A Damn Good Moment

[IdaGriz01]

In that SFA game in 95 the boys from Texas came out wearing every article of warm clothing they could find and the Griz came out in short sleeves and half shirts. It was 2 degrees (-15 wind chill) at kickoff. The game was over before it started.

One of my all-time favorite playoff Griz memories (excepting, of course, the championship win against Marshall that followed) ... for a number of reasons. (Bear with me.)

First, after the win against Geo Southern the week before, we sat in the Mo Club waiting for the other results. (Maybe someone can recall who had to lose/win ... I can't. arty: ) When things fell our way, I had a problem: I had to fly out of Idaho Falls to a meeting and wouldn't be back to in time to drive up. SOooo, I rescheduled my flight to come back directly to Missoula (cost extra, but WGAS), and my wife agreed to drive up alone. I happen to arrive at the Missoula terminal (late) along with the SFA cheer squad. While they waited for the shuttle to their hotel, one of them stepped outside. I still remember this anguished cry: "Twelve degrees! [pause] That's not a temperature!" (It got colder, of course.)
Next day, we bundled up and -- what with the hooting and hollering -- didn't give a damn about how cold it was. (We weren't so far gone, though, that we didn't know it was damn cold.) Honestly, when the score started to get out of hand, we even mustered up some sympathy for the SFA people. And yes, the band instruments did freeze up.

The best part, maybe, came next: We happened to be on the fan plane to Marshall with Ruby (of Ruby's). She told us that the SFA assistant coaches had spent the hours before closing time rushing around to any place where they could find warm stuff that the team and coaches could use to keep them from freezing their a**es off. Too funny! (And it obviously didn't work.)

 

[GrizMusician]

In that SFA game in 95 the boys from Texas came out wearing every article of warm clothing they could find and the Griz came out in short sleeves and half shirts. It was 2 degrees (-15 wind chill) at kickoff. The game was over before it started.

One of my all-time favorite playoff Griz memories (excepting, of course, the championship win against Marshall that followed) ... for a number of reasons. (Bear with me.)

First, after the win against Geo Southern the week before, we sat in the Mo Club waiting for the other results. (Maybe someone can recall who had to lose/win ... I can't. arty: ) When things fell our way, I had a problem: I had to fly out of Idaho Falls to a meeting and wouldn't be back to in time to drive up. SOooo, I rescheduled my flight to come back directly to Missoula (cost extra, but WGAS), and my wife agreed to drive up alone. I happen to arrive at the Missoula terminal (late) along with the SFA cheer squad. While they waited for the shuttle to their hotel, one of them stepped outside. I still remember this anguished cry: "Twelve degrees! [pause] That's not a temperature!" (It got colder, of course.)
Next day, we bundled up and -- what with the hooting and hollering -- didn't give a damn about how cold it was. (We weren't so far gone, though, that we didn't know it was damn cold.) Honestly, when the score started to get out of hand, we even mustered up some sympathy for the SFA people. And yes, the band instruments did freeze up.

The best part, maybe, came next: We happened to be on the fan plane to Marshall with Ruby (of Ruby's). She told us that the SFA assistant coaches had spent the hours before closing time rushing around to any place where they could find warm stuff that the team and coaches could use to keep them from freezing their a**es off. Too funny! (And it obviously didn't work.)

That story was great! Thanks for sharing!

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[yellowstone60]

 

[Redonkuless1]

Watching swogger during that UMASS game never find the wide open TE on the bootleg. Made me pissed and frozen. Ahh! Good times!

 

[Redonkuless1]

I've never felt the new addition shake like it did during the come back against SDSU. I swear there was a crack in the wall after that game that wasn't there when it started. And a third of the stadium was empty.

 

[yellowstone60]

I've never felt the new addition shake like it did during the come back against SDSU. I swear there was a crack in the wall after that game that wasn't there when it started. And a third of the stadium was empty.

yes ! I am a witness to this, the entire deck was bouncing, kind of felt like an earthquake..... where are your seats ?

 

[Raider]

“Shocking” :roll: that this thread turned into the exaggerated, embellished e-griz weather melodrama.

 

[Redonkuless1]

yes ! I am a witness to this, the entire deck was bouncing, kid of felt like an earthquake..... where are your seats ?

Sec.226, the next year they had the steel over concrete repair on the outside wall.

 

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

95 SFA game was cold but the App St game was colder IMO the wind out of Hellgate was brutal towards the top on the NEZ.

No way I was going to freeze solid.....too much anti freeze that day/night

 

[yellowstone60]

yes ! I am a witness to this, the entire deck was bouncing, kid of felt like an earthquake..... where are your seats ?

Sec.226, the next year they had the steel over concrete repair on the outside wall.

I have 4 seats in 225, hope we get a repeat of that one !

 

[get'em_griz]

I honestly don't remember the cold at all! We were so packed into the student section jumping around that it kept pretty warm. Man I wish I could be there for this series finale!