OT: Oregon State paints practice field blue to prepare for Boise St.
The funniest part is that they put down a coat of primer first.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Beavers-tem…
September 23rd, 2010 at 12:26 AM ^
Weird. Funny. And more than slightly OT. But still weird and funny.
September 23rd, 2010 at 1:52 AM ^
Right you are. Changed to OT.
September 23rd, 2010 at 12:52 AM ^
How will this help?
September 23rd, 2010 at 12:59 AM ^
Just try to give yourself any mental edge you can...
September 23rd, 2010 at 1:09 AM ^
I can feel it in the air
September 23rd, 2010 at 1:14 AM ^
This sounds almost like an Onion article
September 23rd, 2010 at 2:02 AM ^
That is funny. People make way too much out of the blue turf. It doesn't show well on TV, but it looks better in person. Also, they replaced the turf this year, so it should look better on TV.
Some people say that they cannot take Boise seriously because of the turf. It is kind of odd, but that is their tradition. They have had it for over twenty years, which is longer than they had it green (and all of the time that they have been in 1A). Asking BSU to get rid of The Blue is like asking Michigan to get rid of our wings. It is part of their identity.
Also, I wonder if the teams that whine about the advantage of blue jerseys on blue turf also complain when they have to play MSU or another team with green jerseys on green turf.
September 23rd, 2010 at 12:22 PM ^
Personally, I despise the blue turf. The only thing it can do is increase home-field advantage. An analogy for your baseball players out there is having a team paint their centerfield fence white (rather than black). You can call the turf "cosmetic" but it definitely creates and unfair advantage, in my humble opinion. Plus, it looks terrible on TV (unwatchable).
September 23rd, 2010 at 7:34 PM ^
Actually, the biggest thing is does is increase Boise's brand identification. You instantly know when you're watching a game televised there.
September 23rd, 2010 at 2:28 AM ^
If the Beavers win this game look for a bunch of future Boise State opponents to do the same. If they lose then look for the laundry department to ask for raises.
September 23rd, 2010 at 3:57 AM ^
I just wanted to say good luck; We're all counting on you.
September 23rd, 2010 at 8:36 AM ^
And don't call me Shirley.
September 23rd, 2010 at 10:25 AM ^
It's an entirely different kind of flying.
September 23rd, 2010 at 12:23 PM ^
Everyone: "ITS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT KIND OF FLYING"
September 23rd, 2010 at 4:19 AM ^
At what point does Boise State stop becoming spoilers of the BCS?
September 23rd, 2010 at 4:49 AM ^
When they join a non-terrible conference or play a legitimate schedule not filled with huge busts (VT).
September 23rd, 2010 at 8:58 AM ^
Hopefully never, until it is spoiled completely. We need a playoff. It would turn December NFL into an afterthought.
September 23rd, 2010 at 7:36 AM ^
and their athletic department's money. They are giving the blue turf WAY too much thought and credit. Just go out and play to your game plan and good things will happen.
September 23rd, 2010 at 9:16 AM ^
... it's a waste of a private donor's money, as explained in the article. Hell, if someone gave me $8000 to paint my lawn pink, I'd probably do it just to pocket the difference.
September 23rd, 2010 at 1:43 PM ^
either way it is a waste of a potential $8000 donation to the university/athletic department.
September 23rd, 2010 at 7:49 AM ^
the Blue turf, but I never honestly believed that it really had an impact on the game. I mean, given the right conditions, normal grass can be fairly blue.
I'll be more interested in how long eastern Washington can keep that red turf before somebody sets fire to it.
Here that is, by the way, in their first game on it last weekend. turns out I was right. The camera can't deal with it. In one shot, it's just as red as the uniforms, in the next, it's practically a dark pink.
September 23rd, 2010 at 8:37 AM ^
Wow a complete waste of time and money IMO. Hope for their sake it works.
September 23rd, 2010 at 8:41 AM ^
Painting their practice field is sorta stupid, but at least it shows that BSU is not going to "sneak up" on anybody anymore. It looks like they are going to now be treated like a "rivalry game" opponent by major teams now.
September 23rd, 2010 at 8:42 AM ^
and budget cuts and you get department budgets slashed, prisons being closed, services for the elderly being dumped. . . I know we need our bread and circuses, but crikee.
September 23rd, 2010 at 9:00 AM ^
The prep work is the most important part of the job. Any painter knows that.
September 23rd, 2010 at 9:20 AM ^
Word on the Street is that they actually hired smurfs to run their scout team. Jokey's a pretty sneaky QB.
September 23rd, 2010 at 10:21 AM ^
of Smurfette cheerleaders, right?
September 23rd, 2010 at 12:26 PM ^
Is she merely cheering on the sidelines or did they hire her to do the place kicking?
September 23rd, 2010 at 3:06 PM ^
But you've gotta watch out and have protection. Yeah, she's THAT cheerleader.
"As soon as we got out to the parking lot, she started smurfin' me. Right smurfin' there."
September 23rd, 2010 at 2:28 PM ^
i was reading somewhere about how it is an advantage for Boise state when they wear the blue uniforms with the blue field, something along the lines of pass coverage, it can be an advantage because the blue jerseys blend in the field.
I just saw something on Espn about this