UNC/Duke game might not be happening tonight

[itsbotime]

Duke ain't in Chapel Hill yet, and the RDU area right now is looking like Atlanta did the other week.

And yes, I'm aware this is a Syracuse board. Just thought I'd let you all know in case anyone had planned on watching the game after the Syracuse game tonight.

 

[Toga]

8 miles.

 

[RF2044]

8 miles.

Ha ha--this is hilarious!

 

[itsbotime]

Duke really should have left earlier. This thing has been forecasted for a week.

 

[pearl31]

if it has to be rescheduled... what are they going to do, play a double header?

 

[itsbotime]

if it has to be rescheduled... what are they going to do, play a double header?

Rescheduled? Nah, Duke should forfeit.

 

[Orange46R]

couldn't they just start walking now and still be there in time for tipoff?

 

[itsbotime]

couldn't they just start walking now and still be there in time for tipoff?

That would be fine with me.

 

[cto]

They should reschedule it for next Friday night, 2/21. Both Duke and UNC are at home that weekend

 

[KaiserUEO]

if it has to be rescheduled... what are they going to do, play a double header?

a home and home on the last saturday of the regular season.

 

[Toga]

a home and home on the last saturday of the regular season.

Yankees-Mets

 

[CuseLegacy]

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  Derek Rowles ‏@DerekRowles 1h
  1-Hour in.. snow is piling up fast in #Raleigh #NCSnow pic.twitter.com/PYrxbIkZkb

1. Andrew Carter ✔ @_andrewcarter
2. ... as in Duke, the officials and game operations staff."
3. Retweeted by Jim Young

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   Andrew Carter ✔ @_andrewcarter
   Statement from #UNC spokesman Steve Kirschner: "We are monitoring conditions and the capability of people getting to the Smith Center ...
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[Orangezoo]

That would be fine with me.

Lol im sure it would

 

[DoctorBombay]

Ha ha--this is hilarious!

It's no joke here in Charlotte- these folks are dangerously clueless. It's sleeting right now, slippery as hell, & some of them are driving like its 85 & sunny.
Entire highways are clogged because folks don't know how to navigate safely in snow & ice.
We're sitting at home laughing at all the rubes losing it because some genius went too fast on a hway, spun out, & ended up stranding hundreds.
Unreal.:rolling:

 

[RF2044]

It's no joke here in Charlotte- these folks are dangerously clueless. It's sleeting right now, slippery as hell, & some of them are driving like its 85 & sunny.
Entire highways are clogged because folks don't know how to navigate safely in snow & ice.
We're sitting at home laughing at all the rubes losing it because some genius went too fast on a hway, spun out, & ended up stranding hundreds.
Unreal.:rolling:

Yeah, to be clear--I wasn't suggesting that the weather conditions aren't serious down there [and I empathize], just that is strike me as funny as hell that one team wouldn't be able to travel to the game when the campuses are only 8 miles apart.

 

[itsbotime]

It's no joke here in Charlotte- these folks are dangerously clueless. It's sleeting right now, slippery as hell, & some of them are driving like its 85 & sunny.
Entire highways are clogged because folks don't know how to navigate safely in snow & ice.
We're sitting at home laughing at all the rubes losing it because some genius went too fast on a hway, spun out, & ended up stranding hundreds.
Unreal.:rolling:

To be fair, a lot of people are trapped because the roads are terrible, not because they are driving like idiots. Was driving home from work this morning in it and the roads were treacherous...everywhere there was a hill people were getting stuck because they had no traction to get up. If I didn't have 4WD I wouldn't have made it back. These roads are terrible down here. Started as snow and has progressed to ice.

 

[CiceroSwamp]

Yeah, to be clear--I wasn't suggesting that the weather conditions aren't serious down there [and I empathize], just that they wouldn't be able to travel to the game, when the campuses are only 8 miles apart.

Maybe the referees cant make it in.

 

[moqui]

I hope they play, so that ESPN's telecast of the ACC's "real" rivalry shows a half empty building

 

[itsbotime]

Latest info is that everyone is at the Dean Dome but Duke. At last check Duke was still planning on leaving at 6pm.

 

[itsbotime]

I hope they play, so that ESPN's telecast of the ACC's "real" rivalry shows a half empty building

If they play they will probably let the students have a free-for-all.

 

[DoctorBombay]

To be fair, a lot of people are trapped because the roads are terrible, not because they are driving like idiots. Was driving home from work this morning in it and the roads were treacherous...everywhere there was a hill people were getting stuck because they had no traction to get up. If I didn't have 4WD I wouldn't have made it back. These roads are terrible down here. Started as snow and has progressed to ice.

Yup. Now that the ice is here, and with hilly terrain in Charlotte, it's only getting worse.

 

[MikeSU02]

Duke really should have left earlier. This thing has been forecasted for a week.

HOW does this happen? I understand that the south may not have the resources to clear the roads like a Syracuse, but how is it the afternoon of the game and Duke didn't leave early or the conference and school officials not already move this game?

 

[FortyFourCT]

If Duke can't make it 8 miles, they should forfeit.

 

[Toga]

HOW does this happen? I understand that the south may not have the resources to clear the roads like a Syracuse, but how is it the afternoon of the game and Duke didn't leave early or the conference and school officials not already move this game?

UNC waiting to call it until Duke gets on the bus. #Rivalry.

 

[MikeSU02]

UNC waiting to call it until Duke gets on the bus. Rivalry.

I accept that answer.