Orange Endzones for Missouri
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- Jul 23, 2014
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...and the voice of David Steele.
We would play touch football on that field in the mid-80s on Sundays and yes, hard as a rock. But it made this slow white guy a little faster.
It would also turn your socks green from the “paint” on the “grass”. Good times.
- Jun 5, 2014
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Wikipedia:
His career effectively ended on October 10, 1993, in a game against the Philadelphia Eagles. While planting his feet to catch an underthrown deep ball from QB Jim Harbaugh, his cleats got stuck in the Astroturf at Veterans Stadium. The force of being pulled back to the ground was so severe that it completely severed the patella tendon in each of his knees. Doctors later found his kneecaps had been pushed all the way into his thighs. He spent several months in a wheelchair, with his legs encased in casts from thigh to ankle.
Start at 9:22.
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My first thought was it looks like Auburn.Looks like Syracuse
- Jun 9, 2014
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I knew this would trigger the usual suspects.
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- Oct 15, 2018
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I played soccer on that in the late 70s. I swear it was a thin layer of turf with concrete right beneath it. Nobody slid tackle anyone that day. If you fell ... you lost skin and got bruised bad. I have no idea how they played football on that field.
- Sep 4, 2014
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Possibly.
I’m still waiting for Rayshad to chime in, and a “Hey anyone got any skinny margarita recipes?” thread from law, just to remove all doubt.
- Oct 26, 2017
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We used to play pick up games on Sunday on Florida field in the mid-80's..and after the Porpoise closed for the night (after playing rolly polly fish heads of course) we would sneak onto Florida Field at 2am and play frisbee.
To stop puddling from rain, the field had this crown to hit that allowed the water to flow to the sidelines. You were literally running slightly down hill if you ran from the middle of the field to the sidelines.
But yes, Ox, the field was hard as a rock.
- Jun 11, 2014
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They also don’t have orange endzones...just plain grass with auburn painted
Can’t wait for the next it looks like (insert team that has endzones that look nothing like this)
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So, no comments on why we spent a million dollars for field turf for the band.
- Jun 11, 2014
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I remember playing on the turf in 1983 when I was living in the Murphree dorms. It was like playing on green concrete also the crown of the field was so steep if you stood on one sideline and looked across you couldn’t see anything below the knees of someone on the opposite sideline.
- Aug 30, 2014
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I don't mind the painted end zones one bit, but there is a visceral response of disgust and disappointment within my entire being every time I see that damn font.
- Jun 11, 2014
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They also don’t have orange endzones...just plain grass with auburn painted
Can’t wait for the next it looks like (insert team that has endzones that look nothing like this)
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They also don’t have orange endzones...just plain grass with auburn painted
Can’t wait for the next it looks like (insert team that has endzones that look nothing like this)
Well, it looks just like Boise State, especially with the font:
(Blue field surrounding it, minor detail)
- Jun 11, 2014
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There we go...something actually similar...well if we're only talking endzones
