EverettGriz said:Raider said:Only in Missoula.
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Raids, I know you hate these topics. And while I readily concede the cold issue may be overblown, and that there may be too many discussions about it, how do you explain the fact that every NFL analyst mentions weather’s role this time of year. (e.g. “It’s very difficult to go to Foxborough this time of year and get a win. Not only do you have to face the Patriots, but you have to deal with the elements”?
It’s ridiculous to suggest weather doesn’t play a role in football games.
Yes, of course weather can be a factor in all sporting events. I totally get that.
My annoyance (and why I make so many dickhead posts about it) is that it gets blown wayyyyyy out of proportion here. Missoula is obsessed with the weather. For shit sakes, the front page of the sports section has a huge bolded section titled “The Weather Factor”. Every time that guy interviews a Griz player, he asked the same stupid question about the weather. Don’t see that in the Bozeman Chronicle and their winters are a far worse than ours.
Everyone has to exaggerate the actual conditions, and the effect is has on the game. Go back 25 years and look at the Griz home record against all teams in the playoffs, and tell me there is a direct correlation to beating “warm weather teams” more than “cold weather teams”. There is none…..