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** The Official Hurricane Matthew Thread **


Quote:  Sorry about your parents losing power.  

 

  This storm brings back memories for me when watching a Jacksonville Bulls game on TV in 1984 when the stadium was flooded.   I found an article about this.  This game was an illustration why I thought Jacksonville was the best USFL supported market.    Sadly since this article was written,  Bulls HC Lindy Infante passed away:

 

 http://jacksonville.com/sports/2010-08-0...dy-infante

 

The city's hunger was evident on the night of June 22, 1984, a meaningless season-ending game against the Pittsburgh Maulers that was played under the most miserable weather conditions for any pro football game in Jacksonville history. Fierce lightning and rainstorms left the Gator Bowl in a quagmire, delaying the start of the game for 78 minutes and leaving large puddles all over the field. Both teams had to occupy one sideline because of the flooding.

 

Despite the constant rain, 31,843 spectators came through the turnstiles, which enabled the Bulls to set the USFL attendance record with 420,400 fans in nine home dates. After a pregame with no national anthem and a first half that featured seven fumbles, the Bulls prevailed 26-2 in a contest that ended after midnight with an estimated 15,000 people in the stands.

"I don't think you'll ever see that much water in that stadium ever again," Infante said. "I remember the water flowing in under the doors to the locker room. There was so much water in one of the end zones, my sons were diving into the pool of water. It was truly wild. Some people came just to go through the turnstile and left for home, just so we could lead the league in attendance."
 

I attended that game, and it was a mess. The east sideline was flooded so both team benches were on the west sideline. There was a car giveaway contest and the car was on the east sideline, water up to mid-door. There were fairly deep pools of water underneath the stands.

 

For a football starved crowd, the Bulls were a short-lived Godsend. I didn't know Lindy Infante had died, that's sad.

If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
- Bob Marley

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** The Official Hurricane Matthew Thread ** - by rollerjag - 10-07-2016, 04:49 PM



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