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What the hell, Maryland? (Potentially new black field)

  • WebFire
    The new field sucks too.
  • bigkahuna
    Serious question, would this affect their ability to have night games you think?
  • OSH
    The field is not a "done deal." But it is confirmed they are "altering" the field color.
    [LEFT]"Don't know the final details on color yet... No final decision has been made...Yes, the surface will be synthetic, rather than grass... Will be finished in time for the home opener on 9/1."[/LEFT]
  • wildcats20
    I like it...
  • rmolin73
    sleeper;1186717 wrote:$10 says if someone made a white field there would be cries of racism.
    You are on a roll! Reps when I can.
  • sportswizuhrd
    Leaving for the Big East after the '12 season. It could just be a 2 year home game ban since it was a concession for getting into the MWC.
  • ptown_trojans_1
    Little Danny;1187424 wrote:meh, Maryland still sucks. Even with the new field they won't win but 4-5 games next year.
    1. The ACC is bad.
    2. Two years ago, they finished 3rd in the ACC.
    3. They picked up one of the best WRs out of high school.

    That said, they will be be around 6-6 next year.

    But, this field is an awful idea.
    They are trying to be bigger in football, but it is not going to happen. Maryland is, and will always be, a basketball school.
    I went there for grad school, and the stands are half 3/4 full most of the time.

    Also, even if they did change the field, the stadium itself still sucks ass. It is small, and has no real architecture to it. It has a huge massive concrete upper deck that is ugly as hell. And it only sits like 40k.
  • wildcats20
    ptown_trojans_1;1188677 wrote:1. The ACC is bad.
    2. Two years ago, they finished 3rd in the ACC.
    3. They picked up one of the best WRs out of high school.

    That said, they will be be around 6-6 next year.

    But, this field is an awful idea.
    They are trying to be bigger in football, but it is not going to happen. Maryland is, and will always be, a basketball school.
    I went there for grad school, and the stands are half 3/4 full most of the time.

    Also, even if they did change the field, the stadium itself still sucks ass. It is small, and has no real architecture to it. It has a huge massive concrete upper deck that is ugly as hell. And it only sits like 40k.
    54K.
  • bigkahuna
    wildcats20;1188819 wrote:54K.
    I'm surprised it's that much.
  • Scarlet_Buckeye
    Personally, I think it looks sharp as hell. I love it.
  • OSH
    Maryland's new field:

  • Crimson streak
    OSH;1207570 wrote:Maryland's new field:


    I'm disappointed I wanted to see the other one
  • Scarlet_Buckeye
    OSH;1207570 wrote:Maryland's new field:

    Boooooooo.

    The "black" field would have been much "cooler."
  • WebFire
    That looks much better than the black POS.
  • gorocks99
    Black field can't catch a break.






    Racists.
  • OSH
    But, at least they tried to do something different...

  • Sonofanump
    I don’t get how that turned out like that. A turf field is nothing more (at the surface level) than those little black pellets and little strips of thin plastic sticking up to look like grass. How could they not color the plastic correctly?
  • gorocks99
    Sonofanump;1211108 wrote:I don’t get how that turned out like that. A turf field is nothing more (at the surface level) than those little black pellets and little strips of thin plastic sticking up to look like grass. How could they not color the plastic correctly?
    The pic above is of swatches they were testing - they're supposed to be all different shades.
  • bigkahuna
    So is it still a possibility then or was this before they decided to go with the computer image above?
  • OSH
    bigkahuna;1211673 wrote:So is it still a possibility then or was this before they decided to go with the computer image above?
    The green field will be the field. They just tried out the gray swatches to see what they thought.
  • OSH
    Well, now a new HIDEOUS field...by Lindenwood University-Belleville.

  • Sonofanump
    OSH;1221976 wrote:Well, now a new HIDEOUS field...by Lindenwood University-Belleville.

    I know that is a first year program in NAIA, but is that a road and railroad track where the vistors stands should be?
  • THE4RINGZ
    OSH;1221976 wrote:Well, now a new HIDEOUS field...by Lindenwood University-Belleville.


    That would be like playing on a fucking candy cane.
  • vball10set
    It hurts my eyes just looking at it--"hideous" is indeed the perfect word.
  • Tiernan
    A pathetic cry for attention.