The news concerning weather and weather related things has been awful for weeks at this point. Many people's lives have been drastically altered. This sort of horribleness isn't only exclusive to Joe Normalguy. It also impacts organizations, businesses, and college football programs.
For the Oregon Ducks, air quality is forcing the program to go coastal. The team has moved practices to closer to the Pacific.
20,000 acres of Oregon’s landscape is currently on fire. The fire has resulted in unseasonably high temperatures, having poisoned the air around Eugene. The air will reach “unhealthy levels due to smoke and ozone at times through Tuesday afternoon,” according to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.
For some perspective, here is a picture of the sky from inside Oregon's field:
The smoky view from inside Autzen Stadium. pic.twitter.com/za1VFqVnnc
— Tyson Alger (@tysonalger) September 5, 2017
“We’re always going to look what’s best for our players,” Taggart told The Oregonian on Monday. “We’re keeping in touch with our medical staff and they’re monitoring how it’s going to be. Hopefully we can get out and practice tomorrow. If not maybe we’ll go inside (the Moshofsky Center) if it’s good to go inside. But we’re going to practice.”
Football is just football. It is a sport meant to be played for (mostly) fun, while fans get entertained by all the marvelous acts of athleticism the participants have at their disposal. For the sake of everyone involved, let's hope everything happening in the area gets better as the days go by.
People first, sports second, and all that jazz.
Oregon is scheduled to face Nebraska on Saturday. Not that anyone can actually forecast this situation perfectly, but the weather itself is expected to be decent.
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