FB: Northwest Conference

[Growler]

Does the field that PLU plays on still have an Astro Turf type surface like Lewis and Clark or have they upgraded it to something like Field Turf?

It's still the old turf at Sparks Stadium

[(509)Rat]

Sparks has Field Turf...why is the SCIAC guy positing incorrect information on the NWC board about a stadium he clearly doesn't know a whole lot about?

[Growler]

Sparks has Field Turf...why is the SCIAC guy positing incorrect information on the NWC board about a stadium he clearly doesn't know a whole lot about?

Sorry, I live up here and my son's lacrosse team played there last year and it was the old carpet. I was told by the coaches this year that it is still the same. If it was replaced, my bad.

[bluenote]

OK....now I'm confused...which is it!

[wildcat82]

Check this out.  Besides WOU not willing to exchange game film with the Cats, their classless actions during Ford's injury, dancing on the red L after the game and their general overall classless actions as a team (you would have thought they had never one a game before) I was at Hotel Oregon with my old college room mate after the game and witnessed a WOU coach buying a group of about 6-8 WOU players several pitchers of beer!  I leaned over to my friend and said, "Damn, would you ever imagine a Linfield coach doing that after a game?  Plus those WOU players have to drive 35 miles or so back to college!"  We both thought it very risky and inappropriate for a WOU coach to be buying pitchers of beers for his players?  I guess it just shows a difference in overall philosphy between the two schools.  I am almost tempted to write a letter to WOU school administration as I really feel their coach was out of line for doing that??

[(509)Rat]

It was replaced...took a quick google search to find the headline that confirms what I thought I saw with my own eyes this year.  You would think someone who lives up there would have known that 

[bluenote]

Thanks (509)Rat.....

Wildcat82.....rather than send a letter to WOU, maybe we should send a letter to our people and let them know that we don't support playing WOU or any other school that supports the type of antics you and others have outlined regarding WOU.

[George Thompson]

Check this out.  Besides WOU not willing to exchange game film with the Cats, their classless actions during Ford's injury, dancing on the red L after the game and their general overall classless actions as a team (you would have thought they had never one a game before) I was at Hotel Oregon with my old college room mate after the game and witnessed a WOU coach buying a group of about 6-8 WOU players several pitchers of beer!  I leaned over to my friend and said, "Damn, would you ever imagine a Linfield coach doing that after a game?  Plus those WOU players have to drive 35 miles or so back to college!"  We both thought it very risky and inappropriate for a WOU coach to be buying pitchers of beers for his players?  I guess it just shows a difference in overall philosphy between the two schools.  I am almost tempted to write a letter to WOU school administration as I really feel their coach was out of line for doing that??

Wildcat82,

You absolutely should write that letter.    We do not need to play any athletic event against that class-less group.

George

[wukicker]

OK....now I'm confused...which is it!

It is the new-style "Field Turf".  Saw it when WU played PLU.  It's new enough that the surrounding track hasn't even been painted yet - at the end of the game the PA announced that no fans would be allowed on the field to greet players from either team, so everybody lined up along the fence.  Made for kind of an odd post-game celebration.  That, and PLU doesn't seem to do their "afterglow" thing anymore.

[D O.C.]

Cell phone picture worth a thousand words, but I'm not sure that's legal everywhere any more.

[Gig Harbor Cat]

Dens  Surfs up dude.

GHC

[Gig Harbor Cat]

Wow,
  You mean its not OK to have a postgame beer or 10 with your players, and then have them drive home..  Wow I need to re-check my coaches handbook.

Priceless

Phone it in

GHC

[BearcatFan]

Check this out.  Besides WOU not willing to exchange game film with the Cats, their classless actions during Ford's injury, dancing on the red L after the game and their general overall classless actions as a team (you would have thought they had never one a game before) I was at Hotel Oregon with my old college room mate after the game and witnessed a WOU coach buying a group of about 6-8 WOU players several pitchers of beer!  I leaned over to my friend and said, "Damn, would you ever imagine a Linfield coach doing that after a game?  Plus those WOU players have to drive 35 miles or so back to college!"  We both thought it very risky and inappropriate for a WOU coach to be buying pitchers of beers for his players?  I guess it just shows a difference in overall philosphy between the two schools.  I am almost tempted to write a letter to WOU school administration as I really feel their coach was out of line for doing that??

Isn't that some kind of NCAA Violation?

[pineconefan]

"Isn't that some kind of NCAA Violation?"

Very stupid, but probably not a violation if their season is over and he's only buying for players 21 and over.  Since the DII playoffs start this week, I am assuming that was the final game for WOU.

[RedandPurple]

OK....now I'm confused...which is it!

From the Herald newspaper:
Shaun Scott
Published: June 13th, 2008 02:01 PM
Sparks Stadium is currently in the process of receiving much needed renovations that will transform the athletic facility into one of the crowning jewels of the Puget Sound region.

The Puyallup School District School Board approved a measure in December 2007 granting the implementation of new FieldTurf on the football/soccer field, refurbishing of the track, installation of a new sound system and the construction of a new scoreboard. The project is expected to be completed by the second week of August, before the start of fall sports practices. Work began on the project on June 2.

Puyallup School District Athletic Director Rick Wells said the entire scope of the project is estimated to cost between $1.4 and $1.6 million dollars. He is especially excited about the new FieldTurf slated to be installed on the main field.

"It's been a two year process. We informed the school board that renovations were needed a few years ago. We've worked with all the football and soccer coaches and building athletic directors in the district to see what kind of surface we were looking for," Wells said. "We toured a multitude of other facilities in the area. It was a collaboration of all the coaches in the district and the final choice was Field Turf. The durability of the stuff is evolutionary."

The new FieldTurf will replace Astroturf that was installed in 1997. A new playing surface was long overdue, Wells said.

"Astroturf only has a 10 year life-span," Wells said. "The fibers were decreasing and when that happens the threads get thinner and the seams begin to split. From the stands the astroturf looks great but when you get on the field the height of the turf was pretty small. It was losing its nap height. After years of wear and tear that tends to happen."