top 3 reasons your lawn is brown besides no water lol

[craigio]

Bugs (chinch or grub)

over fertillized

dull cutting blades

[geist]

also if you do not dethatch you get choking and dead spots.

[jenny_gr]

Bugs (chinch or grub)
over fertillized
dull cutting blades

I think that over fertilized is the main reason that causes such an effect.

[belvedere]

or could because its snow covered

[Bicksy]

Or you are like the person across from me...cutting the lawn every 2 days.
Or you have trees that suck out the water outta your lawn when no rain comes for a few weeks.