Turf
by Noah Lot on Jan 11, 2012 12:04 AM CST
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PrintI'm sure people would like to see more green W's in the win-loss column before anything and rightfully so, but I just saw an Eastern Washington video that reminded me that they had red turf. I don't know if this was ever a topic of dicussion here before, but how cool would it be if we had colored turf?! Since EWU has their "Inferno", what if our turf was black?! Or just red, whichever. Either way, I think that would be a cool and unique thing to add to the Jones. I feel like there are a few schools in the college football landscape that can pull off doing cool things like this by not being so stiff on tradition just for the sake of it (Oregon, Boise, EWU, OK St.) and I think Texas Tech could join that club. Thoughts?
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Turf
As cool as black would be it would be hell on the players including ours, but just imagine the team coming out of the tunnel with the smoke, Metallica’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls” playing and the jumbo tron saying "Welcome to Hell’. Of course after this past season it would have double meaning. All black uniforms, again, we could use all the advantages we could get. All games would have to be night games to help with the heat at least at the beginning of the season. Oh, and get the dust storm we had against Texas State to show up again.
"Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." - Mike Tyson
There would be problems
With heat absorption with black turf. Would probably get too hot.
how about white turf with red lines and black and red numbers.
"Oh, yeah. We don't even talk about Bowls much. We're so far away from being a team right now that can have a chance to compete in a Bowl." HC Tommy Tuberville.
lol,
i’m sure the upkeep costs on white turf would be pretty high. maybe almost as high as maintaining real turf. white stains too easy. fun to speculate though
by Jameson Vernon on Jan 11, 2012 11:32 AM CST up reply actions
we could also hand out those three d glasses when fans arrive;
only to have them drop them in a barrell on their way out.
"Oh, yeah. We don't even talk about Bowls much. We're so far away from being a team right now that can have a chance to compete in a Bowl." HC Tommy Tuberville.
which could cause a wind shear microbrust
totally screwing up our passing attack,
"All I wanted was my icream cone and my little cream soda, oh well, oh well, oh well" White Stripes
Definitely definitely
I took that under consideration, but I think some conditioning throughout the year during practice and such would help, as well as other percautionary steps to stay cool and hydrated but if seasons to come is anything like this past season, we won’t see a day time home game until the last home game in November. Of course times will always be different year to year but these guys practice during the summer in TEXAS. As bad as the black turf would be in terms of heat absorption, I think a lot of other, particularly non-Texas teams would have it worse. Red would be cool too.
Shawn Johnson... she's a nice lady
Yeah but..
red has been done. How about five yard increments of red/black/red/black like Nebraska does with the shades of green? Nevermind…. nausiating. If we wore all black uniforms with the red/black field it would be like a game of hide and seek for the other team. Now you see me now you don’t. Touchdown Red Raiders!!!
"Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." - Mike Tyson
Black turf would not look good with white helmets
Red turf has been done and besides color matching would be a problem
A nice paisley or houndstooth could be cool.
We ought to Haboob his ass
put me down for houndstooth!
"Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." - Mike Tyson
How about planting dense wild flowers in both endzones?
Remove the artificial turf and plant clover.
Stripe the field with daisies.
As you can see
Tech plays on green, no other color. I don’t care for any of those fields of color, other than green. What may be of more concern is the number of injuries this past year and whether or not they were related somehow to the turf Tech now has. Maybe going back to natural grass would be best. Or just a different artificial grass. But changing to another color is not even desirable.
TTpilk
"Never, never, never give up." Winston Churchill
Red fades quickly
and the tv cameras have a hard time reproducing the shade.
Black will also fade unless you put some Armor All on it. Give it that wet look.
Pink?
Would match our play….
"Transition is hard." - TT
by Houston Raider on Jan 11, 2012 9:20 AM CST up reply actions
I’m for the traditional green myself. My Jr. High and HS fields were grass with patches of dirt blended in. The good old days.
"You've got to find your inner pirate" - Mike Leach
Played in Big Spring my soph year, their field
had grass endzones and the rest was either dirt, rocks or broken beer bottles.
We ought to Haboob his ass
Big Spring is a dump full of racist backwoods idiots. So the fact their football field is a dump comes as no surprise
Get your kicks, on route 66...
This blog tries to cater to a lot of people and I would appreciate not generalizing the entire town of Big Spring as racists and backwood idiots.
Go Raiders . . .
Double-T Nation
absolutely the
Two things I hate….
1) people that make broad judgments against a group of people
2)aggies
This is a 3 ring circus up in here......
by oldschoolraider on Jan 11, 2012 9:54 AM CST via iPhone app up reply actions 1 recs
i see what you did there, and i vastly approve,
though you obviously do not need my approval, only Seth’s
by Jameson Vernon on Jan 11, 2012 11:34 AM CST up reply actions
I am FROM Big Spring and I agree, but why would it be any different than any other area of West Texas.
But clearly you have no idea what you are talking about when referring (however metaphorically or not) to any area of West Texas as anything woods!
College Football: "Our Traditions are now for Sale"
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"Well the ball just didnt bounce our way today" Tommy Tubervile, after decades of coaching experience, the best he can do ....................................................................................................................................
Blaze a trail, spend some time in West Texas, feel the sand sting your skin and burn your eyes, let the winter dry your hands, learn that its there only because our ancestors didn’t want to be around other people … that’s West Texas
by Gus Mitchem on Jan 11, 2012 10:00 AM CST up reply actions
where would all the big oil execs be
without all their gritty oilfield roughnecks? nowhere, that’s where
by Jameson Vernon on Jan 11, 2012 11:35 AM CST up reply actions
understood
I should have stated that the school district is run by a bunch of racist backwoods idiots. Admin and School Board! And these people are elected by the great people of Big Spring so sorry if my impression of the community is not favorable. FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE. But I’ll shut my mouth now.
Get your kicks, on route 66...
Yep...
and today we hear about all these injuries. Try playing with a bottle cap and rocks indented to your knee.
"You've got to find your inner pirate" - Mike Leach
grows hair on their chests
makes em tough, and maybe contract tetanus
by Jameson Vernon on Jan 11, 2012 1:11 PM CST up reply actions
Mustang Bowl was always a big deal but I loved the smell of Cantaloupes in Pecos and that really short grass in Monahans
College Football: "Our Traditions are now for Sale"
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"Well the ball just didnt bounce our way today" Tommy Tubervile, after decades of coaching experience, the best he can do ....................................................................................................................................
Blaze a trail, spend some time in West Texas, feel the sand sting your skin and burn your eyes, let the winter dry your hands, learn that its there only because our ancestors didn’t want to be around other people … that’s West Texas
I loved the drive through burger joint that we ate at in Monahans after the games...
Super Burger or something like that? Or was Monahans the place with the chicken fingers… now I don’t really remember…
Mustang Bowl
Was always a big deal, I can still hear my 7th grade coach talk about us walking down that ramp, Is it still the current home of the SW mustangs that are like 2 or 3A now.
College Football: "Our Traditions are now for Sale"
.....................................................................................
"Well the ball just didnt bounce our way today" Tommy Tubervile, after decades of coaching experience, the best he can do ....................................................................................................................................
Blaze a trail, spend some time in West Texas, feel the sand sting your skin and burn your eyes, let the winter dry your hands, learn that its there only because our ancestors didn’t want to be around other people … that’s West Texas
by Gus Mitchem on Jan 12, 2012 10:40 AM CST up reply actions
Thanks, the landscape of WT has changed quite a bit since I made my exit.
I did read Big Spring ISD was taking bids on renovations, 100s of 1000s of dollars for a turf fields or for the field the kickbacks.
BTW a stadium that is owned by the junior college not the ISD
College Football: "Our Traditions are now for Sale"
.....................................................................................
"Well the ball just didnt bounce our way today" Tommy Tubervile, after decades of coaching experience, the best he can do ....................................................................................................................................
Blaze a trail, spend some time in West Texas, feel the sand sting your skin and burn your eyes, let the winter dry your hands, learn that its there only because our ancestors didn’t want to be around other people … that’s West Texas
I think the NCAA has ruled.....
that you have to have green….I’m all for adding more re/black to the field but I like the “traditional green” color….Wreck"Em Tech
A few different sources claim that's a myth and that no such NCAA rule actually exists
Which would seem to be borne out by other schools adopting non-standard turf colors post-Boise State (EWU, New Haven and Central Arkansas are the only ones I’m aware of). The NFL otoh does have a rule against non-green turf, known colloquially as “The Boise Rule”.
by mojavereject on Jan 11, 2012 11:14 AM CST up reply actions
My understanding is that the rule came into affect after the EWU field installation...
and that those teams are grandfathered in, but no new ones allowed.
That said, I love the idea of colored turf. It did for Boise State what Nike uniforms did for Oregon and pirates did for Texas Tech.
I would like to see a real yellow line that moves, not just the TV one
As much as we pay for season tickets the least they could do is give us the same cool technology they have on the TV broadcast. Buy a couple of bright yellow pin spotlights & place one on each sideline on a rail track. Move it every time a team gets a new 1st down.
"...Fight for the school we love so dearly"
Thats why there are stick on both sides of the field !
If the crown on the Jones is anywhere near as steep as it was back on the old astroturf this wouldnt work anyway unless you can bend light
College Football: "Our Traditions are now for Sale"
.....................................................................................
"Well the ball just didnt bounce our way today" Tommy Tubervile, after decades of coaching experience, the best he can do ....................................................................................................................................
Blaze a trail, spend some time in West Texas, feel the sand sting your skin and burn your eyes, let the winter dry your hands, learn that its there only because our ancestors didn’t want to be around other people … that’s West Texas
by Gus Mitchem on Jan 11, 2012 10:12 AM CST up reply actions
You can definitely bend light...
Hand that one over to the EE department…
"Transition is hard." - TT
by Houston Raider on Jan 11, 2012 10:27 AM CST up reply actions
Or buy HD cameras for the HD screen installed two years ago
Or pipe the network broadcast feed to the screen. They could have done this the last two years. There hasn’t been a major college football game shot in standard definition by a network for the last 5 years.
"...Fight for the school we love so dearly"
Or just throw the ball past the first down line again so this argument is null
Have good and get give
by TTU '04 on Jan 11, 2012 11:18 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
HD
Sir you must not have the MTN network ! Or you said Major College sorry
College Football: "Our Traditions are now for Sale"
.....................................................................................
"Well the ball just didnt bounce our way today" Tommy Tubervile, after decades of coaching experience, the best he can do ....................................................................................................................................
Blaze a trail, spend some time in West Texas, feel the sand sting your skin and burn your eyes, let the winter dry your hands, learn that its there only because our ancestors didn’t want to be around other people … that’s West Texas
I do have the Mountain Network on DirectTV and all games are broadcast in glorious HD
The only sports channel on DirectTV that is not HD is ESPN Classic.
"...Fight for the school we love so dearly"
Man we have ZERO to talk about !
College Football: "Our Traditions are now for Sale"
.....................................................................................
"Well the ball just didnt bounce our way today" Tommy Tubervile, after decades of coaching experience, the best he can do ....................................................................................................................................
Blaze a trail, spend some time in West Texas, feel the sand sting your skin and burn your eyes, let the winter dry your hands, learn that its there only because our ancestors didn’t want to be around other people … that’s West Texas
by Gus Mitchem on Jan 11, 2012 10:01 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
i want real turf back,
out with this cheapo petroleum based polymer/nylon crap colored green to look like grass!
by Jameson Vernon on Jan 11, 2012 11:37 AM CST reply actions
Or at least switch to a 100% cotton field - Support the local farmers
Who wears polyester anyway? These aren’t the 70’s. Are these the 70’s?
"...Fight for the school we love so dearly"
by mbrown603 on Jan 11, 2012 1:14 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
there you go!
the ranchers and their oil royalties can shove it! support your local farmer! 100% organic, 1 million thread count turf!
by Jameson Vernon on Jan 11, 2012 1:19 PM CST up reply actions
We can turn the domed practice facility into the Worlds Biggest Damn Washing Machine
I want the Tide Detergent concession.
"...Fight for the school we love so dearly"
or we could undo the drainage at the Jones and go back to semi-annual floods...
just fill the stadium with detergent and make players that miss class roll from endzone to endzone.
by battledome on Jan 11, 2012 9:12 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
agree
could we put in some tiff eagle so we could practice our chippin and puttin during
half time. the field shouldn’t be messed up bad at all.
"All I wanted was my icream cone and my little cream soda, oh well, oh well, oh well" White Stripes
Just to be humorous...
The Jones could have a combo Red/Black turf. Every ther 10 yards would be red or black. Imagine John Harris’ radio commentary…Stephen breaks free..he has an opening on the right side..oh he hurdles a defender and he’s off…the red..the black..the red..the black…TOUCHDOWN Red Raiders!!
Ok, reality..I like traditional green turf. I live in New Braunfels and a local school (Canyon High School) has all red turf…hard to watch a game from the stands. And, I hear its hot in 100+ temps. http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/blog/prep_rally/post/Texas-school-unveils-nation-s-first-red-turf-hig?urn=highschool-306272
oh, hells yah. i like that!
good humor sir
by Jameson Vernon on Jan 11, 2012 1:13 PM CST up reply actions
well hell,
what do you know about that, it does exist!
by Jameson Vernon on Jan 11, 2012 1:14 PM CST up reply actions
at first i was thinking,
weeeeird post. but now, but now, i believe it may be morphing into one of the most fun and hilarious posts of the new year.
Come guys!!!!!
It’s what the cool kids are doing. Trust me, I know a lot.
Shawn Johnson... she's a nice lady
Boisie shall never be deemed cool kids ever
College Football: "Our Traditions are now for Sale"
.....................................................................................
"Well the ball just didnt bounce our way today" Tommy Tubervile, after decades of coaching experience, the best he can do ....................................................................................................................................
Blaze a trail, spend some time in West Texas, feel the sand sting your skin and burn your eyes, let the winter dry your hands, learn that its there only because our ancestors didn’t want to be around other people … that’s West Texas
How about
green from goal line to goal line, and checkerboard the end zones red and black.
by Red and Black 71 on Jan 11, 2012 9:49 PM CST reply actions
Never really
thought about it that way, BB.
If you remember, I suggested renaming the Jones——
Blackbeard-Jones Stadium
{You’re in our house now bitches———deal with it}
by Red and Black 71 on Jan 12, 2012 8:23 AM CST up reply actions
Graduated in 71
Those were good times for me. Lived in a dorm with some of the football team my second year. Still have some good friends from the team, Marc Dove, Andy Hoyle, Charlie Napper, Reagan Young and others. Many wild times and good memories.
by Red and Black 71 on Jan 12, 2012 11:21 AM CST up reply actions
Red & black checkerboard?
I see a halftime promo – it involves large checkers, two fans and a farm implement company.
Beat the shit out of
QuikQuak duck race………………….AA baseball at its finest.
We ought to Haboob his ass
Tortilla Colored
That way the ref’s couldn’t see the tortilla to call the foul…
"we did a lot of things well, but there are several areas that need improving, our idea of moving forward is to do things that make you improve" - Jason Garrett
I Like The Different Colored Turfs
just not for us.
personally,
I’d rather see us rip out that rabbit ear tv they call raidervision and
put in a really nice screen.
"All I wanted was my icream cone and my little cream soda, oh well, oh well, oh well" White Stripes
But then we would have to hear them announcing the plays/game?
Are you sure we want to hear that?
I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough. -Mark Twain
just want to hear the music to
our newest tradition of the 3rd quarter song…………huh?
We ought to Haboob his ass
I wish a couple of us at dtn
could be in charge of the pregame tunes. AC/DC Let There Be Rock would
be a great opener. And for the grand finale, none other than High Fivin Mother
F*cker by Local H. Yes BB a major overhaul in the audio dept. is a must.
Rec. equipment:
- 4 McIntosh MC 2k monoblock amps
- 4 McIntosh XRT2000 speakers (mcintoshlabs.com)
I like the way you pay attention to details! I’m so fired up right now, I’m going
upstairs to hit the ludwigs!
"All I wanted was my icream cone and my little cream soda, oh well, oh well, oh well" White Stripes
I would prefer the Stones.
Start Me Up……………..it was the Captain’s favorite
We ought to Haboob his ass
Yeah, but...
…can you dance like Mick?
I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough. -Mark Twain
How about lips?
I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough. -Mark Twain
i'm in favor of them.
We ought to Haboob his ass
by blackbeard on Jan 19, 2012 9:03 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Love that song as well.
Probably my favorite stones tune is Jumping Jack Flash on
Get your ya’s ya’s out, Live LP. I think its great that vinyl is
on the come back.
"All I wanted was my icream cone and my little cream soda, oh well, oh well, oh well" White Stripes
Come on!
How about some West Texas flavor and attitude ?
Anything Waylon Jennings please…..
College Football: "Our Traditions are now for Sale"
.....................................................................................
"Well the ball just didnt bounce our way today" Tommy Tubervile, after decades of coaching experience, the best he can do ....................................................................................................................................
Blaze a trail, spend some time in West Texas, feel the sand sting your skin and burn your eyes, let the winter dry your hands, learn that its there only because our ancestors didn’t want to be around other people … that’s West Texas
by Gus Mitchem on Jan 19, 2012 11:47 AM CST up reply actions
Maybe some Ronny James Dio, a little “Rainbow in the Dark”.
Simple rule of thumb: Everything before the but is BS.
by FriscoRaider on Jan 20, 2012 5:11 PM CST up reply actions
yes may be so,
but if the guitar is not plugged in, I don’t listen to it. lol!
"All I wanted was my icream cone and my little cream soda, oh well, oh well, oh well" White Stripes
Okay, that makes sense then...
…that awesome new tradition that no one pays attention to.
I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough. -Mark Twain
Oops that was a reply to you bb
I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough. -Mark Twain
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