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Re: Worse Weather Game

Postby MustangStealth » Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:46 pm

Arkpony wrote:TidePony Gets my vote. I was at that 1983 Sun Bowl in El Paso. Miserably cold day. What made it worse was the day before it was short sleeve weather. I've been to a lot of the games mentioned here (including the Cotton Bowl vs Pitt) but that Sun Bowl was the worst.


Apparently I was at that game too, as a 2 year old hiding with my brother in a blanket under the bleachers
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Re: Worse Weather Game

Postby ponyte » Wed Aug 21, 2013 9:17 pm

I did mention it cause i actually didn't witness it. I was not on the travel squad that week. But the 1976 game in Lubbock has to be a consideration. I didn't witness it but I saw the game film. THe game was delayed almost two hours due to snow. Once it started the snow continued. In the game film one can't tell were the yard markers are, the sidelines are or anything related to the field. We were in white pants and jerseys and it is hard to see our players in the game film cause the field is solid white.

In 1980, we traveled to Lubbock without winter gear. The game time temp was around freezing. The day before the game, we had no winter cloths and our walk though was miserable because of the cold. The night before the equipment staff had hit every store in the Lubbock area trying to get us enough warm gear for the game. They failed cause thin nylon undershirts just didn't cut it in that weather. By the 4Th quarter it was a driving snow storm. I was more cold in that game than any game up to then. It was so cold I wanted to be on the field and playing just to warm up. It is sad to admit I wanted to play just to warm up and not to compete.

The storm was such that our chartered flight was delayed a couple of hours due to weather. It was the worse weather I played in overall (1980). A close second was the next week against Arkyland. It was in Texas Stadium. The fans were OK but the field was exposed to near freezing rain. The first time I hit the turf took my breath away cause it was so cold.

Fans were not subject to the wet weather but the players had to adjust to the cold that day.
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Re: Worse Weather Game

Postby PlanoStang » Wed Aug 21, 2013 10:54 pm

Ran a full 10K in 14 degree weather at the appropriately named Arlington Winter Run just a few
years ago. With a hoody, and sweat pants it almost got too hot :!:

I think I would've been jogging between the 20s just to get warm. :wink:
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Re: Worse Weather Game

Postby soccermom » Thu Aug 22, 2013 11:36 am

I was in Lubbock in '80 for that game. 3 sorority sisters & I flew in one of their dad's company's plane. We had to leave the game early in order to get to the plane before the weather got worse.
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Re: Worse Weather Game

Postby ponyte » Thu Aug 22, 2013 1:15 pm

The 80 game against TTU was the 9th coldest in SMU history with the game time temp of 39 degrees. It was a lot colder by the end of the game in a driving snow storm.

Was anyone at the '77 TCU game in Ft. Worthless? That is the hottest SMU game at 111 degrees at gametime.
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Re: Worse Weather Game

Postby CA Mustang » Thu Aug 22, 2013 2:12 pm

ponyte wrote:Was anyone at the '77 TCU game in Ft. Worthless? That is the hottest SMU game at 111 degrees at gametime.

Granted that was when most games were not televised, but why didn't they play at night if it was that hot?
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Re: Worse Weather Game

Postby ponyte » Thu Aug 22, 2013 2:29 pm

In 2000, the game time temp against Kansas was 107 degrees. And it was a 'night' game. I don’t know if the TCU game was afternoon or evening.

Back in the Meyer era, the home games were played mostly at night through September. There were exceptions like against TCU in ’76 and ’78. The reason was due to a promotion with the Jerry Lewis Telethon.
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Re: Worse Weather Game

Postby Nacho » Thu Aug 22, 2013 3:56 pm

http://www.chacha.com/question/what-was ... o-a-played

we beat the hottest nfl game ever played. so we got that going for us.
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Re: Worse Weather Game

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Re: Worse Weather Game

Postby PK » Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:20 pm

ALEX LIFESON wrote:1976 snowstorm, SMU vs Tech.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... egx_XsHWRQ

Score was worse than the snow. 8)
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