Might want to check the advanced forecast for Normal, Illinois on Saturday
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Highs of 50 & 52 degrees in Bloomington last Friday and Saturday when everyone's available
1993 State Championship was an Ice Bowl, severely limiting Terrance Marable on that brutal ISU astro turf, but the Marian Spartans prevailed. What a brutal weather game.
That was the name of my ZZ Top cover band......
Me watching at home while eating Thanksgiving leftovers.
How dare you attempt to co-opt Mr. Gordon Lightfoot...You leave Gitche Gumee out of this...
Just a few years until we get these games indoors at the Bears new stadium.
ISU could make good money by opting to sell any indoor club style seating they might have this Saturday….
If ISU would have beaten SIU would they have had to turn down a home playoff game this Saturday?
Yes I believe when they decided to put the bid in a few years ago it was with the understanding that they would forego any potential first round hosting for the duration of the contract.
Which is absolutely insane to me that a program that wants to play at the Division I level would ever willingly sacrifice a home game in a win or go home postseason tournament.
Arlington Heights can't come fast enough. I remember freezing at the state championship games in 2021 in Dekalb and marveling at how small the crowds were that year. Arlington Heights, with its 72 degree temp, will at least make the weekend comfortable. I may even stay and watch a handful of games.
Anyone hear of plans of teams leaving very early Saturday or maybe even coming in Friday due to snow predictions? Hotel bill will crush budgets, but safety first for the kids. Attendance may be awful SAturday
Was there in 1993 and also 2003 Friday at U of I. Sat thru all 4 games and didn't thaw out until sometime in 2004. Worth it tho.
Yea I'd really like to see them move the season up 1 week and be done before Thanksgiving.Highs of 50 & 52 degrees in Bloomington last Friday and Saturday when everyone's available
MC is crashing at the Alpha Beta's Frat house with Ogre and Stan Gable
My first live finals was the 2003 Friday snow bowl where Iroquois West upset the Carthage powerhouse in 2A and then Wilmington played in their first title game but came up short to Stillman Valley.
Drive home was a bit treacherous.
Drive home was a bit treacherous.
College kids still on campus -too crowded.
Iowa played their championship games last week on UNI's campus. It can be done.
Do you think there is any chance they postpone Saturday's games? We are talking snow levels never before seen in championship games.
That would be the ultimate beta move to postpone the games due to snow. C'mon everyone has to deal with the elements. It's just snow, not a hurricane.
Biggest concern for the IH$A is that the snow will lower attendance and cost them money.
10 years ago no, now......I wouldn't be surprised. Most teams coming have at least a 2 hour drive in good weather, in snow that could be doubled, I see tons of fans, students and alums skipping for TV....I don't think they will reschedule but I wouldn't be surprised if they did. And the IHSA will just up the gate fee to make up any loses.....now would they still be televised on Sunday?
I don't remember ever seeing a 100% prediction of snow before:
12 inches in as many hours, driven by high winds. Less like a football game than a snowball fight.
The 2015 semis in Chicagoland featured a driving snow on Saturday with 2-12” depending on location and temps dropped into the teens with windchills below zero by the Time the Marist game kicked with feet of snow on the sidelines and end zones. This is football, not baseball, you don’t get to “go home and be safe!”