Lights out at the Orange Bowl
And I mean that literally, not as a prediction of what's going to happen to North Carolina at No. 6 Miami Saturday. While electricity remains out in much of Dade County, that's not so much the issue in the game being bumped up from 3:30 to noon. Apparently, the light towers and scoreboard sustained heavy damage from Wilma and can't be repaired by the weekend even if power is restored. Read more about it here.
Rick Steinbacher, director of football operations, tells me it won't mess up the Heels' pregame plans at all. In fact, they prefer noon games because they basically just have to wake up, get breakfast and head to the stadium. For night games, they usually will see a movie during the day. With 3:30 games, you end up sitting around waiting anxiously for kickoff.
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