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- Organization: Arizona State University
- Date: Tuesday, 22 Dec 1992 10:38:52 MST
- From: <IADGLC@ASUACAD.BITNET>
- Message-ID: <92357.103852IADGLC@ASUACAD.BITNET>
- Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.college
- Subject: Re: Fiesta Bowl Buffalo Brouhaha (was: Re: Big East Bowl Preview)
- References: <BzIpor.1CF@acsu.buffalo.edu> <1992Dec21.201351.763@den.mmc.com>
- <1992Dec21.215122.12038@den.mmc.com> <22DEC199210252158@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov>
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- In article <22DEC199210252158@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov>,
- acdendy@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (ROGER DENDY) says:
- >
- >In article <1992Dec21.215122.12038@den.mmc.com>, kevin@traffic.den.mmc.com
- >(Kevin Rodgers) writes...
- >>A real brouhaha brewing at the Fiesta Bowl is the attempt by the bowl to
- >>keep Colorado's famous mascot Ralphie from doing her traditional romp
- >>around the field before each half starts. So far, one official has
- >>claimed that it's an issue of public safety, saying [and I paraphrase]
- >>"just one wrong turn and it could be a very dangerous situation."
- >
- >Safety, as usual, is just an excuse.
- >
- >>Others have apparently raised the question of whether the natural field
- >>at Arizona State's field would be damaged.
- >
- >The real reason they're worried about it is that they just spent a Ton of
- >Money to put in one of those high tech, heated/refrigerated, drained/
- >irrigated fields (Precision Athletic Turf, is it called?), and they don't
- >want their investment damaged.
- >
- >Has Ralphie ever tromped over one of those kinds of fields? Are his hooves
- >really any tougher on the grass than 3 hours of cleats and facemasks
- >churning up the turf? For my money, if the PAT designers didn't consider
- >such things as the presence of livestock when they designed their system,
- >then it's worth less than the dirt it replaces.
- >
- >R Dendy
- >
- I think we at ASU have a good right to worry about our investment. I wonder
- why Colorado feels they have a right to bring their buffalo here when they
- don't take it to other away games. Florida State has played in numerous Fiesta
- Bowls and has never brought its horse or made a stink about it.
-
- If the Buffs need their buff, maybe they are less of a football team than they
- are cracked up to be.
- gc
-