HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- There is the incessant beep-beep-beep-beeping of a dump truck, backing up to expel a load of gravel. There is a dozer devouring heavy blankets of sod behind the north end zone. An armada of heavy equipment is on the scene.
Right now, the football field inside Louis Crews Stadium is bald as Mr. Clean. Now an oval of red clay, it more resembles a small-town quarter-mile race track than a football field.
Alabama A&M is to play its first home football game Sept. 15 on new artificial turf. A month to go, "they're actually ahead of schedule" in laying the new carpet, A&M coach Anthony Jones said Thursday morning. Weather has blessed the effort. The Hellas Construction team has been outstanding, Jones said.
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