Reliant Turf and Meineke Car Care Bowl

[CloakNNNdagger]

I expect most of the "changes" for tomorrow's game will be cosmetic..........don't want to look bad on TV.

[CloakNNNdagger]

Same info I got........

JeromeSolomon Jerome Solomon

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RT @Chronicle_Owls Reliant official tells me there's no plan to change out turf before Texans game Sunday (only areas where Meineke logo)
4 hours ago

That should do a great job of wiping out all the evidence of a recent game.........

[Norg]

That cant be true. If that was the case forget about seeing any starters on sunday

[PapaL]

Strategic move: leave the field like crap, bench all your starters and key backups. Sacrifice your scrubs vs a team that you will probably face in the first round. Brilliant move!

/sarcasm

[Texan_Bill]

Originally Posted by CloakNNNdagger

I expect most of the "changes" for tomorrow's game will be cosmetic..........don't want to look bad on TV.

Doc, the color -or- look of a field has nothing to do with the actual quality of the field itself.. You know that!!

[CloakNNNdagger]

Originally Posted by Texan_Bill

Doc, the color -or- look of a field has nothing to do with the actual quality of the field itself.. You know that!!

When you end up painting dirt to look like green grass...........you have dirt that looks like grass! And if you don't paint the dead grass to look like grass, you have dead grass that looks like dead grass. If you have live grass next to dead grass next to dirt, then your hamstrings, quads, calves, hips, knees and ankles look black and blue on TV, just before the red cart takes you down the black hole.

[TheMatrix31]

I have no idea how or why it's so damn awful in the first place. Don't we have a damn retractable roof? Stupid.

[ObsiWan]

Why don't they just give up on trying to grow real grass and put this stuff down...



Just to be clear, I'm suggesting FieldTurf, not AstroTurf

[GlassHalfFull]

Originally Posted by ObsiWan

Why don't they just give up on trying to grow real grass and put this stuff down...

This was asked in another thread and never answered, what happens with this turf during other events? Is another surface laid down on top of it?

[TejasTom]

Originally Posted by CloakNNNdagger

When you end up painting dirt to look like green grass...........you have dirt that looks like grass! And if you don't paint the dead grass to look like grass, you have dead grass that looks like dead grass. If you have live grass next to dead grass next to dirt, then your hamstrings, quads, calves, hips, knees and ankles look black and blue on TV, just before the red cart takes you down the black hole.

Why, oh why, didn't I take the blue pill?

[BullBlitz]

Originally Posted by Koolaid Time

I hope Uncle Bob has a couple of dozen spare pallets of turf out in the Parking Lot and enough grounds crew on duty to replace any turf damaged today in this stupid Bowl Game.

It would really suck for Andre or someone to get injured tomorrow because of bad turf and miss the Playoffs.

I've never seen a thread where people seem to know so little about something and are so opinionated about how to "fix it".

Yes, there is an entire spare field of pallets, if needed.

[BullBlitz]

Originally Posted by TexanSam

Read on twitter yesterday that the middle of the field is going to replaced for tomorrow's game. Still pretty ridiculous that the whole thing can't be replaced. I hope this gets fixed next season.

They are going to replace the field from end line to end line, between the college hash marks. That was decided long ago. Rest easy.

[False Start]

The field at MMP during its first few years looked better than this crap.

[BullBlitz]

Originally Posted by ThaShark316

Let's get the field with the rubber pellets.

1. The Texans don't want it.

2. Even if they did, it wouldn't work with the rodeo.

[BullBlitz]

Originally Posted by ObsiWan

Why don't they just give up on trying to grow real grass and put this stuff down...



Just to be clear, I'm suggesting FieldTurf, not AstroTurf

It's not adaptable for other events at Reliant including the Rodeo and monster truck. Won't happen.

[BullBlitz]

Originally Posted by TheMatrix31

I have no idea how or why it's so damn awful in the first place. Don't we have a damn retractable roof? Stupid.

Nothing personal, but your comment shows that you are uninformed. What does a retractable roof have to do with anything?

[ObsiWan]

Originally Posted by BullBlitz

1. The Texans don't want it.

2. Even if they did, it wouldn't work with the rodeo.

They can do the rodeo in the damned Dome.

[CloakNNNdagger]

Originally Posted by TheMatrix31

I have no idea how or why it's so damn awful in the first place. Don't we have a damn retractable roof? Stupid.

The architects miscalculated the orientation of the stadium and configuration of the stadium (too vertical) when taking into account the necessary angle of sunlight entry with time of sun exposure to the field per day (even during clement weather). The pallet replacement was never meant to there for replacement of poorly growing or naturally dying grass........it was originally meant to be there for pallet replacement of specific areas that were torn up during play (a concept which has introduced its own unique problems).

[CloakNNNdagger]

Originally Posted by BullBlitz

1. The Texans don't want it.

2. Even if they did, it wouldn't work with the rodeo.

To #1, I totally agree!

To #2, I've posted this before. The Colts in their Field Turf stadium simply cover their surface when they have any non-sporting events at their facility. Field Turf is permanently seamed and cannot be removed and rolled up. One of the busiest facilities in the world is New Meadowlands Stadium and they have a permanent FieldTurf surface with a cover also for multi-sports and non-sports events. The cost of the "cover" essentially equals the cost of the Field Turf surface.......~ $1 million.

With that said, the field would look better, but the players as a whole definitely prefer natural grass surface when in decent shape.

[BullBlitz]

Originally Posted by ObsiWan

They can do the rodeo in the damned Dome.

Obviously, they can't, and the Rodeo is equally as important a tenant.