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Darren6 {l Wrote}:As someone who drove 7 hours on Christmas Day from New Orleans to Dallas, the cancellation was very disappointing. The forecast for strong storms was out there for almost a week, it should have been moved up to a 10am kickoff. We did get to see our son perform with the BCMB, only for a short time, and then we drove back 7 hours last night to New Orleans. Meanwhile, about 20 members of the marching band are still in Dallas waiting to get flights home, some having to wait until Friday before leaving. As for the delays, there was absolutely lightning striking very close to the stadium. About ten minutes into the officially called delay, there were lightning strikes almost every four to five minutes which kept resetting the 30 minute clock. With the impending afternoon/evening storms I can see why the game was called, my main beef was that it wasn’t moved up earlier in the morning.

flyingelvii {l Wrote}:Did BC have any actual power to enact any of the brilliant solutions touted by our fine board? Or was it all in the bowl committee?

MattTheEagle {l Wrote}:I’m pissed. This game should have never been cancelled. With the schools on break an no additional games for either team until next year it would have been very easy to reschedule. However, this wasn’t on BC. It’s on the bowl. They are the host. They should have rescheduled or had a contingency plan, they didn’t. BC and Wake did a great job with safely playing their game completely avoiding the hurricane...or any inclimate weather for that matter.

It’s particularly frustrating because as much as I dislike Addazio I’m fairly certain we would have beat Boise State. Didn’t seem like they stood a chance in the first quarter.

claver2010 {l Wrote}:Sounds like the bowl will be taking at least a year off w the winter classic coming to the cotton bowl, good riddance