(11-17-2013 10:31 AM)ECU-DMB Fanatic Wrote:  

(11-04-2013 05:06 PM)Marge Schott Wrote:  

(11-04-2013 09:18 AM)ECU-DMB Fanatic Wrote:  

(11-04-2013 09:10 AM)SVHerd Wrote:  The IPF will be a full 100 yard field with a 6 lane track surrounding it. Plus bleachers for spectators. Be a top notch facility for our teams. Attached will the the academic center, new sports medicine training rooms and MU HOF.

Makes a lot of sense for Marshall to have one of these with your climate....Not so much in eastern NC where it stay fairly mild most of the year. Sure we do run into some weather issue from time to time for practice but hell you have to play in it sometimes.

You don't practice or play games during thunderstorms...

Obviously not but honestly thunderstorms are not the issue as they are typically in and out fairly quickly. What causes us more problems are rainy game weeks where you only have a couple of days to prepare for an opponent. We have had a few of those this year where the team has had a hard time getting game prep done. I think if given the option to have one our staff would jump on it for sure. It is almost getting to the point that we will have to build an indoor facility from a recruiting standpoint since it appears most every school is building one these days.

How much is Marshall spending on your IPF ?? I think we could probably do ours cheaper because we would not really need to add other facilities into the project like an academic center or the HOF that Marshall is including with their IPF.