Congrats!

[kdog27]

Talk about envy geez how many threads about BG are going to be on the Toledo board? The only time people bring up TU on this board is when one of their fans starts a thread.

You must be one of the bitter ones

Yeah there are always multiple threads in honor of us whether we play this week or next month. But we are the ones with envy.

[Godsgirlerific]

Isn't it about time you guys enter the 21st century? The only MAC school left with grass. Look across the country, everyone is going to Field Turf or something like it.

If all the other MAC schools jumped off a bridge, would you do it too?

I like the natural grass; I prefer marching on it over turf. Besides, the Doyt is a classic; artificial turf just wouldn't fit.

[Rightupinthere]

Only in the bg-UT rivalry could a thread start with a guy congratulating the other school's team on a great effort and end with the same guy being called a dildo. We're just a classy bunch of guys, eh?

I believe this thread went non sequitur when playing surfaces were mentioned and reiterated by rocketfootball.

It went downhill quickly when TJ showed up with all of the a Salem Envy Trials following close behind.

For my two cents with this whole thread: thanks for the congrats, RF, but no thanks on the artificial surface.

I would like to continue with Schad's thought but go into a more secular path - I'm an agnostic, after all.

There are certain things which are beautiful in their natural/classic state:

-A Ford Model T in the flat black paint.
-An old boat with white paint and a natural resin varnish.
-A young lady in a sundress.
-Red wine poured into a glass decanter.
-Steak sizzling right off of a lump charcoal grill.
-A 1957 Harley-Davidson Sportster with the original overhead valve engine.
-A martini, dry, up, three olives sipped on Ocean Drive, Miami Beach
-Old Maynard Ferguson recordings on 33.
-Football played on grass.

I'll take my football on grass. I just wish we had the wishbone or 'I' formations upon which to play it.

[transfer2BGSU]

There are certain things which are beautiful in their natural/classic state:

-Old Maynard Ferguson recordings on 33.

Is he still performing? I loved listening to his version of Birdland. First time I saw MF in concert was Spring 1983 at Kobacker Hall for a jazz festival (and saw him again Fall 1984 at the old Findlay Junior High School) I think I'll have to locate that CD and play it as I head to WPAFB for class this weekend.

[Rightupinthere]

There are certain things which are beautiful in their natural/classic state:

-Old Maynard Ferguson recordings on 33.

Is he still performing? I loved listening to his version of Birdland. First time I saw MF in concert was Spring 1983 at Kobacker Hall for a jazz festival (and saw him again Fall 1984 at the old Findlay Junior High School) I think I'll have to locate that CD and play it as I head to WPAFB for class this weekend.

He's still touring. I'm unsure if he's still recording. He plays a lot of small clubs and high schools (I saw him back in '83 at Perry High School).

[TJRocket]

Talk about envy geez how many threads about BG are going to be on the Toledo board? The only time people bring up TU on this board is when one of their fans starts a thread.

You must be one of the bitter ones

Yeah there are always multiple threads in honor of us whether we play this week or next month. But we are the ones with envy.

Hey Kdog, you and turning_tricks_Falcon spoke too soon, there are several threads on the front page about Toledo started by BG posters.

[kdog27]

turning_tricks_Falcon

What you can't find something humorous with my name?

[Tricky_Falcon]

Hey Kdog, you and turning_tricks_Falcon

That would get you banned on the sprocket board. Don't worry I won't go running to the mods.

[rocketfootball]

rocketfootball-
You might want to have a conversation with your athletic trainer for football, because I have heard him say that your turf is not in good shape, and he has issues with it as far as injuries go. Just a heads up!

Heads up? Whatever factman.

I know for a fact that the amount of injuries that Toledo and/or an opponent have suffered since the NeXturf surface went in has decreased considerably from what is what with the old astroturf stuff.


You guys can say what you want, but a high majority of college football would not use artificial surfaces if the advantages did not outweigh the disadvantages and whatever the advantages are for grass fields.

[rocketfootball]

Isn't it about time you guys enter the 21st century? The only MAC school left with grass. Look across the country, everyone is going to Field Turf or something like it.

If all the other MAC schools jumped off a bridge, would you do it too?

I like the natural grass; I prefer marching on it over turf. Besides, the Doyt is a classic; artificial turf just wouldn't fit.

Comparing this to jumping off the bridge? Come on BG fans. The BSU debacle is not that bad. Toledo lost to Fresno State just as bad.

[hammb]

You guys can say what you want, but a high majority of college football would not use artificial surfaces if the advantages did not outweigh the disadvantages and whatever the advantages are for grass fields.

The ONLY advantage of the artificial turf is financial. Less money on care, and less on salaries to maintain the surface. Money talks, and that is why most have transitioned to artificial. The old artificial stuff was so awful that many schools dealt with the financial costs of natural turf. The new stuff has lessened the gap enough that many schools are going away from natural turf.

That does not change the fact that natural grass is still the absolute best for the game itself. I've never met or heard of an athlete saying they preferred playing on any artificial surface. It's just not as good, PERIOD.

[patrickbg]

but the new turf cannot be watered down as easily.

c'mon rocketfootball. rocket fans will need some excuse when we beat you in november.

[rocketfootball]

but the new turf cannot be watered down as easily.

c'mon rocketfootball. rocket fans will need some excuse when we beat you in november.

I think you need a reality check. I personally gave BG credit when they won in 2003 and if BG wins again this year I will give you credit again.

If you want to be sarcastic or stupid about it, then what is your excuse for blowing a 20 point halftime lead and losing last year? Is it the over-inflated balls that Omar spoke of? You know, the ones that BG provided and he obviously didn't know about.


There should be no excuses in our rivalry when the other team wins. Since 1980, Toledo has defeated BG 13 times in football and BG has defeated Toledo 12 times in football. If history continues it will be 13 wins for both schools in the last 26 games, after the game played at the Doyt this November. I don't care what rivalry you are talking about, it doesn't get any better than that.

[1987alum]

There should be no excuses in our rivalry when the other team wins. Since 1980, Toledo has defeated BG 13 times in football and BG has defeated Toledo 12 times in football. If history continues it will be 13 wins for both schools in the last 26 games, after the game played at the Doyt this November. I don't care what rivalry you are talking about, it doesn't get any better than that.

Great rivalry, indeed!

[BGGrad01]

There should be no excuses in our rivalry when the other team wins. Since 1980, Toledo has defeated BG 13 times in football and BG has defeated Toledo 12 times in football. If history continues it will be 13 wins for both schools in the last 26 games, after the game played at the Doyt this November. I don't care what rivalry you are talking about, it doesn't get any better than that.

I'm hoping we tie it up at 13, then we get a tiebreaker game during the first week in December for the MAC titale. I hate UT and that entire town where I lived for 2 years, but the rivalry between BG and UT is great.