re: No Hotel Rooms Available Across the State as People Evacuate the Coast

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no. But trust me. They had sports talk radio.

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And, they had ESPN, which was set up to broadcast the game. Jackie Sherrill appeared on every show that wanted him that weekend, with the stadium and blue skies in the background. He was pissed. Since there was no conference championship game to interfere, the game was rescheduled for December, and Bama caught another break when A&M's starting QB, Bucky Richardson, went down with a knee injury the week before in the Texas game. Lucky Gumps.