O’Brien Wants A New Field at Carter-Finley

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Looks like Coach O’Brien has fallen victim to the NC State ‘half-assed-renovation-plan’ at Carter-Finley. Whatever happened to all of the new bathrooms that were supposed to built? Whatever happened to the new entrance gates that were supposed to be built? Hell, you’d think that we would at least have enough gates to get our poor students into the game on time. Whatever happened to the new concession stands and general improvements on the concourses?

“Someone asked what I would do if I had a wish list of things to do,” O’Brien said today. “That would be the first thing. The field hasn’t been re-done in 30 years. All they’ve done is pile more dirt on it. We need a drainage system and it needs to be leveled. We’re out here on this flat [practice] field all the time. You go in [Carter-Finley] and you’ve got the camel-back [field] we play on. We need to look into doing some things but I guess that’s between Mr. [Lee] Fowler and I when the season’s over.”

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32 Responses to O’Brien Wants A New Field at Carter-Finley

  1. haze 11/24/2007 at 12:21 PM #

    He just wants the game field to have the same profile as the practice fields. That’s going to help the QB/WR’s to best reproduce the coordination of routes and throws.

    It’s a sound idea.

  2. Packster 11/24/2007 at 12:37 PM #

    From a NCSU Turf Management grad – the field should be flattened with sloping drain lines put in the subgrade with sand over top of that. The runoff water should be pumped uphill and out of the stadium or into whatever water catch basin drains the stands. The grass type is bermudagrass which is good, it’s painted every year after the first hard freeze. Nothing wrong with that. The same practice takes place across the south. The poor drainage currently in place makes for short roots., hence the sod flying. When I was in the program in the late 80’s early 90’s there were many times that a helicopter was brought in to dry the field.

  3. gopack968 11/24/2007 at 10:46 PM #

    VA Tech’s field is innovative and fascinating, in a watching the grass grow sort of manner…

    http://www.vtmagazine.vt.edu/fall01/sports.html

  4. waxhaw 11/25/2007 at 10:05 AM #

    The answer is simple. Throw a bunch of dirt on the practice field and then they will both be the same. 🙂

  5. newt 11/26/2007 at 11:33 AM #

    “I find it very interesting that while TOB’s “wish list” is topped by something that would help the team win, his peer in Chapel Hill has been wishing on a huge raise.”

    ^Bingo!

    The takeaway here is that when O’Brien was asked to name his number one wish, his mind immediately went to playing the game of football. What could be more relevant than the football field itself?

    Get off.

  6. 4in12 11/26/2007 at 6:22 PM #

    I think is what TOB has in mind:

    http://www.hokiesports.com/construction

    check out the photos under “Worsham Field 2001”. Quoting VPI&SU propaganda:

    “Virginia Tech’s continuing efforts to compete at the highest level produced another first for the Hokies. Three seasons ago, Tech became the first collegiate football team to have a new state-of-the-art GreenTech ITM natural grass sports field system. Lane Stadium was just the third playing venue to possess this type of playing surface, joining Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales and Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands.

    That system got its greatest test on national television in 2003 when Tech took on Texas A&M in the midst of Hurricane Isabel. Despite pouring rain and high winds, the field held up magnificently, drawing rave reviews from players, coaches and media members covering the game.

    GreenTech, Inc. of Richmond, Va., installed the modular turf system in 2001. It features 4,600 4-by-4 foot trays sodded with a Bermuda grass surface and placed on pedestals two-to-three inches above an asphalt base.

    The system also provides excellent drainage. Irrigation lines run through pockets underneath the trays and 22 air vents under the field are connected to a vacuum system which will draw water from the trays onto the asphalt. The water then flows into large drains on either side of Worsham Field. The trays, in combination with the vacuum system, can handle up to 16 inches of rain an hour.”

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