Irritated fans sound off on weather delays in Baton Rouge Super Regional between LSU and Kentucky
As you might imagine, fans were furious about the exhausting amount of weather delays in Saturday’s Baton Rouge Super Regional matchup between the LSU Tigers and the Kentucky Wildcats. The start time of the game was delayed three times before finally getting underway at 10:06 PM EST on ESPN News. Jacques Doucet of WAFB Channel 9 sat through all of the delays this afternoon, much like many of the fans in Baton Rouge. He caught up with several different LSU fans that were understandably upset and displeased with the way things were handled on Saturday.
Check out his video below.
Unfortunately for LSU and Kentucky fans, it was the third delay they’ve dealt with in Baton Rouge on Saturday. Luckily for fans, after all the delays, they finally have some baseball to watch on Saturday night. For more on the weather delays, check out the in-depth report from On3’s Andrew Graham.
The NCAA already pushed back the start time of the game earlier due to weather and potential storms
The skies dotted with cotton candy-esque cumulus clouds belied the possibility for foul weather in Baton Rouge on Saturday afternoon. And with some thunderstorm cells bearing down with the potential to disrupt Game 1 of the Super Regional between LSU and Kentucky, the NCAA opted to start the game shortly after 8:00 p.m. EST.
The game, originally scheduled for first pitch at 3 p.m. EST, seemingly could’ve started at the scheduled time. And many observers were left wondering why the NCAA didn’t elect to start the game and let the chips fall where they may, weather-wise.
Kentucky meteorologist and evident Wildcats partisan Chris Bailey chided the decision, quote-tweeting the announcement from LSU baseball.
“There isn’t a thunderstorm within 50 miles of you guys,” Bailey said. “If you’re using the ‘there’s a chance of storms’ excuse then you would never play a game since there’s almost a daily threat for storms in Louisiana this time of year.”
And it wasn’t solely Kentucky fans questioning whether the postponement made sense.
Jacques Doucet, a Louisiana-based sportscaster with WAFB9, noted the call to not play a game when the weather was completely fine for baseball was “unprecedented” as he shared a video showing what looked like ideal baseball weather about an hour after first pitch was scheduled.
The decision — again, was made by the NCAA —was likely made in efforts to have the game go off without any disruption. Forecasts for this afternoon from the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) indicated a current cluster of storm cells will dissipate as the day cools off.
“With storms containing lightning in the area, we will not start on time this afternoon. More info as it becomes available,” Kentucky baseball wrote in a statement on Twitter announcing the postponement. LSU mirrored their statement.
On3’s Andrew Graham also contributed to this article.
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