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    Default "Chill out: Freezing temperatures for Vikings-Seahawks is good for football...."






    "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 will host the Seattle Seahawks 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 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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    Quote Originally Posted by LongTermGuy View Post





    "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 will host the Seattle Seahawks 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 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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    http://sports.yahoo.com/news/chill-o...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!
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    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.

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    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!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by jimnyc View Post
    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....



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    where's the guys with no shits and summer shorts???

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    Quote Originally Posted by namvet View Post
    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.
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    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.
    “You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?” - Chris Rock

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