re: Is there any sort of contingency planning going on...

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If I'm Scott Woodward, I'd have a plan in place to move it to Tiger Stadium.

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You cannot be serious. Both teams have national championship aspirations, and the loser is really gonna be behind the 8-ball, having almost no room for error the rest of the season, if any. There is absolutely zero—no, less than zero—chance that FSU would even entertain for a second turning it into a home game for us, on opening weekend, in one of the toughest venues to play in in all of sports. I honestly can’t believe you offered this as a serious suggestion.

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pull a Jeremy Foley, Scott!!!!

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I’d rather our AD not emulate that a-hole. But their AD would only stay on the phone long enough to laugh in Scott’s face if he proposed that. It’s nothing like Florida, who was a conference rival that we played every year. It sucked, but playing them every year at least allowed for us to eventually catch up and balance the home/away series. Can’t do that with Florida State.

Still, I’m finding it hard to grasp that you seriously thought they’d even consider it for 1 millisecond. They wouldn’t come to Tiger Stadium if this was just a 1-off, neutral site game. They sure as shite ain’t doing after having played in New Orleans last year.

I do agree that contingency plans need to be worked on. I’m not as sure it will automatically be fine, even if the actual storm is done by Thursday. If it hits in the right/wrong place, the aftermath could be a clusterfrick. And even if it hits well west of Orlando, some of their resources that would be used to put on the game could be sent to help.

My dad retired from Entergy and now works as an assessor for a company that gets sent out to evaluate damage after storms. They survey the areas and write up reports that energy companies use to determine how much man power they’ll need. Not just the energy companies that service the specific area that was hit, but all energy companies in the surrounding areas. Thousands and thousands of guys descend from all over to try to help. I talked to him this morning, and he said the storm is moving abnormally slowly, and those are the ones that can wind up doing the most damage. His group is on standby to leave probably tomorrow, but they told them to pack for 2 weeks.

I’m no meteorologist, but we have some good amateur ones on here and the OT. And most seem to think the game will be played Sunday in Orlando. But storms are unpredictable and there’s certainly a scenario where Orlando is not viable Sunday. But the contingencies will be Atalanta, Miami, Nashville, Dallas, Houston, some place that doesn’t have a game and could get ready in a week, but doesn’t give LSU a distinct home field advantage. The most likely one would probably just not to pay the game at all. We had to get that Florida game in because it had division championship implications. This one does not.

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As I said earlier, television has a say.

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Yes, they have a voice. But so do LSU and FSU, and the networks, as powerful as they are, don’t have final day and can’t force the teams to play if they think they’ll be at any sort of disadvantage. And I don’t just mean a geographic disadvantage. Moving the game could greatly affect travel plans, practice schedules, and all other kinds of logistic things that we don’t even know to consider.

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Another issue, will there be enough support staff a available to have the game in Orlando due to having hurricane recovery support missions in other parts of the state.

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You are right about this at least. But Tiger Stadium is a non-starter. This game is too big for FSU to concede such a huge disadvantage. Foley was right about one thing, though. Whatever contingency plans they may be considering, they have to commit to one early and start preparing. The game is too important for both teams to just sit around and wait and have to make huge changes on the fly at the last minute. Even if Orlando winds up being fine. Can’t take that chance. Of course, that’s just if everybody is insistent on getting this game in somehow. The plan may be just to wait and see and the contingency is just to not play it at all.

Nervous, anxious

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The plan may be just to wait and see and the contingency is just to not play it at all.

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A game with national championship implications and the Labor Day weekend headliner?

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Foley was right about one thing, though. Whatever contingency plans they may be considering, they have to commit to one early and start preparing.

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I do agree with you about this...and goes back to my thread title...is there any sort of contingency planning going on? the earlier a contingency plan is identified, the simpler things are to execute

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but with Idalia continuing to increase strength,

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Sweet idalia wanting to make me cry. I need this game for my mental health. It reminds me that cooler weather is coming.

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hy do people think LSU runs everything when it comes to how and when games are played?

There are two teams, a major corporate sponsor, and a major broadcasting network involved in this. LSU is just one voice in the room.

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Not to mention Florida Citrus Sports who is the organizing entity who is producing the Camping World Kickoff. That is the entity that is on the hook for the income and expenses of the game with many contracts already in place.

Blurb from the Camping World Kickoff website:

"The Camping World Kickoff is a multi-year agreement between Florida Citrus Sports, an Orlando-based nonprofit events organizer, and ESPN Events, a division of ESPN, to host a major neutral-site college football game in Orlando during the opening weekend of the college football season."

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You familiar with the term "s@@@ happens"? Never hurts to at least have a plan in place...

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This is true of course. I don’t disagree at all so I’ll amend my statement. The whole thread isn’t stupid.

I do have to say though that I was blown away by this nugget here…

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If I'm Scott Woodward, I'd have a plan in place to move it to Tiger Stadium.

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Once I read that I simply could not get the word “stupid” out of my head.

But no, contingency planning isn’t stupid.

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If I'm Scott Woodward, I'd have a plan in place to move it to Tiger Stadium.



Once I read that I simply could not get the word “stupid” out of my head.

But no, contingency planning isn’t stupid.

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Crazier things have happened...having the game in Tiger Stadium sounds like a non-starter, but who knows.

All that being said, has anything been done about identifying an alternate site? I'd be plesantly surprised if the people in charge of running this game have thought about contingencies at this point.

At a press conference today Mike Norvell said they are monitoring it but don’t expect any impacts on the game as of now