Grass in the new stadium?

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  1. Uncle Vinny

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    In an article about LT coming for a visit from ESPN, it says he may be more interested in playing for us rather than the Vikings because we play on grass.

    the Jets' stellar offensive line and the fact that they play on grass and not artificial turf, could be attractive for Tomlinson as well.

    Is this correct? Is the new stadium going to have a grass field?

    Full article: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4987283
     
  2. masivemunkey

    masivemunkey Member

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    I'm pretty sure the new stadium has turf.
     
  3. Miamipuck

    Miamipuck New Member

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    Damn when I opened this I thought you were going to talk about your new wife/girlfriend.


    Uh yes playing on real grass is more desirable.
     
  4. ajetsfan4ever

    ajetsfan4ever Active Member

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    it will have that synthentic stuff, most teams have gone away from astro turf, allthough, most dome teams surface is still harder than an open stadium
     
  5. GreenMachine

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    What do you think about astro turf? Don't know, I have never smoked it...
     
  6. hoobash

    hoobash Well-Known Member

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    field turf
     
  7. Chrisp22

    Chrisp22 Active Member

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    I touched it myself and it's field turf. Soft as a baby's bottom though.
     
  8. 17a_tailgater

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    i walked on the field yesterday. it was soft and cushiony like a fresh pair of Nike's.
     
  9. Footballgod214

    Footballgod214 Well-Known Member

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    i haven't had astro turf for about 3 years now
     
  10. abyzmul

    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 21018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    Field turf might as well be grass. It shreds like grass and has those fluffy beads underneath the simulate sod soil.
     
  11. Italian Seafood

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    I may try to sneak some in, yes.
     
  12. Murrell2878

    Murrell2878 Lets go JETS!
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    I really wish we played an real grass rather than the fake stuff.
     
  13. abyzmul

    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 21018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    Brownies FTW.
     
  14. WhiteShoeWillis

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    It still gives a hell of a rug burn.
     
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    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 21018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    Me too, but it's more cost effective to have field turf than grass. Give it another decade and grass will be a distant memory for all teams.
     
  16. CrackTheSky

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    I don't think people will be smoking grass on the field, even though this is the age of aquariums, age of aquarium, aquarium aquarium.
     
  17. Capt. Ace Nick

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    Joe Knows.
     
  18. Cakes

    Cakes Mr. Knowledge 2010

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    I don't understand why people think Joe Namath said that.

    It was a Tug McGraw quote.

    http://www.baseball-almanac.com/quotes/quomcg.shtml
    "I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf." - Asked for a preference of grass or Astroturf

    This issue seems to come up every other year. I even mentioned it to the guy who has the quote attributed to Namath in his sig and he didn't even bother to change it. I guess people like the Joe Namath: Pothead myth.
     
  19. Cakes

    Cakes Mr. Knowledge 2010

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    Aquariums?
     
  20. Cakes

    Cakes Mr. Knowledge 2010

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    http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/35829956/ns/sports-nfl/



     

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