I wonder if we will ever go back to natural grass at BDS

gtleviathan said:
Have we had even one non-football revenue-generating event since we've gotten the turf? It seems like it's not even worth mentioning that angle anymore. The experiment has been run. The null hypothesis has been rejected.
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Negative ROI's like this are exactly why the Toad is no longer AD (among other obvious clown-related reasons)
 
I understood the strategy at the time, but the execution as been dismal. It looks terrible in-person, and even worse on TV. The fact that we had previously won awards for the quality of our playing surface makes the move look even worse in retrospect.
 
GT athletics has pretty much been run into the ground for 50 years except for the Rice era and, hopefully, the Batt/ Cabrera era. Just amazingly bad decisions one after the other. Fortunately, I guess, the school itself has been run pretty well, even if I do disagree with the makeup of the student body.
 
The synthetic turf will have to be replaced eventually due to age and wear, I assume. The most realistic way to get grass back then may be to complain a lot so grass is the path of least resistance for replacement.

I doubt the money will ever be there before it's due for replacement, because there is always something else that needs money, like buying players.
 
justafan said:
The synthetic turf will have to be replaced eventually due to age and wear, I assume. The most realistic way to get grass back then may be to complain a lot so grass is the path of least resistance for replacement.

I doubt the money will ever be there before it's due for replacement, because there is always something else that needs money, like buying players.
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The money should be there, isn't that the whole point of moving the COFH home game to MBS?
 
Quick online search suggests the Shaw Sports Turf has a 15 year lifespan, with proper maintenance. Maybe we could drop that to 10 years or so, but I agree that we are likely gonna have to ride this one out until it’s actually time to replace the field, then hopefully back to grass.
How might we retrofit what the Arizona Cardinals have- a giant tray field that can roll in and out of the stadium? Have a grass field for game days, a turf field for practice, and concrete floor for events? Probably close to impossible with the old stadium infrastructure and roads on all sides of BDS.
 
BackstreetBuzz said:
GT athletics has pretty much been run into the ground for 50 years except for the Rice era and, hopefully, the Batt/ Cabrera era. Just amazingly bad decisions one after the other. Fortunately, I guess, the school itself has been run pretty well, even if I do disagree with the makeup of the student body.
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There’s been periods of extreme ineptness. Peterson had one of the all time worst and was downright horrible- ethics issues, indifference if not outright disdain for student athletes and athletics, his bizarre political entanglements and getting GT drug into that, strange positions on different polarizing events on campus, etc. That Un-holy trinity of Peterson, Re-Todd and Clown has to go down as one of the worst 1-2-3 punches in modern American athletics. Add in Women’s Basketball, Pastner with the damn Covid face shield, Etc and it just rounds it all out into one massive steaming shit pile.
 
BackstreetBuzz said:
GT athletics has pretty much been run into the ground for 50 years except for the Rice era and, hopefully, the Batt/ Cabrera era. Just amazingly bad decisions one after the other. Fortunately, I guess, the school itself has been run pretty well, even if I do disagree with the makeup of the student body.
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The Paul Johnson hire and era was a rare shining moment.

But you’re right. There has been a lot of knucklehead-ness in GT Athletics. The academic clowns that ran George O’Leary off were the worst. GT football was on the brink of being really good.

The Astroturf is another in a long list of poor decision decisions.
 
BuzzCzar said:
Related:

apnews.com

Costly upkeep, less-than-ideal weather lead most college football stadiums to use artificial turf

When Aaron Rodgers went down with an injury just a few plays into his first season with the New York Jets, it reignited calls from NFL players to have all the stadiums in which they play use natural grass fields for their safety.
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If turf isnt cheaper and easier to manage, I guess 70+% of schools made the wrong decision
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No, 70% of the schools didn’t have cost as their primary driver.
 
Word is we are getting new turf after Spring ball. Not back to natural grass just yet but that may be coming also after stadium reno is done.
 
I heard on College Sports Radio, think it was Rick Neuheisel, Nebraska is going to grass this year. They've had turf since 1971. And, Texas is going grass after the 2025 season.
He also said, once Nebraska switches over, there will be 40 schools with grass.
 
GoGATech said:
Word is we are getting new turf after Spring ball. Not back to natural grass just yet but that may be coming also after stadium reno is done.
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That sucks. Why waste the time or money on new turf?

Is there anything like acetone that destroys it? Maybe we can pay some uga students to pour acetone or something on it.
 
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