Doak Campbell to undergo risky last-minute update before Week 1

In less than two weeks, the Florida State Seminoles are set to host the Alabama Crimson Tide at Doak Campbell Stadium.

With minimal practices and little recovery time remaining, the Seminoles announced they would change the playing surface of their football stadium from artificial turf to real, natural grass.

FSU shared they would utilize the 'lay-and-play' grass that had previously been used in Super Bowls, soccer (or futbol) World Cups, and many other sporting events. However, after years of practicing on turf, a switch to the real deal has a lot of people questioning the decision.

While the Seminoles have grown used to playing on the turf surface, players at Alabama have played on real grass since 1991, when they switched back from AstroTurf that had been installed in 1968.

So, as fans are already growing more and more anxious about Florida State's top-10 matchup with the Crimson Tide, they now have to tack on the playing surface as another area of concern for their team.

Now, don't immediately go into panic mode; the Florida State players are used to their stadium changing on a day-to-day or week-by-week basis. Over the last three seasons, Doak Campbell Stadium has undergone more than $250 million in renovations.

Supposedly, the real-grass field is the final step in the $265-million upgrades to the Seminoles' home, and the project will be entirely completed by the time that Kalen DeBoer and the Crimson Tide roll into town.

According to an unnamed spokesperson for FSU athletics, the change to the field surface had been a point of conversation for a long time, and the reason it seemed to happen so last-minute was due to the other renovations taking place around the stadium.

Florida State and Alabama are scheduled to kick off from Doak Campbell Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 30, at 3:30 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast on ABC.