Akron vs. Huskers canceled

Categories: 2018 Football
lightning at the game
Nebraska Athletics
Lightning forced a halt to the game just after kickoff, then continued into the night.
By HuskerMax on 9/1/2018

After Akron’s opening kickoff went through the end zone, lightning caused a halt to the game and conditions only got worse. After more than two and a half hours, the game was called off. Then came a report from Fox TV that the game would be replayed Sunday morning. That turned out to be premature. The Huskers’ season opener will be Sept. 8 against Colorado.

Adjustments to the 2018 schedule, if any, will be announced at a later date, according to the university. Ticket holders are encouraged to hold on to their tickets from Saturday’s game.

Even with no game Saturday night, the atmosphere was energized by the anticipation of Scott Frost’s debut as head coach. There was a revamped Tunnel Walk, and former Husker great Ndamukong Suh was on hand.

 

Sunday developments

• Omaha World-Herald* | Akron A.D. says Zips couldn’t find reasonable accommodations, makeup game with Huskers possible
• Husker247 | Husker official discusses Saturday decision, 12th game search
• ESPN | Nebraska says it was prepared play football on Sunday, but Akron pulled plug
• Lincoln Journal Star | Akron ‘opted out’ of Sunday restart vs. Huskers; teams could play in December if needed
• Omaha World-Herald* | UNL regents applaud handling of Husker football weather delay — but differ on what’s next
• Omaha World-Herald* | Husker Rewind: Nebraska fans deserve clarity with cancellation details still cloudy
• Lincoln Journal Star | Sipple: Akron athletic director’s concerns about Sunday game understandable

 

Saturday coverage

• Lincoln Journal Star | Storms steal Nebraska’s thunder as season-opener against Akron is canceled
• Omaha World-Herald* | False start: After a delay of two hours and 40 minutes, Scott Frost’s debut is canceled
• Grand Island Independent* | False start: Frost’s debut canceled by storms
• Omaha World-Herald* | Lightning and weather delays rain on Husker fans’ parade for Scott Frost’s debut
• Lincoln Journal Star | For first time in 128 seasons, Nebraska loses a game to weather
• Hail Varsity | https://hailvarsity.com/s/4609/nebraska-makes-history-on-a-stormy-saturday-night
• Omaha World-Herald* | Sideline notes: A.D. Bill Moos kept busy; Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union draw a crowd
• Lincoln Journal Star | Fans forced to wait out the rain
• Lincoln Journal Star | Highly touted offensive tackles among recruits who visited Nebraska for Akron game
• Husker247 | Nebraska hosts numerous visitors for Akron game
• Husker247 | Suh makes his return to Nebraska for Frost opener
• Omaha World-Herald* | Husker great Ndamukong Suh returns to Memorial Stadium
• Omaha World-Herald* | ‘Little iffy in terms of safety,’ but Husker fans willingly wait out weather delay
• Daily Nebraskan | Fans react to canceled home-opener
• Lincoln Journal Star | Red Report: Mismatched bye weeks make reschedule complicated
• Lincoln Journal Star | What the Twitter world was saying following Saturday’s game, er, cancellation
• HuskerMax | Tad Stryker’s pregame survey: Fan expectations for 2018
• Lincoln Journal Star | Tales of the Tailgate: Toasts to a new attitude this year
• Hail Varsity | Nebraska’s Student Section Welcomes Scott Frost ‘Home’
• Lincoln Journal Star | The scene: Fan reaction split on new Tunnel Walk; Wade and Union prowl sideline

 

 

Commentary

• HuskerMax | Stryker: The season opener that provided no closure
• Omaha World-Herald* | Tom’s Takes: Canceling Husker game was right call, but why couldn’t it have been played earlier?
• Omaha World-Herald* | Chatelain: There was a buzz in the crowd at Memorial Stadium before the rain. Frost brought the stars
• Carriker Chronicles | Gut reaction to cancellation
• Lincoln Journal Star | Sipple: A night to remember on Stadium Drive, in its own unique and wet way
• Hail Varsity | A Good Tunnel Walk Spoiled
• Omaha World-Herald* | Shatel: Not even Scott Frost’s debut as Husker coach can beat Mother Nature

 

 

Video

• HuskerMax | Tunnel Walk
• Omaha World-Herald* | Unity walk
• Omaha World-Herald* | Weather delays don’t stop the fun at Memorial Stadium
• HuskerOnline | Sights and sounds: 1, 2

 

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Photos

• Nebraska Athletics
• Getty Images
• Omaha World-Herald*
• Lincoln Journal Star*
• Hail Varsity: Recruits
• Associated Press
• HuskerOnline
• Hail Varsity: 1, 2
• Daily Nebraskan
• HuskerOnline: Recruits
• Omaha World-Herald: Recruits*

 

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