Orange Endzones for Missouri

[oxrageous]

Not clear what you're saying. We went to real grass in '90.

I got to run around on that turf in the summer of '89 and could not believe how hard it was.

 

[-THE DUDE-]

Looks like Syracuse

Syracuse has blue endzones with orange letters

 

[78]

I got to run around on that turf in the summer of '89 and could not believe how hard it was.

Awful on the joints but it sure helped us exploit Florida speed while it was around. I was glad to see it go.

 

[Concrete Helmet]

As long as Mizzou leaves beaten, black & blue......

 

[Slevin]

Not clear what you're saying. We went to real grass in '90.

Yeah that’s clearly Astro turf just by looking at it

 

[Alumni Guy]

Stupid font is stupid

 

[NVGator]

Not clear what you're saying. We went to real grass in '90.

I think he’s saying he likes the cursive script in the end zone rather than the slanted block letters.

 

[NVGator]

Syracuse has blue endzones with orange letters

 

[Swamp Queen]

I got to run around on that turf in the summer of '89 and could not believe how hard it was.

We’d stick around the stadium after every game growing up. 30 minutes or so everyone was off the field and a bunch of people would go out and run around. And then we went to the grass field and that ended real quick.

I fvking hate that font.

 

[Captain Sasquatch]

I got to run around on that turf in the summer of '89 and could not believe how hard it was.

Astroturf was the most unbelievably miserable sh*t to play on. When I was in high school, we did a bunch of 7 on 7 tournaments at Liberty University when they still had it, and my shins would be absolutely killing me for days afterward. Field Turf is one of the best innovations in sports field technology history, maybe the best.

 

[oxrageous]

Astroturf was the most unbelievably miserable sh*t to play on. When I was in high school, we did a bunch of 7 on 7 tournaments at Liberty University when they still had it, and my shins would be absolutely killing me for days afterward. Field Turf is one of the best innovations in sports field technology history, maybe the best.

Running is one thing, I couldn't imagine being tackled on it. Absolutely no give - you might as well play football in the parking lot.

 

[soflagator]

Syracuse has blue endzones with orange letters

Ok besides that.

 

[78]

Astroturf was the most unbelievably miserable sh*t to play on. When I was in high school, we did a bunch of 7 on 7 tournaments at Liberty University when they still had it, and my shins would be absolutely killing me for days afterward. Field Turf is one of the best innovations in sports field technology history, maybe the best.

Hard surfaces and seams. Wendell Davis' career was ended when he tripped over one at Veteran's Stadium. Practically ripped the patella right off.

 

[chferg]

Running is one thing, I couldn't imagine being tackled on it. Absolutely no give - you might as well play football in the parking lot.

When I was younger I played against two high school teams with bad turf and two with good turf and it's amazing how much of a difference there is and especially compared to that old nasty tough astroturf...

Good turf is a lot more spongy while the turf Hannibal got from the old STL Rams was absolutely awful. Felt like hitting concrete

 

[ThreatMatrix]

Was at every home game in the 80's. Don't remember orange end zones.
Drugs were THAT good.

 

[Slevin]

Didn’t play football but we had a room called the Florida room at our house that was just Astro turf instead of carpet. Made playing Atari as a kid while sitting on the floor really unpleasant

 

[AlexDaGator]

I've been on the Citrus Bowl turf and it is downright bouncy. It's all these tiny little rubber pellets with the "turf" poking up.

Spurrier hated the artificial turf. He pulled up "Doug's Rug" (named for former coach Doug Dickey) and my understanding is that they moved it to the practice field and we practiced on it if we were playing a turf team on the road (Tennessee, Alabama, Syracuse, Sugar Bowl, etc.).

Spurrier wanted to get rid of the astroturf, bring back blue jerseys, and put Miami back on the schedule. He got 3 out of 3 but then the SEC expanded and added another conference game so we had to drop Miami again and replace them with teams that didn't demand a return game.

Alex.

 

[aka]

* See all white uniforms.

 

[Thick&ThinG8r]

If you are familiar with pony field where the band practices, it was renovated with field turf with orange endzone with the exact front. My guess this is permanent change.
I have a 18"×36"piece of the astro turf from Florida field, I have plans to make a miniature for the man cave, but have never got around to it.
Emmitt spent three years running on that concrete and still managed to be the all-time leading rusher in the NFL, the man deserves a statue.

 

[KronoGator]

Looks awesome.