Ice Bowl Pingy.
Heck for GB thats balmy weather this time of year.
I remember the AFC championship game in 1981 in Cincinnatii . Wind chill at kick off was -57!!. The Chargers had flown in from San Diego the day before. The bengal offensive line took the field in short sleeves. Not much of a game. Chargers couldn’t wait to get back to sunny California, trophy less of course.
RIP Jethro Pugh.
Little side note. Watched a documentary on this on the NFL channel. Green Bay had installed a heater consisting of a mesh of wires underneath the field. Lombardi was quite proud of this and showed it off often. Night before the game, they turned the heaters on and covered the field. Result was a lot of condensation under the field cover. When they removed the cover, the field froze almost instantly. IOW, had they left the cover off or not turned the heaters on, the condition of the field would have been much better.
I remember watching that game as a 12 year old on our 13 inch b/w TV. Our outside temperature was 48F.
I can barely remember the game.
A few things do stand out tho. One was watching the linemen trying to break through the frozen turf with their cleats to get traction. Another was Bart Starr running a Quarterback sneak to win the game.
Mostly just how cold everyone looked.
In the press box, sportswriters were talking about their bricks of coffee. Yes, the coffee froze into these circular bricks because of the cold.
I remember the Ice Bowl like it was yesterday. It’s the first football game I can remember watching. Sitting there watching the game with my little brother. He wanted the guys in green to win, so naturally I took the other team and became a life long Cowboys fan. Over the last half century, the Cowboys have provided plenty of both good and bad memories. Guess that is what rooting for a team is all about.
Just read an article stating Rogers has a severe case of the flu.
I remember the Ice Bowl, I was a child, but I actually went to the Fog bowl when the Bears beat the Eagles, worst game ever, couldn’t see anything after the second quarter.