Game postponed.....

[dch028]

It's not all about Shreveport!!!!! Consider everyone driving north through a hurricane!! It's just not safe.

[Allgood]

Gotta fight that knee-jerk rxn. I'm mad bulldog football won't be happening until next week, but this could be a good thing for Tech. Houston is an easier first game...Florida...well, good luck TAMU.

[justincad]

It's not all about Shreveport!!!!! Consider everyone driving north through a hurricane!! It's just not safe.

So do you believe that if this game was originally scheduled at the Joe and it was a sell-out then the same postponement decision would be made? I'm just postulating that the decision to postpone wasn't made purely for safety/health reasons, as has been communicated.

[LookingForResults]

So do you believe that if this game was originally scheduled at the Joe and it was a sell-out then the same postponement decision would be made? I'm just postulating that the decision to postpone wasn't made purely for safety/health reasons, as has been communicated.

As I said in another post, this decision was made based on information gathered by Barksdale Air Force Base and shared with Tech officials indicating the most likely course for the storm is for it to track up I-49 toward Shreveport. That may not happen, but it was the best information available.

So yes, had the game been at the Joe the decision would have been the same.

[hookdown]

Disappointed, sure, and it is a mixed bag with the delay. But I cannot fault anybody for canceling because of hurricane safety concerns. No good reason to chance it. Not just rain and wind, but flooding, washed out bridges, downed power lines, falling trees, etc.

[ChipDog]

Was an easier game to win when it was opening week.

Yep.

[longdawgview]

LaTech admin was aided in their decision by Barksdale Air Force Base. Those guys were flying through the storm gathering far better up to the minute information than even the National Weather Service. Barksdale's data, at the time the decision to postpone was made, indicated (and I suppose still indicates) that the storm will track up I-49 to Shreveport. That was the primary reason for the decision to postpone.

The track will probably shift over to Dallas then back to Monroe. These prediction models are basically useless, Issac was headed toward Tampa last Friday, then the panhandle, then Mobile, then Biloxi. What's the point in a model if the track is +/- 700 miles. There is just too much variability to predict a track. But still probably a good decision better safe than sorry.

[DFWDawg]

In a way I am glad the game was moved. Now we play on a Saturday and that should be a packed stadium. It will make it easier for a lot of us far away to be able to get to the game. Overall, I think a good decision by the admin.

[LookingForResults]

The track will probably shift over to Dallas then back to Monroe. These prediction models are basically useless, Issac was headed toward Tampa last Friday, then the panhandle, then Mobile, then Biloxi. What's the point in a model if the track is +/- 700 miles. There is just too much variability to predict a track. But still probably a good decision better safe than sorry.

Barksdale's data is thought to be the most accurate data available. It may be wrong, but the alternative of ignoring it and having it be correct was not in Tech's best interest.

[ChuckK3]

In a way I am glad the game was moved. Now we play on a Saturday and that should be a packed stadium. It will make it easier for a lot of us far away to be able to get to the game. Overall, I think a good decision by the admin.

It is the best decision based on what we know from the US Air Force reconnisance data right now. Time to rally, Dawgs...and move on to Houston!

[Bigdog13]

Barksdale's data is thought to be the most accurate data available. It may be wrong, but the alternative of ignoring it and having it be correct was not in Tech's best interest.

Yes. Common sense.

[hookdown]

Barksdale's data is thought to be the most accurate data available.

Barksdale or Keesler, since that is where the Hurricane Hunters fly out of?

[Bigdog13]

Yep.

I agree Chip but it could also be said that the rain and win is much harder on an air raid offense and that A&M with their strengths being OL and RB would have their best chance to beat us in that kind of weather.

[Dawgmatic]

There goes our by week. That ain't good.

[LookingForResults]

There goes our by week. That ain't good.

As a player and as a team, I/we hated bye weeks.