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Soup Bone 45

Frayed Knot Feb 02 2011 07:04 AM

I can't be the only one getting a kick out of the fact that ESPN set up its media center in Fort Worth outdoors this week so as to do their usual thing and use all the drunks and frat boys (redundant) who flock to cameras like moths to a flame as a backdrop ... only to run into an ice storm followed by (at least) two days where the temp isn't expected to rise above 25 degrees in the DFW area!!

cooby Feb 02 2011 10:26 AM Re: Soup Bone 45

Love it! At least the Packers and Steelers will feel more at home in those temps!

Frayed Knot Feb 02 2011 10:34 AM Re: Soup Bone 45

Except that the game and the practices will all be indoors so none of this affects the players. What I like is when the TV folks choose an outdoor studio so their site will have a look of "local flavor" and then they and the parade of guests who come by to hype their products and projects have to freeze their asses off for most of the week.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 02 2011 11:31 AM Re: Soup Bone 45

Did Peter King take this opportunity-- before mentioning anything else AT ALL-- to bitch about the location of the game... and about the Meadowlands choice for 2014? Is the sky blue? Does a bear shit in the woods? Does Peter King spend half his column inches shilling for the commissioner's office/owners, and the other half complaining about hotel coffee and The Office? Welcome to Super Bowl XLV prep week, where Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has done everything in his power to make Pittsburgh and Green Bay feel at home when they arrive this afternoon in the Metroplex. He's even imported northern practice weather, this wonderfully considerate man has. When the Packers and Steelers practice Wednesday through Friday -- Green Bay at the Cowboys' complex in Irving, Pittsburgh at the Texas Christian University facility in Fort Worth, 38 miles west of here -- the daily high temps will be 27, 36 and 38, respectively. Oh, and with snow showers and wintry mix off and on. Gotta love these temperate Super Bowl sites. Just for fun, let's look at the high for those three days in East Rutherford, where the Super Bowl, ridiculously, is scheduled to be played in 2014. The highs: 40, 22 and 31. So, the average high in and around Arlington, where the Super Bowl will be played Sunday, 34 for the three practice days. In New Jersey: 31. Miami: 80. (True: Miami is predicted to have highs of 82, 79 and 79.) Hey, but who's counting? Apparently, you are. Sorry your paid vacation is so intemperate this year! Enjoy Seacaucus!

soupcan Feb 02 2011 12:32 PM Re: Soup Bone 45

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Enjoy Seacaucus! I thought it was 'Moonachie'. When the New York Giants won Super Bowl XXI in January 1987, Mayor Koch refused to grant a permit for the team to hold their traditional victory parade in the city, quipping famously, "If they want a parade, let them parade in front of the oil drums in Moonachie". One of Mayor Koch's best moments (and quotes).

G-Fafif Feb 02 2011 01:15 PM Re: Soup Bone 45

Thread title's got me fired up for Puppy Bowl.

MFS62 Feb 02 2011 02:33 PM Re: Soup Bone 45

The cold in Dallas- Ft Worth should not come as a real surprise to a football fan. I remember a Cotton Bowl game played there when the field was an ice bowl. IIRC, NOtre Dame played in that game. BTW - sidelight. Fort Worth shouldn't be where it is. We have been taught to read English from left to right. We've always heard of Dallas/Ft. Worth. So, why isn't Ft Worth EAST of Dallas (to the right on most maps)? That really screwed me up when I landed at DFW Airport and wanted to drive East. I went about 30 miles before I realized that following the signs for Ft. Worth wouldn't get me there. (OK, so it would have in about 25,000 miles). I now climb down off my soap box and return the thread to the upcoming Super Bowl. Later

Edgy DC Feb 02 2011 06:09 PM Re: Soup Bone 45

Because the larger city would tend to goes first when denoting a twin-city region: Dallas-Ft. Worth, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Tampa-St. Pete, etc. Though I suspect St. Pete will pass Tampa in population in the next decade or so.