Cancel the Green Bay Game?

[JustRalph]

Revised high temp now predicted to be -7

49ers are going to love it. Come on man!

[ManU918]

The Niners will still win.

[Marshall Bennett]

No they won't. :cool:

[cj's dad]

Wind chill to be -35Revised high temp now predicted to be -7

49ers are going to love it. Come on man!

Wind chill predicted to be -35* > -40*

Seriously, how can people be expected to perform at their best in that temperature?

[GaryG]

I believe the temps and wind chill were about the same for the infamous Ice Bowl against Dallas. The frozen tundra of Lambeau Field...

[Valuist]

And they wonder why the game still hasn't sold out?

Why be that miserable when you can get a better view on TV, eat food that isn't as expensive, or wait in lines for the washroom?

[burnsy]

And they wonder why the game still hasn't sold out?

Why be that miserable when you can get a better view on TV, eat food that isn't as expensive, or wait in lines for the washroom?

Exactly, I'm a Bills fan. Now that i'm 51 years old, a couple years ago we went the day after Christmas...lets just say that was my last game after Thanksgiving. It used to not bother me as much, but a cold beer, a warm seat and the remote are all i really need if thats the deal.

I like the 49ers but the cold will give the Pack a chance....people try to play it off....until you see the visiting team shivering in the 3rd quarter. I'm a Bills fan, back when we were good, you (the visitor)could not win there in the cold. I remember seeing Miami and Oakland there in the playoffs....no shot. The 49ers are the better team 12-4, its a bad rule they have to go up there...but GB gets the "cold handicap" advantage.

[Robert Goren]

I like GB. They have the look of this years surprise team. They remind me of Arizona and Kurt Warner of a few years ago.

[Tom]

Remember the Chargers at Bengels in the 70's?
Poor Dan Fouts could barely throw the ball 20 yards. And no one wanted to catch that rock.

[Dave Schwartz]

We've become big-time 49er fans but I just do not see how they pull this one off.

[horses4courses]

Heck, there are some who think they should hold a Super Bowl in Lambeau.

[Rookies]

Exactly, I'm a Bills fan. Now that i'm 51 years old, a couple years ago we went the day after Christmas...lets just say that was my last game after Thanksgiving. It used to not bother me as much, but a cold beer, a warm seat and the remote are all i really need if thats the deal.

I like the 49ers but the cold will give the Pack a chance....people try to play it off....until you see the visiting team shivering in the 3rd quarter. I'm a Bills fan, back when we were good, you (the visitor)could not win there in the cold. I remember seeing Miami and Oakland there in the playoffs....no shot. The 49ers are the better team 12-4, its a bad rule they have to go up there...but GB gets the "cold handicap" advantage.

#1 The Ice Bowl
# 2 Chargers @ Bungles, AFC Championship, 1982 = -9

And then, this one:
# 3 Jan. 15, 1994 - Ralph Wilson Stadium
AFC Playoff: Buffalo Bills vs. Los Angeles Raiders
Wind Chill = - 32, Temp 0

At the age of 41, I WAS THERE as a Bills' Season Tix holder! I remember putting a warm Beer in the snow during the tailgate and 45 seconds later, it was slush. :lol: half time, I found a heated room to warm and spent the entire second half stamping my feet!

Of course, the Bills won 29-23!

These are dangerous games and if the weather is equivalent at the Super Bowl in 4 weeks, the Corporate suits will never allow that to happen again.

[pandy]

I like the 49ers. The Giants beat the Packers in frigid conditions in the playoffs a few years ago, and the Packers seemed to dislike the cold more than the Giants. The 49ers can run the ball. The Packers will have to pass to win. The 49ers can run, pass, and they have a much better defense.

[thaskalos]

I think the 49ers will win it easily.

The Packer D is terribly mismatched against the 49er offense.

[Saratoga_Mike]

And they wonder why the game still hasn't sold out?

Why be that miserable when you can get a better view on TV, eat food that isn't as expensive, or wait in lines for the washroom?

Big issue with a number of games this weekend. I think GB added seating capacity in the off-season, too, making it an even tougher job to sell out in this weather.

[pandy]

Playing the Eagles game tonight is such GREED. They could have played on a nice sunny afternoon. Now the fans will have to freeze their butts off tonight. Really stupid and greedy.

[Saratoga_Mike]

Playing the Eagles game tonight is such GREED. They could have played on a nice sunny afternoon. Now the fans will have to freeze their butts off tonight. Really stupid and greedy.

What's the greedy part? Bigger TV audience???

[wiffleball whizz]

What's the greedy part? Bigger TV audience???


Pretty sure the pats raider game in the snowstorm with huge ratings will forever make these games at night

[HuggingTheRail]

The way Indy has played the first quarter, they may wish their game was postponed...

[Clocker]

The way Indy has played the first quarter, they may wish their game was postponed...


The way they played the second quarter, the first quarter looks pretty good.:rolleyes:

[pandy]

What's the greedy part? Bigger TV audience???


Yes. No question this was because of money but in January?

[witchdoctor]

This reminds me of a story about Warren Moon who claimed to have played a CFL game in Edmondton(I think) that was 40 below with a 50 MPH wind. The reporter asked him what the wind chill was and Moon replied "I didn't ask because I didn't want to know."

[davew]

Wouldn't it be so cool if the football shattered by the kicker on the opening kick-off. I wonder if the football players are insured for frostbite? At least one team gets a few months to recover.

[Tom]

Of course, the Bills won 29-23!

Of course they did.....HELL FROZE OVER! :lol:

[Overlay]

The way Indy has played the first quarter, they may wish their game was postponed...
The way they played the second quarter, the first quarter looks pretty good.:rolleyes:
But it's how you FINISH that counts! :)

[Overlay]

Wind chill to be -35

Wind chill predicted to be -35* > -40*

Seriously, how can people be expected to perform at their best in that temperature?
1982 Freezer Bowl (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freezer_Bowl)

If they didn't cancel the 1982 "Freezer Bowl" AFC championship in Cincinnati between the Bengals and the Chargers, with constant wind chills around -40 degrees, they won't cancel this game. (I was just glad that I could watch that 1982 game from my living room!)

[rastajenk]

I was there, in my Bengies hardhat. It was legendary. I can't imagine willingly subjecting myself to those conditions now that I'm older and wiser.
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2868/11774220456_d1f6047184_m.jpg

[Rookies]

I was there, in my Bengies hardhat. It was legendary. I can't imagine willingly subjecting myself to those conditions now that I'm older and wiser.
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2868/11774220456_d1f6047184_m.jpg

This is the thing.

Young and crazy, you do ANYTHING, as I did in Buffalo that equivalent day. As you get older and the end appears nearer at the end of the tunnel, you like to punt whenever you get the opportunity to extend it! ;)

[Clocker]

But it's how you FINISH that counts! :)

The Chiefs finished the game like they finished the season. Cheap early speed fading quickly in the stretch. It's too early to tell if the 1st half of the season means that Andy Reid was correcting the Chiefs tendency to self-destruct or if the second half means that he is adding to it.

[Grits]

Watching the Bengals/Chargers game. Yes, its cold, but its not Lambeau Field COLD, such as it will be later at 4:30.

I read that they're going to give away free hot chocolate to fans during the game as the temperature drops down after kickoff. .... Hot chocolate. How does one even hold the cup in this kind of cold? Mind you, I've spent time in extreme cold, skiing--not sitting. One stays warmer.

I got curious. Sure, players have always had hand warmers, heavy parkas, "reddi heaters" (construction site staple) that blow huge BTU level towards players. But, I did not know--dirt can be heated. This, gentlemen, I did not know...downtown sidewalks, yes, grids underneath in some regions. But, dirt, this was new. I should have known, given the wealth of the NFL, etc.)

http://www.popularmechanics.com/outdoors/sports/football/how-nfl-fields-and-players-stay-warm-in-january-games

[Marshall Bennett]

They need to hand out straight jackets.

[Robert Fischer]

how has the cold affected the line ?


How is the public betting ?

[Robert Fischer]

San Fran is a 3pt fav and 60% is taking San Fran.

I don't see the type of scenario that would attract manipulation.

[Robert Fischer]

San Francisco may have been up 21-0 if Romans had run Kaepernick earlier.

Romans is a great coordinator, but in the Super Bowl, and early in this wild-card game, he has failed to run Kaepernick in the red zone area.

[thaskalos]

I read somewhere that the football oddsmakers think that Rodgers is worth 8 points to the Packers.

They may have shortchanged him...

[ManU918]

No they won't. :cool:

Yes they will....