For the second year in a row, it is raining inside of an indoor venue during the College Football Playoff National Championship. Well, kind of.
Last year’s national title game was held at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, which has a roof but does not have any walls. Wind pushed an unusual Southern California rainstorm into the upper deck.
The situation was a little bit different this year, but Michigan and Washington still managed to get wet while warming up for the big game at NRG Stadium on Monday. Nasty weather in Houston had the region on high alert. A tornado watch (not warning) was issued for the area just a few hours prior to kickoff.
The roof is completely closed at the home of the Texans and there are walls, so nothing is coming in from the outside. There is a leak that is dripping onto the field, right near the Wolverines’ end zone.
A security guard that spoke to Richard Johnson and Laine Higgins suggested that the roof has never leaked during her four years working for the stadium. It is not an insignificant flow of water!
Nick Caserio, general manager of Houston’s playoff-bound NFL team, was just as baffled. He looked up as if it was something he had not seen prior to that exact moment.
However, according to multiple Texans fans online, this may not be an uncommon occurrence. They claim that this has happened before.
Either way, having rain get inside of an indoor stadium for the second year in a row isn’t ideal! Fortunately, this year’s leak won’t have much impact on the fan experience or game play like last year.
Considering that there was less than 90 minutes until kickoff when the drip was first discovered, there was no solution. It’s raining inside, again! Kind of.