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JDW,
I agree on the cold. The difference is that there are college football games played in August. There are almost none played in cold weather after 1 Dec unless it is in Boise or Boulder or Salt Lake. I also agree with you that altitude is probably a bigger advantage/disadvantage than Cold or Heat.
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UF used to play the Vols in November. Spurrier stopped that though when he got there for 2 reasons. #1 the weather in November, #2 He didnt want to play UT and FSU back to back. The last time UF played the Vols in November (not counting 2001) was 1989 and UT won 45-3. It was very cold that night.
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Im from PA and i lived in Florida. Sarasota/Bradneton area. It gets FREAKIN hot down there man. Heres the thing though. I starts out HOT down there but it also starts out just as hot in PA. I know from experience. In florida when it cools off its PERFECT football weather. In PA you only get that perfect weather for 1 or 2 games so it basically goes from extremely hot to really really cold. We have it both up here but yes, at the beginning of the year in Fla, it is downright brutal and i wouldnt want to play in it. Its alot easier playing in the cold than it is in 104 degree weather.
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Forgive me if I'm wrong, but don't quite a few of the players for the northern schools come from the south(FL, TX, etc.)? I can see how it might take them a bit to get used to either extreme, but I mean come on now. One of the best cold weather players ever, Brett Farve, played college ball in Mississippi if I recall.
I know for me personally the 100% humidity and the temp being over 90 was brutal to practice in, but on game day with all the adrenaline pumping it could've been 110 or -30 it didn't matter. Just means you have to prep differently. Then again I was a lineman, but the skill position players all said the same.
I'd say that the bigger factor would be rain as it's difficult to catch/hold on to the ball, get proper footing, etc... Teams that play pro style ball tend to be able to handle any weather condition better than those that run the gimmick offenses, or at least that's what my rose colored glasses show me.
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Hello everyone. JSS to answer your question it has been a while since I have seen a College Football game played in the snow. Regardless of wheather it was a SEC team or another Conference. I do remember seeing Ohio State, Colorado, Michigan, Penn State, PITT and West Virginia (just to name a few teams) playing in the snow in the past. However I would have to say it has been over 10 years or more that I either attended or watched a snow game. Now with the addition of the 12th game to schedules and teams taking a week off to get ready for a certain team we may see more and more games played in the snow.
AUWarbird I dont think the Tigers have anything to worry about on 23 OCT when they visit Morgantown this year. Most generally it is fairly warm around that time of the year with the temps hitting in the low to mid fifties. However, the game is scheduled to be played at night and after the sun goes down it does get very cool with the temps dropping to perhaps the low 40s. We will just have to wait and see on that given day what the weather out come will be. I do remember one year with flurries and it was cold as heck up here when Miami came calling and had to buy heaters for the side lines to try and keep their players warm during the game.
Cold weather with a spread offense does affect things greatly in a game and especially if there is snow involved. Perhaps we may get to see a few snow games this year. Generally around Thanksgiving or a day or two after we get snow here in West Virginia. In addition it snows lots of times in Pittsburgh PA when it does not snow in Morgantown cause it goes around us. This years Backyard Braw with PITT is being played at Pittsburgh on 28 NOV and it is also a night game. So I wouldnt be too much surprized to see that game being played in snow this year.
Finally the game SteelerMaryJ brought up (WVU vs USF) has been rescheduled from DEC 1 to DEC 6. If I was to put money on any game being played in the snow it would be that game here in Morgantown. We most generally have a few inchs of snow on during the last couple days of Bucks only deer season and DEC 6 will be the last day of that deer season. This game might be one to ear mark to watch, featureing two spread offenses going at it on a snowy day. At present the game is slated for a day game on Saturday but it could be moved to a night game.
Have a great day today everyone and a better one tomorrow.
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Here's where I see the difference in weather;
It's like a sprinter and a marathon runner.
In cold weather, the ball hurts your hands on a passing route. I get that. But that is one play. Overall, the body retains energy better in the cold. In the fourth quarter of a cold game, most of your guys will still be fresh, and running their routes.
In the heat, you may be able to run more types of plays, but you can't run as many total plays, before the body gives out. In the second quarter of games in the Swamp, guys are huffing and puffing, hands on hips, and feeling woozy.
I get what you're saying about it being tough up north in the cold. But they make gloves to keep your hands warm, so you can catch a ball and keep on playing. But aside from the cool vests that they just came out with, there's no real way to beat breathing in that hot moist air that your sweat alone can't overcome. Yeah, you can get in IV at halftime, but that is done by the end of the 3rd quarter.
Question though....do you guys up north have hot chocolate in your water coolers during those bitter cold games? Maybe hot apple cider? That would be good, huh? Or maybe you just get over the fact that it's only in the upper-40s, and quit whining about the cold.
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Ohio State played a home and home with Texas in '05-'06 (I realize that's Big XII, not SEC).
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True, but it wasn't SEC heat...just Texas heat and Casesssells will tell you that there is nothing hotter than SEC heat.
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Back2Back:
One year in college we were playing an away game in Northern NY and it was 5 degress with a wind chill of negative 15. We had cold water, hot water, hot chocolate, and hot tea; no apple cider. :( I also had some of those warm packs in my holster for my hands...
It was a freezing game and I hated when the Defense was on the field because that meant I was on the sidelines....
It is a game I will never forget.
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That was the '99 ( i think ) bowl game against Texas A & M in Shreveport on New Year's Eve. Made for great TV.
Actually, it was Texas Tech vs. Mississippi in '98 and it was one heck of a strorm. Sorry for the pickiness, but as a Tech alum you can't let someone call your team the Aggies.
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MSU v. Tex A&M was 12/31/00, my wife's bday. I couldn't take my eyes off the TV during dinner and worked my way into quite a doghouse. It was worth it for the MSU win, though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJRpBhtUZ28
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It should be obvious. Out of conference games are at the start of the season; before it's too warm for snow. Bowl games are in typically warm cities.
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ANSWER THIS ONE.
You are locked in a room at 72 degrees, there is a switch. Pick A and the temp goes down 1 degree every five minutes. Pick B and the temp goes up 1 degree every five minutes. At the end ...
- of 3 Hours it would be 108 or 36 degrees
- of 6 Hours it would be 144 or 0 degrees
- do the math from here, but dont count on too many more hours.
WHICH SWITCH DO YOU CHOOSE?
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Clearly, whodem, I would pick the one that goes down a degree.
However, I was initially asking about snow football games actually played, not a life or death situation. I see an outrageous amount of posters misinterpreted my question as an SEC bash thread. However, I clearly indicated that I did not want it to come off as one. I was asking a question. I love SEC football, for the record.
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Not sure what the point of this thread is. First why would a southern team want to play in frigid temps? Second there is absolutely no reason or advantage of knowing how to play in the cold and snow. About the only bowl game that might be really cold is the Liberty bowl and that one isn't gonna be for anything other than pride. None of the BCS bowls are played in the cold so it's a mute point. No advantage to being used to playing in the cold.
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When was the last time that a big ten team came down south and played a game in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, or Florida in August when it is 104 with 95% humidity? I thinks it works both ways, I would love to see the yankee teams cramping up on the sidelines after the first quarter, as I am sure you wouldnt mind our guys freezing our ass off. There is no comparison here, Tide. It gets hot down south, that much is true. But if you've never been to Ohio in the summer you couldn't possibly know how hot and humid it gets there, too. However, I do know, for a fact, that snow never sticks in Alabama. If it gets below freezing it's usually right around when the sun comes up and it only stays there for about 2 or 3 hours, max. Therefore it would be MUCH harder for the SEC to play in the snow than it would for those "Yankees" to play in the sun.
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I would have to say that some teams, like Pac-10 or SEC, have a destinct advantage during the Bowl season. Teams from the Big Ten and Big East have to play in the frigid conditions, but teams from Pac Ten and the SEC get the nice sunny weather and never have to play under those extremes. Another advantge teams like Southern Cali and Miami get is that the bowl games are close to thier own personal stadiums to their fan turnouts are much better. I know for monitary reasons there will never be a bowl game in the cold, but i think teams from the Big 12, SEC, Pac 10, and the ACC should all not compare themselves to teams from the Big 10 and Big East because the environment that they play in is entirely different and the weather limits the parameters of their greatness.
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