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Given the number of stadiums with natural grass and similar

Posted on: April 11, 2025 at 15:33:34 CT

JeffB MU

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enclosures I doubt that airflow would preclude having a grass field for us, especially given the possibility of fans or other means of artificially adjusting airflow on the field.

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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