You really took my tornado example further than it was intended to go, it was meant to give a situation with Bama and their eastern rival and rescheduling, and not to try to have a meteorology debate.Last time I check, tornados devastate a relatively small area with little warning while a hurricane can devastate hundreds of thousand square miles with it's expected maximum impact capable of shifting from one state to another in 24 hours. If BDS got wiped out in the tornado of 2011 three days prior to a game would you expect us to be capable of moving the game to Legion field by game day? Would you even want the game to be played that day?
Look at the history of the storm.
On Oct 3rd the storm was predicted to be well north of FL.
But the storm was abeam Gainesville on Friday night. It did not move a fast as it was expected to move.
Actual storm track
Eight days ago, it looked like they could play the game in Gainesville with no problem.
Bottom line, the SEC should have had a plan in place before there were no options. That way we would not be pointing fingers today.
Fine, lets say a tropical storm or hurricane made a game between Bama and UF reschedule a game in gainsville . Conviential wisdom says UF is more likely to work with Bama than LSU since they are not a common opponent on each other's schedule and the game tends to be earlier in the year. But let's say in some time in the future we go to a 3 game east schedule and UF and UT are permanent rivals. Would we ever make a deal to play in Ladd, the Ga dome, or Jacksonville to make up a game two years prior with an even split??? No we wouldn't because we would still be losing money by doing so.
But I agree that the SEC should've been more proactive in the discussions.
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