Super Bowl XLVIII: Date subject to change

Chicago Tribune/Reuters ^ | 1-23-14

[kingattax]

Super Bowl XLVIII is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 2, but the NFL put contingency plans in place to play the game any time between Friday and Monday next weekend.

A storm of massive proportions would have to be in the forecast for the league to make those contingencies a reality.

"We are embracing the weather," commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday. "Football is played in the elements."

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The current forecast for Super Bowl Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J. is for a high of 40 and 30 percent chance of rain or snow. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:25 p.m. ET.

If a major storm or severe temperatures impacts the region, the game could be played anywhere from Friday, Jan. 31 to Monday, Feb. 3. But the NFL said that's a worst-case scenario with a low probability based on current weather models.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Suppose they gave a Super Bowl and nobody came?

[onyx]

Play the game.

Fans are flying into the Meadowlands from all over the US.

[Ghost of SVR4]

Play the game. I bet if a good storm hits and the game is still played it will be talked about for years as the best since . Unless of course the teams playing are pussies?

[entropy12]

No worries sports fans....cheapest ticket I can find is $8000+ so there will be no shortage of paying spectators.

[Jack Hydrazine]

It would be interesting to see how many would show up if they had to go there during a raging blizzard.

[entropy12]

Did you watch the Seahawks-Saints game? It was near freezing cold, horizontal rain caused by strong winds. Seahawks are used to bad weather. Saints play in Nawlins.

[Kozak]

I hope the weather is record cold with snow and ice.
This is one of the dumber ideas the NFL has had. It’s not like regular playoff games where one team has to be the home team so the weather is beyond the leagues control. This is a CHOICE to play the game in early February outside in NY, and it was all about $$$$$$$$$$$.

[Jet Jaguar]

Babies.

[entropy12]

I seen a couple of games in Soldier Field in Chicago...brutal cold wind there but stadium always fills up. So I see no chance of Superbowl lacking spectators. I went to Soldier field on a 4th of July to watch fireworks with my girl friend and it was even cold then! Lucky we had a blanket with us.

[Ghost of SVR4]

Nope, I sure didn’t. I have a hard enough time keeping up with my own team as life keeps me precluded from being glued to a TV. NOW, if two teams who make it to the superbowl are going to battle it out in really bad weather? I’m down. It is what they are paid for. Otherwise, this old Marine could care less about a bunch of thugs on the field in decent weather.

[entropy12]

Really....Superbowl should always be in southern states. Preferably Florida or Hawaii.

[stanne]

Do they not want to display the mockery of the fallacy of global warming

[Paul R.]

I went to Soldier field on a 4th of July to watch fireworks with my girl friend and it was even cold then! Lucky we had a blanket with us.

That sounds like perfect planning, to me! :-)

[Deo volente]

Steve Van Buren scoring the winning (and only) touchdown for the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1948 NFL Championship game against the old Chicago Cardinals. Final score 7-0. More than 28,000 fans braved the blizzard in Philly to see their team win it all.

[BenLurkin]

http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/chicken.wav

[this_ol_patriot]

Suppose they gave a Super Bowl and nobody came?

That means they are watching the Kitten Bowl, I can't wait.

[laplata]

I wouldn’t go to that game if it was free. I’ll be warm and cozy when I watch it from home.

[mmichaels1970]

The current forecast for Super Bowl Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J. is for a high of 40

40? Wow! How....uncomfortable. Imagine, people having to wear coats to a football game.

[Lexinom]

Nice.... very nice...