Louisville Game Day - Russell Athletic Bowl

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Overcast day here in Orlando. Some brief rain about a half hour ago. Forecast is lousy for tomorrow and some indications it might arrive early, in time for tonight's game.

Regardless, it can't be worse than my only previous trip to this stadium. Some old timers might remember it, the infamous Tangerine Shake of 1976, when the Canes lost to Florida, 19-10. When everyone was asked to stand for the national anthem, the upper deck shook wildly. Screams everywhere, with fans dashing for the exit ramps. It was a sustained back and forth shake, and felt like at least 2-3 feet of sway. I'll certainly never forget it. I thought it would collapse. We stayed in the upper deck but many fans left and never returned. For the remainder of the game fans were hesitant to stand up in the upper deck.

it was a big story for several weeks, although strangely I can't find online references anymore. I did read some a few years ago. I remember that articles appeared in the Herald and News, with engineers pictured standing outside the stadium, looking up at the structure. There were insulting quotes that the fans had imagined it. Yeah, I felt like we were about to crumble onto the deck below but it was all an invention.

Reports started to surface that the structural problems were well known in the Orlando area for nearly a year, but none of the Miami or Florida fans had been warned. This online article from 1975 references those issues, including trembling seats and bowed beams. Drag the box at right to scroll lower in the article:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...0dNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4foDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6262,2772061
 
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This was around 10:30 this morning, I hope we curb stomp them !!
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Which ESPN clowns are announcing this game? ... TH3 will be called Coley at least twice...
 
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It's 4am Sunday morning, been up since 2am. Too psyched to sleep. I'll be crashing after the game.

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@ChrisYandle: For tonight's @RussellAthBowl, #Canes will be wearing #Stormtrooper uniforms. Pay close attention to @UM_Sebastian when he runs out
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I miss when Sebastian was funny. Hopefully this lame twitter feud is rock bottom and it's all up from here.

I'm glad someone besides me feels this way. This whole twitter fight/handbags at 6 paces was pretty fem.

We ain't back till Sebastian gets cuffed again.
 
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three weeks is a long time to add some new wrinkles on D...for those coaches who believe in that stuff
 
Any chance the UNC-Cincy game ends on time? I really don't want our game starting on ESPN News or some crap like that.
 
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