Weather Delays In Football
Weather hardly ever delays football games. They say only lighting will get a game delayed. It doesn't matter how cold or how hot or how rainy it might be. But no lightning please.
There were more than a few college and high school football games delayed by lightning last night
The stadiums these days are equipped with technology that can detect lightning that is over 40 miles away. The weather applications on just about everybody's phones can also tell you when lightning is close by.
Yet somehow or other when the tickets have been bought, folks will go to the games they have bought and paid for and it hardly matters whether they will be comfortable. If it's a big game, the faithful will be there and that is almost guaranteed if the game isn't on the cable or internet.
I, myself in the days before lightning detectors have sat through weather that would have qualified for tropical storm classifications and been named. I remember a Notre Dame Football game that lasted over three hours and frostbite was a concern of my father when we left the game. And during a UM/Florida football game on afternoon, dozens were reported to have experienced heat exhaustion.
Football is a rough sport and sometimes even sitting in the stands can be an adventure and is best left to the young and those that can get out of the way when beer and punches start getting thrown.
Last nights UM/Bethune Cookman football game started on time but was delayed by 75 minutes.
43,000 plus tickets sold in the newly remodeled Sunlife Stadium and those that persevered saw the Canes in a walkover, winning 45-0.
I slept through the 2nd half and thankfully the Miami Herald had the story this morning.
There were more than a few college and high school football games delayed by lightning last night
The stadiums these days are equipped with technology that can detect lightning that is over 40 miles away. The weather applications on just about everybody's phones can also tell you when lightning is close by.
Yet somehow or other when the tickets have been bought, folks will go to the games they have bought and paid for and it hardly matters whether they will be comfortable. If it's a big game, the faithful will be there and that is almost guaranteed if the game isn't on the cable or internet.
I, myself in the days before lightning detectors have sat through weather that would have qualified for tropical storm classifications and been named. I remember a Notre Dame Football game that lasted over three hours and frostbite was a concern of my father when we left the game. And during a UM/Florida football game on afternoon, dozens were reported to have experienced heat exhaustion.
Football is a rough sport and sometimes even sitting in the stands can be an adventure and is best left to the young and those that can get out of the way when beer and punches start getting thrown.
Last nights UM/Bethune Cookman football game started on time but was delayed by 75 minutes.
43,000 plus tickets sold in the newly remodeled Sunlife Stadium and those that persevered saw the Canes in a walkover, winning 45-0.
I slept through the 2nd half and thankfully the Miami Herald had the story this morning.
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