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[Saul Good]

the second thread has been pronounced dead.

[BOXERAJ]

Are there any other schools that use a nickname on fields/uniforms/etc like Mizzou does?

I really don't mean that in a negative way...I just saw it and it got me thinking. I really can't think of any other school that does that, but surely there is.

Ol Miss?
Virginia Tech?

[Saulbadguy]

Originally Posted by Mr. Plow

Field looks great. Got kind of an off topic question....

Are there any other schools that use a nickname on fields/uniforms/etc like Mizzou does?

I really don't mean that in a negative way...I just saw it and it got me thinking. I really can't think of any other school that does that, but surely there is.

K-State.

[BOXERAJ]

Originally Posted by Mr. Plow

Field looks great. Got kind of an off topic question....

Are there any other schools that use a nickname on fields/uniforms/etc like Mizzou does?

I really don't mean that in a negative way...I just saw it and it got me thinking. I really can't think of any other school that does that, but surely there is.

Uconn.

[Bambi]

Field looks great Mizzou.

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

The field looks incredible. Is there going to be a track around it?

Why would they have a track? Does Missouri host an annual relay competition?

[Saulbadguy]

Originally Posted by Wickedson

Why would they have a track? Does Missouri host an annual relay competition?

Most places don't put a track around the football field. Looks pretty "small time", if you know what I mean.

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

Most places don't put a track around the football field. Looks pretty "small time", if you know what I mean.

You need the grass in the middle so that the throwers have somewhere to practice.

[frazod]

Originally Posted by RustShack

Struck a nerve did I?

Not even if you stood on a ladder.

[ChiefsCountry]

I still hate the look of the endzones. The Diamond crap has always looked like crap to me.

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

Most places don't put a track around the football field. Looks pretty "small time", if you know what I mean.

Ah gotcha. Some places have historic track and field competitions annually so the desire for a track lends itself to be something those apart of the university enjoy.

But some people aren't into certain things. No big deal.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by Wickedson

Ah gotcha. Some places have historic track and field competitions annually so the desire for a track lends itself to be something those apart of the university enjoy.

But some people aren't into certain things. No big deal.

Some universities care enough about their football program that they don't build their football stadium with track and field in mind.

Kansas fans aren't into their football team, so it's hard to fault the decision. It sure takes away from the experience of watching a game person though. No big deal.

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

Most places don't put a track around the football field. Looks pretty "small time", if you know what I mean.

This criticism is kinda silly if you are talking about one of the few major relays in the midwest. OU, Okie State, and K-State all have separate tracks, but only dinky little bleachers that seat a bit over 1,000. KU cant do that, they had over 26,000 as recently as 2006 when they had some olympic gold medal winners competing. They'd need to either build a new 20,000-seat track stadium (which seems like an extravagant waste of money to me), or hold it at the football stadium. Who cares about the aesthetics if you are one of the very few universities holding a real large relay? The only other major relays in our area are the Texas and Drake relays. (Missouri apparently has a relay too, but I never really heard of it before searching just now)

Texas has a huge track stadium because they are filthy rich. Drake obviously has their event in a football stadium. This isn't some high school, the Kansas Relays are a very old, major college track event.

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

Some universities care enough about their football program that they don't build their football stadium with track and field in mind.

Kansas fans aren't into their football team, so it's hard to fault the decision. It sure takes away from the experience of watching a game person though. No big deal.

The Kansas relays used to be a very big, huge deal and are still one of the biggest midwest track events. You cant just ignore history and act like we built it yesterday.

edit: also I don't understand how it "takes away from the experience of watching a football game". Why does the track matter? You sit down, see the track, get up, throw your beer away in disgust, and stomp away saying "I saw a track! My day is ruined, I'm going home!"

[sedated]

As a KU fan, I want to point out that I hate the track around the football field. I don’t value KS relays enough to take pride in our football stadium looking like a high school’s.

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by sedated

As a KU fan, I want to point out that I hate the track around the football field. I don’t value KS relays enough to take pride in our football stadium looking like a high school’s.

The Kansas relays are 85 years old and still draw crowds. Its seen as a convenient event for elite athletes to compete in preparation for national, world, or olympic events.

They aren't going away, and we can't just throw a few bleachers around a local high school track. It also seems really silly to me to build a huge Texas-like track stadium, only to watch it basically sit unused 362 days per year.

This aversion to seeing a track around a football field, when the track is actually used for something meaningful, is completely illogical. Seeing grass or astroturf there makes you happy, but a track upsets you? What if they just covered the track up with a joker-hair-green loop of temporary astroturf after the relays are done? Why should that make a difference?