We waited 9 months for this? Game CANCELLED

[oxrageous]

If you want to continue to stoke the fire and say it was BS, go for it.

You're very sensitive. I'm only reporting what was told to me. There isn't much of a fire to stoke. I'm just perplexed that people act like we've never played football on a wet field before.

 

[oxrageous]

This thread being full of stupid was not surprising. That ox was leading the morons in their parade of stupidity...also not surprising.

 

[Swamp Queen]

You're very sensitive. I'm only reporting what was told to me. There isn't much of a fire to stoke. I'm just perplexed that people act like we've never played football on a wet field before.

I'm not being sensitive here, just reporting facts that I witnessed first hand instead of second hand. I've read some insanely idiotic stuff today. A wet field is one thing, the amount of water that was dumped on Gainesville in a few hours last night is another thing.

 

[oxrageous]

A wet field is one thing, the amount of water that was dumped on Gainesville in a few hours last night is another thing.

We played through far more water in the FSU game in 2009.

 

[Swamp Queen]

We played through far more water in the FSU game in 2009.

Key difference...LIGHTNING.

 

[oxrageous]

Key difference...LIGHTNING.

I understand that.

 

[oxrageous]

They look out for the players, not you.

No doubt. From here on out they need to cancel all high school, college, or pro football games that have a wet or snowy field.

So the hell what? Players have played in deep water for 150 years.

 

[Swamp Queen]

I understand that.

And that's why the game was called.

 

[ufgator812]

Officially: suspended because of unsafe field conditions following heavy rain.

 

[SavannahGator]

We played through far more water in the FSU game in 2009.

I think you meant 2008 in Tally. Although I wasn't there for Timmy's last game in The Swamp in 2009, on TV it looked like a beautifully sunny afternoon.

 

[t-gator]

:bye:

 

[oxrageous]

We played through far more water in the FSU game in 2009.

I think you meant 2008 in Tally. Although I wasn't there for Timmy's last game in The Swamp in 2009, on TV it looked like a beautifully sunny afternoon.

Yeah, 2008. I guess that field wasn't "unsafe conditions". You could barely see the players.

 

[Swamp Queen]

Unbelievable.

 

[Captain Sasquatch]

I can't even say this board has gone full retard, it's been full retard for a while. What's happening here is double secret full retard.

 

[ATXGator]

Based on what I saw there was more water on the field for that first play then during the 2008 game in Tally. I definitely could see how it was unsafe for the players and with the amount of rain that occurred there was no reason to think the field would have improved enough by midnight to ensure safety. The other thing to think about is that the field would have taken a beating from playing a game with that much water on it. They may not have been able to get the field ready for the next two home games.

Believe it or not.. grass does not just take to having a ton of water poured on it then people in spikes ripping it up.

The bottom line is that the correct decision was made here.. I get that people are disappointed... we all wanted the game and from what I hear the players were also really ready to go, but it wasn't mean to be, so we'll wait one more week and everything will be fine.

 

[Swamp Queen]

Based on what I saw there was more water on the field for that first play then during the 2008 game in Tally. I definitely could see how it was unsafe for the players and with the amount of rain that occurred there was no reason to think the field would have improved enough by midnight to ensure safety. The other thing to think about is that the field would have taken a beating from playing a game with that much water on it. They may not have been able to get the field ready for the next two home games.

Believe it or not.. grass does not just take to having a ton of water poured on it then people in spikes ripping it up.

The bottom line is that the correct decision was made here.. I get that people are disappointed... we all wanted the game and from what I hear the players were also really ready to go, but it wasn't mean to be, so we'll wait one more week and everything will be fine.

Not to mention it was still raining hard not long before midnight.

 

[oxking]

Well at least we got this great highlight video out of it! (NSFW language)

[video=youtube;0qcVWM6CIe8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0qcVWM6CIe8[/video]

The field didn't look that bad, certainly nothing like the field when Tebow creamed the Criminoles.

 

[Mudd]

Wow, this thread has not made it to solitary confinement yet?

 

[Swamp A-S]

Easiest $1MM ever.

Nice

 

[GatorJ]

So what's going on in here? Oh....