be all neutral sites so if we advance shouldn't be an issue for the remainder of the playoffs. However, had we traveled to Penn St, they would certainly have let the grass grow and possibly soak it to try to slow us down.

 

[UTFanForLife]

I'm sure they are but there only Penn St. & ND play on natural grass fields. I'm not sure what you can do to an artificial field...maybe dump an extra ton or 2 of rubber pellets on it?

I seem to remember a team getting accused of having extra rubber in their field against us. Or maybe they just had crappy turf. Dunno.

 

[sami]

I seem to remember a team getting accused of having extra rubber in their field against us. Or maybe they just had crappy turf. Dunno.

Was that the dump where Missouri plays?

 

[UTFanForLife]

Was that the dump where Missouri plays?

Maybe. The game where Squirrel White fell 10 times over his own feet, where was that?

 

[sami]

Maybe. The game where Squirrel White fell 10 times over his own feet, where was that?

Not sure, but it might've been that nightmare at Missouri last year.

 

[Vol865]

Maybe. The game where Squirrel White fell 10 times over his own feet, where was that?

Probably the Titans. That new turf was awful.

 

[EastTNVol6240]

We already looking for excuses? Cue the ref threads.

 

[UTFanForLife]

We already looking for excuses? Cue the ref threads.

We already know the refs are going to be bad, they all are.

 

[oldfiji]

I seem to remember a team getting accused of having extra rubber in their field against us. Or maybe they just had crappy turf. Dunno.

Notre Dame no longer plays on grass. When they expanded the stadium they went to turf.

 

[vik]

Are field conditions for playoff games somehow monitored? What is to keep a team from soaking the field or letting the grass grow a bit longer to slow down a running team? It happens in baseball all the time.

Just wear longer cleats.

 

[orangebloodgmc]

Just wear longer cleats.

Beat me to it.

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

Both teams have to play on the same field.

 

[WillisWG]

Are field conditions for playoff games somehow monitored? What is to keep a team from soaking the field or letting the grass grow a bit longer to slow down a running team? It happens in baseball all the time.

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[Boca Vol]

Notre Dame no longer plays on grass. When they expanded the stadium they went to turf.

You are correct. Only Penn St. plays on grass.

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

I seem to remember a team getting accused of having extra rubber in their field against us. Or maybe they just had crappy turf. Dunno.

It was almost certainly conspiratorial idiots grasping at straws over a bad loss

 

[chuck0303]

Are field conditions for playoff games somehow monitored? What is to keep a team from soaking the field or letting the grass grow a bit longer to slow down a running team? It happens in baseball all the time.

You mean like Oklahoma????

 

[number1volfanfrom76]

But, we're not playing an SEC school. Sankey (maybe) won't have ordered up his fav refs.

 

[Ned Ray McWorkher]

Penn State's grass shouldn't grow a whole lot in December.

 

[Anti-shunshinepumper]

The way some Ohio State fans are making it out we'll be playing on a frozen tundra in two weeks.

 

[Illinoisvolfan2]

Grass really isn’t growing now in the north. At least in the Chicago area. I cut mine last time 5 weeks ago. But who knows what teams might do to their field.

 

[HooahVol]

It is actually snowing right now here in Knoxville and sticking. Big pretty flakes. I think the Bucknuts are confusing us with Florida. We can handle the cold and white stuff.

 

[HooahVol]

Here is my back parking lot right now in Lenoir City.

 

[fossilfiction]

Are they not allowed to soak their field if they want to?