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Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Jackets hope to be artificially fast
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The best I can figure it (with help from Taylor Bennett), Georgia Tech’s Humanitarian Bowl appearance will be its first game on artificial turf since … Tech’s last Humanitarian Bowl appearance. This will be Fresno State’s fifth artificial-field game this season.
Advantage, Fresno?
Not necessarily. Tech practices at the Georgia Dome on bad-weather days and has an artificial-surface practice area alongside the natural grass one at Rose Bowl Field. So it’s not as if the Yellow Jackets are unfamiliar with an artificial surface.
The rule of thumb is that an artificial surface favors the faster team, because the solid and sure footing accentuates whatever speed advantage exists. Bennett said it’s no big deal.
One thing’s for sure: The surface will be better than the slop the Yellow Jackets played in at the Emerald Bowl two years ago in San Francisco.
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