Forecast for Saturday is looking bleak. Has anyone heard if game time might be moved up? We are making the trip, packing our ponchos.

Both teams are off next Saturday. They could move the game to Nov 1st which would suck for us as the road team.

Assuming that decision is made by a combination of the athletic departments, field crews and SEC league office

Seems like a real chance the game gets moved to next week since both teams are on bye

Bill Superman said:

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rsf0626 said:

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Assuming that decision is made by a combination of the athletic departments, field crews and SEC league office

Seems like a real chance the game gets moved to next week since both teams are on bye

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Has that ever even happened. Extremely unlikely.

It's not supposed to be a thunderstorm. The game can be played in the rain.

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Then why do all my weather apps have scattered thunderstorms in the forecast for Saturday night in Baton Rouge?

*Scattered* thunderstorms

AccuWeather has 50% chance of rain at 7pm and falling after that. Might be wet, but should be fine.

Bill Superman said:

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rsf0626 said:

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Assuming that decision is made by a combination of the athletic departments, field crews and SEC league office

Seems like a real chance the game gets moved to next week since both teams are on bye

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Has that ever even happened. Extremely unlikely.

It's not supposed to be a thunderstorm. The game can be played in the rain.

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In an SEC game. Doubtful.

But we did move the A&M-La Tech game in 2012 back several weeks because of a hurricane

Orlando Ayala Cant Read said:

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Bill Superman said:

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rsf0626 said:

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Assuming that decision is made by a combination of the athletic departments, field crews and SEC league office

Seems like a real chance the game gets moved to next week since both teams are on bye

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Has that ever even happened. Extremely unlikely.

It's not supposed to be a thunderstorm. The game can be played in the rain.

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People acting like games aren't played in rain all the time. This game isn't getting moved.

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Then let's move the venue to college station.

I've also heard that about the Aggie Band. Interesting. Would love an early kick if that's possible. Starting late with potential delays makes for a horrible experience for everyone involved. Very different from. 2 hour delay for a 2:30 start vs a night game.

Keep us posted!

Can confirm that the Aggie Band has been briefed about the possibility of an earlier kickoff. No time line of when that decision could be made.

RamblinAggie said:

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Forecast I have seen for Saturday night is heavy thunderstorms and possible tornados (probably means clear skies and 70 degrees - ha!).

Aggie Band supposedly briefed that game time could be changed, for what that is worth.

Would be somewhat easy for ABC to just swap our game for 11 am Ole Miss-Oklahoma you would think, but maybe not.

Maybe LSU will just decide to forfeit due to weather. Coach Bill Curry refused to bring Alabama to College Station for a September game due to threat of a hurricane in late 80s. Weather turned out nice and I don't think the game was ever made up.

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It was made up later (perhaps early December). My first Aggie game.

Heisenberg01 said:

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Bill Superman said:

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rsf0626 said:

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Assuming that decision is made by a combination of the athletic departments, field crews and SEC league office

Seems like a real chance the game gets moved to next week since both teams are on bye

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Has that ever even happened. Extremely unlikely.

It's not supposed to be a thunderstorm. The game can be played in the rain.

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Then why do all my weather apps have scattered thunderstorms in the forecast for Saturday night in Baton Rouge?

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Probably because it is the only profession where it pays to be wrong.

And it can only get worse when it's forecasted by Cajuns.

Get your ESPN NEWS channel ready cause you know that's where we'll probably be headed!

zag213004 said:

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wangus12 said:

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Lets just cancel it. Worked out for several teams in 2020.

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Exactly. Oh is state only needed 6 games to justify their place in the playoff.

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Ohio State played in only 5 regular season games before the 2020 Big 10 Championship Game. Big Ten Conference rules established before the season specified that teams would need to complete at least six conference games in order to be eligible for the conference championship game. After Ohio State's game against Michigan was canceled, and Ohio State having only completed five games, the conference voted to change these rules and allow the undefeated Ohio State team to represent the East Division. The conference cited the fact that Ohio State would have won the division with either a win or loss against Michigan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team

Mac94 said:

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Vegas said:

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Believe Bama game that year was later same year and we got killed

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1988 ... the makeup game in December was dubbed the Hurricane Bowl

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And as I recall, Bama had a key starter (RB maybe?) injured and not able to play on the original scheduled date who was healthy on the re-scheduled date. And the weather on the original date was sunny enough for girls to be sunbathing outside The Commons.

Both teams have their second bye weeks scheduled for next Saturday. If the game is rescheduled for next Saturday, we would play back-to-back road games at LSU on 11/1 and Missouri on 11/8. Also, LSU does not want to sacrifice their bye week before playing at Alabama on 11/8. Alabama and LSU football traditionally tried to have a bye week before playing each other to allow for rest and preparation for the highly anticipated matchup.

That's why I don't think the game will get rescheduled. If there is a thunderstorm, the game will be delayed or interrupted, but the SEC league office, athletic department, and field crews will try to stick to the original time as much as possible.

Aston 91 said:

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Mac94 said:

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Vegas said:

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Believe Bama game that year was later same year and we got killed

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1988 ... the makeup game in December was dubbed the Hurricane Bowl

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And as I recall, Bama had a key starter (RB maybe?) injured and not able to play on the original scheduled date who was healthy on the re-scheduled date. And the weather on the original date was sunny enough for girls to be sunbathing outside The Commons.

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I think it was their starting QB ... and the weather was quite nice that day, lol. In the makeup game in December we were without Bucky who had been injured in the Texas game.

Mac94 said:

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Aston 91 said:

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Mac94 said:

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Vegas said:

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Believe Bama game that year was later same year and we got killed

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1988 ... the makeup game in December was dubbed the Hurricane Bowl

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And as I recall, Bama had a key starter (RB maybe?) injured and not able to play on the original scheduled date who was healthy on the re-scheduled date. And the weather on the original date was sunny enough for girls to be sunbathing outside The Commons.

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I think it was their starting QB ... and the weather was quite nice that day, lol. In the makeup game in December we were without Bucky who had been injured in the Texas game.

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Internet says you're right - it was their starting QB David Smith. Also says there was 0.00 inches of rain on Sep. 17, 1988 (the original date) and a high of 96 degrees.

If memory serves, not only were we without Bucky but, it was known that Sherrill was out…did he even coach the game? We were very flat.

I haven't looked at the weather too closely, but how early would it have to be to avoid the bad weather? Looks like 11:00a wouldn't necessarily make it.

TexasAggie_97 said:

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Orlando Ayala Cant Read said:

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Bill Superman said:

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rsf0626 said:

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Assuming that decision is made by a combination of the athletic departments, field crews and SEC league office

Seems like a real chance the game gets moved to next week since both teams are on bye

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Has that ever even happened. Extremely unlikely.

It's not supposed to be a thunderstorm. The game can be played in the rain.

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People acting like games aren't played in rain all the time. This game isn't getting moved.

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Then let's move the venue to college station.

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Rain also predicted in College Station,

rsf0626 said:

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Assuming that decision is made by a combination of the athletic departments, field crews and SEC league office

Seems like a real chance the game gets moved to next week since both teams are on bye

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There is absolutely NO WAY this game gets moved to next week because of a chance of thunderstorms.

Sherill got interviewed on the 50 yard line under sunny skies during halftime of another televised game on the originally scheduled date.