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Back to Top Ohio69 General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Post Count: 3,034 Status: Offline     RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron    Posted: 10/14/2017 7:24:42 PM  I missed it - what happened ? Can somebody hit a pull up jumper for me?..... Back to Top The Optimist General User Member Since: 3/16/2007 Location: CLE Post Count: 5,573 Status: Offline     RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron    Posted: 10/14/2017 7:31:09 PM  Hurricane hits Kalamazoo. Mass flooding. Stadium underwater. I've seen crazier things happen. Back to Top shabamon General User Member Since: 11/17/2006 Location: Cincinnati Post Count: 6,545 Status: Online     RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron    Posted: 10/14/2017 7:34:04 PM  FS1 just showed video. The playing field is literally inflated like a water balloon. Back to Top rpbobcat General User Member Since: 4/28/2006 Location: Rochelle Park, NJ Post Count: 3,570 Status: Offline     RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron    Posted: 10/14/2017 7:49:13 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. Back to Top C Money General User Member Since: 8/28/2010 Post Count: 3,420 Status: Offline     RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron    Posted: 10/14/2017 8:11:43 PM  Pics: https://twitter.com/WMU_Football/status/919303495278383104 https://twitter.com/broncofitz Video: https://www.facebook.com/KzooGazette/videos/1015475702943... Back to Top rpbobcat General User Member Since: 4/28/2006 Location: Rochelle Park, NJ Post Count: 3,570 Status: Offline     RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron    Posted: 10/15/2017 10:17:42 AM  C Money wrote: Pics: https://twitter.com/WMU_Football/status/919303495278383104 https://twitter.com/broncofitz Video: https://www.facebook.com/KzooGazette/videos/1015475702943... 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. Back to Top Buckeye to Bobcat General User Member Since: 9/10/2013 Post Count: 1,803 Status: Offline     RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron    Posted: 10/15/2017 10:27:09 AM  The video on FS1 literally showed the turf in the middle rising and falling.....will admit to have never seen that before Back to Top L.C. General User Member Since: 8/31/2005 Location: United States Post Count: 10,470 Status: Offline     RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron    Posted: 10/15/2017 10:33:59 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... MLIVE wrote: Has there ever been a more appropriate time to row the boat in Waldo Stadium? Last Edited: 10/15/2017 12:02:59 PM by L.C. “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” ― Epictetus Back to Top BillyTheCat General User Member Since: 10/6/2012 Post Count: 10,038 Status: Offline     RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron    Posted: 10/15/2017 12:25:10 PM  Buckeye to Bobcat wrote: 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. Back to Top C Money General User Member Since: 8/28/2010 Post Count: 3,420 Status: Offline     RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron    Posted: 10/15/2017 2:51:14 PM  Free live-stream of the game: http://wmubroncos.com/watch/?Live=17&type=Live Back to Top SWBC General User Member Since: 10/28/2014 Post Count: 47 Status: Offline     RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron    Posted: 10/15/2017 2:57:25 PM  A stream of the game is available at wmubroncos.com. At the half, Akron is handling them 14-3 Back to Top SWBC General User Member Since: 10/28/2014 Post Count: 47 Status: Offline     RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron    Posted: 10/15/2017 3:04:28 PM  Doh. C Money beat me to it and provided the link. Back to Top Doc Bobcat General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Post Count: 4,246 Status: Offline     RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron    Posted: 10/15/2017 3:16:59 PM  WR Kwadarrrius Smith with 2 receptions...all name team. Back to Top rpbobcat General User Member Since: 4/28/2006 Location: Rochelle Park, NJ Post Count: 3,570 Status: Offline     RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron    Posted: 10/15/2017 3:36:13 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. Back to Top FanInTheStands General User Member Since: 10/11/2015 Post Count: 175 Status: Offline     RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron    Posted: 10/15/2017 4:16:14 PM  Well now....that was interesting. Can't say I expected this outcome at all. Back to Top The Optimist General User Member Since: 3/16/2007 Location: CLE Post Count: 5,573 Status: Offline     RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron    Posted: 10/15/2017 4:54:54 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 I've seen crazier things happen. Back to Top Panda General User Member Since: 12/22/2004 Post Count: 280 Status: Offline     RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron    Posted: 10/16/2017 8:13:36 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! Panda Back to Top allen General User Member Since: 1/24/2006 Post Count: 4,635 Status: Offline     RE: OT: Western Michigan-Akron    Posted: 10/16/2017 11:44:05 AM  How does Western lead USC for most of the game and lose to Akron? Wow Nobody despises to lose more than I do. That's got me into trouble over the years, but it also made a man of mediocre ability into a pretty good coach. Woody Hayes Back to Top Showing Replies:   1 - 19  of 19 Posts Jump to Page:   1 View Other 'Ohio Football' Topics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               WHO'S ONLINE There are 216 Active Visitors on BobcatAttack.com 215 Guests 1 Registered User:   shabamon There are no other users looking at this page.

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