A fast-developing line of thunderstorms caught decision-makers at Memorial Stadium off guard Saturday night and slammed shut what they thought to be a three-hour window to play Nebraska football's season-opener against Akron.
NU deputy athletic director Bob Burton said that window was among the reasons the school did not push for the game, which became the first in the school's history to be canceled by weather, to start earlier Saturday.
"During the week and even on Saturday, we thought we had a three-hour window to get the game in," said Burton, who is both athletic director Bill Moos' chief of staff and his liaison to the football department.