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Miami vs UNC game may have to be cancelled/rescheduled
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Awsi Dooger
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I won't be surprised if it is rescheduled. As I posted in the Dorian thread a few days ago, the ramifications of those storms are always underplayed on sites like this, or among sports fans in general. Nobody seems to account for the clean up, or the psychological impact on the community. It's not business as usual the next day. And it doesn't have to be a direct hit for that type of thing to play out. Basically, if your area is in the national consciousness, the game won't be played.
From a pure football standpoint it would be a positive situational scenario for the Canes to play North Carolina next week. Teams that win outright as home underdogs have a poor history if they are home underdogs again the subsequent game. I have mentioned that countless times on various sites. I discovered it in 1985 while back checking result books I bought at Gamblers Book Club. The trend holds up in football and basketball...college and pro. The home team apparently becomes overconfident while the subsequent road favorite is forewarned.
From a pure football standpoint it would be a positive situational scenario for the Canes to play North Carolina next week. Teams that win outright as home underdogs have a poor history if they are home underdogs again the subsequent game. I have mentioned that countless times on various sites. I discovered it in 1985 while back checking result books I bought at Gamblers Book Club. The trend holds up in football and basketball...college and pro. The home team apparently becomes overconfident while the subsequent road favorite is forewarned.
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It went up the entire eastern seaboard all the way up to New England i think
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Winds just up to 220 mph and forecasted to slow to a crawl of 4 mph overnight. Thank God this is forecasted to shift north, and pray it stays that way because wherever it hits, there will be insane devastation. Best we can hope for is for it to skirt the coast north and head out to sea.
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Maybe it will be more of a glancing blow than Floyd last year, which was a cat 5 in the Bahamas and followed a similar path up the coast to NC. But Floyd definitely had a big impact on the Eastern part of NC, primarily due to the rainfall and flooding of the rivers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Floyd
Floyd was once forecast to strike Florida, but turned away. Instead, Floyd struck The Bahamas at peak strength, causing heavy damage. It then moved parallel to the East Coast of the United States, causing massive evacuations and costly preparations from Florida through the Mid-Atlantic states. The storm weakened significantly, however, before striking the Cape Fear region, North Carolina as a very strong Category 2 hurricane, and caused further damage as it traveled up the Mid-Atlantic region and into New England.
The hurricane produced torrential rainfall in Eastern North Carolina, adding more rain to an area already hit by Hurricane Dennis just weeks earlier. The rains caused widespread flooding over a period of several weeks; nearly every river basin in the eastern part of the state exceeded 500-year flood levels. In total, Floyd was responsible for 76 fatalities and $6.5 billion (1999 USD) in damage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Floyd
Floyd was once forecast to strike Florida, but turned away. Instead, Floyd struck The Bahamas at peak strength, causing heavy damage. It then moved parallel to the East Coast of the United States, causing massive evacuations and costly preparations from Florida through the Mid-Atlantic states. The storm weakened significantly, however, before striking the Cape Fear region, North Carolina as a very strong Category 2 hurricane, and caused further damage as it traveled up the Mid-Atlantic region and into New England.
The hurricane produced torrential rainfall in Eastern North Carolina, adding more rain to an area already hit by Hurricane Dennis just weeks earlier. The rains caused widespread flooding over a period of several weeks; nearly every river basin in the eastern part of the state exceeded 500-year flood levels. In total, Floyd was responsible for 76 fatalities and $6.5 billion (1999 USD) in damage.
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Well at least if it gets cancelled we play Bethune next so the rust will shake off against them and Central Michigan. Plus gives Joyner and Nesta an extra week to get healthy. And also Bolden an extra week to get cleared.
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Soft bytches. They love getting on their knees for opposing teams. Weāre not all that great, but the teams and players theyāre sucking off are even worse.
I think the game will most likely be rescheduled. Apparently, from what I hear moving the game to Hard Rock is off the table currently bc UNC wants to keep home field.
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their only bye is 10/11 and we play Virginia that day... so it will be canceled if we don't play this weekend
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They will move other games around. It's already being discussed. The game won't be cancelled.
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Interesting that home field matters that much this year. They would get next year and the year after at home.
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Whereād they say that? Are you negotiating the postponement/rescheduling.
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Theyāll postpone it. UM canceled classes prematurely, and the storm is going nowhere near campus. Theyāll pull the plug on the UNC game by tomorrow.
That's what I said and I would think it would be to their advantage to have back to back home games in 20/21 with better teams.
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No, but one of my friends is a former UNC player whose close friend is high up in UNCs athletic department. Just passing on the information I'm getting. Do with it as you will. I would MUCH rather them have it at Hard Rock than reschedule.
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āItās already being discussedā , by you with yourself?
I will just be quiet about it from now on. This is the problem when people try to share what they are hearing. And if you don't think alternative plans are being discussed by the ACC then I don't know what to tell you....
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Yes, the logistics, command and control, and security impacts of such a storm are little understood by people whose experience in these matters is going to Publix, filling up the car at Exxon, going back to their Condo, calling the kids on their iphone, and setting the ADT system.
A) NC population, especially in the coastal regions, has ballooned. The storm may not move inland, but the people and their vehicles will...They need shelter, food, and fuel
B) Low-Density, High Demand assets such as EMS, Fire, and state and local police all support storm preparation, rescue, and recovery efforts...The same assets which have to support major sporting events
C). A media who uses hyperbole to generate revenue, from page clicks to commercials. If this thing even brushes NC , the Weather Channel will have Jimmy C in knee deep water telling horrific tales of disaster...Count on it.
Even Swofford isn't arrogant enough to tempt the optics a game would bring.