NO WATER for YOU

[ZoomZoom]

It's water, it has a long shelf life. Can't have too much. Regardless how many bottles were available, the fail is game crowd management. After the event info now out there that was obviously not communicated, be it on social media or announcements. We have all these positions in the department assigned about a year ago. Bottom line, WHO is responsible, WHO sacks up and takes responsibility? AND who is going to fix it. Being a satiracal old fart, what poor intern is getting blamed?

And just for S&Gs, thank goodness we were not broiling some student in a mascot uniform Saturday.

[zeppelincajun]

That was corrected to the media today. The 6,000 referred to the free water. There was 17,000 bottles for sale. Of course, that proved to be insufficient.

"The highest reported temperature on the field during the game was 138 degrees," Sullivan said. "During the game, there is free water which are two water tanks. Each tank is about 125 gallons each, which is equal to 1,000 16oz plastic water bottles."

Direct quote from our SID in which he does the math on the free water. This math comes out to 2,000 bottles. So our new stance on this situation is that our sports INFORMATION director gave bad information to the Advocate and even came up with a calculation to support the false information OR the journalist changed all the numbers in his calculation to fit 2,000 bottles of water instead of 6,000 and completely decided to disregard being told 17,000 bottles of water and wrote 6,000 just for shiggles.

I’m listening to “Ocean Front Property” right now in honor of anyone believing this.

[LouisianaB]

So they read the article and decided it wasn’t worth correcting until you brought it to their attention? LOL

I never said they didnt correct it until I brought it to their attention. You're making things up.

[CajunVic]

Even if it was 18k- it still wouldn’t be nearly enough

Another example of how other schools communicate and handle similar situations:

☀️REMINDER ��: It’s gonna be hot on game day so Kyle Field is allowing fans to bring up to a gallon of an unopened plastic water bottle. @AggieFootball also has 187,000 water bottles available for purchase at the game. pic.twitter.com/mT2KIYNvpV

— Parker Rehm (@parker_rehm) August 28, 2023

really, are you folks a bunch of 6 year olds . . . it's almost embarrassing the vitriol by people who claim to have a degree from Louisiana

[LouisianaB]

"The highest reported temperature on the field during the game was 138 degrees," Sullivan said. "During the game, there is free water which are two water tanks. Each tank is about 125 gallons each, which is equal to 1,000 16oz plastic water bottles."

Direct quote from our SID in which he does the math on the free water. This math comes out to 2,000 bottles. So our new stance on this situation is that our sports INFORMATION director gave bad information to the Advocate and even came up with a calculation to support the false information OR the journalist changed all the numbers in his calculation to fit 2,000 bottles of water instead of 6,000 and completely decided to disregard being told 17,000 bottles of water and wrote 6,000 just for shiggles.

I’m listening to “Ocean Front Property” right now in honor of anyone believing this.

You're working hard today.

The water jugs were re-filled twice during game. Something else left out from the article. The article was completely inadequate.

All I have been saying is that there was more than 6,000 bottles of water for sale (there was 17,000). And again, it was not enough.

Not sure if you think I am saying they did a good job or something; that is not the case. You seem unable to comprehend that.

[zeppelincajun]

I never said they didnt correct it until I brought it to their attention. You're making things up.

Just trying to meet the qualifications to one day work for UL.

[zeppelincajun]

You're working hard today.

The water jugs were re-filled twice during game. Something else left out from the article. The article was completely inadequate.

All I have been saying is that there was more than 6,000 bottles of water for sale (there was 17,000). And again, it was not enough.

Not sure if you think I am saying they did a good job or something; that is not the case. You seem unable to comprehend that.

Seems like such an inadequate article would have been worth correcting sooner…surely it wouldn’t still be up with no corrections even now. Oh wait…

[JamesTheJeweler]

You're working hard today.

The water jugs were re-filled twice during game. Something else left out from the article. The article was completely inadequate.

All I have been saying is that there was more than 6,000 bottles of water for sale (there was 17,000). And again, it was not enough.

Not sure if you think I am saying they did a good job or something; that is not the case. You seem unable to comprehend that.

There wasn't enough!!! PERIOD!!! What are you even defending???

[LouisianaB]

There wasn't enough!!! PERIOD!!! What are you even defending???

Another who sucks at reading comprehension

[CajunJackFish]

Let me preface this post by admitting I'm a somewhat new Cajun FB fan. 2nd year with season tickets.

1. I know people can't predict every scenario. I was hopeful this was the first time Cajun Field ran out of water and figured it would be a tough lesson learned, not to be repeated. After reading this thread, am I understanding correctly that this has happened in the somewhat recent past? If so, I am angered that THEY, that *SOMEONE*, with some institutional knowledge didn't step up and say, "Hey, y'all remember that time people got baked in the sun? Maybe we should be better prepared this time around?"

2. Opposing point of view - I would assume the vast majority of people who purchased the 23,000 tickets are grown a** adults who should be able to prepare for baking in the sun without having to be told how to dress and hydrate, etc. Was UL admin, athletics, whomever supposed to tell us how to properly apply sunscreen, too? I showed up at my tailgate spot at 8:30 am and knocked back Powerade until I walked into the stadium. Went straight to concessions and got my two beers plus a couple waters. Went to concessions at the half. No water. Got me another couple beers and a couple diet cokes. Left after the clock hit 00:00 with no medical interventions needed.

Could the Powers That Be have done things differently? Yep. Should we try some personal responsibility as well? Yep. Let's all do our part.

Geaux Cajuns!