Central Arkansas decides Boise's field not enough

• gorocks99

  

  It's time for purple and grey stripes!
  
  http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Central-Arkansas-takes-the-colorful-turf-trend-t?urn=ncaaf-wp497
  
  
• sherm03

  

  Ugh...I hate this fad.
  
  And that field looks ugly.
• j_crazy

  

  The red field is still the worst. The NCAA needs to crack down on this.
• bigkahuna

  But then how would they justify BSU being "grandfathered" or some bull shit to where they can keep the smurf turf?
• ts1227

  

  bigkahuna;731798 wrote:But then how would they justify BSU being "grandfathered" or some bull shit to where they can keep the smurf turf?

  
  The grandfathering thing is false. There is still no rule in place regarding it. The NFL just put in a rule regarding it a couple weeks ago, but the NCAA has not bothered with it (because honestly, who gives a shit?)
  
  I believe the only rule is that yard lines must be white.
• bigkahuna

  ts1227;731804 wrote:The grandfathering thing is false. There is still no rule in place regarding it. The NFL just put in a rule regarding it a couple weeks ago, but the NCAA has not bothered with it (because honestly, who gives a shit?)
  
  I believe the only rule is that yard lines must be white.

  
  I never knew that because you always hear how there's a rule in place, but Boise was exempt from it because they had the turf installed before the rule was in place.
  
  You're right though, it looks dumb, but I don't really care.
• Con_Alma

  There's a high school up here on Lake Erie planning on a purple turf field.
• DeyDurkie5

  

  Con_Alma;731817 wrote:There's a high school up here on Lake Erie planning on a purple turf field.

  
  on the lake?
• Tiernan

  The color feature is an appx $85K adder on an already $1.2M tab for a typical college turf installation. Spend it however you want.
• Con_Alma

  DeyDurkie5;731867 wrote:on the lake?

  
  
  Yep. It's short for "on the shore" of Lake Erie or "on the lake's shore".
• j_crazy

  

  j_crazy;731599 wrote:The red field is still the worst. The NCAA needs to crack down on this.

  
  
  I'm cool with them getting grandfathered in. as long as when they replace the field (even if it's 75 years from now, i'm not sure how long that fake turf lasts) it has to go back to green.
• bases_loaded

  

  j_crazy;732258 wrote:I'm cool with them getting grandfathered in. as long as when they replace the field (even if it's 75 years from now, i'm not sure how long that fake turf lasts) it has to go back to green.

  
  Why does it have to? Who gives a shit.
• tcarrier32

  

  that looks awesome.
• yobro08

  who cares what color it is, i think people should be more concerned with the amount of sponsors pushed in faces during sporting events
• oberhaus

  

  Con_Alma;731817 wrote:There's a high school up here on Lake Erie planning on a purple turf field.

  
  Its been 5 years since I lived around Cleveland and I cant think of a school with purple in their colors along the lake. Care to share?
• Con_Alma

  oberhaus;732309 wrote:Its been 5 years since I lived around Cleveland and I cant think of a school with purple in their colors along the lake. Care to share?

  
  Project "We Will".
  
  http://vermilionlionsclub.blogspot.com/2011/02/project-we-will-has-lions-seeing-purple.html
  
  
• Sonofanump

  Central Arkansas will need to have a 6 foot area on the sideline between the 25s.
  
  Otherwise no NCAA color rule.
• thavoice

  I am a 'less is more' type of guy. Gimmit a basic field and I am cool with it. I really hate how NCAA hoops courts seem to becoming advertising venues and filled with artwork. some of those darn logos in the middle run from three point line to three point line.
  
  Yes..the NFL put a rule in place about their fields and the article I read referenced fields like boise.
• DeyDurkie5

  

  Con_Alma;732242 wrote:Yep. It's short for "on the shore" of Lake Erie or "on the lake's shore".

  
  but you said on the lake?
• ts1227

  

  DeyDurkie5;732669 wrote:but you said on the lake?

  
  You know what he meant, don't be a dick.
• Mohican00

  

  ts1227;731804 wrote:The grandfathering thing is false. There is still no rule in place regarding it. The NFL just put in a rule regarding it a couple weeks ago, but the NCAA has not bothered with it (because honestly, who gives a shit?)
  
  I believe the only rule is that yard lines must be white.

  That and no 5-yard increment lines (see Tiger Stadium, LSU). I believe LSU was grandfathered into that
• Ankle Breaker

  

  I ran a track meet there back in the day. Same place Scottie Pippen put on the map. I'd take the old grass any day but to each his own.
• DeyDurkie5

  

  ts1227;732724 wrote:You know what he meant, don't be a dick.

  
  no I didn't, jerk
• Cat Food Flambe'

  

  Hey, it works. Not many of us knew Eastern Wash eveb HAD a team until they put in the Blood Sod....