I think Tar Heel fans think it was a dumb decision because we lost. Sour grapes and what not.
I say that as someone who was at the game and drove there the day of. Re-scheduling a college football game is NOT the same as re-scheduling a basketball game. It's a multi-million dollar decision.
I understand that, but South Carolina didn't have a problem, and neither did Florida when they had to reschedule, and both schools mentioned the threat to families traveling to and from those games as a reason to postpone...Peoples' lives should always be more important than ANY sporting event regardless of whether a network has the game scheduled or not...It's about priorities!
Maybe, this topic has been discussed a million times as you say, but this is the first time that I have commented about it, and it's not due to Sour Grapes....Va Tech was perfectly suited to play this game because they had a big QB much like our former QB Marquise Williams who could get positive yardage regardless of the weather, and had a big physical TE who they liked to throw the ball to on occasions, and used their RBs much differently than we do in their offense....We on the other hand did not have Hood available for the game due to the concussion protocol, and had no other RB on our team with the ability to run between the tackles in those conditions like he possibilly could have?...Logan was a great back as far as running outside but as you know it was virtually impossible to do that in those conditions...Sure, we didn't help ourselves with the turnovers that we made in that game, but that was another reason the game shouldn't have been played especially if you watched the Notre Dame game in which they turned the ball over numerous times in that game with several of those inside State's 20yd line...
My biggest point though is that North Carolina unlike Notre Dame has several kids from Eastern N.C. and Eastern Virginia who are on the roster, and it would be hard for me if I were one of those kids to concentrate on the game of football when I would be worried about whether my family would be in danger either at home or on the road traveling to and from the game, due to those dangerous conditions....Remember, a lot of folks from Eastern N.C. lost their lives during this Hurricane...
I realize all this is in hindsight, but I hope our administration would take this into account in the future, and would NOT base decisions on what other teams and administrations decide to do, or not do....As I stated above, you've always got to do what is best for your team and your school in situations like these, and deal with any fallout afterward in regards to those decisions...
As we all know now, that game was really a determining factor in who represented the Coastal Division in the ACC Championship game, and I believe that loss sucked-out what motivation last year's team had moving forward after that game, hence the losses to rivals Dook and the Wusspack!
Money drives everything nowadays, and I understand that, but it should not be a factor when people's lives are at stake!
Back to the Schedule discussion!
