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Only a matter of time until we go back to real grass

Posted on: April 11, 2025 at 15:19:12 CT

alzoo MU

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The lame excuses for not doing so won't hold up in the next replacement cycle. Player safety will rule the day.
SMU is the latest school to go back to real grass. The trend is definitely headed that way. We can certainly afford it.

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Only a matter of time until we go back to real grass - alzoo MU - 4/11 15:19:12

One advantage of turf - Faurotious MU - 4/12 12:14:38

Bring back omniturf! nm - pinkman MU - 4/11 18:56:56

Great tackler. Almost as good as Bolton.(nm) - Carlos Rossi KC - 4/11 19:43:56

By far our leading tackler on those bad teams(nm) - TigerFan92 STL - 4/12 09:54:24

Would have gotten us a win against national champion - JeffB MU

- 4/11 20:13:30

they talk about not being able to go down - rockquarryroad MU - 4/11 17:31:40

No, the sod will be grown in sand with a like drainage - tigertix MU - 4/11 19:55:02

The subsurface drainage system was left in place when the - BH O'bonga MU - 4/12 07:14:25

One rainy game in October/November and its toast then the - tigertix MU - 4/12 09:05:04

Back in your good old days we were a slow, plodding team - samclemens MU

- 4/11 16:00:27

If you’re faster than a team on turf you’re faster than - Fred G. Sanford USA - 4/12 06:22:07

BACK THEN WE HAD A DADGUM FULLBACK!!!!111 - Mothball MU - 4/11 17:37:21

RE: Back in your good old days we were a slow, plodding team - Ragarm MU - 4/11 16:47:34

On the other hand, the SEC had a reputation for speed, - JeffB MU

- 4/11 16:08:07

Thought most of them are already on artificial turf (nm) - samclemens MU

- 4/11 16:10:28

Kentucky & Missouri are the only two w artificial turf. (nm) - JeffB MU

- 4/11 16:11:09

Also Texas and Vandy (nm) - hou4mu MU - 4/12 12:55:27

There were news reports that Texas was moving to grass turf - JeffB MU

- 4/12 13:16:28

Also the two furthest north nm - pinkman MU - 4/11 16:57:02

and it looks awful on TV. Hope they put in natural grass.(nm) - Carlos Rossi STL - 4/11 16:41:13

Wow. I need to crawl back under my rock - samclemens MU

- 4/11 16:26:10

RE: Only a matter of time until we go back to real grass - pinkman MU - 4/11 15:29:17

Something about that always seemed phony to me - Genco98 MU - 4/11 16:47:18

Maybe don't want to pay the higher maintenance costs nm - pinkman MU - 4/12 16:42:40

Chiefs have grass, STL Cardinals have grass, Columbia is - MUTGR MU - 4/12 02:42:23

Royals have grass as well. Sporting KC has grass. I assume - Carlos Rossi KC - 4/12 10:25:31

A lot of them are not cut down into a hillside. - alwaysright MU - 4/11 16:50:19

Given the number of stadiums with natural grass and similar - JeffB MU

- 4/11 15:33:34

I remember a number of years ago they had some kind of - pinkman MU - 4/11 15:43:28

Of course many lawns & professionally managed turfs have - JeffB MU

- 4/11 16:03:59

simple solution is to turn it over to the Mexicans(nm) - rockquarryroad MU - 4/11 17:33:30

Americans of Mexican descent, or actual Mexicans with - JeffB MU

- 4/11 18:07:44

actul Mexicans will have the turf looking like Augusta - rockquarryroad MU - 4/11 20:52:27

Another well-worn but strong argument against - samclemens MU

- 4/11 16:09:33

Couldn't our AG department come up with an inexpensive fix, - JeffB MU

- 4/11 16:22:36

If the Chiefs can have natural grass so can the Tigers... - Carlos Rossi STL - 4/11 16:40:03

Is the field at Arrowhead - BigDave MU - 4/11 19:03:41

They do it on golf courses all the time. Shouldn't be - Carlos Rossi KC - 4/11 23:28:29

How do *they* handle that kU* cheerleader grazing problem? (nm) - JeffB MU

- 4/11 16:43:59