Quote:awesome that people still put football above real life

 

and then spin it to make it sound like FL wanted it canceled.

 

And now they are playing in Baton Rouge anyway...

 

they must have gotten over the fear all of a sudden

 

Gainesville area residents were more scared about real life. They expected long power outages that would ruin their food and prevent them from getting gas. Lowe's and Home Depot sold out their battery lamps (my mom looked for one). I was mad at the national Weather Service and National Hurricane Center when all we got was more wind than usual and a normal amount of rain because they could have played.

 

UF did not want to cancel it, but it was their decision not to play after they talked to Governor Rick Scott and others who believed Matthew would destroy Gainesville.

---