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It looks like everyone in the Kent State travel party has arrived at Memorial Stadium.
We are told that Illinois entire team managed to keep the hotel it stayed in the previous night.
The Illini players are about to take the field for pregame, and I notice one change. Instead of the blue pants with the orange jerseys, the Illini has switched to white pants with orange jerseys.
I'm told they are not expecting a big crowd today at Memorial Stadium.
The Illinois band will also not be in attendance.
10:20 a.m.
It's gameday once again here in Champaign, and the local forecast is calling for zero chance of rain.
Based on yesterday's zero-percent prediction, I'm going to say it's actually about a 50-50 chance that we'll have more storms. I've never seen a forecast change so quickly the way it did yesterday. It flipped from all clear to end of the world in no time.
Kent State's support staff did a great job of handling the delay and postponement nightmare.
We vacated our team hotel a few hours before the expected kickoff time on Friday. The plan was to fly home right after the game.
With no reservations, a team led by director of football operations Nolan Jones and special assistant to the athletic director Kaitlyn Vincek quickly secured rooms for the entire party 145.
Players, coaches and some support staff were sent to hotels in Bloomington, IL. Other members of the party, including radio team, sports information, athletic administration and boosters who traveled with the team were put up in hotels within a half hour of Memorial Stadium.
In all we were spread out over five different hotels.
Due to other commitments for the company with which we contracted our transportation here in Illinois, we are down four to now three buses. Those buses are now transporting the team from Bloomington back to the stadium to get ready for kickoff. The rest of us are busy securing taxis.
When it's all said and done, there will be football today, and we'll all get to the stadium somehow.
Check back throughout the day for updates as we finally get this 2015 season started.
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