Sunny, warm weather and an empty football...

Sunny, warm weather and an empty football stadium at College Station, Texas, spawned a storm of controversy over Alabama Coach Bill Curry’s decision not to send his team to play Texas A&M.;

Curry’s decision, made Friday morning, was based on fears that deadly Hurricane Gilbert might disrupt the 13th-ranked Tide’s travel plans for Saturday’s game.

“Their quarterback was hurt and that’s why they didn’t want to play this game,” A&M; Coach Jackie Sherrill charged. “Bill’s not being totally honest about this thing.”

Said Curry: “I’d rather deal with critics saying what they want to about me than trying to explain to someone’s parent why we went out there, knowing there was this horrible storm and it could turn at any time.”