New Turf on Cajun Field

[cjr3888]

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[ulforlife]

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[AstroCajun]

I hate all of you. I come on here to find serious information and all I get is sarcasm. Guess I need to find something productive to do at work instead of look on here all day.

That's only because our supply of sarcasm vastly exceeds our supply of accurate (or relevant) information.

[Just1More]

_ I hate all of you. I come on here to find serious information and all I get is sarcasm. Guess I need to find something productive to do at work instead of look on here all day. _

WHAT!? Never, ever do work when you have even a remote chance of Pagin. Work is hiiiiighly over-rated.

[NewsCopy]

When UL opens its 2008 home football schedule on Sept. 20 against Kent State, the Ragin' Cajuns will be doing so on a brand-new field surface. After 37 years of natural-turf games at Cajun Field, UL will whip out the plastic this fall. Construction of an artificial surface is scheduled to begin in March and is slated to be completed well in advance of the 2008 season. "We'd been hearing about it for a while, but we just found out that it was happening," said senior quarterback Michael Desormeaux. "Everybody's pretty excited about it." The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

[HoustonCajun]

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I hope they also put some artificial turf in the upper endzone areas where they never seem to cut the grass. It always looks unkept. This way, they would never have to cut grass anywhere inside the stadium.

[ulforlife]

I hope they also put some artificial turf in the upper endzone areas where they never seem to cut the grass. It always looks unkept. This way, they would never have to cut grass anywhere inside the stadium.

That really is an interesting idea

[Cajunrunner]

I don't like this. Too many NFL and college teams are now going that route. I prefer seeing football played on an actual grass field rather than a hard, artificial surface.

Besides, that will only hurt us against the speed of Middle Tenn.

[OLF82]

While this turf is an improvement over the old astro-turf, it's still, according to many players who've played on it, harder on the knees than grass. With all of the improvements needed, I would think that this wouldn't be a priority or even a necessity. I pray that they don't use this rubber grass as a new baseball field.

[CajunCharlie]

One thing for certain about Cajun fans. They are never satisfied with improvement or non improvement. Go figure!

[Cajun90]

While this turf is an improvement over the old astro-turf, it's still, according to many players who've played on it, harder on the knees than grass. With all of the improvements needed, I would think that this wouldn't be a priority or even a necessity. I pray that they don't use this rubber grass as a new baseball field.

This is a necessity for a number of reasons. Number one is that the players want it. For the 08' season every SBC team except FIU & FAU will have turf installed. It will also help with consistency of play. I've read a lot of info on the Turf and no one has correlated a higher injury rate with the Turf.

Same goes for baseball. Consistent play and a lot of the players who have played on the surface really like it. Tulane has it installed and Lamar is currently installing it.

I know it isn't traditional but when add up the fact that the players want it, reduced maintenance cost, consistent play, and reducing rainouts it is hard to argue against it.

[RaisingCajun08]

_ One thing for certain about Cajun fans. They are never satisfied with improvement or non improvement. Go figure! _

Amen!