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Posted on 3/2/09 at 4:14 pm to heartbreakTiger
Sorry no Link, this is from the Premium board of a Mississippi State site and it would not work. So I copied it.
A series in which Mississippi State had taken a pair of wins, defeating the Colonels 10-8 and 6-3 in a Saturday twinbill forced by torrential Friday rains. While those games weren’t played in pleasant conditions by any means, the Dudy Noble Field surface held up well and was not a significant factor for either side. So even after an overnight fall of snow left the field covered, there was no reason to expect Sunday’s third contest would not go off as contracted.
But when the coaches met around 11:00 a.m., Nicholls State skipper Chip Durham apparently had already made up his mind. Despite assurances from State coaching, administrative, and grounds crew staff the field would be fine, NSU chose to leave. Their school’s sports website called it a cancellation, stating “Field and weather conditions caused coaches and officials to make the decision to cancel the final game of the three-game series.”
Which was not at all what anyone from State had said, and MSU responded with a release calling it a forfeit by Nicholls. This indeed is what a Southeastern Conference official told media relations director Joe Dier, that MSU can count this as a forfeit win. Though how the 9-0 final score will be factored into computerized season statistics is an interesting technical challenge.
Not that Cohen cared about any numbers. He was frustrated that a game-day was being wasted, especially after the efforts to get Saturday’s double-header in. “You know what? I think today in a lot of respects is better than yesterday,” he said. And after several seasons shoveling real snow off Kentucky’s field, to have a non-conference guest simply go home and then miss-state the situation rankled all the more.
“Unfortunately we’re not going to play and it has nothing to do with the weather. And it’s really bothersome to me and our kids who wanted to play. You work really hard for a long period of time to get the opportunity to play, and when the opportunity provides itself you’ve got to play. Unfortunately it didn’t happen today and that was beyond our
A series in which Mississippi State had taken a pair of wins, defeating the Colonels 10-8 and 6-3 in a Saturday twinbill forced by torrential Friday rains. While those games weren’t played in pleasant conditions by any means, the Dudy Noble Field surface held up well and was not a significant factor for either side. So even after an overnight fall of snow left the field covered, there was no reason to expect Sunday’s third contest would not go off as contracted.
But when the coaches met around 11:00 a.m., Nicholls State skipper Chip Durham apparently had already made up his mind. Despite assurances from State coaching, administrative, and grounds crew staff the field would be fine, NSU chose to leave. Their school’s sports website called it a cancellation, stating “Field and weather conditions caused coaches and officials to make the decision to cancel the final game of the three-game series.”
Which was not at all what anyone from State had said, and MSU responded with a release calling it a forfeit by Nicholls. This indeed is what a Southeastern Conference official told media relations director Joe Dier, that MSU can count this as a forfeit win. Though how the 9-0 final score will be factored into computerized season statistics is an interesting technical challenge.
Not that Cohen cared about any numbers. He was frustrated that a game-day was being wasted, especially after the efforts to get Saturday’s double-header in. “You know what? I think today in a lot of respects is better than yesterday,” he said. And after several seasons shoveling real snow off Kentucky’s field, to have a non-conference guest simply go home and then miss-state the situation rankled all the more.
“Unfortunately we’re not going to play and it has nothing to do with the weather. And it’s really bothersome to me and our kids who wanted to play. You work really hard for a long period of time to get the opportunity to play, and when the opportunity provides itself you’ve got to play. Unfortunately it didn’t happen today and that was beyond our
This post was edited on 3/2/09 at 4:15 pm
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