When University of Tulsa football coaches and players are in Birmingham, Alabama, for Saturday’s 1:30 p.m. clash with UAB, they’ll notice that the Blazers have something that the Golden Hurricane does not: a real practice facility.It’s not an indoor practice facility, per se. It’s a pavilion. Built at a cost of about $5 million, the UAB facility has a roof but no walls.While most of TU’s practice sessions occur on the turf of H.A. Chapman Stadium, the Hurricane does occasionally practice on the grass of Harwell Field (located about a block north of the stadium).Because the University of Tulsa does not have an indoor facility, Golden Hurricane football players practice on the grass at Harwell Field (pictured) or at H.A. Chapman Stadium. There is no indoor escape from the Oklahoma heat of an August preseason.When Rick Dickson was the TU athletic director, there were discussions about the viability of an indoor facility. It is believed that more recently – since former Texas A&M administrator Justin Moore became the Hurricane athletic director – there have been additional studies about the possibility of building a multi-sport, indoor training facility on the TU campus.
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