Favorite field surface in football

[The Czech Republic 0]

Just a question I'm throwing out, as artificial stuff was everywhere, then replaced by grass, and now it's creeping back as FieldTurf.

[Dr. Tyler; Captain America 0]

FieldTurf, since it has the advantages of astroturf while failing to be cement.

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

Natural grass. I don't know about fieldturf since I haven't really heard about how hard it is on knees yet.

[Guest Rrrsh]

I like Grass the because it eats up the elements the most and I like that aspect of Football.

[Dr. Tyler; Captain America 0]

Well, watch the Steelers play at Heinz Field a few times and you'll have an aversion to grass

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

Well, watch the Steelers play at Heinz Field a few times and you'll have an aversion to grass

That just makes me want to vomit.

[The Czech Republic 0]

I don't like the way FieldTurf looks

[Guest Vitamin X]

Football wasn't meant to be played anywhere other than on grass.

 

Fuck these guys who play on carpet. Not many championship teams who play on turf go out and dominate on any other surface.

[Dr. Tyler; Captain America 0]

Which is FieldTurf's advantage. It prevents a situation like that at Hines Field, where the field is ridiculously torn up, but it isn't carpet.

 

 

(haha, i'm leaving that "Hines" typo because HINES WARD ROCKS YEAHHHHHHHHHH )

[GreatWhiteNope 0]

AstroPlay - Bills have it and it rocks

[The Czech Republic 0]

I thought the Steelers still played on grass.

[Dr. Tyler; Captain America 0]

They do. It's shit.

[Guest Salacious Crumb]

Nothing can be worse than what the Eagles field used to be.

[Dr. Tyler; Captain America 0]

Agreed, but it's still annoying to see players slipping so damned much.

[nogoodnick 0]

Field Turf aint bad but its all about natural grass.

 

Fuck astro tuf.

[CanadianChris 0]

Whatever that blue turf in Boise is made out of.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

I put down grass because of the hippie in me, but FieldTurf is fine with me, too. It ought to be a crime to play football on AstroTurf...

[Slayer 0]

Whatever that blue turf in Boise is made out of.

AstroSmurf

[lomasmoney 0]

Field Turf is the best surface, that I have played on and I have played on all three. Astroturf is like falling on fucking cement espeically at the Silverdome, and then grass fields especially multipurpose fields at the high school level get so destroyed by the end of the football season that they are almost unplayable. Fieldturf is about as close to grass as you can get and it doesnt get worn down as much as grass does.

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

Not whatever the Patriots play on.

[Red Baron 0]

Natural Grass.

 

Anything else, go play a different sport, wuss.

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

I just did an **11 PAGE REPORT** on Astro/Field/NeXt Turf...

 

I like the BLUE playing turf that that college team has...Western Kentucky maybe?

[therealworldschampion 0]

Boise State has the blue turf

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Churned up mud with clumps of bloody sod.

[MARTYEWR 0]

Where's the snow option in this poll?

[Guest Nanks]

I encountered this issue recently when doing an Aussie Rules Football in Canada assignment. I don't know how they play NFL/CFL or anything for that matter on AstroTurf. One of the major facets of the game is hitting the deck. I'm stunned there aren't more serious, season-ending injuries playing on such a solid, unforgiving surface as AstroTurf. There are complaints about how many ACL injuries are suffered on very hard natural grass fields here.

 

AstroTurf is for field hockey and maybe lacrosse. Nothing more.

[MARTYEWR 0]

I don't know how they play NFL/CFL or anything for that matter on AstroTurf.

AstroTurf is dying a quick death in the CFL. Only B.C. (dome stadium), Calgary (outdoor), and Saskatchewan (outdoor) have AstroTurf, IIRC. Before, 8 of the 9 teams had AstroTurf, with Edmonton being (and remaining) the lone team to have grass. Ottawa, Winnipeg, Hamilton, Montreal (I think), and Toronto have gone to FieldTurf, with Toronto of course being the lone indoor stadium of the bunch.

[Kaertos 0]

My heart says grass, but knowing what my grass looks like in the late fall / early winter, I know why teams are going with FieldTurf. Nice stuff.

[treble 0]

I like the way the astroturf looks in places like Indy and St. Louis, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want to play on it.

 

FieldTurf is probably the best of both worlds, especially when you can't tell by looking at it that it's not the real stuff.

[Guest bigm350]

What exactly is Fieldturf made out of? Rubbery grass and fake dirt?