Looks like the ground crew improved the field

[Coug]

Not Neyland

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uTBkDlebpY[/youtube]

 

[biggestvols]

Irrigated by the teardrops of Tennessee fans.

 

[DynamiteMcGhee]

Now that the grass looks good, let's get the sidelines and SEC logos to match the checkerboards and T. The sidelines look like they were painted brown.

 

[Sharriscgcs]

I think the lamps may have been to get 24 hour growing. Rye or Fescue dont need a high ground temp to germinate like Bermuda. Or they be trying to keep Bermuda from going into dormancy.

Both are correct. Keep the bermuda growing as long as possible to keep the surface strong and add the rye to have green going into the colder months. In all likelihood, the rye was planted several weeks ago, possibly during the bye week. With the elapsed time and the heat lamps the rye finally germinated. Ryegrass has a much deeper green color than bermuda so the difference is striking when you haven't seen it in a couple of weeks.

The rye is added to keep the color good, but really does very little for footing and playing surface. the rye will also help fill in divots made by cleats. The bermuda hasn't gotten cold enough to go dormant but it has certainly stopped growing for the most part die to the cold nights and shade caused by the lower sun angle int he fall. The soil temps are not heated up as easily with the sun being lower and shaded by the stands.

 

[Sharriscgcs]

Not paint, fertilizer. It's also green.

Most likely a green pigment added to the fertilizer to 1) mark where the sprayer has been but also 2) to darken up the bermuda that may be starting to go off color. The green pigment will help keep the bermuda warm as darker colors absorb light and heat up better.

I run two golf courses in Central NC and we use pigments throughout the fall, winter and early spring to help promote growth as long as possible into the colder weather.