Jacie
11/16/2013, 05:34 PM
. . . blue turf.
Friday Field of Dreams: Check out prep football’s only two-tone field, just don’t call it blue turf
By Cameron Smith
When West Hills High decided to install a new football field, they weren’t going to accept an ordinary green turf surface. Instead, officials at the Santee, Calif. school wanted a field that reflected the school’s blue colors.
There was just one problem: a typical blue surface would be identical to the one used by Boise State, and the Broncos are very territorial about schools duplicating their Smurf Turf. In fact, the university is so defensive about intellectual rights surrounding blue football fields that it threatened to sue a Michigan school that wanted to refer to "blue turf" on its own field, because Boise State copyrighted the phrase "blue turf" in 2008.
What’s a SoCal school to do? In the case of the West Hills Wolf Pack, the school creates a field that's even more unique than Boise State's famed surface, alternating two different shades of blue.
The result is the unique surface, which is allegedly the only two-tone turf field in use at the high school level in America. The other two-tone fields in use can be found at Lindenwood University and Central Arkansas University, which are gray and maroon and gray and purple, respectively.
West Hills boosters also claim that they were the first to install a two-tone surface.
To view the turf, click on the link below.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highschool-prep-rally/friday-field-dreams-check-prep-football-only-two-231518599.html
Friday Field of Dreams: Check out prep football’s only two-tone field, just don’t call it blue turf
By Cameron Smith
When West Hills High decided to install a new football field, they weren’t going to accept an ordinary green turf surface. Instead, officials at the Santee, Calif. school wanted a field that reflected the school’s blue colors.
There was just one problem: a typical blue surface would be identical to the one used by Boise State, and the Broncos are very territorial about schools duplicating their Smurf Turf. In fact, the university is so defensive about intellectual rights surrounding blue football fields that it threatened to sue a Michigan school that wanted to refer to "blue turf" on its own field, because Boise State copyrighted the phrase "blue turf" in 2008.
What’s a SoCal school to do? In the case of the West Hills Wolf Pack, the school creates a field that's even more unique than Boise State's famed surface, alternating two different shades of blue.
The result is the unique surface, which is allegedly the only two-tone turf field in use at the high school level in America. The other two-tone fields in use can be found at Lindenwood University and Central Arkansas University, which are gray and maroon and gray and purple, respectively.
West Hills boosters also claim that they were the first to install a two-tone surface.
To view the turf, click on the link below.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highschool-prep-rally/friday-field-dreams-check-prep-football-only-two-231518599.html