FSU's new fields, pictures?

[Kevin OBrien]

Here's another article about the field...

http://www.collegesports.com/sports/m-f ... 05abj.html

[Zeuslax]

Very impressive story. One that needs to be passed around to other leagues. I think this gives a real perspective of how far a "club" sport can go. Granted all the pertinent requirements were aligned; money, expertise, and logistics. Huge for FSU!

[DoctorDru]

check it out, this was before it was finished..

http://www.fsulacrosse.com/directions.cfm

[benji]

That's sick! Hope we can get a game there sometime ... against FSU of course. Congrats on the field.

[Sonny]

[John Paul]

Given the stated purpose of the field, and where the funds came from, I'm surprised it's not lined for lacrosse. I'm assuming they'll paint lacrosse lines on during the season, but it's a bit disappointing that as a lacrosse game field and a football practice field they didn't put on permanent lacrosse lines and just paint football lines when they need them. With the logo in the middle and the writing in the end zones, it's not really set up to accept lacrosse lines. I know football is king down there - it's the same here - but the lacrosse coach did pay for it. Stryker, what's the plan for lines?

[cphafner]

Given the stated purpose of the field, and where the funds came from, I'm surprised it's not lined for lacrosse. I'm assuming they'll paint lacrosse lines on during the season, but it's a bit disappointing that as a lacrosse game field and a football practice field they didn't put on permanent lacrosse lines and just paint football lines when they need them. With the logo in the middle and the writing in the end zones, it's not really set up to accept lacrosse lines. I know football is king down there - it's the same here - but the lacrosse coach did pay for it. Stryker, what's the plan for lines?

I agree, but I guess at FSU, football is king.

[Zeuslax]

Having your own field for sure bypasses scheduling conflicts with girls ultimate frisbee, the cricket team, and outdoor fooseball tournaments. What a luxury. So many of us deal with scheduling conflicts and fighting for practice time.

At Carnegie Mellon, it was expressed to me that during finals we have to conduct practices as quiet as possible. Due to campus wide noise black out period. With the stadium and IM field being located smack dab in the middle of campus. Everyone is envious for sure.

[Andy Sharp]

If I were the one who forked over a good chunk of the money for a lacrosse field I would be peeved.

To start out, we play games on nexturf fields with both football and lacrosse lines and I'd bet there are double the off-sides calls, especially when the midfield line is not contrasting.

This field is even worse, you've got a logo through the face-off X and 5 yards into the end-zone there are already contrasting light/dark areas that will make marking/seeing any end line even harder.

Then there's the width, a football field is 53 1/3 yds wide, the extended sidelines might be almost as bad.

Oh, and then there's the bench areas and fan limits . . . U G L Y.

The only way I can see putting a lacrosse field on top of this field is to shift everything 5 yards to one end (using one full endzone area and the goal line on the other) and using the close sideline for team areas and push the far sideline out the 6 2/3 yds (if that is even possible). With all these fixes, would it really feel like you are playing on a lax field?

Sorry for all these half-empty thoughts, I've just spent the last few years dreaming of the lacrosse field I would build if I won the lottery.

[DoctorDru]

I played on it (FSU Lax Alumni Game) and it was amazing..there are lacrosse lines currently on the field..this picture was taken during construction,(notice the crooked S and dirt surroundings) I played for FSU when our practice field was the reason half our players were injured (knees, ankles, etc). As far as the football lining is concerned this was built as a "band field" if you read the article, it explains how it was built and funded. The band needs the lines to practice as well as the football team. As for anyone who has ever been to Tallahassee, they should know that any relationship you can build with Bobby Bowden and the FSU football team is a good one.

[benji]

Having your own field for sure bypasses scheduling conflicts with girls ultimate frisbee, the cricket team, and outdoor fooseball tournaments. What a luxury. So many of us deal with scheduling conflicts and fighting for practice time.

At Carnegie Mellon, it was expressed to me that during finals we have to conduct practices as quiet as possible. Due to campus wide noise black out period. With the stadium and IM field being located smack dab in the middle of campus. Everyone is envious for sure.

I know how you feel. For some reason our field faces the main walkway between residence halls and student dining. Us offensive guys are constantly in limbo on whether or not to rip that shot from *cough* the restraining box *cough* or merely avoid possibly beaming a potential team supporter in the head... Oh the struggles we lacrosse players must endure.

[laxfan25]

Given the stated purpose of the field, and where the funds came from, I'm surprised it's not lined for lacrosse. I'm assuming they'll paint lacrosse lines on during the season, but it's a bit disappointing that as a lacrosse game field and a football practice field they didn't put on permanent lacrosse lines and just paint football lines when they need them. With the logo in the middle and the writing in the end zones, it's not really set up to accept lacrosse lines. I know football is king down there - it's the same here - but the lacrosse coach did pay for it. Stryker, what's the plan for lines?

I had the same thought when I first saw the picture - kind of busy with lines! However, given the condition of many of the fields that teams are forced to play on, this must seem like a dream. Besides JP, with the way the NCAA keeps changing field designs (attack area vs. box, moving the restraining line 5 yds closer to midfield - all proposals of course) would you want to put down turf lax lines vs just painting?
Andy, at least on your home fields you don't have to worry about football lines competing with your lax lines! (Calvin doesn't have a football program for you others).

[Danny Hogan]

FSU's old field routinely had clay and sometimes a base from the softball field on the lax field. all reports i have gotten are that the field is sick. Although there will definatley be a lot more offsides penalties.

[semilaxed]

r we discussing lines here. I don't know if yall know this but the most common form of color blindness is red green. Me being that, half the fields i played on as a club player were green fields with red lines. In st louis 2 years ago i had no clue where the crease, midfield, and the sidelines were, and i still on managed to get just 2 offsides calls. A field with football lines on it is not hard to play on at all. Hell Syracuse does it! Duke practices and plays some games on a field almost exactly like fsu's. And UNC often used Naval field which is there practice football field as well. And ask VT, Georgia puts duct tape on a turf football fields for lines.


My point be happy that there are visable lines. Cause you really start to miss them when they aren't there

[Danny Hogan]

UGA did it with soap when we played on that field. we got like 8 offsides calls.