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Pitt plays Notre Dame on Saturday night at Heinz Field. The game starts at 8:00 pm.
The grass field is going to be torn up, and horrible to play on 14 hours after that college game ends on Saturday.
This should not be allowed in the NFL. Natural grass fields take time to repair after any football game. 14 hours is not enough time to prepare a professional football playing field. It's dangerous to any players health. Plant your foot in a golf sized chunk of a divot, slip and hope you're still healthy? The NFL should be doing everything possible to help prevent player injuries, the least they could do is provide a safe, EVEN field to play on by mandating the fake stuff.
A crap playing surface could slow down the Bills offense. I'd run Jackson more than Spiller because he has better balance and is less likely to slip.
Steelers are used to playing in the mud and green painted dirt. The Steelers will definitely have the, "home field," advantage.
Here's a related article.
NFLPA'S UPSHAW CALLS OUT HEINZ FIELD GRASS
In a survey of roughly 1,500 active players in 2006, the surface at Heinz Field was voted as the second-worst in the NFL
http://www.fieldturf.com/en/artifici...nz-field-grass
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Get off the grass, NFL. Your product is more exciting to watch on field's designed with artificial turf. It's a faster surface, much like astroturf was but without the concrete beneath it. Damn that had to hurt!
Has anyone here ever walked on the stadium turf at the Ralph? What's it like?
Here's another related article.
Roethlisberger’s rant at Ralph Wilson Stadium turf missed the mark
Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s claim that the surface at Ralph Wilson Stadium was to blame for Pittsburgh guard David DeCastro’s injury on Saturday night in Buffalo missed the mark in one important respect: Roethlisberger blamed FieldTurf, but the surface at Ralph Wilson Stadium is actually called A-Turf Titan.
The grass field is going to be torn up, and horrible to play on 14 hours after that college game ends on Saturday.
This should not be allowed in the NFL. Natural grass fields take time to repair after any football game. 14 hours is not enough time to prepare a professional football playing field. It's dangerous to any players health. Plant your foot in a golf sized chunk of a divot, slip and hope you're still healthy? The NFL should be doing everything possible to help prevent player injuries, the least they could do is provide a safe, EVEN field to play on by mandating the fake stuff.
A crap playing surface could slow down the Bills offense. I'd run Jackson more than Spiller because he has better balance and is less likely to slip.
Steelers are used to playing in the mud and green painted dirt. The Steelers will definitely have the, "home field," advantage.
Here's a related article.
NFLPA'S UPSHAW CALLS OUT HEINZ FIELD GRASS
In a survey of roughly 1,500 active players in 2006, the surface at Heinz Field was voted as the second-worst in the NFL
http://www.fieldturf.com/en/artifici...nz-field-grass
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Get off the grass, NFL. Your product is more exciting to watch on field's designed with artificial turf. It's a faster surface, much like astroturf was but without the concrete beneath it. Damn that had to hurt!
Has anyone here ever walked on the stadium turf at the Ralph? What's it like?
Here's another related article.
Roethlisberger’s rant at Ralph Wilson Stadium turf missed the mark
Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s claim that the surface at Ralph Wilson Stadium was to blame for Pittsburgh guard David DeCastro’s injury on Saturday night in Buffalo missed the mark in one important respect: Roethlisberger blamed FieldTurf, but the surface at Ralph Wilson Stadium is actually called A-Turf Titan.
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