FB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

[ThunderHead]

HOLD UP - Not let's not go knocking Storm, that Tiger my friend - is a STUD.

[Uncle Rico]

HOLD UP - Not let's not go knocking Thor, that Tiger my friend - is a STUD.

I think the mascots name is Storm.  Thor, the "God of Thunder" was different.

[ThunderHead]

Fixed 

I only know him as "that pretty cool lookin mascot"

[BOYA87]

your right uncle rico, The mascot use to be Thor before Storm (the white siberian tiger), and before that we were the Trojans (changed because of the relationship to the condom company).

But the white siberian tiger is more a representation of our town and the Trine family with their tigers.  We take flack for being "The Thunder"anyways because its not a tangible object but boy is it nice when the Thunder rolls!!!!

regardless of the correlation of a tiger to the name "Thunder", Storm is a wildly popular mascot!!  I can not tell you how many parents, children, and prospective seniors looking at our school think the world of Storm and think hes one of the coolest looking mascots they have seen!

[Uncle Rico]

On a related note, there is a certain player or two that always provided the weather forecasts on game day, and it always called for "thunder storms."  Plus, the AC/DC song "Thunderstruck"  is a pretty good song to come out of the tunnel from, with all the smoke and everything.  Football season can't come soon enough.

[sflzman]

Though I like the look Trine's mascot, I really don't get the concept of it.....I mean, really? How does a white striped Tiger holding a lightning bolt really represent thunder....just my thoughts....

What is a good representation of thunder, a picture of Kevin Durant?

Touchee

[Raider 68]

How are the new fields coming along in the MIAA?

[formerd3db]

Trine has done a nice job in keeping and renovating at least a couple of its original, historic buildings as well as the very nice expansion of the campus.  I personally like the old buildings of these small colleges and while new modern buildings are a must and natural progression in life, it is nice to see the tradition preserved.  In addition to Trine, most of the MIAA schools have done that, especially Albion, Olivet, and Hope, although I've always been somewhat disappointed that Alma and Adrian only kept one of their old late 1800's buildings and while Kazoo's are neat, they date post-1900.  Anyway, I'm glad you were able to get a brick (and the sod) to preserve.

Regarding the fields, I guess I am now just a proponent of the synthetic turf.  It is a must in today's world, IMO, and while the grass fields are fantastic if kept in the ultimate shape, unfortunately, almost all the small colleges do not have the $ or resources, like Michigan State, to keep those fields in top condition.  It is not feasible or practical.  Moreover, regardless of how great shape the field is kept, it is near impossible to keep those without some breakdowns in the middle of the season when heavy rains have turned fields into dangerous mud bowls.  As has been discussed here in the past, that has been a historical problem at Hope, but also happened at Albion and Olivet and the others before the now synthetic turfs are in (and it did happen at Trine the last year before their new turf went in).  So while I totally understand those you who love the natural grass, it has for the most part, gone by the wayside, except for some diehard schools out west and/or schools that feel they just can't afford it.  IMO , though, the cost is less expensive in the long-term if you really look at all the parameters.    

[formerd3db]

ThunderHead:
Welcome to our "Helmet Club".

Uncle Rico:
No need for you to "find an identity" as you are already a regular here.  Nonetheless, I can understand you wanting to find a neat logo to use.  But...you can always come back to our "Helmet Club" anytime!  You could even use one of the old time helmet logos that Trine used.

sflzman:
I understand what you are saying about your expectations concerning Alma's offense for this fall.  However, I'm sure they will be okay as they always seem to come up with very good WR's.  We'll see what happens.

[DBQ1965]

One last word about catchers "catching it" at home plate ... specifically the situation with the Giant's catcher. 

The accompanying link shows the Giant's Posey positioned just inside the infield lines with home plate to his left ... not blocking the plate.  And it appears to me that the Marlin's Cousins goes straight for Posey rather than for home plate.

http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=15201655&c_id=sf

[Raider 68]

Trine has done a nice job in keeping and renovating at least a couple of its original, historic buildings as well as the very nice expansion of the campus.  I personally like the old buildings of these small colleges and while new modern buildings are a must and natural progression in life, it is nice to see the tradition preserved.  In addition to Trine, most of the MIAA schools have done that, especially Albion, Olivet, and Hope, although I've always been somewhat disappointed that Alma and Adrian only kept one of their old late 1800's buildings and while Kazoo's are neat, they date post-1900.  Anyway, I'm glad you were able to get a brick (and the sod) to preserve.

Regarding the fields, I guess I am now just a proponent of the synthetic turf.  It is a must in today's world, IMO, and while the grass fields are fantastic if kept in the ultimate shape, unfortunately, almost all the small colleges do not have the $ or resources, like Michigan State, to keep those fields in top condition.  It is not feasible or practical.  Moreover, regardless of how great shape the field is kept, it is near impossible to keep those without some breakdowns in the middle of the season when heavy rains have turned fields into dangerous mud bowls.  As has been discussed here in the past, that has been a historical problem at Hope, but also happened at Albion and Olivet and the others before the now synthetic turfs are in (and it did happen at Trine the last year before their new turf went in).  So while I totally understand those you who love the natural grass, it has for the most part, gone by the wayside, except for some diehard schools out west and/or schools that feel they just can't afford it.  IMO , though, the cost is less expensive in the long-term if you really look at all the parameters.    

formerd3db,

Great points! My take is that the artificial turf vs. grass comes down to (1) weather (2) upkeep of grass and (3)
use by multiple sports. While a nicely maintained grass field is great, weather especially in the Midwest, makes turf the better choice for so many schools. It the schools can get  beyond the initial capital investment, then the long term payback vs. maintaining and replacing grass is now the present and future option.

[ThunderHead]

As much as it pains me to say this, Purdue needs to go turf.

Their grass is an absolute dis-grace. I've seen better fields in low budget youth leagues.

Go Trine!!!

[sflzman]

How are the new fields coming along in the MIAA?

Alma begins construction this upcoming week. One of the shades of green is backordered though, so its going to be striped green, then no turf every 5 yards for a while. The new scoreboard information is out now, and it is pretty sweet, and has a big videoboard on it courtesy of Daktronics....

[ThunderHead]

How are the new fields coming along in the MIAA?

Alma begins construction this upcoming week. One of the shades of green is backordered though, so its going to be striped green, then no turf every 5 yards for a while. The new scoreboard information is out now, and it is pretty sweet, and has a big videoboard on it courtesy of Daktronics....

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Any chance you can snap a few pictures next time you're out that way, and post them? It'd be pretty cool to see that score board.

Go Trine!!!

[sflzman]

Yeah no problem. I actually talked to the SID there and from what he says there should be photo updates on the Alma site as the project goes on.....I'll link when I see em or take some of my own....