Ex-NFL groundskeeper says Super Bowl LVII field was overwatered

[Windows 91]

This old cac is going in on the NFL

Ex-NFL groundskeeper: SB LVII field overwatered

Longtime NFL groundkeeper George Toma believes the issues that plagued the field at Super Bowl LVII could have been avoided, saying it was overwatered and not allowed to dry out properly.

www.espn.com

George Toma, the longtime groundskeeper who prepared and then advised the preparation of every Super Bowl field, believes the issues that plagued the field at Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, could have been avoided.

The 94-year-old told ESPN that he believes the field was overwatered in the days leading up to the game. According to Toma, who has been nicknamed The Sodfather, the field was watered the Wednesday morning before the game and rolled into the stadium on the moveable tray that housed the grass field for the last time before kickoff four days later.

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"So, what he does," Toma said, referring to Ed Mangan, the NFL field director who was in charge of the Super Bowl field and worked under Toma for years, "he waters the hell out of it and puts it right into the stadium and that's it. Never sees sunlight again. He can't do that."

"He sanded it two weeks too late," Toma said. "He had only one sanding. He should have had two or three sandings, but he didn't do s---. And that was it. And not only that, he didn't take care of it. He wouldn't listen to anybody."

"Me and the league are finished," Toma said. "They can't tell me what to do anymore. We're done."

 

[Morethan1]

He did a Interview with Dan lebatard and the crew.

That old nikka was rambling for 45 minutes

 

[PortCityProphet]

This remind me of that episode of King of the hill
@b. woods you know the episode im talking bout with the Wizard of Sod

 

[Windows 91]

This remind me of that episode of King of the hill
@b. woods you know the episode im talking bout with the Wizard of Sod

I was thinking the same thing

 

[Loose]

I dont blame em, nikkas was on his neck talking about he washed after that game lol. He protecting his legacy

 

[Ineedmoney504]

The sodfather

 

[RennisDeynolds]

94 years old hating on his protégé for his job back


He probably can't remember a damn thing in his regular life but he is one with the field

 

[Windows 91]

94 years old hating on his protégé for his job back


He probably can't remember a damn thing in his regular life but he is one with the field

Imagine your mentor telling the entire country that you're trash.

 

[StraxStrax]

Man, people are really grasping at straws for coverage

 

[Da King]

The Sodfather has spoken

 

[Legal]

He did a Interview with Dan lebatard and the crew.

That old nikka was rambling for 45 minutes

The rare interview that you think is McKay fukking around, but is just real world fukkery.

 

[Motife43]

Ima have to peep the whole convo with LeBatard. It always impresses me when folks that old have pristine memory and knowledge, even if they ramble lol

 

[NZA]

sodfather can probably hear the grass growing

 

[NotAHotep]

If I didn’t watch the video. I would’ve thought it was a bit.

First 35 mins.

 

[Motife43]

If I didn’t watch the video. I would’ve thought it was a bit.

First 35 mins.

Breh, i just watched this, he was going in. When the earpiece fell out and he just kept talkin I was dying laughing