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Dec 16, 2010 4:44 PM
I don't think they are dead set on outdoors as much as they are Minnesota.
Dec 16, 2010 4:44pm
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Dec 16, 2010 8:12 PM
Yeah, to lose the last two home games of the year is a bit tough for the fans, teams, players, etc.

The 'dome' at the Metrodome is akin to the 'bubble domes' used for golf, indoor sports, etc. It uses air pressure to keep the roof up. With holes, you can't keep the roof inflated, therefore it sags. And it's not just the fabric, there's a grid-like system in the roof that's solid, meant to help keep the roof in position when it's inflated.

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Dec 16, 2010 8:12pm
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Dec 17, 2010 2:19 AM
This is a completely terrible idea
Dec 17, 2010 2:19am
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enigmaax

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Dec 17, 2010 7:26 AM
Just heard the bitching on Sportscenter. Really? They're playing in a football stadium, on a football field, right? What am I missing - why is it all of a sudden a problem to play a game outside in the cold?
Dec 17, 2010 7:26am
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Dec 17, 2010 1:37 PM
it seems like a lot of the complaining has to do with the field

TCF Stadium doesn't have the heating system under the field, apparently, and it will make the surface very hard

this will be like the Ice Bowl, which will be great if you're watching in the living room bad if you're in the stands or playing in the game

no alcohol, zero degrees (even less with the wind chill), a team out of the playoff race with maybe a third string QB, you'd have to be a real diehard
Dec 17, 2010 1:37pm
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Dec 17, 2010 11:58 PM
enigmaax;603862 wrote:Just heard the bitching on Sportscenter. Really? They're playing in a football stadium, on a football field, right? What am I missing - why is it all of a sudden a problem to play a game outside in the cold?

I know this is a midwestern based board and a lot of you believe football is meant to be played in sub zero weather with a foot of snow on the ground. I can tell you how I and a lot of others who have played in the weather feel----- it sucks! There is nothing fun about freezing your balls off, your cleat crunching on the field in ice and the football stinging your fingers when you make a catch. To the fans in attendance, there is nothing fun about wearing a full snowsuit accompanied with a ski mask.

In all honesty football is much better from September-November for all involved, unless you are somewhere like San Diego, Phoenix or Miami where it is nice year round.
Dec 17, 2010 11:58pm
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Dec 18, 2010 12:18 AM
I've gone to a lot of pro football games and I'd say if the weather is in the 20s and 30s that's not real cold. If you dress accordingly once you get in the crowd it will be a comfortable feel where you can cheer and be rowdy and those things.

below 15 it starts to get rotten where you're just froze and too cold to even cheer
Dec 18, 2010 12:18am
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Dec 18, 2010 7:28 AM
Little Danny;604807 wrote:I know this is a midwestern based board and a lot of you believe football is meant to be played in sub zero weather with a foot of snow on the ground. I can tell you how I and a lot of others who have played in the weather feel----- it sucks! There is nothing fun about freezing your balls off, your cleat crunching on the field in ice and the football stinging your fingers when you make a catch. To the fans in attendance, there is nothing fun about wearing a full snowsuit accompanied with a ski mask.

In all honesty football is much better from September-November for all involved, unless you are somewhere like San Diego, Phoenix or Miami where it is nice year round.

These players are being well compensated no matter if they are playing in a warm dome or outside in the snow. Suck it up and play.
Dec 18, 2010 7:28am
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Dec 20, 2010 8:52 AM
holdingout;604909 wrote:These players are being well compensated no matter if they are playing in a warm dome or outside in the snow. Suck it up and play.

Exactly my thoughts. Pay me millions of dollars per year and I'll play in the cold and on frozen ground.
Dec 20, 2010 8:52am
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Dec 20, 2010 6:06 PM
Holy Crap Batman!! The snow is coming down fast in Minneapolis tonight.
Dec 20, 2010 6:06pm
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Dec 20, 2010 6:13 PM
Non;604242 wrote:this will be like the Ice Bowl, which will be great if you're watching in the living room bad if you're in the stands or playing in the game

no alcohol, zero degrees (even less with the wind chill), a team out of the playoff race with maybe a third string QB, you'd have to be a real diehard
And now I know why Minnesota played the "Favre's questionable and might be cleared to play!" card. Shitty weather with a bad home team playing at an inferior, alternate field = say Favre might play to see if that helps attendance.
Dec 20, 2010 6:13pm
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Dec 20, 2010 6:18 PM
Im betting that he DOES play!
Dec 20, 2010 6:18pm
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Dec 20, 2010 6:25 PM
Mort just said it best...

"Full of drama, loves the attention."

I never really wish injury on someone, but I hope Brett plays and seriously injures his shoulder. That way he might finally realize that he can't play through EVERYTHING.
Dec 20, 2010 6:25pm
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Dec 20, 2010 7:00 PM
Favre didn't create the drama, espn did. Favre said all along he would play tonight if he could.

If he plays tonight and gets the win that would be a fitting way to end his career. Beating Chicago and having GB fans love him for it.
Dec 20, 2010 7:00pm
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Dec 20, 2010 7:04 PM
Favre is starting.
Dec 20, 2010 7:04pm
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Dec 20, 2010 7:38 PM
I have disliked how Farve handled most everything these past 3 years. However, he is a MF'n gamer willing to play with some injuries!! I wish I could say the same for Adrian Peterson. He was listed as probable, the guys said he had a skip in his step as he entered the stadium tonight. He is a talented RB, yet I sometimes question his desire.
Dec 20, 2010 7:38pm
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Dec 20, 2010 7:52 PM
Little Danny;604807 wrote:I know this is a midwestern based board and a lot of you believe football is meant to be played in sub zero weather with a foot of snow on the ground. I can tell you how I and a lot of others who have played in the weather feel----- it sucks! There is nothing fun about freezing your balls off, your cleat crunching on the field in ice and the football stinging your fingers when you make a catch. To the fans in attendance, there is nothing fun about wearing a full snowsuit accompanied with a ski mask.

In all honesty football is much better from September-November for all involved, unless you are somewhere like San Diego, Phoenix or Miami where it is nice year round.

I don't think football is "meant" to be played in those conditions. And I quite often mock the northern mentality when it comes to the whole unfair-bowls-are-all-in-nice-weather debate.

All I'm saying is that the NFL doesn't cancel games for cold. Or bad fields. If this game hadn't been moved in the first place, no one would've thought that the game maybe shouldn't be played.
Dec 20, 2010 7:52pm
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Dec 20, 2010 7:54 PM
What is there to get gained by Favre playing in this game?

With Peterson out, Chicago will stack the box and really put the pressure on Favor tonight.
Dec 20, 2010 7:54pm
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Dec 20, 2010 7:56 PM
enigmaax;608532 wrote:I don't think football is "meant" to be played in those conditions. And I quite often mock the northern mentality when it comes to the whole unfair-bowls-are-all-in-nice-weather debate.

All I'm saying is that the NFL doesn't cancel games for cold. Or bad fields. If this game hadn't been moved in the first place, no one would've thought that the game maybe shouldn't be played.

If the game hadn't been moved, it would not have been played.
Dec 20, 2010 7:56pm
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Dec 20, 2010 8:16 PM
Blanket;608534 wrote:What is there to get gained by Favre playing in this game?

With Peterson out, Chicago will stack the box and really put the pressure on Favor tonight.

It just shows how much Brett loves to play football. He just can't give up playing in the games. And the bad field conditions might give his offensive line a better chance to give him better protection.
Dec 20, 2010 8:16pm
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Dec 20, 2010 8:45 PM
Lol at how far Percy Harvin slid after the catch.
Dec 20, 2010 8:45pm
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Dec 20, 2010 9:17 PM
What a throw...
Dec 20, 2010 9:17pm
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Dec 20, 2010 9:29 PM
Because AP didn't play tonight I locked up wins in 2 leagues in the playoffs when I would have easily lost in one and it would have been close in the other. I probably looked like a fool fistpumping while running on the treadmill at Urban Active when I found out but oh well, I can live with that.
Dec 20, 2010 9:29pm
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Dec 20, 2010 9:32 PM
Once I turned it on and saw that there wasn't 5-8" of more snow coming down, this one kinda lost its luster for me
Dec 20, 2010 9:32pm
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Dec 20, 2010 9:32 PM
LOL Favre got lit up
Dec 20, 2010 9:32pm