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Buckeye to Bobcat
10/14/2017 5:26 PM
Unreal what happened there today.....game moved to tomorrow at 1pm.
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Ohio69
10/14/2017 7:24 PM
I missed it - what happened ?
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The Optimist
10/14/2017 7:31 PM
Hurricane hits Kalamazoo. Mass flooding. Stadium underwater.
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shabamon
10/14/2017 7:34 PM
FS1 just showed video. The playing field is literally inflated like a water balloon.
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rpbobcat
10/14/2017 7:49 PM
Haven't seen the video,but from looking at the stills,1:00 tomorrow may be optimistic.

As I've posted before,I design synthetic turf fields.

Synthetic turf can be submerged without without necessarily damaging the "turf" (mat) itself,but being submerged,particularly if water got under the mat and disturbed it,will do a number on the infill.
The infill is what provides all the "cushioning" and makes the filaments (grass) vertical.

The amount of damage depends on the type of infill.

You also have to deal with any "muck" the water deposits.
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rpbobcat
10/15/2017 10:17 AM
C Money wrote:expand_more
From looking at the pictures and video it doesn't look like the "turf" got disturbed.

Standing water,as long as it drains through the turf,doesn't really damage the infill.

If that's the case,and they didn't get any more rain overnight,it may be possible to get the field ready to use by "grooming" it.

Grooming removes any surface "dirt","fills in" infill and "straightens" the turf's filaments.
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Buckeye to Bobcat
10/15/2017 10:27 AM
The video on FS1 literally showed the turf in the middle rising and falling.....will admit to have never seen that before
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L.C.
10/15/2017 10:33 AM
Here's a perspective of what can happen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB2V7wWofy8

MLIVE makes the obvious joke:
http://www.mlive.com/broncos/index.ssf/2017/10/flooding_a...
[quote=MLIVE]Has there ever been a more appropriate time to row the boat in Waldo Stadium?[/OUTER_QUOTE]
Last Edited: 10/15/2017 12:02:59 PM by L.C.
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BillyTheCat
10/15/2017 12:25 PM
Buckeye to Bobcat wrote:expand_more
The video on FS1 literally showed the turf in the middle rising and falling.....will admit to have never seen that before
That happened to our last turf in about 2003.
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C Money
10/15/2017 2:51 PM
Free live-stream of the game:
http://wmubroncos.com/watch/?Live=17&type=Live
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SWBC
10/15/2017 2:57 PM
A stream of the game is available at wmubroncos.com. At the half, Akron is handling them 14-3
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SWBC
10/15/2017 3:04 PM
Doh. C Money beat me to it and provided the link.
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Doc Bobcat
10/15/2017 3:16 PM
WR Kwadarrrius Smith with 2 receptions...all name team.
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rpbobcat
10/15/2017 3:36 PM
You can see from the stream that the turf is not in the best shape.

Several areas where the infill is "clumped".

Still,a lot better then a grass field would have been after the same type of event.
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FanInTheStands
10/15/2017 4:16 PM
Well now....that was interesting. Can't say I expected this outcome at all.
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The Optimist
10/15/2017 4:54 PM
Akron appears to be the big competition in the East.

We cannot afford a loss the next 2 weeks considering we already have 1 MAC loss and we play Toledo and Akron in back to back weeks.
Last Edited: 10/15/2017 4:58:34 PM by The Optimist
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Panda
10/16/2017 8:13 AM
WMU was not ready to play. Their coach blew it in 4 quarter not kicking FG.

It will probably come down to last game!
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allen
10/16/2017 11:44 AM
How does Western lead USC for most of the game and lose to Akron? Wow
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