Thunder(claps) and Lightning

Some real West Virginia Power was put on display in Morgantown, and it had nothing to do with Geno Smith's productive day against rival Marshall.

In what has been a year of weird weather, and some of the most severe storms on record for areas of the United States, several games this week were postponed, delayed, or even called after a storm front moved eastward that wreak a fair share of havoc on the openining weekend of college football.

The WVU and Marshall game would not escape the storm either, as severe weather warning came in around the end of the 3rd quarter and caused the postponement, and eventual calling of the game, similar to what transpired in the Michigan game the day before.

After the lengthy delay, stopped twice and totaling 4hours and 22 minutes, officials made the decision to call it a complete game. With over 14 minutes left to play, and WVU up 34-13 over the young, Thundering Herd.

Reports were coming in that during the event, a fan had been struck by lightining in the upper sections of the stadium. ESPN made the announcement, and even said it had been confirmed by the Morgantown Police Department. However, a later statement was issued by the Magnolia County Emergency Management Agency, which denied that anyone was struck or hurt during the storm.

Even with the intense passion that the two schools have towards one another, 7 hours is an awful long time to channel that emotion, the event of personal risk and 2 hour breaks don't help. That's a long time to concentrate on hate.

With the amount of games and lost time that occured due to weather this weekend, I think the NCAA needs to restructure it's process of calling games.

Country roads, take me home, 7 hours later.