OT: Steelers/Bills game Sunday @1, cold, lots of snow!
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That is how it feels with no direction home
A complete unknown….
My sarcasm meter doesn't always work. So I will just say that I hope this post was meant to be tongue in cheek.
...doesnt really help when most of the fans are having difficulty GETTING access to the Stadium because of the snow...
Popular according to whom? Her approval rating is like 40% and disapproval rating is 40%
Actual field surface will be about 50 degrees -- KC has a heated field
Not what the announcers were saying at halftime of the current broadcast. They were standing on the field saying it was icy, frozen and hard as a rock. Sometimes the heating systems can’t keep up with Mother Nature.
From a previous cold weather game:
In addition to the soil temperature, the cold weather also has an effect on how Hamilton and company handle the tarp coming off the field before the game, which you'll see on Sunday before the game against the Titans.
"We're going to blow heat underneath the tarp because what happens is the moisture from the ground comes up from the bottom of the tarp, condensates and forms ice," Hamilton said of the rise in soil temperature from the system. "So we're going to keep the ice from forming on the bottom side of the tarp, but the unknown is when we pull that tarp off and it's three or four degrees Sunday morning, it may instantly frost.
"We may have what looks like a frozen field, but it will be is just the blades of grass having frost on them. The soil itself and the root zone itself will be warm."
By the people . She was elected by like 300 k votes against a very strong and good candidate
Not even sure what you're ranting about or why my being a moderator makes any difference about my expressing an opinion about an NFL game. There have been other games in as bad or worse conditions which have been played, so why change this one. But hey, you do you. Unbelievable!
Okay. I’ll take your word for it. You going or playing tonight? I think I’ll listen to the folks actually standing there tonight.
You don’t have a concern for public safety ?
That’s why it was postponed
In all matters NFL, this one included, the standards of yesterday are not the standards of today. We can debate whether that is good. We cannot debate whether that is true.
Thank you for posting that. That is the main debate and I think it extends beyond the NFL.
Drivability is a big factor.
But I just saw a clip of Buffalo, and you can't really play in that. Probably would be very difficult to watch on TV. Wind and snow really cutting visability, which cold does not.
Not sure if these conditions continue till original game time, but if so, I can def see why they postponed.
This article gives a little more insight as to the postponement:
2024 NFL playoffs: Steelers vs. Bills Super Wild Card Weekend game postponed to Monday due to weather The New York governor made the announcement Saturday
Sounds like it could have affected the Steelers ability to get there.
2024 NFL playoffs: Steelers vs. Bills Super Wild Card Weekend game postponed to Monday due to weather The New York governor made the announcement Saturday
Sounds like it could have affected the Steelers ability to get there.
Heating system has to be however many inches below the surface, so intense cold can overcome the heating system at the surface.
They could play in it, it's been done before. Look at the fog game in Chicago which was held even though you couldn't see a damn thing on camera. I think the travel dangers are the main concern here.
Fog is zero wind. And most likely mildish temps.
Blizzard is numerous factors. Could you play in it? I guess at some level. And truthfully the NFL would probably love this game on their resume.
But yeah travel concerns are significant.
My point was visibility. Look up the game: the announcers basically had to guess what was happening on the field.
I get postponing the game, but damn, I really wanted to see them play in a raging Lake Effect Snowstorm, although with snow as heavy as expected, "seeing" anything would've been difficult.
Yeah, but was that the best way to deal with it? Either way, the fog bowl is a bad comparison since the game started out clear and fine then the lake fog rolled in.
Yep . Hochul probably told goodell we can’t do this safely. Then it got postoponed
Vid I saw legit looked like if you were trying to hold the first down markers....you just wouldn't be able to.
I think, or at least hope travel, and fan safety was the main concern(and of course team safety in terms of driving to the game), but there are some weather conditions that are impossible to play in. What I saw may have been that.
Game would still have been postponed even if there was a dome
Yawn. Each event needs to be evaluated on its own circumstances. What a dumb tweet.
You seem to be in the minority on this one. Lots of Bills fans I see are complaining about this.