If you love Boise St's blue turf

[BoylenOver]

Eastern Washington is rolling out red turf:



http://www.idahostatesman.com/boises...tate+Football)

[Coach McGuirk]

Eastern Washington is rolling out red turf:



http://www.idahostatesman.com/boisestatefootball/story/1058791.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed &utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IdahostatesmancomBSUFootball +(IdahoStatesman.com+Boise+State+Football)

I thought the NCAA banned this crap?

[Jeff Lebowski]

I absolutely hate the BSU blue turf. This looks like it might be even worse.

[Surfah]

This is crap. And unoriginal. I don't care for the smurf turf, but it's unique to their school. The NCAA shouldn't it.

[Indy Coug]

I thought the NCAA banned this crap?

I don't think the rule applied to D-1AA

[jay santos]

I'm not that against Boise's blue turf. I hate it, and it's obnoxious, but it's kind of cool and unique and it's their thing. It would be sad if they made them change it.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

I have long thought other schools would start copying the non-green turf.

[Donuthole]

I thought the NCAA banned this crap?

Wikipedia says otherwise:

[woot]

Blue is bad enough, but red is much worse. Our eyes evolved to be most comfortable looking at green things. Red is directly opposite on the color wheel. I imagine many headaches in their fans' future.

[Donuthole]

Blue is bad enough, but red is much worse. Our eyes evolved to be most comfortable looking at green things. Red is directly opposite on the color wheel. I imagine many headaches in their fans' future.

That's just it. Now they can blame the turf. Win-win.

[Coach McGuirk]

Wikipedia says otherwise:

luckily no one is taking advantage of it, at least that I will see on TV.

[creekster]

Blue is bad enough, but red is much worse. Our eyes evolved to be most comfortable looking at green things. Red is directly opposite on the color wheel. I imagine many headaches in their fans' future.

Are you serious? Green causes less eye strain? I have never heard this before. Are you joking?

[falafel]

Are you serious? Green causes less eye strain? I have never heard this before. Are you joking?

I have heard that before.

[creekster]

I have heard that before.

So do people from northern climes deal with white backgrounds better? ANd what mechanism results in more or less strain based upon the color of the object viewed? Is htis muscular or chemcial?

[woot]

So do people from northern climes deal with white backgrounds better? ANd what mechanism results in more or less strain based upon the color of the object viewed? Is htis muscular or chemcial?

My knowledge on this topic is very limited; mostly rumors and whatnot. For instance, I heard that surgical scrubs are green so that docs can look down to ease the strain from looking at red for long periods of time. Don't know what to think about that, but it wouldn't surprise me that we like to see green, since it generally represented good things back in the day. It would also explain our stupid insistence on planting grass everywhere.