Oh, is 7pm the only time SDSU could make this game happen?
Nice try, but this isn’t hindsight, it’s common sense. If you want 7pm games in the summer you better have a better contingency planned for unexpected storms than canceling the game.
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Nice try, but this isn’t hindsight, it’s common sense. If you want 7pm games in the summer you better have a better contingency planned for unexpected storms than canceling the game.
Campbell didn't want to play tomorrow so blame him and not Pollard.
Yeah I understand. In all seriousness, this has been one messed up spring/summer of weather for Iowa. Hope there's not anymore bad flooding in the coming weeks.
Neither coach wanted to play tomorrow and there were no rooms available for the SDSU players and staff
On the plus side, TTOE only has one series of offensive and defensive tape of ISU to go off of
Today I learned HardcoreClone has all the answers. And here I thought he was just an idiot!
It’s often said that you make your most improvement going from game 1 to game 2. We should have enough to beat Iowa and then improve like crazy and beat Oklahoma!!!
Hell no. Nebraska will be fighting for bowl eligibility at that point. Total trap game.
I was hoping they'd play the game last night:
1. So I could say I was at the "longest" Cyclone game
2. There were a lot of of high $$$ seats on the 50 yard line unoccupied that I was eyeballing.
The crowd was great and the team looked good (for 4 minutes and 5 seconds).
1. So I could say I was at the "longest" Cyclone game
2. There were a lot of of high $$$ seats on the 50 yard line unoccupied that I was eyeballing.
The crowd was great and the team looked good (for 4 minutes and 5 seconds).
What contingencies? Neither coach wanted to play Sunday, so that would of never been an option. You're brought up playing the game earlier in the day, but with a 50% or less chance of storms last night, why would you play the game earlier?
I'm not trying to "prove" anything, and no, I'm not a logistics expert but . . . why could this not have all been spelled out in the contract with SDSU? We pay them in full for one offensive series each?!?!? THAT's what I think the failure to plan for contingencies is.
We shouldn't care what the SDSU coach wants. It should all be in the contract in advance. Something like, game cancelled during firs quarter, you get 1/4 pay. Game cancelled 2nd quarter, you get half pay. You only get full pay if you play an official game. That's literally the purpose -- we're paying them for an easy win!
Rooms should be set aside for a visiting "pay to play" team; doesn't have to be fancy, could be an old dorm room or a roach motel as the contingency, and then, write into the contract that they MUST stay overnight and try to play Sunday if they want to be paid.
I understand the coaches don't want to miss one day of practice, but (1) don't care what the SDSU coach thinks, and (2) maybe we just need to take the small hit to get the game in.
Why could that / should not that have all been in place?
We shouldn't care what the SDSU coach wants. It should all be in the contract in advance. Something like, game cancelled during firs quarter, you get 1/4 pay. Game cancelled 2nd quarter, you get half pay. You only get full pay if you play an official game. That's literally the purpose -- we're paying them for an easy win!
Rooms should be set aside for a visiting "pay to play" team; doesn't have to be fancy, could be an old dorm room or a roach motel as the contingency, and then, write into the contract that they MUST stay overnight and try to play Sunday if they want to be paid.
I understand the coaches don't want to miss one day of practice, but (1) don't care what the SDSU coach thinks, and (2) maybe we just need to take the small hit to get the game in.
Why could that / should not that have all been in place?
That seems like a contact that most schools would not sign.
I wonder if they have clauses like that in the SEC and ACC, where thunderstorms are more common during this time of year. Not to mention hurricane season.
I'm guessing Campbell doesn't want to even miss on day of prep for Iowa. This game becomes huge.
I prefer keeping our bye week and playing someone in December if we need another win. Unless they find a real cupcake and we can sit a lot of people.
Nebraska was in the same situation. The Texas Tech at Oklahoma game, maybe 8-9 years ago, which completed ~ 5 am the next day, apparently resulted in limits to these type of delays. It seems straightforward enough to establish some "practice facility rules" that would allow completing a game in an adverse weather situation. For instance, a punt could be a 40 yards position change, but no deeper than the 20 yard line. Other problems easily solved would be the need for players to change shoes from natural turf to field turf, camera angles, and instant replay. These type of things are very low cost in comparison to the value of completing a scheduled event of this magnitude. And it wreaks of common sense.
If Isu and Nebraska are 5-6, then that is the only way to play each other to get into a bowl game. Nebraska could try to reschedule SDSU if they aren’t in the playoffs for another pay day or Akron.
I’m not 100% sure if ISU could play Akron twice. I know there’s a FBS team playing another one twice this year but not sure how that’s counted for bowl wins. Bad news is if the NCAA allowed it the game would be at Akron.
Nebraska is in a better situation to get the game back. Need some more cancellations.
I’m not 100% sure if ISU could play Akron twice. I know there’s a FBS team playing another one twice this year but not sure how that’s counted for bowl wins. Bad news is if the NCAA allowed it the game would be at Akron.
Nebraska is in a better situation to get the game back. Need some more cancellations.