Confirmed: Aggies don't like grass
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A North Carolina-based company will replace Texas A&’s football field with another natural surface at the cost of $300,000, sources told The Eagle late Thursday afternoon.
The move comes after torrential rains last Friday and Saturday when the Bryan-College Station area was inundated with 4.5 inches of rain in less than 24 hours, leading to sloppy conditions in Saturday night’s game between Texas A&M and Rice. After the game in which A&M won 38 to 10, John Sharp, chancellor for the Texas A&M system, led the decision to make a change and bring in the grass from Carolina Green.
“After the game, the chancellor asked the staff and the Kyle Field redevelopment committee to look at options,” Steve Moore, A&M System vice chancellor of marketing and communications said. “He wanted to know how to provide the best competitive playing surface we could going to forward and that’s what led to this process and the decisions that have been made.”
Carolina Green’s sod, which is being shipped in on 24 refrigerated trucks, has a much thicker sod base than the grass that was installed in early August, meaning it will take less time for it to take a firm hold at Kyle Field. The next game is Oct. 11 when A&M plays Mississippi. They will begin installing the field the week of Sept. 29.
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