Oh how I wish they were playing in the Midwest this weekend. It might not make a difference but some of those teams have never played when it is even close to this cold. Most years it’s not even this cold for Midwest teams.
Former Pac12 schools and the weather
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Hoping for some cold weather when southern teams travel to the Midwest in the CFP. It will be a shock to the system.
For today, I doubt either of the starting QB's have played in anything close to this cold in their lives.
For today, I doubt either of the starting QB's have played in anything close to this cold in their lives.
All players feel the same weather. As stated even northern player's rarely play in this cold. The weather thing is way overrated.
Is It? Why is it the Dolphins haven't won a game played in those conditions in years and Tua has NEVER won a game with the temp under 25 degrees in his career?
Not once in his career? Okay. Not saying its just him either but the team doesn't seem to play well in low temp games...
No one said they liked it, but some teams may be better suited for it. Style of play etc...
Also, northern teams mentally prepare better for cold weather games.
Hilarious. One thread boasting about how teams not in the Midwest can't handle cold games like this.....and three threads down there are Hawkeye "fans" giving away their tickets, obviously because they don't want to sit in the cold.
Luckily its the players who play and not the whiney fans......
It takes time for the body to acclimate to temperature changes. How you react to 40-degree weather in the spring is different to how it feels in the fall. In the spring, it feels warm after cold temperatures all winter. In the fall it feels cold after all the summer weather. Spring you might see people without a coat on, fall they may be bundled up at the same temperature. I'm not a scientist, just my experience coaching teams. I live in Columbus and the winters here seem mild compared to the bitter cold Iowa winters. Might be psychological, but it's what I grew up with and it affects how I react to the temperature.
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Yes and No. None of the players like it but if you've done it before you've got a little advantage. You could see the look on Tua's face last night during the Miami/Green Bay game. He did not want to be there.
Since 2000, the Packers have lost HOME playoff games to Atlanta, TB, and SF (twice). SF isn't a southern team per se but they qualify per the OP's assertion that warm-,weather teams can't win in the cold. No one likes playing in weather like today.
If the rose bowl was played in Chicago instead of Pasadena, don't you think the big 10 would have a major advantage?
No doubt. I swear that this "teams/players from the south can't handle the cold" is something that Midwesterners made up to make themselves feel better about the sh*tty winters they have to endure.
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LOL. How many teams have won ANY games at Brady's Patriots or Allen's Bills?
Exactly how many games has Tua played in those conditions, how many of them were on his home field, and how many times was his team favored?
This is just bias based on very little data. Like saying the Packers hardly ever win when the temp is >100 degrees, or the Panthers hardly ever win at Denver because of the altitude.
Nobody in this thread, much less the OP said that. Just that it could be challenging if you're not used to the conditions. It's not an absolute.
Okay then. Good points. As to "Brady's Pats" how many games has Tua played against "Brady's Pats" Hasn't he been gone for at least 5 years, and that Pats team has been dog crap for the most part since then, No?
Meh, southern speed usually wins. I think the home field crowd noise will be the much bigger issue for southern schools traveling north.
The Brady reference was to your Dolphins comment in general. They've been overall the worst team in their division since it became a division in 2002. They haven't won many games on the road at all, much less against good teams late in the season.
My guess is that Dolphins players had no problems handling the cold in the early '70s. Global warming?
