SFCOM1 124 Posted September 12, 2014 Hard to believe that California will go from 2003 to 2016 without hosting a Super Bowl. Well I guess it isn't too hard given the paucity of modern stadia and the lack of a team in LA. Florida as well will go from 2010 until at least 2019. That's a far cry for those who grew up on what was basically a LA/Pasadena, Miami, New Orleans rotation.Well with the new SF stadium (Levi's Stadium) It looks like all the newer stadiums are in the mix. (Phoenix/ Glendale, SF area, Houston, Jerry World/Dallas, Ford Field in Detroit, Superdome/ New Orleans, Indy, and now the new Vikings field), If that is the case older stadiums like San Diego, Miami, and Tampa, might get left out....Unless major renovations are made. Even in Phoenix, they are begining some renovations to keep the stadium up to "Super Bowl" standards! (i.e. Better management in the Glendale area so other games can be hosted in the future!) 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pitt6pack 548 Posted September 12, 2014 Agreed, having umpired on both surfaces. Astroturf is one hard as a rock surface. Field turf is a superior product. For the Astroturf, I would leve the fields as they are solid colors, no texture, But field turf would be 1/2 the texture of a grass field. Trust the guy who trows the flags! ;-)I was thinking the same for the Field Turf being 1/2 the texture of grass, plus it will look different from grass with the darker color. After watching the Steelers @ Ravens last night and looking over some good pictures of the field I have from when I played at M&T Bank stadium, that seems to be the best way to go. As for the Astro Turf, I was debating on keeping them as is, but as you can see form this picture of SB XXXI, the color isn't completely consistent across the entire field, there are just very small changes throughout.And you can see why Astro Turf was so awful to play on by looking at the horrendous turf burn on Todd Rucci's (#71) elbow. Those things last for weeks. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SFCOM1 124 Posted September 12, 2014 Agreed, having umpired on both surfaces. Astroturf is one hard as a rock surface. Field turf is a superior product. For the Astroturf, I would leve the fields as they are solid colors, no texture, But field turf would be 1/2 the texture of a grass field. Trust the guy who trows the flags! ;-)I was thinking the same for the Field Turf being 1/2 the texture of grass, plus it will look different from grass with the darker color. After watching the Steelers @ Ravens last night and looking over some good pictures of the field I have from when I played at M&T Bank stadium, that seems to be the best way to go. As for the Astro Turf, I was debating on keeping them as is, but as you can see form this picture of SB XXXI, the color isn't completely consistent across the entire field, there are just very small changes throughout.And you can see why Astro Turf was so awful to play on by looking at the horrendous turf burn on Todd Rucci's (#71) elbow. Those things last for weeks.Yea. It was essentialy a very rough rug on hard, un-yelding cement. So it gave very bad rug burns. And depending on the solvents and cleaning products to clean that "rug" it would mke other ares on the field looing slightly discolored! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pitt6pack 548 Posted September 12, 2014 (edited) Super Bowl XXXVII on-field logos:MidfieldBuccaneers LogosRaiders LogosTeamboxesNumbers Edited October 17, 2015 by pitt6pack 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Old School Fool 3,111 Posted September 13, 2014 Super Bowl XXXVII: January 26, 2003 - Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CaliforniaOakland Raiders - 21 Tampa Bay Buccaneers - 48< Super Bowl XXXVI First Post Super Bowl XXXVIII >Bad memories. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pitt6pack 548 Posted September 13, 2014 Super Bowl XXXVIII: February 1, 2004 - Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas Carolina Panthers - 29     New England Patriots - 32  Super Bowl XXXVIII field without team boxes Spoiler  This Super Bowl to me fells like the beginning of the end for good looking fields. From this point on the fields begin to degrade, as the helmets go, then at least some interesting endzone designs go after Super Bowl XLI, then of course we get to Super Bowl XLV, which puts the fields on life support, and finally the field for Super Bowl XLVIII just kills it.  < Super Bowl XXXVII   First Post   Super Bowl XXXIX >  0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dalcowboyfan92 359 Posted September 13, 2014 Super Bowl XXXVIII: February 1, 2004 - Reliant Stadium, Houston, TexasCarolina Panthers - 29 New England Patriots - 32 This Super Bowl to me fells like the beginning of the end for good looking fields. From this point on the fields begin to degrade, as the helmets go, then at least some interesting endzone designs go after Super Bowl XLI, then of course we get to Super Bowl XLV, which puts the fields on life support, and finally the field for Super Bowl XLVIII just kills it. < Super Bowl XXXVII First Post Super Bowl XXXIX >The Super Bowl logo for this was pretty cool, giving the whole space vibe since the Super Bowl was in Houston.It's a shame the Astrodome never got a Super Bowl, because I think it could've supported at least one Super Bowl since it was, at one point deemed the "8th Wonder of the World". 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
29texan 652 Posted September 13, 2014 Super Bowl XXXVIII: February 1, 2004 - Reliant Stadium, Houston, TexasCarolina Panthers - 29 New England Patriots - 32 This Super Bowl to me fells like the beginning of the end for good looking fields. From this point on the fields begin to degrade, as the helmets go, then at least some interesting endzone designs go after Super Bowl XLI, then of course we get to Super Bowl XLV, which puts the fields on life support, and finally the field for Super Bowl XLVIII just kills it. < Super Bowl XXXVII First Post Super Bowl XXXIX >The Super Bowl logo for this was pretty cool, giving the whole space vibe since the Super Bowl was in Houston.It's a shame the Astrodome never got a Super Bowl, because I think it could've supported at least one Super Bowl since it was, at one point deemed the "8th Wonder of the World".... you know, I never really thought of that before. The Astrodome was around the first time Houston hosted.Why was it at Rice? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pitt6pack 548 Posted September 13, 2014 ... you know, I never really thought of that before. The Astrodome was around the first time Houston hosted. Why was it at Rice? At the time the Astrodome held about 55,000 people and rice was something around 72,000 people. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dalcowboyfan92 359 Posted September 13, 2014 At the time the Astrodome held about 55,000 people and rice was something around 72,000 people.Astrodome was created in 1965, and the first Super Bowl was in 1968. I think Super Bowl IX could've been in the Astrodome instead of Tulane Stadium though since wasn't that a nasty cold Super Bowl? I think the score would've been higher then 16-6....I know, they picked Tulane Stadium since it wasn't too far away from the Superdome construction area... 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pitt6pack 548 Posted September 13, 2014 At the time the Astrodome held about 55,000 people and rice was something around 72,000 people.Astrodome was created in 1965, and the first Super Bowl was in 1968. I think Super Bowl IX could've been in the Astrodome instead of Tulane Stadium though since wasn't that a nasty cold Super Bowl? I think the score would've been higher then 16-6....I know, they picked Tulane Stadium since it wasn't too far away from the Superdome construction area...Super Bowl IX was supposed to be in the Superdome, but construction was still incomplete, so they went to Tulane. As for a higher score, I don't think Minnesota would have done much better against the Steel Curtain then they had that day. Maybe the Vikings would have got 18 rushing yards instead of 17, but that's about it. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pitt6pack 548 Posted September 14, 2014 (edited) Super Bowl XXXVIII on-field logos:MidfieldPatriots LogosPanthers LogosTeamboxesNumbers Edited October 25, 2015 by pitt6pack 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
csura999 403 Posted September 15, 2014 That Panthers and Patriots game was a thriller for sure. Shame Carolina couldn't pull it off. Delhomme's gutty play and that double OT win against the Rams really made me a believer that they could win it all. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pitt6pack 548 Posted September 15, 2014 Super Bowl XXXIX: February 6, 2005 - Alltel Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida New England Patriots - 24     Philadelphia Eagles - 21  Super Bowl XXXIX field without team boxes Spoiler  < Super Bowl XXXVIII   First Post   Super Bowl XL > 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smith03 29 Posted September 15, 2014 does anyone else think SB 37 logo and SB 39 's was very similar. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dalcowboyfan92 359 Posted September 15, 2014 does anyone else think SB 37 logo and SB 39 's was very similar.Eh, I'd call it a coincidence. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pitt6pack 548 Posted September 16, 2014 (edited) Super Bowl XXXIX on-field logosMidfieldPatriots LogosEagles LogosTeamboxesNumbers Edited October 27, 2015 by pitt6pack 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dalcowboyfan92 359 Posted September 16, 2014 Donovan McNabb isn't really known for his on-field play, his wins, and even getting to this Super Bowl; pretty much everyone remembers him for barfing on the field during a drive. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pitt6pack 548 Posted September 17, 2014 Super Bowl XL: February 5, 2006 - Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan Seattle Seahawks - 10     Pittsburgh Steelers - 21  Super Bowl XL field without team boxes Spoiler  This was the first Super Bowl to be played on field turf.  This Super Bowl is what got me really interested in the Super Bowl fields, since this was the first Super Bowl I had seen with the Steelers. In the years after I would always be excited to see what the new Super Bowl logo would be, and imagine what the field would look like, and even draw up what I though the field would be. This is one of my favorite fields (with a lot of bias), but I always loved the enzone design around the conference logos.  < Super Bowl XXXIX   First Post   Super Bowl XLI > 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eick74 82 Posted September 17, 2014 Is Super Bowl XL the first time a team's city appeared in the end zone logo? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
