COLLEGE FOOTBALL SPOTLIGHT / THE BOWL GAMES : DOWN AND DIRTY

By JULIE CART

Jan. 2, 1993 12 AM PT

While their coaches griped about the condition of the field, some players from both teams quietly said they enjoyed the dirt.

Both teams’ home fields are artificial turf.

“We never get a chance to get our uniforms dirty,” one player said.

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Julie Cart

Julie Cart is a former environmental reporter for the Los Angeles Times, where she’s also been a sportswriter and a national correspondent. In 2009, Cart and colleague Bettina Boxall won the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting. She left The Times in 2015.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL SPOTLIGHT / THE BOWL GAMES : DOWN AND DIRTY

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