Field looks awful

The field should be replaced under warranty. It is awful. If the turf company will not agree we need to paint on the field - if you want your field to look like this contact (name of company)
 
Field looked better on TV last night. Maybe it's the LED lighting that brings it to "life".

Or maybe it was all the fans standing on after the win...
 
ee8384 said:
Field looked better on TV last night. Maybe it's the LED lighting that brings it to "life".

Or maybe it was all the fans standing on after the win...
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It definitely reflects light in a strange way as noted by people pointing out the glare from the sun last week and last night when they oscillated the lights during timeouts you could see how the reflection varied based on which bank of lights was turned on.

But I think the field looks fine. It has a natural unevenness to it, just like a grass turf will. I’m not a big fan of the stuff that looks like carpet.
 
ee8384 said:
Field looked better on TV last night. Maybe it's the LED lighting that brings it to "life".

Or maybe it was all the fans standing on after the win...
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It is a darker green, which I think makes it look bad in person and on TV. I wish they would have gone just a bit more vibrant with it. It just isn't the color of normal, natural grass. I don't know if we made that decision or Shaw made that decision, or why they did, but it just is a bad shade.

I am a master planner now, after being an I.E., and one of my facilities is a fibers plant. Cross section of the fiber also has a lot to do with the look of the field. Different cross sections reflect light differently and can make it look more vibrant or even metallic. We have several products we run in the same exact denier (not grass fiber), with the exact same masterbatch, but because we change the cross section of the yarn, it gives it a shiny metallic look as opposed to a duller look of some other yarns. Just depends on what you need for your application.

Kenan's field (AstroTurf), for example, looks great. Nice and green. We could use the exact same color batch to make our field and it would look like a totally different color with a different cross section of the fiber. I'm guessing Todd, being a dumbass, didn't do his homework and Shaw ran roughshod over him to give us the most cost effective and profitable product for Shaw, while selling it as saving us money over superior products from Fieldturf or AstroTurf.
 
coit said:
It definitely reflects light in a strange way as noted by people pointing out the glare from the sun last week and last night when they oscillated the lights during timeouts you could see how the reflection varied based on which bank of lights was turned on.

But I think the field looks fine. It has a natural unevenness to it, just like a grass turf will. I’m not a big fan of the stuff that looks like carpet.
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I think it was “brushed” before this game. It did not have the mottled look like it did for BC.
 
savbandjacket said:
I think it was “brushed” before this game. It did not have the mottled look like it did for BC.
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The sun will reflect differently than LED. Our facility at work has commercial carpet tile installed from our company. If you look down the hallway, it looks like two different tile colors. It isn't. The lighting system changes from one section to the other.
 
77GTFan said:
The field should be replaced under warranty. It is awful. If the turf company will not agree we need to paint on the field - if you want your field to look like this contact (name of company)
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Another great idea by Stansbury. He had a lot if great ideas didn't he about marketing and coaching selections for football and basketball.
 
79tech said:
Another great idea by Stansbury. He had a lot if great ideas didn't he about marketing and coaching selections for football and basketball.
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Not only was it a ööööty idea, it was executed poorly
 
JJacket said:
Not only was it a ööööty idea, it was executed poorly
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The idea makes a lot of sense. The Athletic Association needs a lot more cash and happens to own a huge event venue in the middle of midtown that is only used about 6 days per year. Changing the surface so you can hold more events is a good plan to use your resources effectively. It might even convince some event-goers to try coming back for a football game if it's a good experience.

Unfortunately Stansbury ööööed it up by buying an ugly turf in the middle of a pandemic that won't even allow you to hold the events it is designed for.
 
FullMetalBuzz said:
The idea makes a lot of sense. The Athletic Association needs a lot more cash and happens to own a huge event venue in the middle of midtown that is only used about 6 days per year. Changing the surface so you can hold more events is a good plan to use your resources effectively. It might even convince some event-goers to try coming back for a football game if it's a good experience.

Unfortunately Stansbury ööööed it up by buying an ugly turf in the middle of a pandemic that won't even allow you to hold the events it is designed for.
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There is absolutely no need to use BDS as an event venue in Atlanta. We aren't Chapel Hill or Columbia or Oxford. Atlanta is packed with venues of all sizes. The only need for BDS would be as a discount venue over MBS.
 
JJacket said:
I'd have been able to see the field better with our natural grass. Here is the junk yesterday

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Late arriving crowd. LW looked good followed by LE then UW. The upper east is gonna be bright red November 25th a long with the upper north.
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That’s a hell of a pic tho. The clouds and.. smoke?
 
JJacket said:
There is absolutely no need to use BDS as an event venue in Atlanta. We aren't Chapel Hill or Columbia or Oxford. Atlanta is packed with venues of all sizes. The only need for BDS would be as a discount venue over MBS.
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The need is the massive hole in the AA's pocketbook. We need cash so bad that we just sold the naming rights to the oldest stadium in I-A football to Hyundai. Especially ironic when our mascot is a Ford car built before Korea even had cars.

I don't care if it is a second tier venue in Atlanta as long as it brings in cash.
 
FullMetalBuzz said:
The need is the massive hole in the AA's pocketbook. We need cash so bad that we just sold the naming rights to the oldest stadium in I-A football to Hyundai. Especially ironic when our mascot is a Ford car built before Korea even had cars.

I don't care if it is a second tier venue in Atlanta as long as it brings in cash.
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I do and it won't, unless the Stones do it for old times sake.

We have yet to book anything. The "we can host events there now" was the same red Herring assholes at work use to pad a project charter to try to get approval.
 
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JJacket said:
There is absolutely no need to use BDS as an event venue in Atlanta. We aren't Chapel Hill or Columbia or Oxford. Atlanta is packed with venues of all sizes. The only need for BDS would be as a discount venue over MBS.
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I didn’t get to live it but it looks like some really cool events at BDS happened in the 70s. Alman Brothers among others.
 
Thank God we have turf. The students would’ve destroyed the grass.
 
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