Coach Rhule, man. The guy just gets it.
imagine thinking Nebraska - home of literally America's Grassland - can't sustain a natural turf surface
can't wait until Memorial Stadium tosses that bullsh*t plastic into the garbage heap
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imagine thinking Nebraska - home of literally America's Grassland - can't sustain a natural turf surface
can't wait until Memorial Stadium tosses that bullsh*t plastic into the garbage heap
Don't you mean sell 12x12 inch squares of it to Husker Super Fans that need ti framed and put in their husker basement?
The problem is going to be trying to keep it in decent shape in October and again during spring ball.
you can't honestly believe the grass that goes down on Aug 1 is the same grass the team will play on in Nov
it's not the backyard
Well I hope they aren't planting sideoats grama and little bluestem for our practice fields. So having a large, intact grassland in our state isn't really applicable.
For reference, Purdue uses a new cold resistant Bermuda hybrid and over seeds with rye during the early part of the season to extend the playability of the surface to Thanksgiving.
You put 100 college athletes on a practice field 5 days per week and I don’t care how much overseeding you do. It’s gonna be a compacted chewed up mess to maintain if we have a wet fall or spring . Just playing one game per week can wreak havoc on a grass field late in the year. I’m sure we’ll have our best groundspeople on it but it won’t be without problems. I’m not saying I’m against it.
They resurface it
Frequently
Like I said you cannot be that daft to believe the same surface exists Aug-Nov
It’s 2023 and we’re Nebraska. Leave the seeding to the purdues of the world & get a clue
I was specifically talking rossade. They resurface purdues grass practice field. Then they also have a turf field next to it and an indoor turf field. All connected to the training facility with a new tunnel connecting to the stadium. Well, it's not a tunnel yet. Plenty of options.
A few things surprised me about moving back here after many years in California. One is growing grass. After struggling to maintain a lawn in SoCal I couldn't wait to get back here where you just put a big sack over your shoulder, sow the grass seed, and it grows. I mean, this is the Great American Desert right? If nothing else grass should be no problem, right? Turns out it is harder to get it to germinate and grow here because in SoCal I had full sprinkler coverage. Here I planted grass two falls now and some of it germinated and lived, and some didn't
you can only do so much with dirt under the grass. I don’t care how much you aerate, water, replace sod etc. You can’t be so daft to not understand that.
Didn’t we just put in new field turf?
I would think it will be awhile before Osborne field is natural grass field regardless of practice fields moving toward grass fields..
I would think it will be awhile before Osborne field is natural grass field regardless of practice fields moving toward grass fields..
Rhule wants it. pennst is natural grass at basically the exact same northern latitude as Lincoln.
it's unquestionably safer for our players.
it should
the plastic + ground tires we play on is abhorrent & frankly should be outlawed
With the NFLPA's push for all grass, I wonder how much that will push colleges to switch to the good stuff vs rubber crap
Awesome when finished take the equipment inside memorial stadium and get to work
I use this from Nebraska turf..in old millard
nebraskaturf.com
and their 6 step program
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Turf Blue HGT Bluegrass | Nebraska Turf Products
Barenbrug HGT Bluegrass with Yellow Jacket Coating to help improve and speed up germination.
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and their 6 step program
BLACKLINE 6-Step Lawn Program | Nebraska Turf Products
BLACKLINE 6-Step Program? It is a complete lawn program with two crabgrass preventers, a season long grub control and a Summer, Fall and Winter fertilizer. We number the bags so it is real easy to follow the program. As a general rule, open your spreader 1/3 open for all applications.
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As dry as it has become, that irrigation system better be a good one.
Hope we get more moisture this month before the heat of the summer sets in.
1.3 inches yesterday but Omaha had the driest May on record and Lancaster County and Lincoln are in an exceptional drought for the first time in history. Need a lot more rain soon.
No ****ing way.Big hip pads, neck rolls, Bike Helmets, Converse shoes and steroids!! 80's and 90s style!! Winning!!
They pushed it back to be good to go by fall camp with everything football related. The rest won't be done until later this year. Early next year.
We’re one week from opening fall camp, shouldn’t be too long before we see half the finished facilities..
My guess is they‘ll wait till everyone reports and we may see something with the players touring it for the first time this coming weekend..
My guess is they‘ll wait till everyone reports and we may see something with the players touring it for the first time this coming weekend..
