(11-08-2017 01:04 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  

(11-08-2017 12:14 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  I would also note that the NCAA rules on lighting are more lax than the ESPN rules. So, in some cases game play will continue, but the television coverage will go offline as the camera people abandon their posts. I dont remember the exact numbers, but I think the NCAA says shut it down if the lighting is less than 6 miles away and ESPN is at 10 miles (I may have the exact numbers wrong).

NCAA changed that in 2014 or 2015. It is now a 30 minute delay after the most recent strike within 8 miles but 10 miles is recommended.

When there is no access to the appropriate NWS data, officials and trainers are directed to stop play until 30 minutes past the last thunder heard because in most of the US if you hear thunder the strike was within 10 miles or less.

A-State and Memphis had a game that never kicked off because there was a lightning strike just before the teams came out for the kickoff after a really long hold we finally got a new kickoff time a few hours later and while the teams were warming up there was another strike. The two AD's agreed to call it a night and the Tigers came back and played on a Thursday several weeks later.

Makes sense. The game I learned that little tidbit from was against Memphis in 2013 I believe. The game was played straight through and never stopped, but when I went home and watched the DVR, some of the game was missing because coverage was stopped twice by ESPN due to lighting.