The No.1 coldest game in NFL
history was the “Ice Bowl” between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas
Cowboys. According to the record the
temperature at game time was -13 degrees with a wind chill of -48. BRRRRRRR.
The second coldest on record was
the game between the San Diego Chargers and the Cincinnati Bengals where the
temperature was -9 and the wind chill was -59 degrees. Again, I say, BRRRRRRR.
Climatologist and former NASA
scientist, Roy Spencer Ph.D., is predicting
that Sunday’s game between the Packers and the Niners, which kicks off at 4:40
PM ET, could overtake the record for the second coldest game ever with a
temperature of -8 degrees. He says it
all depends on how fast the cold air moves into Lambeau Field on Sunday.
Tony
Manfred cited a tweet from
ESPN’s Erin Andrews which included at picture of the field declaring, “Right
now the stadium looks like absolute DEATH.”
And internet comedian, Iowahawk
quipped, “Let’s face it; ‘wind chill factor’ was invented because humans
enjoy exaggerating their misery.”
Wind chill factor
notwithstanding, the only game that won’t be impacted by “globull” warming will
be the game between the Chiefs and the Colts because they’ll be playing in a
domed stadium. The other six teams are
going to freeze off their fourth point of contact.
NBC
Bay Area posted a little something I found intriguing. According to the article, Head Coach Jim
Harbaugh is blowing off the notion that his 49ers might “have some difficulty playing well this Sunday.”
Dismissive that “cold hands,
rock-hard footballs or freezing winds” may cause some mistakes the article
mentions five factors that will determine the outcome of the game.
Frozen asses, hands and feet and a
distinct unfamiliarity with negative temperatures will have an effect on the
Niners and Green Bay will have the mental edge.
If the Niners are foolish enough
to think that going
sleeveless in Sunday’s game is a sign of toughness, I say they are stupid.
I don’t care what the oddmakers
say and I don’t think anyone’s predictions will hold for a game that’s going to
be played in such forbidding conditions. I’ve been a fan of the Packers since
Bart Starr was their quarterback and I remember well the Ice Bowl.
Go Packers! Sorry Proof, Odie and Stogie.
In the basement...curling my 125's...pondering how ferocious a winter storm named "Hochuli" would be.
— Ed Hochuli's Guns (@EdHochulisGuns) January 3, 2014
@rww25 I thought about wearing some large women's tights, but they'd have runs everywhere. Would just be a mess.
— Ed Hochuli's Guns (@EdHochulisGuns) January 4, 2014
Hochuli in the rolled up sleeves in negative 10 degree weather in Lambeau Field on a Sunday night is just about the perfect NFL visual.
— P. Schrager (@PSchrags) January 2, 2014
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