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re: Why No More Earthquake Games?
Posted on 8/3/20 at 8:12 am to geauxpurple
Posted on 8/3/20 at 8:12 am to geauxpurple
I was at that game as well. It was not the loudness of the stadium but the fact that people jumped in unison when the touchdown was scored. That set off the seismograph in the geology department. My guess is the way the new East upper deck was designed and put in place that had to do with the configuration. The old East upper deck was basically straight up where the current one is more slanted.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 8:40 am to MasterKnight
I was there as well, remember this was the late 4th quarter of a really close game.Plus it was at night and the tension had been growing all game. Finally with Hodson to Fuller the pressure valve gets released and everyone went bat shite crazy.
Back in 1988 going to the games was a commitment and you stayed and got liquored up. Hell, I knew sherriff's deputies that would go into the Fraternity section and get their 2nd quarter refreshments. The stadium was much older at the time. So maybe it handled vibration differently. I knew Geology guys there who said this was no big deal that big plays in big games always registered. This one got press because the spike was a bit more pronounced than usual. It was more of a PR move at the time.
Back in 1988 going to the games was a commitment and you stayed and got liquored up. Hell, I knew sherriff's deputies that would go into the Fraternity section and get their 2nd quarter refreshments. The stadium was much older at the time. So maybe it handled vibration differently. I knew Geology guys there who said this was no big deal that big plays in big games always registered. This one got press because the spike was a bit more pronounced than usual. It was more of a PR move at the time.
This post was edited on 8/3/20 at 8:41 am
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