This. Too many people in this thread are only concerned about how this inconvenienced and disappointed them. Get over it, and move on. Have a feeling the staff will use this adversity in a positive way. Go State! **** Iowa!
Jamie pollard
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This. Too many people in this thread are only concerned about how this inconvenienced and disappointed them. Get over it, and move on. Have a feeling the staff will use this adversity in a positive way. Go State! **** Iowa!
I do believe that ECU's Stadium is somewhat similar to ours. Think it just has an upper deck only on one side though. Seats around 50K maybe but not sure what average attendance is.
https://ecupirates.com/facilities/?id=1
The original post responded to stated that FBS games are not delayed to the next day in the modern era. I was just pointing out that it has actually happened. No idea how many hotel rooms, workers, etc. would be around.
I am in the camp that we made the right call last night. I am on the fence if we should try and schedule a game on Oct. 20 or Dec. 1. I am somewhat leaning towards best option is scheduling Presbyterian College on Dec. 1 with a option to cancel if we are in the championship game. But our friendly neighbors in Lincoln may be thinking the same thing.
http://www.gobluehose.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=18100&SPID=10734&SPSID=89739
**** it. Cancel the season right now. That way we can start on our dome right now.
To blame anyone for this is stupid.
This could have been handled better by the OP with an open letter.
Still would have a been a bad take but I am in a foul mood and I would really like to pummel someone who has posted an open letter.
I’m fully blaming that entire night’s debacle on the new clear bag policy!
You may wind the dumbest post of the year award for this one.
This is at least a legitimate point. I disagree with the idea that you cannot be a loyal Cyclone supporter and also want a refund for a game that was cancelled. I have been going to football games for 30 years. I remember rushing the field in a game against Baylor in early 90s because we won ONE game. I also remember us playing for a big12 North championship in early 2000s .I went to that game and wondered why there were 20000 empty seats. One of the main reasons our fan base is growing is that ISU has treated the paying customers pretty good. This is unlike the U of I which treats the customer like it's a privilege that you are allowed to pay to watch their football team play. Maybe we could get a $$$ credit that could be used toward purchase of any Cyclone athletic event. Not because they have to but because it would be good business and would build goodwill and loyalty even more.
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I guess a refund never crossed my mind. Mother Nature is hard to predict and leading up to the game my phone showed the weather was going to hold off. Absolutely nobody’s fault. As they say **** happens. This isn’t baseball or basketball where they play games back to back and 80+ games. We play 12 games in what 13-14 weeks ? It will be tough to reschedule and find a team that wants to risk injury for the extra game. It was great to be back in the stadium and it sucks it ended that way. Big game on Saturday and I’m pumped for some cyclone football.
I still want a refund but I want a win next week way more than that. **** the Hawks.
Wait is the OP Ryan ? Ryan started the fire
So you pay a hotel to hold 50 hotel rooms on a holiday/home football weekend??? You'd have to pay them whether or not the game was delayed, and you're asking the AD to do that 7 times. These hotels would need to be booked a few months before the season at least because traveling fans will be buying them up too.
Ok is this really the confusion here? No you don’t do this for every game. Yesterday was a weird weather setup. It is all situational and dependent. We probably won’t have to worry about this for many years to come. The issue is that they didn’t seem to have explored any possibilities if we had the worst case scenario like we did. Again the issue is they didn’t even pretend to have a plan.
I also am not real sure how logistically our current situation is easier to deal with. Now we have to figure out potentially a past minute game. We will also have to figure out tickets for that or if we don’t have another game maybe refunds. I’d much rather plan to get some sort of game in than deal with our current headache.
We won’t have to worry about thunderstorms in the end of summer in Iowa for years to come?
I know I haven’t lived there for over a decade now, but things have really changed, apparently.
The logistical challenges are enormous.
In order to do it for any game, you'd essentially have to plan it for every game. Even a day or two out is too late to make the arrangements
I live 2 hours away from most ISU Gridiron club events, yet still pay yearly dues since its' inception. I've been to only 2-3 Gridiron events total in all those years. I consider my dues a donation--to support the FB team. I know my $$ goes directly to the FB program---and I'm happy about that.
The fans b#tching about a refund for last night's game need to settle the fk down. This is new territory and a tough call for Pollard to make. He feels horrible that weather dictated this cancelation. The last time this happened was 55 years ago (after JFK was assassinated)
I'm sure Jamie isn't out to screw over ISU fans w/ the refund policy that doesn't exist yet for this weekend
The game was cancelled after it started, not before. That means that SDSU needed paid, anyone working the event needed paid, etc. etc. That is why there will be no refund. Not hard to figure out.
Dude. You're WRONG. Get over yourself and quit while you're behind.
Please, please tell me this Urbandale guy did NOT graduate from ISU. PLEASE.
Can't possibly be a functioning adult.
Can't possibly be a functioning adult.
