2016 Turf in Neyland Stadium

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mdrew27 said:
Not true, they held three pre season fall practices last year and this year they didn't hold any. It is amazing the damage that can be done on one or two additional practices. Butch went to town on that field his first three years. At every college Butch has coached at since WV, the turf has been artificial. I'm sure they practiced like hell on it. Comes here, does the same and screws it up. This year he doesn't practice on it and it looks great.
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That's not correct. They practiced in the stadium three times this fall with the full squad and held workouts with additional position groups additional times.
 
#28
#28
The number of how many times a team practices on a field should be irrelevant (to a certain degree) for any competent grounds-crew. Look at how many stadiums host NFL & College games. Granted, some of them are re-sodded mid-season but still.
 
#32
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mdrew27 said:
I didn't see one picture in neyland...
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So this photo, #22 in that gallery isn't in neyland?
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Or this one, #26?
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#36
On Sunday night football game of Seattle at New England, it looks like Neyland did last year with sand flying up every time a guy cuts or drags a foot.
 
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DeerPark12 said:
The biggest difference has been the warm temperatures and zero cloudy/rainy days, basically since football season started. Since they water it every day, they haven't had any issues getting it to grow.

The biggest issues in recent years have come as the bermuda has started to go dormant and they've overseeded and then failed to get the blend they they overseeded with to take hold. They haven't done that this year because there hasn't yet been a hard frost, so the bermuda blend is still growing.

It's great for the players and for the appearance, but the reality is that most of us on this board could have kept the field green this year. I still don't have a lot of confidence in the group over there.

That said, the problems we had the last couple of years weren't unique to Tennessee. But if you look at the other schools that had significant turf problems the last couple of years as well, like Georgia, Auburn, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Clemson you'll notice that they aren't having problems this year. All those crews didn't suddenly get smarter. They just had more favorable conditions.




They practiced on the turf exactly one fewer time this season than they did last year. The only reason they skipped that scheduled day was because a local business had rented out the west club for a client meeting and Butch didn't want to practice in front of 300 people with camera phones.
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while you are here -just curious -- what was the reason Barnett was wearing black cleats in the Kentucky game ?
 
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mdrew27 said:
You have pictures from one practice?
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No, UT publicly posted pictures from one practice, which you said didn't happen.

The other three practices were scrimmages and the mock game, all of which were closed and not photographed.
 
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DeerPark12 said:
No, UT publicly posted pictures from one practice, which you said didn't happen.

The other three practices were scrimmages and the mock game, all of which were closed and not photographed.
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My bad, I now know of only one practice. They've practiced a lot less than previous years and this is why the grass looks better.
 
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mdrew27 said:
My bad, I now know of only one practice. They've practiced a lot less than previous years and this is why the grass looks better.
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You can say that over and over as much as you want, but it's not true.

As I laid out in previous posts, they've practiced exactly one fewer time there this year than last. I was there. You can believe it or not, but the info you are getting on this is incorrect.
 
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#43
#43
Watching the Georgia and Clemson games yesterday I thought both their fields looked pretty rough.
 
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DeerPark12 said:
You can say that over and over as much as you want, but it's not true.

As I laid out in previous posts, they've practiced exactly one fewer time there this year than last. I was there. You can believe it or not, but the info you are getting on this is incorrect.
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No need to defend yourself. You've never given any bad info anyway, and we all appreciate what info that you do pass along.
 
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#47
apkvol said:
On Sunday night football game of Seattle at New England, it looks like Neyland did last year with sand flying up every time a guy cuts or drags a foot.
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I think NE uses a sand based infill vs. the rubber pellets. I know some players complain about the rubber pellets and still picking them off days later.
 
#48
#48
Stayed warmer later this year. First freeze was not until much later in season. Bermuda being a warm season grass responded accordingly.
 
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