College football is back! Before the season begins, we thought we’d round up where all the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams spend their Saturdays (and Thursday nights) on Shaw Sports Turf fields.
Some of the most high-profile teams in college football turn to Shaw Sports Turf to give them a competitive advantage in practice, in the big game, and at halftime. Halftime? That’s right – even marching bands use Shaw Sports Turf.
Read to find out if your team plays on Shaw Sports Turf, and then sound off in the comments section below.
University of Arkansas
The Arkansas Razorbacks play and practice on Shaw Sports Turf. The first turf field came to Fayetteville in 2009, serving as their game field. They loved it so much that they invested in another turf surface in 2012 to practice on, which they installed atop a parking garage. Shaw has special love for the Razorbacks, as Dr. Phil Stricklen, director of R&D for Shaw Sports Turf, hails from the university.
Georgia Tech
Coach Paul Johnson’s Yellow Jackets practice on indoor and outdoor Shaw Sports Turf fields. Elsewhere on campus, Roe Stamps Field offers students playing intramural sports a Shaw Sports Turf playing surface.
Louisiana State University
This summer, Shaw Sports Turf completed work on the Tigers’ indoor practice facility, installing 87,000 square feet of Momentum turf. The installation marks the second Shaw Sports Turf surface LSU’s football team has used in their indoor facility. In a few weeks, we’ll know if that practice is paying off!
Mississippi State University
A 78,000-square-foot Momentum Pro playing surface was installed this summer in the Bulldogs’ indoor practice facility. This is Shaw Sports Turf’s first installation for Dan Mullen’s football team. We’ll find out how their practice is paying off when they play a three-game stretch against SEC powerhouses LSU, Georgia, and Auburn before the month of September is through.
Georgia Southern University
The Eagles play on a Shaw Sports Turf surface featuring HydroChill, its patented cooling technology. Installed in Statesboro in 2016, the innovative turf has been shown to reduce surface temperatures on fields by as much as 50 degrees, something that will surely come in handy as the summer swelters on in south Georgia.
Dudley Field – Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt University
The Vanderbilt Commodores, who are big fans of Shaw Sports Turf, know good things come in threes. The football team utilizes three Shaw Sports Turf surfaces: an indoor practice field, an outdoor practice field, and the game field at Vanderbilt Stadium.
Bowling Green State University
The Falcons’ field in Doyt Perry Stadium was installed in 2016 and features Shaw Sports Turf’s PowerBlade Pro system, made from Shaw’s revolutionary Bolt fiber. Jim Elsasser, associate athletic director at Bowling Green, called the playing surface “a high-end performance field that will provide our student-athletes with a first-class competitive surface.”
Colorado State University
When the Colorado State University Rams play their home opener against the Oregon State Beavers this weekend, they’ll debut their new field from Shaw Sports Turf. The Rams also practice on a second, new Shaw Sports Turf field, adjacent to the stadium. “We are thrilled with the outcome and look forward to seeing the field used in live action and on television,” said Joe Parker, CSU’s Director of Athletics.
Shaw Sports Turf has installed more than 2,500 playing fields across the country for a variety of sports teams – and marching bands! To learn more, visit shawsportsturf.com