All this rain is putting a damper on LU football Practice!

Found this article at WSET News,

All this rain has put a damper on football practice at Liberty University. They're dealing with a massive sinkhole that washed away much of their practice field.

The hole is only about three feet wide, but it goes down at least 20 feet and it spreads out as it drops. Cones have been put up to mark the perimeter of the hole beneath the surface.

The school says it appeared after the heavy rainfall on Sunday night. Before the team came out for practice Monday, they spotted the opening before it could swallow anyone up.

"Luckily, nobody was practicing, it happened during the night and so nobody was hurt, that's the main thing but we think it was just some debris in there that rotted over the years," said Liberty University Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr.

Now the concern is having the right field to practice on. Coach Danny Rocco says the offense and defense normally rotate practicing on the grass field. But with the sinkhole, offense and defense were forced to practice together on the turf field while Coach looks for an alternative.

One note probably wasn't in Coach Danny Rocco's playbook.

"I just noticed something unusual at or near midfield over here," said Rocco. That was last Thursday when Rocco inspected the field.

"I was standing on it and I was pressing on it. I didn't jump on it but I was kinda going like this," said Rocco.

Come Monday, the soft spot on the grass was a crater in the ground! Now, Coach Rocco's had a chance to see what ruined his field.

"15, 20 feet deep, a good 30 feet in diameter. And who really knows how big this thing can grow," said Rocco. 

"But it was quite a surprise to go out and see a hole. It looks like a big room down there," said Falwell Jr.

A giant basement not suitable for a practice field.

So, Rocco sent all his players to the turf while he finds a grass-like field, without any holes.

"When we go out on the road to play a road game on grass, I have to make sure I get our team practicing on a grass surface," said Rocco.

"Whatever debris was under that field just rotted over the years. We don't know if it was tree stumps or something else,"  said Falwell Jr.

When the bizarre happens, and no one is hurt, a joke is sometimes all you can say.

"I was thinking first one of the big lineman was standing there and that's what caused it give way," said Falwell Jr.

"Yeah, I'm not sure what we're going to do. Maybe we'll put a tent over it or something," said Rocco.

If you want to see more video of the LU sinkhole check out the linkhttp://www.wset.com/global/story.asp?s=13240578