RedRider1
Posts: 3,850
Oct 17, 2010 5:30pm
5knots;523164 wrote:How about that forecast this week folks! Another great night for football coming up! Nine in a row.
Fingers crossed...going to OSU/PU Saturday. Need sunshine Friday and Saturday.
Our field is starting to show some wear (especially in the south end where the field crowns). Still in very good shape. Probably is the Taj Mahal compared to the clods of sod at Follis Field.
OQB
Posts: 6,679
Oct 17, 2010 6:09pm
I think it is due to more game being played on it this year.... I still think we just need to let Smucker's have the naming rights and get Smucker Field in place (aka field turf). We are about 2 years away from it though....
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superman
Posts: 3,582
Oct 17, 2010 7:57pm
BRF;523159 wrote:BRF will do his part to remind ALL involved! Let's see, the Rider faithful on here have now been called Bullies, A-holes and Half lifes. Taking the first letters of each spells BAH! Go Riders!
1 person calls you a donkey, you laugh at them. 2 people call you a donkey, it might be time to start shopping for saddle blankets.
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SinisterMinister
Posts: 55
Oct 17, 2010 8:01pm
Superman, you're my super hero!
BRF
Posts: 8,748
Oct 17, 2010 8:12pm
I was not called a "donkey" ....yet, just a Bully. What should I shop for if I get called a Bully for the second time, oh great hero of sinisterminister? BAH!superman;523369 wrote:1 person calls you a donkey, you laugh at them. 2 people call you a donkey, it might be time to start shopping for saddle blankets.
Bring on the game for week 9!
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SinisterMinister
Posts: 55
Oct 17, 2010 8:30pm
C'mon BRF, I'm totally rooting for you this week. I just can't stay away. I might need a ten step program or something. Hah Bah!
BRF
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Oct 17, 2010 8:44pm
Believe it or not, I actually admire you for your outstanding stick up for your team! WTG and you know we certainly have our work cut out for us!
RedRider1
Posts: 3,850
Oct 17, 2010 9:06pm
OrrvilleQB;523262 wrote:I think it is due to more game being played on it this year.... I still think we just need to let Smucker's have the naming rights and get Smucker Field in place (aka field turf). We are about 2 years away from it though....
No more than normal. The soccer team has their own field....maybe a few OABGC games, but the same number of varsity & JV games as any other year. Is the middle school playing games there too now?
Here's the question....are you willing to share the field with soccer in exchange for field turf? i know I would be. Even mighty Steubenville has soccer lines on their field.....as do most in Ohio not named McKinley or Massillon.
I did hear that the AD wants to see it happen before his time at Orrville is up.
I am surprised that Wooster hasnt started some sort of fundraising for this.....you know they'd love the status of being the first in the county with turf.
BRF
Posts: 8,748
Oct 17, 2010 9:22pm
Then it just simply MUST be done if that is his wish!RedRider1;523463 wrote:
I did hear that the AD wants to see it happen before his time at Orrville is up.
OQB
Posts: 6,679
Oct 17, 2010 9:39pm
Haha BRF! Great minds think alike!
RR1, I have seen a few Jr high games in the field this year.
RR1, I have seen a few Jr high games in the field this year.
BRF
Posts: 8,748
Oct 17, 2010 9:47pm
Oh, I just put in my vote to tie it up. I hope everyone has a great Monday. Go Riders.
Flash
Posts: 1,035
Oct 18, 2010 7:11am
All the Middle school games were at the stadium. I'm thinking a school other than Wooster or Orrville will get turf first.
THE4RINGZ
Posts: 16,816
Oct 18, 2010 7:24am
The only way Wooster gets turf at Follis is if the band refuses to march on grass.Flash;523815 wrote:All the Middle school games were at the stadium. I'm thinking a school other than Wooster or Orrville will get turf first.
RedRider1
Posts: 3,850
Oct 18, 2010 9:11am
Flash;523815 wrote:All the Middle school games were at the stadium. I'm thinking a school other than Wooster or Orrville will get turf first.
Really? Who? Waynedale, Dalton and Smithville are looking for levies to pass. Rittman is basically Orrville north. Chippewa plays in a community park.
So we're down to Smithville, Triway, Norwayne, Northwestern.
I could see Dalton, because they're starting to raise funds for facilities...but they have bigger needs than turf. Maybe Northwestern...but that's a long shot.
What community in Wayne Co. could raise $500,000 privately other than Orrville or Wooster?
OQB
Posts: 6,679
Oct 18, 2010 9:39am
Orrville will be the first, if Kent wants it we will get it.
Smucker's will do the match the donation thing like they did with the Multi-purpose facility. So we will only need to raise about half of the total cost. I just can't see a WCAL school getting turf in the near future, I don't see it. Orrville has been talking about getting it for about 5 years now, so they have done their research on it and know what needs done to get it, probably wait til after the new high school is built/renovated.
Orrville is a great community:
New Elementary school
New Middle School
New/Renovated High School
New Multi-Purpose Facility
Turf is just the next thing in line....
Smucker's will do the match the donation thing like they did with the Multi-purpose facility. So we will only need to raise about half of the total cost. I just can't see a WCAL school getting turf in the near future, I don't see it. Orrville has been talking about getting it for about 5 years now, so they have done their research on it and know what needs done to get it, probably wait til after the new high school is built/renovated.
Orrville is a great community:
New Elementary school
New Middle School
New/Renovated High School
New Multi-Purpose Facility
Turf is just the next thing in line....
CCRolly
Posts: 786
Oct 18, 2010 12:55pm
If you're worried about the turf at Follis Field now, wait until they get done driving their trucks all over it this coming weekend...
OQB
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Oct 18, 2010 1:02pm
What do you mean CC?
RedRider1
Posts: 3,850
Oct 18, 2010 1:20pm
Monster Truck show at Follis Field.
THE4RINGZ
Posts: 16,816
Oct 18, 2010 1:23pm
I already have my tickets any of you Orrville boys care to join me there?RedRider1;524005 wrote:Monster Truck show at Follis Field.
OQB
Posts: 6,679
Oct 18, 2010 1:32pm
You have got to be kidding me.......
riders1
Posts: 2,275
Oct 18, 2010 2:30pm
It's to prepare the field for the 100th game to bring back memories of Mauer field 
THE4RINGZ
Posts: 16,816
Oct 18, 2010 2:40pm
OrrvilleQB;524018 wrote:You have got to be kidding me.......
Why in the heck would you have a monster truck show on a football field...DURING the football season???
Whoever scheduled this was not thinking at all!!
The Wooster AD gave the approval.......go figure: )
OQB
Posts: 6,679
Oct 18, 2010 2:49pm
I'll tell the janitors to have the field ready in Orrville, I can't believe they would allow a monster truck show on the field right before the huge historical rivalry game.
THE4RINGZ
Posts: 16,816
Oct 18, 2010 2:53pm
You let them know that.
Then check your dictionary I heard they have removed the word gullible
Then check your dictionary I heard they have removed the word gullible
OQB
Posts: 6,679
Oct 18, 2010 3:31pm
yeah it's not in there anymore
Good one, you had me going there, sad thing is I wouldn't be surprised if they actually did do this.
Good one, you had me going there, sad thing is I wouldn't be surprised if they actually did do this.