Juergens has had knee swelling in his rehabilitation from arthroscopic surgery, and Neuheisel says his status for workouts starting Saturday in Olympia is up in the air. He had an injection that's effective 60 to 70 percent of the time for the swelling behind the knee. But he's disheartened that it hasn't fully healed. Turf rates well Neuheisel raved about the new FieldTurf surface at Husky Stadium, supposed to be the closest artificial turf can come to natural grass. It's absolutely the perfect player surface.
Turf burn is a thing of the past.
This field is everything you could ask for. So is the expense. Paul Allen, the Seahawk owner, footed the bill, as his team will play on it this season. The Huskies have their official groundbreaking today on their new indoor-practice facility. Excavation has already begun on the site, which is the former grass workout field.