Slick field - one of their trick plays?

UAMom · Nov 28, 2015

I've seen comments refering to the slick field in other threads but no definitive answer. Since no rain lately, were the slick fields one of their trick plays? Administrators, if this has been answered and I missed it, please delete my post.

BamaBuc · Nov 28, 2015

UAMom said:
I've seen comments refering to the slick field in other threads but no definitive answer. Since no rain lately, were the slick fields one of their trick plays? Administrators, if this has been answered and I missed it, please delete my post.

Don't know, but I do know that other than a complete mud field I've never seen so much slipping going on in the 65 yrs. I've been watching football!

TDBama78 · Nov 28, 2015

It's Pat Dyes field,so you can probably start right there.

selmaborntidefan · Nov 28, 2015

The reason we suspect is that if it was rain then in theory it should affect both eqyually. But it was only Alabama slipping until the sun went down and the. JJ and the ref both slipped.

Looked fishy to me.

GrayTide · Nov 28, 2015

An old trick to neutralize an opponent's team speed.

Sabanizer · Nov 28, 2015

I have never seen anything like that ref sliding on a supposed dry field. He barely had any forward momentum, and his legs went out like he was on a slippery slide.

jthomas666 · Nov 28, 2015

One year back in the 80s it was raining before the AU-TN game. Fulmer had the groundscrew take the tarp off the field a few hours before the game, and Auburn damn near slid out of Neyland stadium.

2003TIDE · Nov 28, 2015

Kept us from getting the 4 and 1 at the end of the game. Henry went to make his cut and you could see his left foot slip and throw up chunks of sod.

CrimSonami · Nov 28, 2015

Thought the same myself. Wouldn't shock me. Nothing shocks me in Lee county. But I think the Ref slipped on the sideline tarp. Not the grass.

92tide · Nov 28, 2015

2003TIDE said:
Kept us from getting the 4 and 1 at the end of the game. Henry went to make his cut and you could see his left foot slip and throw up chunks of sod.

that was a crap spot too. he had the ball past the 1st down before his knee hit

22Musso22 · Nov 28, 2015

Auburn pulled out all the stops from slicking the field to buying the refs.

alwayshavebeen · Nov 28, 2015

The ref slipping was on the tarp which can be very slick and had nothing to do with the field. My friend and I were texting about the field and could only come up with a couple of guesses. It was very warm and if the humidity was high that could be part of it, or if they had overseeded with rye grass that could be it, or too much paint to make the field look good this time of year.
My guess is paint and humidity combined....

Sabanizer · Nov 28, 2015

CrimSonami said:
Thought the same myself. Wouldn't shock me. Nothing shocks me in Lee county. But I think the Ref slipped on the sideline tarp. Not the grass.

Yes, they included the tarp! Either on purpose or most likely sloppy spraying.

cbi1972 · Nov 28, 2015

alwayshavebeen said:
The ref slipping was on the tarp which can be very slick and had nothing to do with the field. My friend and I were texting about the field and could only come up with a couple of guesses. It was very warm and if the humidity was high that could be part of it, or if they had overseeded with rye grass that could be it, or too much paint to make the field look good this time of year.
My guess is paint and humidity combined....

It is 83% humidity

TitleWave · Nov 28, 2015

Speaking of, er, crap spots, let's just say the game was played on a sh-, er, cow patty field. There'll be more come out about this - only wish it could implicate the Little Willy who blew his casket on the sideline.

runtheoption22 · Nov 28, 2015

Willing to bet that field was saturated this morning.

BradtheImpaler · Nov 28, 2015

I was thinking the same thing the whole time. It was like we were on ice skates, especially at the beginning of the game. Might have gone to a little longer cleats at halftime because there seemed to be less skating in the second half.

colbysullivan · Nov 28, 2015

Maybe the little "package" they installed wasn't on offense...

NationalTitles18 · Nov 28, 2015

RTR2u · Nov 28, 2015

BamainBoston said:
Whatever they did, I find it hard to believe it's legal. When you have to play on a sloppy field, you have to play on a sloppy field. But making it that way is dangerous. It'd like to hear more about this.

Same here.

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