Artificial Turf Returns?

[RussianOffense]

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[gogt121]

Endzones and sidelines gold. Lettering white. There ya go

 

[LongforDodd]

I'm not an ME, but doesn't technology exist to recirc the working fluid down into the relatively cooler ground water to cool it? Down here in Florida where the water table is shallow they sometimes use a geo-thermal "assist" to help your air conditioning by passing the fluid thru the ground water. I wonder where the water table is on campus?

Yes geo thermal tech can take the water down into the earth where the ground can be as cool as mid 50’s F.

 

[LongforDodd]

Have you never heard of chillers or heat exchangers?

I think so.

My very first reply said you had to chill the water.

 

[GTTerrific]

Well, we're not conflicted with uniforms... For now. Field is a good deflection for us.

 

[cincyjacket]

Let’s make a statement. No reason to have a green field. Let’s have it in school colors.

 

[KrazieJacket]

Very happy with a green field and gold end zone with white letters or green end zone and gold letters with a white outline.

 

[DaDodd]

I'm pretty sure the NCAA made a rule that teams are no longer allowed to have non-green colored fields, but teams like Boise St that already have them are be grandfathered in. Although I think Coastal Carolina has a turquoise field which is close to green. I know the NFL has a non-green field rule called the Boise State Rule.

 

[GoGATech]

I'll admit, the gold turf in these mock-ups looks much better than I would've thought, but a computer model and the real thing are not always one in the same. I still would imagine that gold turf would be very underwhelming in person.

 

[jacket67]

McCamish had a gold paint on the court that looked a little green a couple years ago. Hope they don't go with that.

 

[GoGATech]

I have it on extremely good authority that this will be our field design this year. Putting it behind a spoiler tag so it's not just out there to be easily found or I'll probably have it removed:

Spoiler: BDSTurfDesign

 

[JJacket]

If it is gold, it needs to be shiney gold

 

[knoxjacket]

Just replace the grass with barley or wheat. Should negate some of our opponents speed advantage.

 

[Architorture23]

Just replace the grass with barley or wheat. Should negate some of our opponents speed advantage.

and we can harvest and sell it in the fall to help buy moar juice.

 

[gogt121]

McCamish had a gold paint on the court that looked a little green a couple years ago. Hope they don't go with that.

It’s easy to make gold paint look better than that. The GTAA was just lazy

 

[yellowbritchies]

McCamish had a gold paint on the court that looked a little green a couple years ago. Hope they don't go with that.

We put up with that gawd awful green for about 3 years before someone at Tech said "enough" that's not gold!!

 

[GTCrew]

Only if you use it as "once pass-thru" meaning you run it thru the pipes and then discard it. Otherwise you are just recirculating 115 º water and you don't want to do that. Water is relatively cheap and you could pass it thru but the Green weenies would frown upon such "wastefulness" and will shut the Athletic Department down.

This is weird. I missed a discussion of a cooling system consisting of a closed loop with no radiator or other heat releasing portion?

 

[JJacket]

New Field is gonna be dirt.

 

[Buzz_PhD]

New Field is gonna be dirt.

The new Carolina blue bleachers are a nice touch.

 

[JJacket]

The new Carolina blue bleachers are a nice touch.

That is the reflection of the aluminium, as my overseas co workers would incorrectly pronounce