Fielding the NEW Swamp

[BrockMeaux]

Hey, is that some of the team running down on the field right now?? Cool to see if it is!!

I believe that may be the clinic being put on by the coaching staff going on down there.

[HelmutVII]

_ Hey, is that some of the team running down on the field right now?? Cool to see if it is!! _

It's probably some of the High School players in for the football summer camp. I think today is the 7 on 7 passing drills. They had some players on the field yesterday (7/6) about this time too.

With over 26,700 hits I would think that this thread is close to the top on this board.

[ulforlife]

If what I see is true and there are people playing football on cajun field, I am leaving now to go watch! I cannot pass up a football moment

[Boomer]

there was a younger camp today and I think coach say that there were over 400 kids--Also tonight the camp is booked full for the high school kids---This is great and what facilities to have it --almost hoped it would rain!!!!

[NOCajun]

--almost hoped it would rain!!!! _

Uh, WHY!?!? PLEASE tell me that was another one of your typos!!!

[Zeebart21]

Uh, WHY!?!? PLEASE tell me that was another one of your typos!!!

Indoor practice facility. Boomer wants to show it off!

Z

[HelmutVII]

Just got back from the stadium. The field is ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!!!! They were putting up the south end zone goal posts while the High School kids were doing 7 on 7. There were a good number of teams out there STM, TCH, VC, Cecelia, Lagrange, Washington Marion and a few more. They also had a good sized group in the IPF. This is a very good thing for the University in general and the Athletic program in particular.

It looks like a couple of more days and everything should be finished. The turf was trimmed. I did not see any wrinkles, the lines were straight. There is some clean up and sand removal to do. I'm sure there are lots of little things to take care of but you can almost stick a fork in this one.

[NOCajun]

_ Just got back from the stadium. The field is ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!!!! They were putting up the south end zone goal posts while the High School kids were doing 7 on 7. There were a good number of teams out there STM, TCH, VC, Cecelia, Lagrange, Washington Marion and a few more. They also had a good sized group in the IPF. This is a very good thing for the University in general and the Athletic program in particular.

It looks like a couple of more days and everything should be finished. The turf was trimmed. I did not see any wrinkles, the lines were straight. There is some clean up and sand removal to do. I'm sure there are lots of little things to take care of but you can almost stick a fork in this one. _

AWESOME. I can't wait to get over there next week for "Drums Across Cajun Field"!!!

[ULtimateCajun]

igeaux.mobi
I stopped by the stadium around 10:30, noticed the lights were on and made my girlfriend pull off to see if we could get a look. The gate was open so we just walked up and I must say it looks awesome! Under the lights it looks very clean and well done! Hopefully they manicure the grass on the hills because with the new turf it kind of makes that real grass look bad. I'm very very impressed. We didn't stay long, I was worried about the fuzz rolling up and giving us a hard time so we only stayed for a couple of minutes. But overall it looks great! My girlfriend said I looked like a kid at christmas. Haha

[ulforlife]

The turn-out for this 7 on 7 camp was just unreal. I would have to say, a total success. The indoor practice facility is complete and the basketball court is unbelievably nice. I spoke with a few of the bball players and they are very happy with the practice facility. The turf and football practice field were loaded with high school kids, they seemed to really enjoy being at UL. They were really taking it all in, truly this place is shaping up into something fine.

[HoustonCajun]

_ igeaux.mobi
I stopped by the stadium around 10:30, noticed the lights were on and made my girlfriend pull off to see if we could get a look. The gate was open so we just walked up and I must say it looks awesome! Under the lights it looks very clean and well done! Hopefully they manicure the grass on the hills because with the new turf it kind of makes that real grass look bad. I'm very very impressed. We didn't stay long, I was worried about the fuzz rolling up and giving us a hard time so we only stayed for a couple of minutes. But overall it looks great! My girlfriend said I looked like a kid at christmas. Haha _

There are additional pictures posted on RaginCajuns.com that show the field just about finished. However, the outside edge of the turf up to the wall has about a 3 foot spacing that is totally unfinished. Given that this project was to be completed by July 6 and this area is untouched, does anyone know what is to be done here? What is now the projected completion date of the project? When is UL to get started on a clean-up of the stadium and hopefully a much better maintenance of the grassy upper endzone areas?

[HelmutVII]

_ There are additional pictures posted on RaginCajuns.com that show the field just about finished. However, the outside edge of the turf up to the wall has about a 3 foot spacing that is totally unfinished. Given that this project was to be completed by July 6 and this area is untouched, does anyone know what is to be done here? What is now the projected completion date of the project? When is UL to get started on a clean-up of the stadium and hopefully a much better maintenance of the grassy upper endzone areas? _

I think what you are seeing is the concrete perimeter around the edge of the turf and the wall. This is one of the things that took a fairly long time to do. It covers the perimeter french drain and acts as an anchor for the turf to stretch to. I saw it last night and they had most, if not all, of the turf trimmed to the concrete. There were scraps of turf and padding on the concrete that needed to be cleaned up. I think the scheduled completion date was July 5. They would have made it too if we would not have had so much rain the past few weeks. Even though they are not 100% complete they are having the 7 on 7 portion of the summer football camp at the stadium so they are still able to use it.