I know I discussed the possibility of new grass in Ohio Stadium with a few of you this past weekend. Well the process has already started. Here is the original article, which describes the thought process for changing the field. Here is the article from today's Dispatch, with details regarding the installation. It has already been pointed out to me by a BGSU alumnus (thanks Jeremy) that BGSU will essentially be playing on a home field when they come to Ohio Stadium in October, since the grass was grown and developed near Bowling Green.
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
New Grass in Ohio Stadium
I know I discussed the possibility of new grass in Ohio Stadium with a few of you this past weekend. Well the process has already started. Here is the original article, which describes the thought process for changing the field. Here is the article from today's Dispatch, with details regarding the installation. It has already been pointed out to me by a BGSU alumnus (thanks Jeremy) that BGSU will essentially be playing on a home field when they come to Ohio Stadium in October, since the grass was grown and developed near Bowling Green.
This has nothing to do with the new grass, but check out Pat Forde's current "Dash" column at espn.com. About midway down it gives political campaign ads for the major conferences (a group that doesn't include the MAC, for some reason). Pretty funny stuff.
ReplyDeleteI considered making some crude joke, hoping for our players' well-being while playing on turf from the STD capital of Ohio, but instead I'm taking the high road:
ReplyDeleteBowling Green is having quite a year for playing "home games" in big-time stadiums this year. Not only will the Falcons play on "home turf" when they visit the Shoe, but they also played host Wisconsin in the season-opener at Cleveland Browns Stadium.
Apparently, the school is having trouble meeting the NCAA's attendance requirements to remain a Division 1-A program (average of 15,000 in actual or paid attendance for all home games one time during a rolling two-year period). Check out this NCAA website for some statistics regarding attendance at Division 1A games this year:
http://web1.ncaa.org/d1mfb/2006/Internet/attendance/IA_AVGATTENDANCE.pdf
The list appears to be arranged according to average attendance. BGSU brings up the rear of the pack. It looks like that team up north leads all schools, but OSU does quite well, and 3 of the top 4 are Big Ten schools. Rock!