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Is anyone else fed up with those tired Hull City - Tennessee University comparisons? If so, then this hoddle isn’t for you.
Let’s start with the club that currently sits 19th in the Championship.
Hull City’s match against Birmingham City was delayed on Sunday because of an issue with the goals were too big, mainly that they were two inches too tall.
Hull City vs Birmingham City has been delayed because the goal post are too big. pic.twitter.com/JrVlcygkiz
— Bet9ja (@Bet9jaOfficial) October 16, 2022
Oh no, Hull!
The problem took some time to resolve, but eventually it was fixed after officials sawed the bottom two inches of the goalposts and recalibrated the Hawkeye system.
Unfortunately for Hull, they delayed their match against Birmingham City only to lose 0-2. You could call it a forgettable fixture, but you cannot forget this flub.
Now let’s move onto Tennessee’s celebratory goalpost exercision.
After their college football team beat Alabama (a big win!) their fans stormed the field and took down the very heavy goalposts.
— no context college football (@nocontextcfb) October 16, 2022
Where did the goalposts go? Fans first took it around the stadium, then to a night out on the town before tossing it into the river.
Some way to celebrate a regular season win.
Tennessee fans have placed the goalposts in the river. Where it will live forever.pic.twitter.com/6iUuCCTfoM
— Unnecessary Roughness (@UnnecRoughness) October 16, 2022
And so what became of Tennessee?
Well, the university, whose 2020 endowment neared $1 billion, set up a GoFundMe to support their new goalposts fund. Their head coach makes $5 million a year.
The university was also fined $100,000 by the Southeastern Conference, but the new goalposts are in the stadium.
What say you hoddlers - whose goalpost story is better: Hull City or the University of Tennessee?
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