I worked for a professional softball organization last year where we had to scramble to accommodate a game in less time with this exact same scenario (stadium capacity of 2,000 so the scale was much less and the logistics less grand). All that listed above is to be considered and a bunch of other stuff. It’s nearly impossible. I think someone else posted the turnaround time for the teams is less than ideal, too. That’s hard on athletes of this caliber.
Probably falls under “Act of god” on the small print on the back regarding no refund in the University’s eyes
Yep, and really the Akron game was supposed to be a way to ease the team into the season as a lighter opponent. I think you would be able to pay the FCS team less and get the easier game with more people on the team being able to play like the University planned.
My guess is Akron said no way. They didn't want to deal with finding a place to stay, not getting much rest, getting their heads kicked in, and losing a 2nd day of the 3-day weekend. And given that the weather was still threatening on Sunday, they just said screw it, we am going home.
My son flew out from So Cal to see Coach Frost's first game. Plane tickets, hotel, meals, etc. He doesn't get back to Lincoln for too many games (none of us do), this was his first trip back since the Fresno State game in 2011. He's pretty disappointed to say the least.
I've got a friend that was in the "command center" last night and he says that campus police, Lincoln pd, stadium personnel all agreed they "could" pull in enough of a skeleton crew to make Sunday morning work after the weather consultant assurred them of a window without storms 10:30 am to 3 pm. Started working on it when they got a sudden alert that Akron was at the airport loading up...!?