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I dont know......after what Ive seen the last three weeks from UB, Im questioning if theyre even motivated to do anything, other than to get their names into the Transfer Portal. Also, Im 100% positive that the MAC is more motivated to have UB win (to fill the bowl slot) than UB is. Hence this game even being played.

Hello from Buffalo.....I guess its game on. Really hoping Akron comes in and gives UB their best shot. Make UB earn their bowl invite, because for the last three weeks, they havent been. And Im hoping the MAC doesnt go and do MAC things with their officiating. Anybody on here making the trip up????

Good luck today…….I guess we’ll see you Friday……

Okay......I must have misunderstood by what you meant in your earlier post: Apologies...

I'm curious as to why you think UB was the one that had to cancel the game. Do you think that was our call to do that? We had people shoveling the field two days in a row (plus it would have had to been done again Sunday) just to keep the field playable. From my perspective.....I think UB has plenty of opportunity to get Bowl Eligible by beating Kent this week. They also had the same opportunity against CMU two weeks ago, and blew it. If UB cant get it done, then it shouldnt require having to even play a down Akron. IMHO, UB doesnt deserve it. But under no circumstances should we be getting the blame for cancelling the game. There was plenty of opportunity for this game to be played. It could have been played Saturday as scheduled, seeing that the snow had already passed and was being dealt with prior to hearing of the cancellation, with no more snow expected until about midnight. It could have been Sunday, but in all honesty, even though it was sunny, the wind picked up and were getting 10-20MPH, with 30MPH Gusts, so it would have made for worse conditions. The alternate route to Buffalo was completely available to traffic up until Sunday midday. Akron's equipment truck was here, and turned around and went back on Thursday long before anything really got going. While the roads in the general UB area were messy Saturday morning, they were passable if anybody has ever had to drive in the winter, and completely passable by the afternoon. This wasnt our call.......

Lol…..we’re kind of thinking at least we have the Bills game…. something to think about for you Browns fans, which I’m sure there’s a few on here. While your watching the game, consider this….. Orchard Park where the Bills play got as much snow as Josh Allen is tall. 77”, or 6’ 5”

I hate to tell ya….they’re on their way to Detroit. Plane is in the air.

So……..It’s snowy….. the band shifted North overnight, left about 6” this morning with it still snowing I left my house at 8 to head up to the stadium to help shovel. So I was in that video above somewhere. Started at 9, had roughly the entire visitor side up to midfield, done, at about 9:50 we heard they cancelled. even though it was still snowing….we could see the southern edge of the band, and beyond it was bright, meaning further towards Buffalo and south. The people south of Buffalo are getting a much needed break today while the north towns get the snow. I did confirm that the Akron Equipment truck was within half an hour of being here THURDAY before being told to turn around, not sure by who. having no reason to continue, after milling about for a few minutes, ended up leaving. By then the southern edge of the band and begun to pass over and it had stopped snowing. on the drive home, once I crossed into Niagara County, I pretty much had driven back into the snow band as it slowly crawls north today. had about 12” on the ground when I got home at 11. Been outside snow blowing and shoveling since. The snow has lightened now after I came in. we are expecting a cold front to come through this evening and give us a quick 2-4 additional. Then another snow band was supposed to set up again and move north to south, fairly quickly, before weakening and dissipating down in the southern tier tomorrow. so we tried……..about 30 people were there shoveling, and honestly, it wasn’t too bad of a task. Although I did here todays job was easier than yesterday because there wasn’t a crusty icy layer on the turf. Had the game still been on tomorrow, chances are I was volunteering to shovel before the game. I also guess the Conference confirmed that if Ohio loses to Bowling Green, and we beat Kent (which needed to happen anyway) we’ll be going to Detroit, even with cancelled game. I guess there’s still a chance the game might happen, if we need it for bowl eligibility, but I’m not gonna hold my breath. All of this becomes moot if Ohio wins anyway.

Pretty much where we are too. Although we have no rivalry’s with anyone really being “newer”. Ohio maybe, but also know we’re not their big rival either. We can’t ever win there, they don’t ever win here. I personally get disgusted with the MAC as they always seem to be the “do nothing” conference and never seem to try to do anything. Your WKU/MTSU example as an example. One of the “screw” jobs we ended up with, where we got pissed at the MAC, not weather related was a few years ago, both WMU and UB were both bowl eligible, with already a full slate of Bowl teams, and the MAC decided instead of picking, leave both teams home, and gave 1 or 2 of their potential bowl game tie ins to either Conf USA or the Sun Belt that had extra bowl eligible teams that year too.

LOL…..I knew of the Wagon Wheel Trophy, didn’t know the story behind it: awesome

The equipment truck was here…..then went back…….because of course they did……unbelievable. Even if they have a conference call tomorrow, in the morning, the brunt of the snow that UB is supposed to get, and me afterwards at home, wouldn’t have even started. So they’re trying to make decisions without useful data. seems to me the MAC is just angling to cancel the game and this postponement makes it look “good” not that I expect you guys to care….but this will be the third time in less than 10 years that has screwed over UB. As an outsider I don’t want assume, but what your peoples impressions of the MAC Conference overall?

Dont get me wrong here....I dont want to make it sound like Im (or we) are putting a football game ahead of the safety of your team....its just that the conference should have learned its lesson from the Kent fiasco before....and alot of the dangerousness could have been mitigated/planned for. I also just learned in the last hour that Akron would be busing it here. Equipment truck is one thing. The entire team and staff on buses is something else entirely. Changes the perspective on everything. It just sucks.....

I wonder what time frame theyre dealing with here....our warnings I believe went into effect Wednesday Overnight and run through Sunday. The one dot closest to Niagara Falls seems to be accurate....3-4 inches - and its completely gone already. Not saying thats not the case down past Erie....just curious if thats snow fall totals from say yesterday.

No...... Once youre to the NY State line......I86East - I390North - I90West. If they left today even, they could have driven around the worst of all of it. If the few inches that were possible from Cleveland up to Erie are concerning.... I76 out of Akron to Youngstown - I80 into PA - I79 North to Erie.....and catch I86 outside of Erie and continue with the above.

Thanks for the reply........all spot on..... This game actually means more than just 6 wins and Bowl eligibility. Basically we're still playing for a shot at Detroit. UB needs to win these next two games and Bowling Green needs to beat Ohio (with Rourke potentially out). If we all end up tied after next week, we go to Detroit. Of course if one of these these three things dont happen....thats on us....and those Ohio bastards....we just dont want to lose the shot at it until then. Cancelling the game kills it immediately.