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LongTermGuy
01-06-2016, 10:30 PM
:cool:

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"Colder........
That's the first word of the National Weather Service forecast for Sunday in Minneapolis. More specifically: a high of 1, a low of minus-7. The wind chill is expected to be about 25 below at dawn and still 15-20 below at the noon local kick. Each gust will feel like an ice dagger.

Colder. That's the phrase because it's just arriving. It was 32 and sunny on Wednesday, which also can be called "early May" in Minnesota.

So here comes the kind of winter blast the area is famous for, just as the Minnesota Vikings (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/min/) will host the Seattle Seahawks (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/sea/) in a playoff game out in the elements of TCF Bank Stadium on the campus of the University of Minnesota.......The wind affects things more," Vikings coach Mike Zimmer (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/26982/) said Wednesday. "The cold is the cold. The ball is going to be harder, a little more slippery."
Players may not prefer it, but in terms of football history, "colder" comes right on time.


This will be the first Vikings home playoff game held outdoors since Dec. 26, 1976 (the regular season was shorter then, thus the playoffs earlier). Minnesota was long famous for games in the bitter cold – Carl Eller and Alan Page, mauling someone in the chill of old Metropolitan Stadium in suburban Bloomington."

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Elessar
01-06-2016, 11:28 PM
:cool:

http://nesncom.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/aptopix_lions_eagles_football2.jpg?w=512


"Colder........
That's the first word of the National Weather Service forecast for Sunday in Minneapolis. More specifically: a high of 1, a low of minus-7. The wind chill is expected to be about 25 below at dawn and still 15-20 below at the noon local kick. Each gust will feel like an ice dagger.

Colder. That's the phrase because it's just arriving. It was 32 and sunny on Wednesday, which also can be called "early May" in Minnesota.

So here comes the kind of winter blast the area is famous for, just as the Minnesota Vikings (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/min/) will host the Seattle Seahawks (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/sea/) in a playoff game out in the elements of TCF Bank Stadium on the campus of the University of Minnesota.......The wind affects things more," Vikings coach Mike Zimmer (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/players/26982/) said Wednesday. "The cold is the cold. The ball is going to be harder, a little more slippery."
Players may not prefer it, but in terms of football history, "colder" comes right on time.


This will be the first Vikings home playoff game held outdoors since Dec. 26, 1976 (the regular season was shorter then, thus the playoffs earlier). Minnesota was long famous for games in the bitter cold – Carl Eller and Alan Page, mauling someone in the chill of old Metropolitan Stadium in suburban Bloomington."

More...

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/chill-out--freezing-temperatures-for-vikings-seahawks-is-good-for-football-233830150.html

Ohhh...Old fashioned Vikings Football!

It has been 30 years since they played in this.

Carl Eller and Alan Page.....<....Two excellent players!

darin
01-07-2016, 01:44 AM
I love bad-weather football. :)

This is a little like the Seahawks playing themselves but from 2012. Except for Wilson being more-advance at that stage then Teddy is now.

Russell 2012: 252/393 passing, 64% completion, 3118 yards, 26TD 10INT Rating: 100.0
Teddy 2015: 292/447 passing, 65%, 3231 yards, 14TD 9INT Rating: 88.7

Teams:

Seahawks 2012: Team Rushing 161.2
Opponents: 103.1

Vikings 2015: Team rushing 138.2
Opponents: 109.3

jimnyc
01-10-2016, 12:47 PM
Damn, it's -5 right now, 15 minutes to game time!! MUCH colder than they even predicted. This will be brutally cold for these bastards!!

LongTermGuy
01-10-2016, 01:15 PM
Damn, it's -5 right now, 15 minutes to game time!! MUCH colder than they even predicted. This will be brutally cold for these bastards!!




Your right...very cold for the bastards....watching Game...

-6 below ....wind chill -23....

namvet
01-10-2016, 01:59 PM
where's the guys with no shits and summer shorts???

fj1200
01-10-2016, 02:54 PM
where's the guys with no shits and summer shorts???

They did show one guy. Then they pondered the over/under in how long he would last.

jimnyc
01-10-2016, 04:27 PM
Oh man, Minnesota chokes on a chip shot of a field goal. Game could have went either way. Cold as hell and a great defensive battle. Only one is allowed to continue on, and Seattle it is.