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Gameday in Coral Gables next week for the first time since 2020. Canes need to take care of business vs. UF and not look ahead to the classic showdown in Tallahassee.
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kscarrol wroteMight need to do a welfare check on
Does anyone do this? If so, what do you use (a link would be great)? I saw some other holes in the pavement and figured this must be somewhat common. I'd like to get something so we don't have another canopy catastrophe like that game when weights on the legs were not enough.
MoeTE87 wroteI have never seen it but wouldn't that mess up the asphalt and start to develop cracks and such?
kscarrol wroteWe play at Hard Rock Stadium (where Dolphins play, not on campus). Parking is on grass/dirt but there are paved aisles to drive down, and tailgate area behind car is part pavement and part grass. Back legs of canopy are on grass/dirt and front legs are on pavement. Pic below gives you an idea. I think they repave these aisles fairly often.Back in my tailgating days we were on grass so planting a stake wasn't an issue though we usually found some sand bags on the tent legs was more than sufficient for us. Not sure the university folks are too happy about fans drilling holes in the asphalt but I suppose they would see it happening and say something if it was a problem.
We have always used sand filled weights, which are sufficient under most conditions. When we tailgated before the game vs. ND a massive storm rolled through with heavy rain and major wind gusts. We got drenched and lost one of two canopies that almost blew away and broke (fortunately saving the second one, which also almost blew away). We noticed someone drilled their legs down and their canopy was stable. We also noticed a bunch of holes in the paved aisles so figured this is normal.
I bought some 2" concrete screws and some stakes for the legs sitting on grass/dirt to try on Saturday.
Best of luck this weekend!
Nice wins by Oklahoma, Indiana and Texas Tech (and Cuse) yesterday. Dabo hasn’t dealt with this level of adversity in a long time. Will be interesting to see what happens next at Clemson.
kscarrol wroteIt would be a heck of a buy out that is for sure. His comments have been very unhinged and rebellious the last few weeks. I’m very surprised he must be feeling then pressure.I understand. I’m an LSU guy but really like Dabo and Clemson, just not when playing LSU. I hope they let him stay and turn it around.
Clemson got a win. Not sure what Belichick is doing in college football. Clemson - FSU should be interesting.
Bama seems to have gotten back on track. Penn State and Texas not so much.
RickFLM4 wroteIf they respond by losing to Pitt this weekend, the "Do we fire Norvell? Who would we get to be the HC?" conversations from last year will suddenly appear on the administration's AD weekly status meeting agenda again......Well we tried to make it interesting with an insane amount of victories but Miami still left Tallahassee 5-0. We’ll see how FSU responds to back-to-back losses.
Clemson got a win. Not sure what Belichick is doing in college football. Clemson - FSU should be interesting.
Bama seems to have gotten back on track. Penn State and Texas not so much.
