Game postponed

[Furmanoid]

GoFu … you're so full of it!
Of course, you can go out - today.
The roads are still a mess in areas—lights are out—and on Haywood, very little is open or has power.
Your take is inconsiderate of all the people without power - my mother was just told maybe Friday.
Glad you're doing fine!

Everybody who comes to my neighborhood is blown away. About 1/3 of the power poles are on the ground with most transformers. All over town, most power lines are on the ground. No power, no ice, no gasoline. Weeks to get power back.

All that said, if this were a campus and there was a football game I could walk to, I’d love it. Once you run out of energy to move debris, you just get bored. In a couple of hours I won’t even have internet on my phone.

[FUATT]

GoFu … you're so full of it!
Of course, you can go out - today.
The roads are still a mess in areas—lights are out—and on Haywood, very little is open or has power.
Your take is inconsiderate of all the people without power - my mother was just told maybe Friday.
Glad you're doing fine!

Everybody who comes to my neighborhood is blown away. About 1/3 of the power poles are on the ground with most transformers. All over town, most power lines are on the ground. No power, no ice, no gasoline. Weeks to get power back.

All that said, if this were a campus and there was a football game I could walk to, I’d love it. Once you run out of energy to move debris, you just get bored. In a couple of hours I won’t even have internet on my phone.

My guess is Clemson struggled with that decision and there was no perfect answer. That community needs that revenue and the Upstate needed the diversion, enjoyment, distraction, morale boost. Its also a real part of student value, why people go there. You don't just cancel a game at Clemson easily. On the other hand, it was likely a real diversion of resources, gasoline, food, ice, police etc. to an entertainment venue. Close call. I won't fault Clemson for making the decision given the contrasting factors. Worth nothing that many other schools and the Falcons and Panthers played too.

As to the social media trolls and the Post and Courier, lets be real - almost everyone "mad" at Clemson for playing is either a Gamecock fan looking for an angle or some pantywad who donated $10 to the Red Cross as a virtue signal and now is sitting behind a keyboard in Charleston scrolling disaster porn and delicately sipping a crisp, steel casked Whole Foods Sonoma Chardonnay with MSNBC on in the background.

[Stumpy]

The local folks are furious at Clemson for playing the game at against Stanford. That game should have been postponed. “Clemson blasted for holding football game in aftermath of Helene. University now cancels classes.” https://www.postandcourier.com/hurrican ... dfce5.html

What was the author's point in including the final 3 sentences in that article? I honestly don't understand.

"In the late hours of Thursday, Sept. 21, 1989, Hurricane Hugo made landfall at Sullivan's Island as Category 4 storm. Less than 48 hours later, South Carolina played host to Georgia Tech. The Gamecocks won 21-10."

[FUBeAR]

The local folks are furious at Clemson for playing the game at against Stanford. That game should have been postponed. “Clemson blasted for holding football game in aftermath of Helene. University now cancels classes.” https://www.postandcourier.com/hurrican ... dfce5.html

What was the author's point in including the final 3 sentences in that article? I honestly don't understand.

"In the late hours of Thursday, Sept. 21, 1989, Hurricane Hugo made landfall at Sullivan's Island as Category 4 storm. Less than 48 hours later, South Carolina played host to Georgia Tech. The Gamecocks won 21-10."

She’s a WKU grad. There’s no accountin’ for the actions of an alum from a school that has a towel for a mascot.



Also, FUBeAR did note that Clemson Mayor, Robert Halfacre, appears to be a loyal reader and follower of FUBeAR’s apophthegms…

“I’m not going to pretend to understand what the university had to consider.”

[Roundball]

GoFu … you're so full of it!
Of course, you can go out - today.
The roads are still a mess in areas—lights are out—and on Haywood, very little is open or has power.
Your take is inconsiderate of all the people without power - my mother was just told maybe Friday.
Glad you're doing fine!

Everybody who comes to my neighborhood is blown away. About 1/3 of the power poles are on the ground with most transformers. All over town, most power lines are on the ground. No power, no ice, no gasoline. Weeks to get power back.

All that said, if this were a campus and there was a football game I could walk to, I’d love it. Once you run out of energy to move debris, you just get bored. In a couple of hours I won’t even have internet on my phone.

My guess is Clemson struggled with that decision and there was no perfect answer. That community needs that revenue and the Upstate needed the diversion, enjoyment, distraction, morale boost. Its also a real part of student value, why people go there. You don't just cancel a game at Clemson easily. On the other hand, it was likely a real diversion of resources, gasoline, food, ice, police etc. to an entertainment venue. Close call. I won't fault Clemson for making the decision given the contrasting factors. Worth nothing that many other schools and the Falcons and Panthers played too.

As to the social media trolls and the Post and Courier, lets be real - almost everyone "mad" at Clemson for playing is either a Gamecock fan looking for an angle or some pantywad who donated $10 to the Red Cross as a virtue signal and now is sitting behind a keyboard in Charleston scrolling disaster porn and delicately sipping a crisp, steel casked Whole Foods Sonoma Chardonnay with MSNBC on in the background.

Your last sentence is wrong, but I agree with your other points.

[FUATT]

GoFu … you're so full of it!
Of course, you can go out - today.
The roads are still a mess in areas—lights are out—and on Haywood, very little is open or has power.
Your take is inconsiderate of all the people without power - my mother was just told maybe Friday.
Glad you're doing fine!

Everybody who comes to my neighborhood is blown away. About 1/3 of the power poles are on the ground with most transformers. All over town, most power lines are on the ground. No power, no ice, no gasoline. Weeks to get power back.

All that said, if this were a campus and there was a football game I could walk to, I’d love it. Once you run out of energy to move debris, you just get bored. In a couple of hours I won’t even have internet on my phone.

My guess is Clemson struggled with that decision and there was no perfect answer. That community needs that revenue and the Upstate needed the diversion, enjoyment, distraction, morale boost. Its also a real part of student value, why people go there. You don't just cancel a game at Clemson easily. On the other hand, it was likely a real diversion of resources, gasoline, food, ice, police etc. to an entertainment venue. Close call. I won't fault Clemson for making the decision given the contrasting factors. Worth nothing that many other schools and the Falcons and Panthers played too.

As to the social media trolls and the Post and Courier, lets be real - almost everyone "mad" at Clemson for playing is either a Gamecock fan looking for an angle or some pantywad who donated $10 to the Red Cross as a virtue signal and now is sitting behind a keyboard in Charleston scrolling disaster porn and delicately sipping a crisp, steel casked Whole Foods Sonoma Chardonnay with MSNBC on in the background.

Your last sentence is wrong, but I agree with your other points.

Oh I know, its not "almost everyone" just a subset - just trying to make a little light of a bad situation. Legit people with legit views questioned the decision with valid points.

[FUBeAR]

…some pantywad who donated $10 to the Red Cross as a virtue signal and now is sitting behind a keyboard in Charleston scrolling disaster porn and delicately sipping a crisp, steel casked Whole Foods Sonoma Chardonnay with MSNBC on in the background.

Oh I know, its not "almost everyone" just a subset - just trying to make a little light of a bad situation. Legit people with legit views questioned the decision with valid points.

FUBeAR, for one, very much appreciated/appreciates your usage of hyperbolic, colorful, and precise imagery in the description of your perspective.

THANKS & Please continue.

If FUBeAR wants to read “is so,” “is not” discussions & debate, he’ll head on over to Nextdoor.

FUBeAR came to TheUFFP for its once richly wit-filled content. He stays now only for the Furman Football.

[The Jackal]

The local folks are furious at Clemson for playing the game at against Stanford. That game should have been postponed. “Clemson blasted for holding football game in aftermath of Helene. University now cancels classes.” https://www.postandcourier.com/hurrican ... dfce5.html

What was the author's point in including the final 3 sentences in that article? I honestly don't understand.

"In the late hours of Thursday, Sept. 21, 1989, Hurricane Hugo made landfall at Sullivan's Island as Category 4 storm. Less than 48 hours later, South Carolina played host to Georgia Tech. The Gamecocks won 21-10."

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

[gofurman]

The local folks are furious at Clemson for playing the game at against Stanford. That game should have been postponed. “Clemson blasted for holding football game in aftermath of Helene. University now cancels classes.” https://www.postandcourier.com/hurrican ... dfce5.html

What was the author's point in including the final 3 sentences in that article? I honestly don't understand.

"In the late hours of Thursday, Sept. 21, 1989, Hurricane Hugo made landfall at Sullivan's Island as Category 4 storm. Less than 48 hours later, South Carolina played host to Georgia Tech. The Gamecocks won 21-10."

She’s a WKU grad. There’s no accountin’ for the actions of an alum from a school that has a towel for a mascot.



Also, FUBeAR did note that Clemson Mayor, Robert Halfacre, appears to be a loyal reader and follower of FUBeAR’s apophthegms…

“I’m not going to pretend to understand what the university had to consider.”

x
That's one of the best mascots EVER. It's a red GRIMACE for those old enough to know what that is !!! I LOVE IT

[gofurman]

…some pantywad who donated $10 to the Red Cross as a virtue signal and now is sitting behind a keyboard in Charleston scrolling disaster porn and delicately sipping a crisp, steel casked Whole Foods Sonoma Chardonnay with MSNBC on in the background.

Oh I know, its not "almost everyone" just a subset - just trying to make a little light of a bad situation. Legit people with legit views questioned the decision with valid points.

FUBeAR, for one, very much appreciated/appreciates your usage of hyperbolic, colorful, and precise imagery in the description of your perspective.

THANKS & Please continue.

If FUBeAR wants to read “is so,” “is not” discussions & debate, he’ll head on over to Nextdoor.

FUBeAR came to TheUFFP for its once richly wit-filled content. He stays now only for the Furman Football.

speakin of which.. .where the HeCK is the football talk.

Where is the dissection of the Citadel this year ? ITS FREAKIN CITADEL WEEK - WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HATIN ON THESE GUYS !!

YES, I KNOW there are more important things. But there are always are. So, let's look at Citadel. I will give a QUICK start to a thread. hopefully we play the game if it works out.

[Affirm]

The local folks are furious at Clemson for playing the game at against Stanford. That game should have been postponed. “Clemson blasted for holding football game in aftermath of Helene. University now cancels classes.” https://www.postandcourier.com/hurrican ... dfce5.html

What was the author's point in including the final 3 sentences in that article? I honestly don't understand.

"In the late hours of Thursday, Sept. 21, 1989, Hurricane Hugo made landfall at Sullivan's Island as Category 4 storm. Less than 48 hours later, South Carolina played host to Georgia Tech. The Gamecocks won 21-10."

I have no idea what the author's point is including the 3 sentences about Hugo and the USC-GT game. No comparison. Most people in the entire state of SC and beyond did not know what kind of damage and destruction Hugo had caused, other than the people who were in the actual immediate trail of the damage. The damage trail was awful, it was lengthy, but it was more confined. And the news coverage seemingly did not travel nearly as fast in 1989 as in 2024.
Georgia Tech and its few fans had no problem traveling to the game. Relatively very few fans period attended the game. Affirm, not possessing any game ticket nor possessing any parking privilege of any kind whatsoever (and definitely not for "the very elite spot" I ended up parking), decided to attend on a whim. In almost zero game traffic, we pulled easily right up to the east side outside wall (immediately adjacent to stadium wall) of WB Stadium, parked, went in. Might have given $5 or so for each of our 2 tickets, my friend and I. VERY FEW PEOPLE ATTENDED. Relatively very little game traffic leaving after the game. It was weird. Another thing I recall about it was that the weather that day and that evening (and the Friday afternoon/evening before)was beautiful.

[FUATT]

…some pantywad who donated $10 to the Red Cross as a virtue signal and now is sitting behind a keyboard in Charleston scrolling disaster porn and delicately sipping a crisp, steel casked Whole Foods Sonoma Chardonnay with MSNBC on in the background.

Oh I know, its not "almost everyone" just a subset - just trying to make a little light of a bad situation. Legit people with legit views questioned the decision with valid points.

FUBeAR, for one, very much appreciated/appreciates your usage of hyperbolic, colorful, and precise imagery in the description of your perspective.

THANKS & Please continue.

If FUBeAR wants to read “is so,” “is not” discussions & debate, he’ll head on over to Nextdoor.

FUBeAR came to TheUFFP for its once richly wit-filled content. He stays now only for the Furman Football.

speakin of which.. .where the HeCK is the football talk.

Where is the dissection of the Citadel this year ? ITS FREAKIN CITADEL WEEK - WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HATIN ON THESE GUYS !!

YES, I KNOW there are more important things. But there are always are. So, let's look at Citadel. I will give a QUICK start to a thread. hopefully we play the game if it works out.

Yep. Ima going to be wearing purple in Johnson Hagood this Saturday!

[gofurman]

The local folks are furious at Clemson for playing the game at against Stanford. That game should have been postponed. “Clemson blasted for holding football game in aftermath of Helene. University now cancels classes.” https://www.postandcourier.com/hurrican ... dfce5.html

What was the author's point in including the final 3 sentences in that article? I honestly don't understand.

"In the late hours of Thursday, Sept. 21, 1989, Hurricane Hugo made landfall at Sullivan's Island as Category 4 storm. Less than 48 hours later, South Carolina played host to Georgia Tech. The Gamecocks won 21-10."

I have no idea what the author's point is including the 3 sentences about Hugo and the USC-GT game. No comparison. Most people in the entire state of SC and beyond did not know what kind of damage and destruction Hugo had caused, other than the people who were in the actual immediate trail of the damage. The damage trail was awful, it was lengthy, but it was more confined. And the news coverage seemingly did not travel nearly as fast in 1989 as in 2024.
Georgia Tech and its few fans had no problem traveling to the game. Relatively very few fans period attended the game. Affirm, not possessing any game ticket nor possessing any parking privilege of any kind whatsoever (and definitely not for "the very elite spot" I ended up parking), decided to attend on a whim. In almost zero game traffic, we pulled easily right up to the east side outside wall (immediately adjacent to stadium wall) of WB Stadium, parked, went in. Might have given $5 or so for each of our 2 tickets, my friend and I. VERY FEW PEOPLE ATTENDED. Relatively very little game traffic leaving after the game. It was weird. Another thing I recall about it was that the weather that day and that evening (and the Friday afternoon/evening before)was beautiful.

Affirm, "Confined" is a good term...

Right, my father was in the National Guard and traveled from Sumter to Columbia after Hugo... IT WAS A NOTHING IN COLUMBIA vs what it did in Sumter. He said Columbia barely got hit - in Comparison... I am not saying people didn't suffer... just relatively it was far less.

Much like the difference in Western NC (CATASTROPHIC - 1000 year levels !!! HORRIBLE) vs, say, Chattanooga maybe this time?? Not the exact analogy but you get the point. Charleston to Sumter was DESTROYED. Columbia, not too much. So playing on that Saturday wasn't the same. Hugo DESTROYED what it hit but 30-40 miles made a big difference. As it often does.

[FUBeAR]

No fans at the WCU game on Saturday. ADVANTAGE Woffy. Their Players are used to playing with no fans.

[Louis Tully]

Evil Portal, my friends... Evil Portal. A portal direct to the netherworld is asswide open.

It was like the scene on the boat in Forrest Gump: And then one day, God showed up!