Seems the sips are going to Field Turf.

It appears that Rice is going to go to Field Turf starting next season.

http://rosenblattreport.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=106&tid=88293261&mid=88293261&sid=918&style=2

The Horns are doing a major upgrade to their stadium. I'm not exactly sure what, but I think it involves some luxury boxes, locker room improvements and (thankfully) a few coats of paint. I believe Texas is playing their home games in Round Rock for the first month or so of the season because of this.





My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. - James 1:19-20 (NIV)

Way overdue.

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No doubt.

about time...that stadium has been in need of a makeover for at least 2 decades now

but why wouldnt they put in natural grass..why grassy turf????

I don't know about the turf situation, but they sure as hell changed the name of the stadium to University Federal Credit Union Disch Faulk Field.

I've heard Craig Way refer to it this way on his radio show several times.

confirm on the name change. It's one thing to bring in revenue to your Athletic Department/team, but they take naming rights to a whole new level.....and not for the better.

The Field Turf is great stuff. Plays just like grass, but no bad hops.

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the name is hilarious. I'd be pissed.

I play softball on field turf down here in league city and it's great stuff. The only strange thing is the black rooster tails that hot grounders shoot up.

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I would still prefer grass...baseball should always be played outdoors..and always on grass..IMO

Seriously, that stuff gives you a candy hop every time the ball touches the ground.

tu has to have some form of artificial turf at the Disch because the tu band uses the stadium to practice. That's why you can see the yard line markers on the field during baseball season. If they went to natural grass, the band practice would do much damage to the turf and they would have a problem getting it in shape for baseball season.

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tu has to have some form of artificial turf at the Disch because the tu band uses the stadium to practice.

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I don't think that's the case any longer. I know the band used to practice there, but I'm pretty sure they stopped that a couple of years ago.




My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. - James 1:19-20 (NIV)

interesting move by the horns, that old rock hard turf was usually good for 3-4 extra runs for the home team during a weekend series. Potentially losing a minor strategic advantage.

took them long enough. silly sips.

Poor sips is right. Poor guys are going to have to play in this world class facility that will blow away all the other current big 12 ball parks. The name might suck but the facility wont. Would you rather have a great facility with some letters added on to the front of the name, or have a crappy old facility with the same name. They are switching to field turf for many reasons. The main reasons for them staying with the artificial surface are:

- Weather is hardly a factor with artificial. When that big storms sweeps across Texas, the Ags are stuck in the cages while the Horns are on the field…could be the difference in a CWS appearance and not making the Big 12 Tournament.

- The wear and tear. With the hot summers and the large amounts of traffic on the Disch, grass really would be a disaster. Other than UT using it a lot, the UIL tournament every summer and the huge camps they run there every summer, it just makes sense to go artificial. If they had grass it would look like a rodeo arena.


- The third reason is because it’s different. Teams fear it because it’s the unknown and it drives them crazy. In all reality it plays easier than grass you just have to know how to play it. I think they love the fact that everyone complains they have turf. They have an advantage on the other teams before the first pitch is thrown because they are thinking about the playing surface too much and not the game.

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confirm on the name change. It's one thing to bring in revenue to your Athletic Department/team, but they take naming rights to a whole new level.....and not for the better.

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The name is close...UFCU Disch-Falk Field. The reason it was changed is UFCU put up $13.1 million of the $24 million being spent over the next two years to renovate the place...and it wouldn't have happened without their money.

http://texassports.com/Disch/

As for bad names for UT facilities, what exactly are you taking about?

dumbass sips, it's called grass, you water it and mow it and yes even play baseball on it.

You idiots make it sound like Austin is in the middle of the desert.

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When that big storms sweeps across Texas, the Ags are stuck in the cages while the Horns are on the field

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Unless Augie's going to send his guys out on the field WHILE it is raining (and leave the dirt portions uncovered), there's no advantage. A&M has the same type of super drainage system at Olsen that they've got at Kyle, and that is used at MLB parks. Of course, turf would be cheaper, be we wanted to do it first class.

Actually, the A&M baseball team now has somewhere to practice when the weather is bad. It's called the McFerrin Athletic Center. That thing wasn't built just for football. And, it has grassy turf, too, so we'll be able to get some practice on it and won't be so intimidated by the playing surface in Austin.

Also, the reasons stated for not getting grass are pretty lame. The weather? I don't know of anyone that practices in the rain, and with the new drainage system at Olsen, the Ags are back on the field in no time. The wear and tear? There used to be a total of 15 games in the state tournament, but now half of those have moved to Round Rock. And camps? What exactly do they do at a tu baseball camp?

And while the turf creates a slight homefield advantage, it's not as great as you think, and definately won't be with field turf. Furthermore, Augie wanted grass the last time they replaced the astroturf, so it's not like the turf is loved by the players and coaches.

Field turf is cost effective in the long run, but at tu, I doubt saving money was the main reason for sticking with artificial.

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With the new stuff the only dirt you need to cover is the mound and home plate. The rest is just brown synthetic material.

The worst part of that is the 6 National Championship banners they will hang. That pisses me off.

Sounds like they got a lot of crap for the turf not being part of the original renovation plans.

Ed you forgot the 4th reason; the sips don't have Leo

Yeah, the sip band practices over at the football bubble now I think, so The D0uche can be spared the foot traffic.

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The Disch's Astroturf

The band hasn't used Disch-Falk Field for practice in years. And call me crazy, but I'm pretty sure the reason they use the bubble is because it's an actual football field, not to spare "foot traffic" at the Disch.

Should be quite a spectacle once it's actually finished, although I can't help but think that the only reason the athletic department finally decided to do it was because LSU was threatening to build what looked like a high-end minor league park to replace the old Alex Box.

All that band practice was really taking its toll on the appearance of The D0uche. Now it's as beautiful as ever. I can only imagine the wondrous experience fans will have with the new surface!

any rendition drawings of Disch once the renovations are complete?

looks good! thanks