OFFICIALS FROM BOTH the University of Central Florida and Penn State are in Dublin this weekend to iron out the finer points of the Croke Park Classic, taking place at the Jones’ Road venue next August.
One of those details is the measurement and painting of the pitch, something that has to be done in accordance with NCAA rules. To do this, officials in the stadium erected American football goal posts and taped the dimensions of pitch.
And here’s how it looks:
As you can see, at 120 yards (110m) long and 53.33 yards (48.76m) wide, it’s significantly smaller than the normal playing surface in Croke Park.