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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 2897" data-source="post: 341080"><p>There is a lot of false information in this thread.</p><p></p><p>First, 70% of those without power in the Orlando area had it back after the first day's work by the crews. This is largely the metro area, and those remaining without power are out in the country. (Half the people lost power, meaning after only 1 day's work by the power crews, 85% of people had power. I would guess if you are talking in or near the city it was probably 95%+)</p><p></p><p>UCF had power Monday and their full campus, dorms, health center, dining halls, etc. have all been open.</p><p></p><p>Other UCF sports teams stayed on campus, and the soccer team was actually going to play a game TODAY, but had to cancel Wednesday when their opponent had trouble getting back from Arizona.</p><p></p><p>Other teams in the area are playing this weekend. Florida just over in Gainesville is playing. South Florida in Tampa is playing TODAY. FAMU is playing in Tampa tomorrow.</p><p></p><p>Danny White did a radio interview yesterday. He basically said that the storm was projected to be so bad that they assumed the worst and wrote the game off a week ahead of time. (Not verbatim but in not so many words.) Kelly Quinlan's conversation with GT and UCF folks confirmed this - way early we offered to flip the game and they said no. He let some players leave, they didn't schedule practices, they invited the National Guard in, and so on. Once they realized the storm wasn't nearly as bad as they thought, it was too late. They could indeed play, everything was fine, campus was in great shape, but they didn't leave themselves enough time to prepare for the game. He was asked directly on the radio interview why not just play in the Citrus Bowl. His answer was prep time.</p><p></p><p>They have been back at practice now as you see in the pictures. As early as Tuesday, folks have been posting pictures of their facilities and you couldn't even find a stray leaf on the ground. They just really didn't want to play and didn't want to plan on playing, and made so many decisions in that direction that once it became obvious they actually could quite easily play, they had put themselves behind the 8 ball in game prep. That's crazy, and their players and fans are irate about it, but it is what it is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 2897, post: 341080"] There is a lot of false information in this thread. First, 70% of those without power in the Orlando area had it back after the first day's work by the crews. This is largely the metro area, and those remaining without power are out in the country. (Half the people lost power, meaning after only 1 day's work by the power crews, 85% of people had power. I would guess if you are talking in or near the city it was probably 95%+) UCF had power Monday and their full campus, dorms, health center, dining halls, etc. have all been open. Other UCF sports teams stayed on campus, and the soccer team was actually going to play a game TODAY, but had to cancel Wednesday when their opponent had trouble getting back from Arizona. Other teams in the area are playing this weekend. Florida just over in Gainesville is playing. South Florida in Tampa is playing TODAY. FAMU is playing in Tampa tomorrow. Danny White did a radio interview yesterday. He basically said that the storm was projected to be so bad that they assumed the worst and wrote the game off a week ahead of time. (Not verbatim but in not so many words.) Kelly Quinlan's conversation with GT and UCF folks confirmed this - way early we offered to flip the game and they said no. He let some players leave, they didn't schedule practices, they invited the National Guard in, and so on. Once they realized the storm wasn't nearly as bad as they thought, it was too late. They could indeed play, everything was fine, campus was in great shape, but they didn't leave themselves enough time to prepare for the game. He was asked directly on the radio interview why not just play in the Citrus Bowl. His answer was prep time. They have been back at practice now as you see in the pictures. As early as Tuesday, folks have been posting pictures of their facilities and you couldn't even find a stray leaf on the ground. They just really didn't want to play and didn't want to plan on playing, and made so many decisions in that direction that once it became obvious they actually could quite easily play, they had put themselves behind the 8 ball in game prep. That's crazy, and their players and fans are irate about it, but it is what it is. [/QUOTE]
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