taken from a fine gentleman on another site....thanks shamrock....
new turf & the coldest day in Foxboro history = way under..........
NFL mandated Robert Kraft to install brand new turf in Gillette Stadium for this weekends playoff game. Patriots had become pretty comfortable on their less than perfect muddy sod, ""where they had only yielded 20 total points over there last 5 home games"", winning them all.
NFL mandated that not just between the hash marks be replaced, but the entire field. This turf was delivered and installed yesterday in 4 ft. width & 20 ft. length. Bellchick worked the team out on the new turf last night, evidently pieces were coming up all over.
This is no joke, Saturday night is supposed to be the coldest day in the history of Massachusetts for that particular day. It is predicted to break a 125 year historical low of 0 degrees.
Anyone who has been to Foxboro or Gillette knows its built on a hill, its always windy there, I can guarantee wind will be blowing at least 20mph. These are going to be horrid conditions Saturday night.
something to consider....
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new turf & the coldest day in Foxboro history = way under..........
NFL mandated Robert Kraft to install brand new turf in Gillette Stadium for this weekends playoff game. Patriots had become pretty comfortable on their less than perfect muddy sod, ""where they had only yielded 20 total points over there last 5 home games"", winning them all.
NFL mandated that not just between the hash marks be replaced, but the entire field. This turf was delivered and installed yesterday in 4 ft. width & 20 ft. length. Bellchick worked the team out on the new turf last night, evidently pieces were coming up all over.
This is no joke, Saturday night is supposed to be the coldest day in the history of Massachusetts for that particular day. It is predicted to break a 125 year historical low of 0 degrees.
Anyone who has been to Foxboro or Gillette knows its built on a hill, its always windy there, I can guarantee wind will be blowing at least 20mph. These are going to be horrid conditions Saturday night.
something to consider....
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