WIMPS!

I live just blocks away from Michigan Station, and I was watching today’s football game when it started to rain a bit. No big deal, but I went out in the yard and got a few drops on me, and came inside to go back to the game and — the idiots that run these things are so overcome by obsessive weatheritis that they actually stopped the game! According to this local report, it’s because of lightning:

Third quarter Lightning delay: The game was delayed with 13:59 to play in the third quarter because of lightning. NCAA rules dictate that if there is lightning within six miles of a game, the game must be delayed. Fans cheered during an extended cloud burst as the third quarter started.

People are ridiculing them in the streets, and the sun is shining. I have seen no lightning.

I remember when football used to be played, rain or shine.

Maybe they’ll start it back up. Otherwise, they will be regarded as contemptible fools.

MORE: I just spoke with some angry spectators who said they left Michigan Stadium because the announcers were threatening to make everyone go to local shelters!

@#%~!

Lunatic petty tyrants are in charge. This used to be a wonderful country.

UPDATE: From AnnArbor.com:

The teams left the field at 5:23 p.m. and are expected back on the field by 5:45 p.m. It’s the first time a game has been delayed by weather at Michigan Stadium since the Central Michigan at Michigan game in 2006.

It’s 5:41, and I am waiting. This is ridiculous.

QUESTION: Am I being a paranoid crank or is weather becoming the latest excuse for tyranny?

UPDATE: According to the TV, it is now official that the sun is shining, and the game is resuming.

“Just as they got everybody out of here, the weather cleared.”

It barely rained, and there was no lightning.

AND MORE: I decided to do my run and while I got rained on about halfway through, the rain stopped. I get back only to find that the game has been stopped for a second time!

Third quarter
Lightning delay, Part II: At 6:19 p.m., officials halted the game and cleared the field for the second time Saturday because of nearby lightning. The delay will last a minimum of 30 minutes.

Sheesh. So I, a 57 year old man, can run, but these huge young athletes in top physical condition cannot play football.

AND YET MORE: Here’s AnnArbor.com’s latest (as of 6:40 p.m.)

Third quarter
Lightning delay, Part II: At 6:19 p.m., officials halted the game and cleared the field for the second time Saturday because of nearby lightning. At 6:38, workers began evacuating fans from the stadium and the new scoreboards showed “PLEASE EXIT THE STANDS” and a large display of a weather radar.

Headline reads:

Third quarter: Michigan 34, Western Michigan 10
Lightning delays game; fans evacuated from Michigan Stadium

And why wasn’t I evacuated from my run?