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Post by DOOMS on Sept 10, 2007 14:08:13 GMT -5
Think a med redshirt's possible?
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Post by dj98 on Sept 10, 2007 14:14:17 GMT -5
I THINK you can get a medical redshirted before the fourth game of a season........
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Post by Aggie Monster on Sept 10, 2007 16:36:16 GMT -5
Ditto, surgery on a dislocation is normally not serious, but for running back he will be out at least 2 months. If he was a WR I would say 6 weeks or maybe even 4, but not for a running back.
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Post by aggiejazz on Sept 11, 2007 7:44:32 GMT -5
Delayed flight caps bad trip for A&T By Rob Daniels Staff Writer Tuesday, Sep. 11, 2007 3:00 am HAMPTON AT N.C. A&T When: 6 p.m. Saturday Where: Aggie Stadium, Greensboro Records: Hampton 1-0 overall, 1-0 MEAC; N.C. A&T 0-2, 0-1 Tickets: $20. Call 334-7749 or go to www.ncataggies.com. TV: ESPNU (taped telecast at 10 p.m.) GREENSBORO -- The event was called the Angel City Classic, but for N.C. A&T's football team and band, the trip back from Los Angeles resembled the Biblical afterlife destination devoid of angels and ethereal joy. "It is a horror. No doubt," coach Lee Fobbs said shortly after getting off a chartered flight at 1:35 p.m. Monday -- nearly 24 hours later than originally scheduled. The flight itself was smooth and without incident. It just took awhile to get started, having been compromised by mechanical problems and FAA regulations. The Aggies' losing streak grew to 18 games when they fell to Prairie View A&M 22-7 on Saturday afternoon, and they were scheduled to leave Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday morning, according to an itinerary handled by the game's Texas-based promoter, John Fleming III. Fleming's company, Black Educational Events, had contracted with Premier Charter Network of Castle Rock, Colo., to provide two DC-10s owned and operated by American Trans Air. One aircraft would take the Prairie View traveling party to Houston; the other would transport the Aggies. "The plane that was supposed to take Prairie View to Texas had a mechanical problem that couldn't be rectified until (Monday)," said Wheeler Brown, A&T's associate athletics director. "So what they wanted to do was use our plane to take Prairie View home (Sunday) and then come back and pick us up." So the Panthers got out of town first. Pilots and flight attendants made the trip from Los Angeles to Houston and back, but under FAA safety policy they were required to rest before getting back in the air. When officially cleared to resume work, they were stuck with an itinerary that would put them in Greensboro after midnight -- at which time there would be no baggage handlers at Piedmont Triad International Airport. Taking care of the luggage of 100 football players and coaches and 200 members of the university's band isn't exactly a do-it-yourself deal. The Aggies were stuck. "It's just the nature of aviation," said Kim Butorac, president and chief executive officer of the charter service. "ATA did this event last year and the thing went flawlessly. The promoter has done a great job and the event was fine. It was just one of those things that can happen when you're trying to move people with machines." Attempts to reach Fleming for comment were unsuccessful. For the Aggies, the timing was unfortunate on a few levels. The players and band members missed a third day of classes for the trip. A&T's coaches found themselves a day behind in preparations for 2006 MEAC champion Hampton, which visits Aggie Stadium at 6 p.m. Saturday. "We're going right now to the office and get to work," Fobbs said while walking through the PTI terminal. Contact Rob Daniels at 373-7028 or rdaniels@news-record.com
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Post by dj98 on Sept 11, 2007 7:50:12 GMT -5
(So the Panthers got out of town first. Pilots and flight attendants made the trip from Los Angeles to Houston and back, but under FAA safety policy they were required to rest before getting back in the air. When officially cleared to resume work, they were stuck with an itinerary that would put them in Greensboro after midnight -- at which time there would be no baggage handlers at Piedmont Triad International Airport.) Has anyone heard of a back up plan in case some Shyt like this happens?
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Post by aggiejazz on Sept 11, 2007 7:51:55 GMT -5
My question is if you had two planes, you should have had two crews so why did you have to worry about rest. The mechanical troubled plane may have been stranded somewhere else which begs another question, where was that plane stranded? The answer may make you say Umm, did they ever think that plane could make it back to LA Saturday night in time to fly out on Sunday morning. The excuses don't add up when you have two chartered planes with each having its own crew but then again I might be a conspiracy theorist.
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Post by JayBee on Sept 11, 2007 8:24:40 GMT -5
If it was the plane for Prairie View's team that had mechanical problems, then they should have been the ones to suffer the consequences, not us. Something good has to come out of all the trials we've been going through. It's just one thing after another. But one thing I can say about the Aggies, we will weather the storm.
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Post by Aggie One on Sept 11, 2007 8:44:32 GMT -5
Just stay on the east coast or the midwest. The left coast has never appealed to me that much.
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Post by Aggie77 on Sept 11, 2007 9:07:19 GMT -5
If it was the plane for Prairie View's team that had mechanical problems, then they should have been the ones to suffer the consequences, not us. This is the question, and I speculate somebody in the Aggie hierarchy acquiesced our position, probably by the logic that the turn-around time to Houston was better than to Greensboro and back. No good deed goes unpunished. On to Hampton!!
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Post by JayBee on Sept 11, 2007 10:37:00 GMT -5
If it was the plane for Prairie View's team that had mechanical problems, then they should have been the ones to suffer the consequences, not us. This is the question, and I speculate somebody in the Aggie hierarchy acquiesced our position, probably by the logic that the turn-around time to Houston was better than to Greensboro and back. No good deed goes unpunished. On to Hampton!! I think you meant, no good deed goes unnoticed or unrewarded.
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Post by Maxell on Sept 11, 2007 10:39:10 GMT -5
My question is if you had two planes, you should have had two crews so why did you have to worry about rest. That's the $64,000 question. It doesn't add up.
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Post by aggielove on Sept 11, 2007 11:21:50 GMT -5
it's because they were dealing with an airline that recently emerged from bankruptcy and is trying to keep costs as low as possible. They should have thought about ATA's code-share partner Southwest, unless Southwest doesn't do these types of charter flights.
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Post by Aggie One on Sept 11, 2007 11:51:15 GMT -5
For Chancellor it may be best thing in his interest in the long run to take the medical red shirt then he would have at least two years to be "The Guy" after Ferg and Speedy graduate.
I just hope for Herb's sake that his injury isn't too terribly bad long term. He's a real good kid and he'll do well in the future, football or not.
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Post by exterminator on Sept 11, 2007 14:20:12 GMT -5
Last Wed. Dion McNair had a concussion and will be out two to three weeks
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Post by Brandmasta on Sept 11, 2007 15:49:25 GMT -5
My question is if you had two planes, you should have had two crews so why did you have to worry about rest. That's the $64,000 question. It doesn't add up. Depending on the situation, if the crew shows up at the airport, then the clock starts on their duty day, which can be around 14 hours, depending on the company. If they show up in the morning at say 8am, then they need to be done by 10pm, so the A&T crew couldnt just wait around until the plane got back from Houston to releive the PV crew. They would run out of time. Now if they knew the plane was broken ahead of time and stayed at the hotel, then the clock on their duty day wold have never started. But chances are that the PV aircrew discovered the problem when they were doing their preflight checks, after both crews had already showed up at the airport. Of course, Im just speculating based on what has been reported. I know.....it sucks.
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