The fact that he harked back to the chunks of turf that were flying from the field two years ago lends credibility to his story. Everybody was posting about it. I don't know if it was "ditch" who posted his turf story two years ago, but I definitely remember somebody doing it. Oh, and it wouldn't be hard to keep it alive in any area that gets adequate water.
Regardless, it's a great story. And it's better written than most posts. To call his translocation of sod a BYU embassy in South Bend was very clever.