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Heck, even the concrete under the bleachers looks better after the power wash. Almost looks like a brand new stadium again. Kudos.

Blue endzones would have looked nice, but they should have just switched the border color around the UCONN and HUSKIES lettering from red to blue. Guess they figured there's enough blue accents with the field logos and around the rest of the stadium.

SonsOfNutmeg's mockup looks great BTW.
 
Skiblets said:
I don't understand that at all. LSU endzones are loaded with purple and gold paint..same thing with Alabama, USC, UCLA, Georgia, Florida. All natural grass and all with bold endzones. I'm not bitching about the improvements..love the way the field looks but would prefer bold colors in the endzone that's all
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Water based darker colors like our blue aborbs up to 90% of the light needed for photosynthesis, applied over several weeks would harm the grass. Oranges, yellows, reds... tend to be more reflective.
 
Next mission: Make official game day t-shirts more available.
 
Duncan Idaho said:
Water based darker colors like our blue aborbs up to 90% of the light needed for photosynthesis, applied over several weeks would harm the grass. Oranges, yellows, reds... tend to be more reflective.
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Not trying to be a jerk here but I'm not buying it


 
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Skiblets said:
Not trying to be a jerk here but I'm not buying it
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Michigan doesn't paint there's... neither does Penn State... might be more climate related more than paint color related.
 
sportsart said:
That was a picture of the old scoreboard.
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I'm going to have to disagree with you. I'm pretty sure that is the new scoreboard, just with the old mascot on it. If you zoom in on the picture, it looks like the ads are from a video board. Also, if you look at the picture below, the background used to be one color, but the picture posted earlier, the background of where the screen would be compared to the background of the scoreboard are two different colors. Why they used the old husky is something I do not have an answer for.
UCONNFOOTBALL020.jpg
 
Do you not see the new video board in this thread? The post actually says it's the new video board. I promise you the video board in your post is the old one.
 
sportsart said:
Do you not see the new video board in this thread? The post actually says it's the new video board. I promise you the video board in your post is the old one.
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I'm going to have to agree to disagree here. Just looked at them both side by side and it just looks like the original picture has the old logo with ads on the new scoreboard. Not really sure what your seeing here. Compare all three pictures and tell me which two look most alike.
 
UConn Insider said:
Yeah, I don't either but UConn has asked almost every year to paint the endzones and Rentschler says no
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If I was paying $170,000 per game to host football at the stadium which was built and supported still using tax payer dollars and I'm the state's flagship university I'm doing whatever I want to that field.
 
IMind said:
Michigan doesn't paint there's... neither does Penn State... might be more climate related more than paint color related.
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Michigan's field is artificial turf. They changed from Grass a while ago.

I think white background with blue HUSKIES lettering would look good.
 
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IMind said:
Michigan doesn't paint there's... neither does Penn State... might be more climate related more than paint color related.
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Bingo. Cool season grasses like ours can't handle it. Down south they are using different species (and in CA) which are considerably more hardy, and which will be getting more sun throughout the season.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Bingo. Cool season grasses like ours can't handle it. Down south they are using different species (and in CA) which are considerably more hardy, and which will be getting more sun throughout the season.
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Seating and surface[edit source | editbeta]
The stadium's original capacity was 72,000, but Fielding Yost made certain to install footings that could allow for expansion up to 200,000 seats. Initially, all seating consisted of wooden bleachers. These were replaced with permanent metal seating in 1949 by Crisler, who was athletic director at the time. From 1927 to 1968, the stadium's field was covered in natural grass. This was replaced with TartanTurf in 1969 to give players better traction. However, this surface was thought to be unforgiving on players' joints, and the stadium returned to natural turf in 1991. This too became problematic, as the field's below-surface location near the water table made it difficult for grass to permanently take root. The field was converted to FieldTurf, an artificial surface designed to give grass-like playing characteristics, in 2003.[28] In 2010, it was upgraded with a brighter and higher quality version of field turf called Duraspine.[29]
 
UConn Insider said:
Yeah, I don't either but UConn has asked almost every year to paint the endzones and Rentschler says no
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Probs has something to do with using for other events (eg, soccer)?
 
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the other schools probably have a bigger replacement sod budget.
 
Husky25 said:
Seating and surface[edit source | editbeta]
The stadium's original capacity was 72,000, but Fielding Yost made certain to install footings that could allow for expansion up to 200,000 seats. Initially, all seating consisted of wooden bleachers. These were replaced with permanent metal seating in 1949 by Crisler, who was athletic director at the time. From 1927 to 1968, the stadium's field was covered in natural grass. This was replaced with TartanTurf in 1969 to give players better traction. However, this surface was thought to be unforgiving on players' joints, and the stadium returned to natural turf in 1991. This too became problematic, as the field's below-surface location near the water table made it difficult for grass to permanently take root. The field was converted to FieldTurf, an artificial surface designed to give grass-like playing characteristics, in 2003.[28] In 2010, it was upgraded with a brighter and higher quality version of field turf called Duraspine.[29]
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What is this about? I was commenting with respect to LSU and USC, not Michigan. Michigan, by the way, if it still had grass, would have cool season grasses (fine fescues, ryes and bluegrass) as we do. In the south, those grasses cannot take the heat, and they use zoysia, bermuda and others (which can't tolerate the cold).

LSU (per Wikipedia) uses Celebration Bermuda grass. The Rent has Kentucky Bluegrass. Those grasses will behave very differently, and it's entirely likely that the bluegrass is much more sensitive to the effects of the paint in depriving it of light. Plus, if it gets cool, that Bermuda is going to turn brown fast, unlike Bluegrass, which is greener in spring or fall and browns in the summer and winter.
http://www.uky.edu/Ag/ukturf/Publications/Overseeding%20bermudagrass%20sports%20fields.pdf
 
HuskyHawk said:
What is this about? I was commenting with respect to LSU and USC, not Michigan. Michigan, by the way, if it still had grass, would have cool season grasses (fine fescues, ryes and bluegrass) as we do. In the south, those grasses cannot take the heat, and they use zoysia, bermuda and others (which can't tolerate the cold).

LSU (per Wikipedia) uses Celebration Bermuda grass. The Rent has Kentucky Bluegrass. Those grasses will behave very differently, and it's entirely likely that the bluegrass is much more sensitive to the effects of the paint in depriving it of light. Plus, if it gets cool, that Bermuda is going to turn brown fast, unlike Bluegrass, which is greener in spring or fall and browns in the summer and winter.
http://www.uky.edu/Ag/ukturf/Publications/Overseeding bermudagrass sports fields.pdf
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Your replied to the Michigan comment. I assumed you were lumping them in with "ours."
 
Husky25 said:
Your replied to the Michigan comment. I assumed you were lumping them in with "ours."
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Ok. But was ignoring the Michigan part, just responding to the climate point. It seems that when it cools, the Bermuda needs to be painted, even the green part, or it will just look brown.
 
HuskyAlum012 said:
I'm going to have to agree to disagree here. Just looked at them both side by side and it just looks like the original picture has the old logo with ads on the new scoreboard. Not really sure what your seeing here. Compare all three pictures and tell me which two look most alike.
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Did you go back and look at the pic released by UConn that has a big screen and no ads? That's the new one.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Ok. But was ignoring the Michigan part, just responding to the climate point. It seems that when it cools, the Bermuda needs to be painted, even the green part, or it will just look brown.
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I really didn't mean anything by it. I quoted IMind's post first, but at the risk of piling on, your post seemed to be a logical home for my clarification.
 
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HuskyAlum012 said:
I'm going to have to agree to disagree here. Just looked at them both side by side and it just looks like the original picture has the old logo with ads on the new scoreboard. Not really sure what your seeing here. Compare all three pictures and tell me which two look most alike.
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1. It doesn't matter, the new video board is up.
2. Sportsart is correct. The original picture is the new board with the old logo. If you look closely, the old video board and ads were framed with material matching the supporting superstructure. It looks like sort of a faded blue/gray color. In the first picture, The video board is displaying faux superstructure framing. You can tell because the framing is a darker blue than the superstructure color on top of the video board.
3. It really doesn't matter, the new video board is up.
 
HuskyAlum012 said:
I'm going to have to disagree with you. I'm pretty sure that is the new scoreboard, just with the old mascot on it. If you zoom in on the picture, it looks like the ads are from a video board. Also, if you look at the picture below, the background used to be one color, but the picture posted earlier, the background of where the screen would be compared to the background of the scoreboard are two different colors. Why they used the old husky is something I do not have an answer for.
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If you sent this picture to Joe D and he said it was the new one, he's on crack. It's the UConn vs Cincy game right on the board.

Someone help me out here. I'm begging you.
 
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