Brrrrr Green Bay!!

Discussion in 'On The Field' started by 1899horn, Jan 16, 2008.

  1. 1899horn

    1899horn 500+ Posts

  2. austintex

    austintex 500+ Posts

    A high of 6 on Sunday? Are you kidding me? Vegas should start an over/under line on frostbite cases during the game.
     
  3. SlingeroGuitaro

    SlingeroGuitaro 250+ Posts

    bart starr could in that naked
     
  4. bierce

    bierce 1,000+ Posts

    Love that spectator index.
     
  5. pasotex

    pasotex 2,500+ Posts

    and wind

    windy and cold and wet

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  6. Bayerithe

    Bayerithe 1,000+ Posts

    Gooo G-men!
     
  7. wright11

    wright11 25+ Posts

    gooooooo! i want to be there...
     
  8. austintex

    austintex 500+ Posts

    Honestly, I think the Giants can handle the cold. I'm more concerned about how the Chargers are going to do in this.

    I still have nightmares about that 1981 AFC championship game where Dan Fouts and Air Coryell nearly froze to death in Cincinnati.
     
  9. RyanUTAustin

    RyanUTAustin 1,000+ Posts

    "Highs in the mid single digits"

    HAHAHA
     
  10. TXBabe97

    TXBabe97 250+ Posts

    1) THAT is why I do not live up north anymore.

    1a) THAT is one of the many reasons Brett Favre & Co. will mightily prevail on Sunday.

    GO PACK GO
     
  11. StonieClarksBelt

    StonieClarksBelt < 25 Posts

    I am Raul, the kicking machine...
     
  12. 1899horn

    1899horn 500+ Posts

    Raul told me that when he saw the skit the night before the super bowl, he laughed his *** off, and it ended up taking the pressure off for him. But he said he got it all back when he raised his hand and the crowd went nuts before he kicked off to open the game. If I am not mistaken, I beleive Raul was the first Longhorn to score points in the super bowl.
     
  13. Eastwood22

    Eastwood22 250+ Posts

    I have always wanted to play football in that weather. The closest I ever got was like 45 degrees... Damn you South Texas!

    Go Pack! Now that the Boys are out, you have to go with Favre.
     
  14. accuratehorn

    accuratehorn 10,000+ Posts

    What was the temperature of the famous Ice Bowl game? That was brutal, frozen tundra indeed. This game will be fun to watch, from my living room, that is.
     
  15. Macanudo

    Macanudo 2,500+ Posts


     
  16. accuratehorn

    accuratehorn 10,000+ Posts

    Found the answer in the other post about the Ice Bowl-started out a balmy -14, ended up at -20. Wind chill of -46. What a game.
     
  17. 1899horn

    1899horn 500+ Posts

    I did a piece once about the Ice Bowl, and I included a quote from Bob Lily saying that after the first play of the game, the ref blew the whistle, then pulled off a piece of his lip when he took the whistle out. Then, the ref worked the rest of the game with a blood icicle hagning from his face. Great stuff.
     
  18. Statalyzer

    Statalyzer 10,000+ Posts

    I heard that after that, the refs just screamed/yelled plays dead so none of them would have to touch their mouth to their whistle.


     
  19. NativeTXchic

    NativeTXchic 1,000+ Posts


     
  20. kicksumass

    kicksumass 100+ Posts


     
  21. DeadHeadHorn

    DeadHeadHorn 500+ Posts

    Football in the snow is fun. I grew up in Wisconsin, so it just seemed like that was the way it was meant to be played.

    But a high of 6? That is just f'in brutal.
     
  22. stabone

    stabone 500+ Posts


     
  23. Bayerithe

    Bayerithe 1,000+ Posts

    hits hurt about 2-3x hard in that kind of cold.

    It's going to be a cold weekend too here in Chicago ... brrr [​IMG]
     
  24. dallas_the_tiger

    dallas_the_tiger 100+ Posts

    Here's an ESPN article about the Ice Bowl.

    Ice Bowl

    "-- minus-13 degrees at noon and still the coldest Dec. 31 in Green Bay history. Fierce north gusts sent the wind chill sinking to minus-30 degrees.
    Four fans suffered heart attacks at the stadium. Fourteen made it on their own to the hospital for treatment for exposure. A crisis of near-equal proportions visited the open-air TV booth where whiskey-laced coffee froze. Announcer Frank Gifford opened his commentary by saying, "I just took a bite out of my coffee."
     
  25. DAGMAR

    DAGMAR 250+ Posts

    I will be staying inside this weekend
     
  26. LonghornSS

    LonghornSS 100+ Posts

    I was gonna post a picture of an attractive Packer cheerleader followed by some witty (albeit lewd) comment about keeping warm, but apparently Green Bay hasn't had official cheerleaders since 1988....

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    So instead, I leave you with the best in the world:

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  27. StonieClarksBelt

    StonieClarksBelt < 25 Posts

  28. TheGallopinGoose

    TheGallopinGoose 2,500+ Posts

    With luck, the high temperature in Green Bay will be Brett Favre's number.
     
  29. Bob in Houston

    Bob in Houston 2,500+ Posts


     
  30. austintex

    austintex 500+ Posts

    I guess they didn't have plastic whistles back then ...
     

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