Field Turf is Coming!!!

MACMAN · Post by **MACMAN** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:12 pm

wow field turf for our whole 5 game home stand...whew...that is money well spent...
field turf sucks, domes suck. Football is played out side in all weather on grass..that may or may not turn to mud!

i read also that marketing dept has changed the schools colors to hot pink, yellow and safety green

JoeFalcon · Post by **JoeFalcon** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:48 am

MACMAN wrote:wow field turf for our whole 5 game home stand...whew...that is money well spent...

1. The turf will be good for more than one year

2. Getting turf also gives us the ability to host other events like high school football games that draw potential students, student-athletes and their families to the campus.

Money well spent indeed.

BGDrew · Post by **BGDrew** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:54 am

Once we got the fake grass, the stadium will then be available for use as a multi-purpose facility. Imagine the kind of money you could pull in to have high school tournament action for many different sports there.

Or possibly Spring/Summer graduation?

rocketfootball · Post by **rocketfootball** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:33 am

BGDrew wrote:Once we got the fake grass, the stadium will then be available for use as a multi-purpose facility. Imagine the kind of money you could pull in to have high school tournament action for many different sports there.

Or possibly Spring/Summer graduation?

Very true. First, the turf should be good for at least 10 years. Second, you can get high school games there. UT has games from Central, St Francis, and St John's all the time. Plus there is the preseason Old News Boys games, the City League Hall of Fame game, and several youth leagues rent out the Glass Bowl at different times in the season. You can definitely make some dough on these events.

Falcon Fanatic · Post by **Falcon Fanatic** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:19 pm

BGDrew wrote:Once we got the fake grass, the stadium will then be available for use as a multi-purpose facility. Imagine the kind of money you could pull in to have high school tournament action for many different sports there.

Or possibly Spring/Summer graduation?

I doubt if they will change how they do the graduations. Having the four ceremonies in the spring is much preferred over the massive one they used to do. We sat out in blowing sleet in the last spring graduation that was at the stadium and have done it inside ever since!! The summer one is done out on the lawn in front of University Hall and also seems to work well. Again, doubt if they will change the venues back to the stadiium.

mjmorefield · Post by **mjmorefield** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:31 pm

Falcon Fanatic wrote:
BGDrew wrote:Once we got the fake grass, the stadium will then be available for use as a multi-purpose facility. Imagine the kind of money you could pull in to have high school tournament action for many different sports there.

Or possibly Spring/Summer graduation?
I doubt if they will change how they do the graduations. Having the four ceremonies in the spring is much preferred over the massive one they used to do. We sat out in blowing sleet in the last spring graduation that was at the stadium and have done it inside ever since!! The summer one is done out on the lawn in front of University Hall and also seems to work well. Again, doubt if they will change the venues back to the stadiium.

I know when my wife graduated from BG in '96 it was miserable. 40 degrees with sleet & rain. She's still pissed I didn't get any pictures, but the lens was iced over!

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:43 pm

mjmorefield wrote:I know when my wife graduated from BG in '96 it was miserable. 40 degrees with sleet & rain. She's still pissed I didn't get any pictures, but the lens was iced over!

My mom took plenty of pictures that day... and was pissed that I wore a sweatshirt and jeans under my gown.

Falcon52 · Post by **Falcon52** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 1:17 pm

Spring of '95 graduatoin at the stadium was perfect! Could not have been any nicer.

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 3:00 pm

TG1996 wrote:
mjmorefield wrote:I know when my wife graduated from BG in '96 it was miserable. 40 degrees with sleet & rain. She's still pissed I didn't get any pictures, but the lens was iced over!
My mom took plenty of pictures that day... and was pissed that I wore a sweatshirt and jeans under my gown.

Great minds think alike. I wore jeans and a sweatshirt as well. Hid the flask a little better and I don't like suits or ties anyway. LOL

JohnnySwoop '85 · Post by **JohnnySwoop '85** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 3:04 pm

Graduation 1985....Arrive Hammered.

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 3:38 pm

JohnnySwoop '85 wrote:Graduation 1985....Arrive Hammered.

And left? Hopefully more hammered. LOL

Zom · Post by **Zom** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 3:46 pm

Summer, late-early 80's, in front of University Hall, on naturally sown, grown, and manicured turf, which felt reassuringly natural underfoot. Field turf would have melted.

BGFan · Post by **BGFan** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 4:44 pm

Zom wrote:Summer, late-early 80's, in front of University Hall, on naturally sown, grown, and manicured turf, which felt reassuringly natural underfoot. Field turf would have melted.

1986 for me. It was beautiful!

orangeandbrown · Post by **orangeandbrown** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:07 pm

BGFan wrote:
Zom wrote:Summer, late-early 80's, in front of University Hall, on naturally sown, grown, and manicured turf, which felt reassuringly natural underfoot. Field turf would have melted.
1986 for me. It was beautiful!

Me, too. Certainly was. Ditto the hammered thing.

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:58 pm

Spring 2002 was in Anderson. No clue what the weather was. Memories are very foggy of that entire day. Still don't know where I woke up the next day.