What are you going to do? I think their hope was that they could get it in before it started but God decided otherwise. There was a 40% chance that it wouldn't rain between 7 and 9 when I headed to the game. I had an 80% chance of rain for my farm last night and I didn't get a drop. NOT ONE>
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You truly believe our Husker wouldn’t have help Akron in any and every way to stay and still play the game?? That we’d want to play them but say nope, we will not help you guys with rooms and food? Sorry I don’t see it. We have a great university, a great staff, a great AD and all that. No way in hell do we turn our backs on Akron and not help. I see how good you think of our team and university, wow.
Sorry, I’m on the side of everyone being pissed the game wasn’t played. We had people coming across the state, spending a bunch of money, staying in motels and all that to see there kids play or there just Huskers fans in general. I personally think it’s Bull **** a team can still gain a pay out check and not even play a down in the game game (not counting kick offs). This rule needs fixed and in a hurry. No one gets there pay out checks unless the games played.
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I think fans would have been okay without concession workers if it meant an actual game being played. But I understand what you're saying.
Do you think that if these volunteers would have been called up on Wednesday or Thursday by the university and had been told to prepare for a Sunday game that they themselves would've made accommodations to be there to work by 10:30am?
New language will be written in all future out of conference game contracts with regards to this type of situation. Winking
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Just boggles my mind how things like this aren't thought of before hand (if indeed they weren't). Especially for a major university where the state revolves around its Husker football.
Yes, for 2118 when this happens again. Ha.
Of course they would have tried, doesn’t mean that at the time Akron decided to go to the airport it was doable. If I were The Akron AD at 10 pm and was told “we think we can pull this off, and your team has to be back and ready for a game in less that 10 hours?” Oh sure. Sounds great. Not!
Total bummer it didn't rain on your farm. Don't think my folks got any either.
To answer your question. Start working on a plan Wednesday and Thursday for a Sunday game or moving the game to an earlier time Saturday.
Saturday yes, Sunday no. College football games ARE NOT scheduled for Sunday folks. GBR
This was an EXTREMELY unlikely event for September 1st. The normal rain event is a pop up thunderstorm that's gone in under 30 minutes. You can't plan for every act of God out there. You want night games? You're going to have stuff like this happen.
there is a game today tho.
Going to repeat for the last time. Neb did not set the starting time for this game and moving it to an earlier start time was not in the cards due to television contracts. This is not on the Nebraska Athletic Dept. Contrary to what has been said in these threads thunderstorms like these are very unusual anytime and in Sept even less normal. Get off it people and start being the best fans in college football again!
Personally I don't care if we have night games or not but again, why not start coming up with a contingency plan Wednesday or Thursday for Sunday. Sounds like they almost pulled it off after 3 hours into the delay.
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Christopher Heady@heady_chris
https://twitter.com/heady_chris/status/1036311815670706176
Everything was squared away for a 10:30 a.m. Sunday kick.
Then Akron said they were headed to the airport. @swmckewonOWH takes you inside what happened Saturday night. #huskers https://www.omaha.com/huskers/for-a-brief-moment-after-long-rain-delay-nu-officials/article_ec56be51-0c8d-5ba2-b639-32d50c489e9d.html …
11:56 AM - Sep 2, 2018
Christopher Heady@heady_chris
https://twitter.com/heady_chris/status/1036311815670706176
Everything was squared away for a 10:30 a.m. Sunday kick.
Then Akron said they were headed to the airport. @swmckewonOWH takes you inside what happened Saturday night. #huskers https://www.omaha.com/huskers/for-a-brief-moment-after-long-rain-delay-nu-officials/article_ec56be51-0c8d-5ba2-b639-32d50c489e9d.html …
11:56 AM - Sep 2, 2018
Fox was willing to make a 10:30am work on short notice. Just think if someone would've started a contingency plan a few days prior to kickoff.
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Christopher Heady@heady_chris
Everything was squared away for a 10:30 a.m. Sunday kick.
Then Akron said they were headed to the airport. @swmckewonOWH takes you inside what happened Saturday night. #huskers https://www.omaha.com/huskers/for-a-brief-moment-after-long-rain-delay-nu-officials/article_ec56be51-0c8d-5ba2-b639-32d50c489e9d.html …
11:56 AM - Sep 2, 2018
Why didn't the Governor call in the National Guard and surround the Lincoln Airport and prevent them from leaving? They can't leave like that on Scott Frost Day.
There are tons of hotels in Omaha that are 40-45 minutes away on I-80. Most of the people in the state were either in Lincoln or on their couch at home watching the game, so I'm sure there were plenty of vacancies in Omaha.
We paid Akron $1.17 million. It would have been a drop in the bucket to spend a few thousand bucks to reserve some hotel rooms ahead of time in case this happened or in case their flight couldn't depart.
We paid Akron $1.17 million. It would have been a drop in the bucket to spend a few thousand bucks to reserve some hotel rooms ahead of time in case this happened or in case their flight couldn't depart.
You weren't going to get Akron to agree to a change in the contract a few days before kickoff. It's done. No use worrying about it now.
It took me an hour to drive that last night. So at the point they cancelled the game, got changed. Got to their bus. Got to Omaha. Got checked in. etc etc it would have at least 1 am. Then you want them back in Lincoln for a 10:30 am start. Yeah that's fair...
Miami will play LSU tonight, which happens to be Sunday. I'm pretty sure it will count.
There is a 60% chance of rain here in Lincoln right now and the sun is shining. People that is not unusual for that to happen. Please stop with the crap that there should have been a contingency plan. This has never happened in 128 years of football in Lincoln Ne. As I have said several times lets get back to being the best fans in college football!
Except for the fact that they ARE, and there are three college football games on today including one that was rescheduled yesterday because of weather for TODAY which is Sunday.
Ur takes are not the hottest I tell ya...
The only thing that would be changed is the day the game would be played. And you wouldn't implement that change until hours of delay like we experienced. Shoot if they had an agreement they could've called the game at 9 or 9:30 instead of dragging out until after 10pm.
The point is that no one even tried or prepared to have a backup plan in case the weather turned bad enough.
It took me an hour to drive that last night. So at the point they cancelled the game, got changed. Got to their bus. Got to Omaha. Got checked in. etc etc it would have at least 1 am. Then you want them back in Lincoln for a 10:30 am start. Yeah that's fair...
They're getting paid $1.17 million to take an L to fund their athletic department for the year. Sure it's fair. Set the kickoff for noon then.
If there had been a contingency plan, they could have just postponed the game earlier rather than waiting 3 hours. Anyone looking at radar at 7pm knew it was going to storm all night.
Not meaning to pick on you dingle, but if there would have been a plan in place days prior then they could've got checked in and in bed by 11pm easily.It took me an hour to drive that last night. So at the point they cancelled the game, got changed. Got to their bus. Got to Omaha. Got checked in. etc etc it would have at least 1 am. Then you want them back in Lincoln for a 10:30 am start. Yeah that's fair...
Wah wah wah....I want my candy and I want it now. The contract didn't provide for something that had probably a 1 in 10,000 chance of happening and you expect Akron to accept a last minute change? Their coach did exactly what he should have. I don't like it either but they fulfilled their contractual agreement to play last night. I wonder IF our athletic department would have thrown another 500k at their AD if they would have stayed the night.
The hourly forecast does call for thunder showers (let alone showers) that likely until 8 or 9 tonight.
Yeah, except that "Everything was squared away" isn't what the OWH article, or the Lincoln Journal-Star article posted earlier, says - at all. Both articles say efforts were being made to see if the game could be played. Neither comes anywhere close to saying, "Everything was squared away."View image on Twitter
Christopher Heady@heady_chris
Everything was squared away for a 10:30 a.m. Sunday kick.
Then Akron said they were headed to the airport. @swmckewonOWH takes you inside what happened Saturday night. #huskers https://www.omaha.com/huskers/for-a-brief-moment-after-long-rain-delay-nu-officials/article_ec56be51-0c8d-5ba2-b639-32d50c489e9d.html …
11:56 AM - Sep 2, 2018
Even though it was said on Twitter - where nothing is ever wrong or exaggerated!
Exactly. Try to have the game on Saturday. Even if you were willing to wait on a 2 hour delay the game gets called by 9pm. Get to their hotel if in Omaha by 10:30pm. In bed by 11pm.
Shoot I bet they could've found a place in Lincoln if they started planning by Wednesday or Thursday.
You would have had to get them to agree to a last minute change to a contract that had been in place for at least a year. How much were you willing to fork over for a 60% chance of rain and this is the first time I know of that we have EVER had a game cancelled due to a lightening storm other than a spring game.
Why is busing kids to omaha not fair to the kids? Less than an hour busride? But we didnt even need to do that we had accommodations for them om campus so kt is a non issue.
So just because one person that u know works 3 hours away no chance huh?
U do realize there would have been less people showing up for a game today which also means less need for workers. So ur friend 3 hours out prob doesnt need to come in.
Do u also realize that East Carolina just pulled off the exact thing u are saying we wouldnt be able to? Scheduling their rain out game yesterday for today?
If east carolina can do it, I am pretty sure we could have pulled ot off with a few hiccups here and there.
Rooms have been booked in Lincoln for months if not since January. Don't be stupid.
Okay. I'm done arguing with entitled dumbasses that don't realize that this situation was not as simple as getting your folks to pay your rent.... time to grow up kiddies.
so, you are pulling an Akron?
No, I would have expected our lawyers to state in the contract whether or not the game would be rescheduled the next day in the event of inclement weather. If yes, then they would have made the contingency plans for lodging, etc. several days ago when the forecasts came out.
If the contract says the game will not be rescheduled the next day, then there's no controversy and no scrambling to try and reschedule for the next day without a contingency plan.
Before u run off and take ur ball and go home like Akron did, please explain how po dunk East Carolina is able to pull off a next day reschedule game but we cant? Our AD sure thought we could along with Fox..
So explain it to me like I am 8.
You seriously dont think we would have had volunteers coming out of our bungholes to work the NU game if it meant it would be played and not lost entirely?
U have a far far too low opinion on Husker fans sir.
East Carolina games look like a high school game. Whole different deal but keep trying. Good heavens. Find something else to whine about. Akron fulfilled their contract. End of discussion.
We would have volunteers coming out of our ying yangs to work the NU game if it meant the game would be playd instead of lost entirely.
Try another luke warm take cause ur last one is not even registering on the cool or meter yet.
Try again