sounds like they had fun just getting to Mizzou...
http://www.kplctv.com/global/story.asp?s=13139643MSU plane passengers share experience
Posted: Sep 12, 2010 12:56 PM CDT Updated: Sep 12, 2010 10:37 PM CDT
by Brandon Richards bio | email
LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC-TV) – More than 48-hours later, many questions remain about why a plane carrying the McNeese State University football team blew a tire as it took off from Lake Charles Regional Airport on Friday afternoon.
According to a preliminary report by the FAA, the plane clipped runway lights as it lifted off.
"To us, it was like hitting a pothole in the road," said Tom Hoefer, the MSU play-by-play announcer, who was one of 137 passengers on the plane. "It really didn't seem like too big of a deal. Everything seemed to be fine."...