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LA fires might affect upcoming games: Tues Jan 14 at USC, 9:30 pm CT tip & Fri Jan 17 at UCLA, 8:00 pm CT tip

You could say the same about many parts of the country. Why to people build homes all down the coasts or in Florida at all given the horrendous hurricanes? The destruction in coastal states, especially Florida every couple of years. Some Insurance companies, (State Farm I believe for one) are no longer doing home owners in Florida. In some Midwest states like Iowa, Illinois and Missouri people build their homes too close to flood plains because of the great farming in the old river bottoms. Flooding has become a major issue because of poor practices by the Corp of Engineers and run off issues from the concrete jungles of neighboring cities. I'm sure folks in California would say that some of these issues are made worse by bad policies of local government as well. These are complex issues.
Midwesterners conveniently avoid thinking about all the farm aid they get from droughts and floods, or tornadoes. California pays far more into federal taxes than they get back.

We’ve got to stop thinking about everything as blue vs red. It’s ruining us.
 
There is no reason I know of why they couldn’t play in San Diego or someplace similar. How about Vegas? The home teams should have to play if possible, although I certainly have empathy for LA. Horrible.

I really want to play USC after they just beat Illinois. Classic let down game for them.
Not sure it’s that easy to just grab a court at the local Y for 2 major college teams after the largest fire in LA history. No offense guys but these games will get played when they get played.
 
We’ll see if the USC/Penn State WBB game is played tonight. The USC campus is not threatened by the fires and the air quality is likely OK as the winds are blowing toward the ocean. Since Iowa flies private, they don’t have to use LAX.

The UCLA game might be at risk as their campus is much closer to the fires.
 
No, there is no climate change. The orange man's MAGA cult says so. End of story. Or end of civilization. Both, I guess.

DT will be the hero though by annexing Canada, invading Greenland and the Panama Canal, ending the National Weather Service, deporting millions, and renaming the Gulf of Mexico after himself. After all, he did discover it . . . on a fourth-grader's map the other day.

Scientists--those quacks--having been warning of climate change and the water crisis for at least half a century. But Ronnie Reagan, George HW Bush, George W. Bush, and the MAGA man did nothing. And here we are. But probably not for much longer.
Thought I’d heard it all but there you go.
 
Midwesterners conveniently avoid thinking about all the farm aid they get from droughts and floods, or tornadoes. California pays far more into federal taxes than they get back.

We’ve got to stop thinking about everything as blue vs red. It’s ruining us.
I can tell you I lost my home in the 2019 flood, and I'm not a farmer, nor do I live on a farm . My wife grew up on a dairy farm an Iowa, and we've always lived in rural communities. My home was in a small farming community about a mile an a half from the Missouri river. The Corps practicing of holding back excess water in the Dakotas for sportsman has been a factor in six flooding events since we moved there in 1993. This last one was the straw if you will. Things got so out of hand that they had no choice put to let the water flow put of the damns at an all time historic level. It was a disaster much of what was man made by the government. Now I didn't have flood insurance because until they rezoned after that 2019 flood, we didn't actually live IN a class A flood zone. I was fortunate to get about 30K from FEMA and rebuild my home, and sold for a decent price, and moved 10 miles away to "higher ground". Some neighbors rebuilt and stayed, and many bull dozed the property and left. My point being many Americans live where they do for one reason or another, but there are few places "safe" from one form of disaster or another.
 
There is no reason I know of why they couldn’t play in San Diego or someplace similar. How about Vegas? The home teams should have to play if possible, although I certainly have empathy for LA. Horrible.

I really want to play USC after they just beat Illinois. Classic let down game for them.
This new arena in Oceanside is my choice. One hour south of LA.

 
My guess is they are prepping as if they fly to LA, but are ready to wave off all the way up to take off. They play USC first, which is farther off from the fires, so maybe that one goes off, but it’s still a waste of resources. They should play at an alternate site. It’s like driving into a hurricane zone as the evacuation order is put into effect.

yeah, it seems like all other events in the area have been moved to another location, postponed or canceled
 
IMO, the B1G needs to learn from this and have a policy in place so games get played

Seriously?

Move the games to UC Irvine. Problem solved.

There is no reason I know of why they couldn’t play in San Diego or someplace similar. How about Vegas? The home teams should have to play if possible, although I certainly have empathy for LA. Horrible.

I really want to play USC after they just beat Illinois. Classic let down game for them.

This new arena in Oceanside is my choice. One hour south of LA.



Obviously the B1G has to be sensitive and aware of what's going on but ICWest's, Mohawkeye's & Luka's idea of moving the games to another location (UC Irvine, San Diego, Vegas, Oceanside etc) was what I meant when I posted that the B1G needs to learn from this and have a policy in place so games get played. Maybe the games can't get moved; but at least have a policy in place so schools know what protocol is.

The Northwestern women made the decision not to fly out to LA. They had games scheduled for today, Jan 12, and Wed, Jan 15.

Iowa is flying out to LA today (not sure who made that decision).

Seems like everyone is winging it.


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Obviously the B1G has to be sensitive and aware of what's going on but ICWest's, Mohawkeye's & Luka's idea of moving the games to another location (UC Irvine, San Diego, Vegas, Oceanside etc) was what I meant when I posted that the B1G needs to learn from this and have a policy in place so games get played. Maybe the games can't get moved; but at least have a policy in place so schools know what protocol is.

The Northwestern women made the decision not to fly out to LA. They had games scheduled for today, Jan 12, and Wed, Jan 15.

Iowa is flying out to LA today (not sure who made that decision).

Seems like everyone is winging it.


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Guessing they weren’t prepared for the biggest fire in LA history. I mean we can say they should have alternative plans but guessing it’s not that easy is all I’m saying.
 
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Well, I think the issue is more general than that. Contingency plans should be made for whenever a campus arena is unavailable. Whatever the reason.

the falling steel beam at Assembly Hall still haunts me. Iowa was there, ready to play. The Pacers offered their arena. IU didn't want to move the game somewhere else and Iowa had to return to Iowa City.
 
you are an... and you're dumbocrat party has been ruining this great country. Your sorry ass woke policies are a laughingstock of the world.

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How can you be so flaming stupid. You people just elected an 80-year-old sex pervert, felon, traitor, pathological liar ("The immigrants are eating the pets!"), neo-Nazi white supremacist, misogynist, megalomaniac, draft dodger, religious hypocrite (Buy the Trump Bible) with a 2-year-old's temperament and a fourth-grader's vocabulary who stole thousands of top secret documents and who has led six companies into bankruptcy--three freakin' casinos. There's only one laughinstock in the world, and it's you people and your orange MAGA cult boss.

In no other election have top officials from the other's party's administrations going back for decades come out publicly to support the opposite party until Trump and the 2024 election. Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, former military leaders, former GOP governors . . . there were hundreds of them who not only came out against Trump and you MAGAts but who actively campaigned for the Democratic ticket. Why do you suppose that was?

But hell, Trump's stupidity and ignorance and racism make you MAGAts feel right at home. Who the hell needs science to address a pandemic or catastrophic tragedies caused by global warming? Not you guys.

Practice your goose step and stay in line, pal, or you'll be the next one on the deportation list. You people are so outrageously ignorant that you'd have been at the bottom of the pile even in the Dark Ages. I hope to hell you and yours get exactly what you deserve, and soon.
 
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At the 6:30 mark, Fran discusses what their week in LA looks like.

They arrived in LA last night (Jan 12).

They currently are at a hotel close to the USC campus. They will practice at the USC arena today (Jan 13). The game is tomorrow (Jan 14).

The plan was to then move to a hotel close to UCLA for Friday's (Jan 17) game. That is on hold because its unclear if the game would be held at UCLA. Fran said the game LIKELY will be played (at UCLA or somewhere else).

 
the falling steel beam at Assembly Hall still haunts me. Iowa was there, ready to play. The Pacers offered their arena. IU didn't want to move the game somewhere else and Iowa had to return to Iowa City.
And right there is the biggest reason I hate Indiana.

That crap completely derailed a pretty good season - up to that point.

Still pisses me right off!

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How can you be so flaming stupid. You people just elected an 80-year-old sex pervert, felon, traitor, pathological liar ("The immigrants are eating the pets!"), neo-Nazi white supremacist, misogynist, megalomaniac, draft dodger, religious hypocrite (Buy the Trump Bible) with a 2-year-old's temperament and a fourth-grader's vocabulary who stole thousands of top secret documents and who has led six companies into bankruptcy--three freakin' casinos. There's only one laughinstock in the world, and it's you people and your orange MAGA cult boss.

In no other election have top officials from the other's party's administrations going back for decades come out publicly to support the opposite party until Trump and the 2024 election. Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, former military leaders, former GOP governors . . . there were hundreds of them who not only came out against Trump and you MAGAts but who actively campaigned for the Democratic ticket. Why do you suppose that was?

But hell, Trump's stupidity and ignorance and racism make you MAGAts feel right at home. Who the hell needs science to address a pandemic or catastrophic tragedies caused by global warming? Not you guys.

Practice your goose step and stay in line, pal, or you'll be the next one on the deportation list. You people are so outrageously ignorant that you'd have been at the bottom of the pile even in the Dark Ages. I hope to hell you and yours get exactly what you deserve, and soon.
I guess all this means we are playing USC and UCLA as scheduled....
 
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UCLA campus has been told to prepare to be evacuated.
Next week's forecast calling for more high winds.
Not sure about USC campus.
Hope this nightmare ends quickly for these fellow Americans.
Unfortunately, since our newly elected president first arrived on the political scene, we were instructed that unless you vote for him, you are no longer considered a fellow American, but rather an enemy of the USA with diminishing rights. Sad days for America!
 
Unfortunately, since our newly elected president first arrived on the political scene, we were instructed that unless you vote for him, you are no longer considered a fellow American, but rather an enemy of the USA with diminishing rights. Sad days for America!
So the games are still on I guess??....and they say there is no such thing as Trump Derangement Syndrome....JFC
 
And right there is the biggest reason I hate Indiana.

That crap completely derailed a pretty good season - up to that point.

Still pisses me right off!

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Yup. Indiana couldn't have beaten us without Metal Facing. He played some wicked D. Really unfair.
 
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How can you be so flaming stupid. You people just elected an 80-year-old sex pervert, felon, traitor, pathological liar ("The immigrants are eating the pets!"), neo-Nazi white supremacist, misogynist, megalomaniac, draft dodger, religious hypocrite (Buy the Trump Bible) with a 2-year-old's temperament and a fourth-grader's vocabulary who stole thousands of top secret documents and who has led six companies into bankruptcy--three freakin' casinos. There's only one laughinstock in the world, and it's you people and your orange MAGA cult boss.

In no other election have top officials from the other's party's administrations going back for decades come out publicly to support the opposite party until Trump and the 2024 election. Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, former military leaders, former GOP governors . . . there were hundreds of them who not only came out against Trump and you MAGAts but who actively campaigned for the Democratic ticket. Why do you suppose that was?

But hell, Trump's stupidity and ignorance and racism make you MAGAts feel right at home. Who the hell needs science to address a pandemic or catastrophic tragedies caused by global warming? Not you guys.

Practice your goose step and stay in line, pal, or you'll be the next one on the deportation list. You people are so outrageously ignorant that you'd have been at the bottom of the pile even in the Dark Ages. I hope to hell you and yours get exactly what you deserve, and soon.
Stop with the political crap. If I wanted idiotic political rants I would go to the off topic board. Keep this garbage there where it belongs.
 
Stop with the political crap. If I wanted idiotic political rants I would go to the off topic board. Keep this garbage there where it belongs.
Sorry, sally, but there's nothing idiotic about my post. And it was in response to another post. I didn't offer it out of thin air. Everything in my post is a fact. You could look it up if you knew how. And if you think college basketball, or anything else, is more important than the hijacking of the United States by a criminal cult, well, check your priorities and get back to me.
 
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