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I had to laugh at that jackass Mitch Albom whining about a cold weather game on today's Sports Reporters.

Hey Mitch, you can write about it saying you were there when actually you were snug in your hotel room...like you've done countless times. :roll1:

That Pearlman clown says it will be "arctic" up in NY, but actually somebody ran the average temps for the SB time and it's a high of 40 and a low in the mid 20s. Yeah, arctic.
 
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Curious about the cold weather proponents. Help me understand your logic.

Are your reasons:


1. We live up here and we never get to host an event! We need the revenue from hosting a big game!
2. My favorite team is a cold weather team! If we make it - I want us to have an advantage!!!
3. I hate traveling to Florida, New Orleans, Arizona, California for big games! It's so far!
4. Football is at it's most pure when it is played outdoors!
5. Harf Harf Harf! We're so tough because we live where it is cold outside 4 months of the year and everyone else is a pussy!
 
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I don't see a problem with having cold-weather Super Bowls or National Championship games. Football should be played in colder weather. The NFL already has playoff games in near blizzard conditions, why not have a Super Bowl in that same weather?
 
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BuckeyeNation27;1705116; said:
6. We're tired of USC winning titles in the Rose Bowl/Miami winning titles in the Orange Bowl/LSU winning titles in the Sugar Bowl. Try playing Ohio State in Paul Brown stadium as a "neutral" field.
Not exactly 2, but close.
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Thank you for being honest. I suspected as much but appreciate you coming out and saying it. Rep this man!

This doesn't really apply to the SuperBowl argument though? Most Pro-Teams play in both good/bad/neutral environs throughout the season and really could care less where they play. Furthermore - it's my understanding that a rainy/wet game would effect play ALOT more than a snowy game, correct?
 
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BigWoof31;1705123; said:
Thank you for being honest. I suspected as much but appreciate you coming out and saying it. Rep this man!

This doesn't really apply to the SuperBowl argument though? Most Pro-Teams play in both good/bad/neutral environs throughout the season and really could care less where they play. Furthermore - it's my understanding that a rainy/wet game would effect play ALOT more than a snowy game, correct?
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No doubt.

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And Tampa Bay was once 0-39 in games under 40 degrees. 2002

Northern teams need to be built to be able to succeed in November games in the cold. It's tougher to kick, throw, and catch the ball in cold weather, so a power running game is emphasized. And then in the Super Bowl/BCS Bowl Games, that type of game-plan isn't as needed - so there's something of a disadvantage there.
 
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BB73;1705131; said:
Northern teams need to be built to be able to succeed in November games in the cold. It's tougher to kick, throw, and catch the ball in cold weather, so a power running game is emphasized.
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I think that's a little bit of an outdated idea. Green Bay, New England (#1 offense in NFL in 2008), Philly and the Bengals all have/have had successful air attacks in cold weather cities. Buffalo's best years came not through power running (although Thurman Thomas was quite good) but when Jim Kelly was flinging the ball around in the K-Gun.

Didn't Dan Marino famously say "If it's snowing, I'm throwing" ??


***Understood that this takes us away from the "Big Game/Cold Weather discussion and into a tactical/ X's and O's discussion.
 
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BigWoof31 said:
Thank you for being honest. I suspected as much but appreciate you coming out and saying it. Rep this man!

This doesn't really apply to the SuperBowl argument though? Most Pro-Teams play in both good/bad/neutral environs throughout the season and really could care less where they play. Furthermore - it's my understanding that a rainy/wet game would effect play ALOT more than a snowy game, correct?
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I'm a Raider fan. I don't really give a shit where the next 40 Super Bowls are played.

In 2051 though....watch out bitches!
 
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