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As long as there is no/little wind, temps are not a problem.Monday, 12/20. Minneapolis, MN.13°, mostly cloudy.Could be worse, I guess.
I'm assuming the ice-cold weather will make Da Bears less anxious to tackle AD as opposed to if it were indoors, yes?
Last I checked Cutler played all of his home games at Soldier Field.......outside.
That didn't work out so well for him last week, did it?
After the Bears completely wussed out in the elements this past week I can guarantee you they are going to be ready, outside, for this game.In a must win game.Should be a big game for Chi D.KY
Yeah, somebody who isn't lazy please research all of his cold weather games and report back.
Doesn't have much history in the cold at allLast year year December 28th @ Chicago he had a nice game 94 rush yds and 2 tds 43 receiving but only averaged 3.9 and fumbled (not sure what the weather was like)and 2007 (rookie) Dec 30th at Denver 11 for 36It looks like those are the only games in his career that could have been even remotely close to what he will experience on Monday nightYeah, somebody who isn't lazy please research all of his cold weather games and report back.
TCF is on campus. Beer not allowed to be sold on campus. It will be interesting to see if the regents figure out a way to lift that rule for this game.No beer for sale would keep away all the Packer fans. Is it the same for the Bears fans?Edit: Torn on this one. It is good to have the game remain in Minnesota so I guess it is all good.
I could be wrong, but no beer sold at a campus venue is an NCAA rule that shouldn't apply to an NFL game.Perhaps Bear fans can chime in regarding whether beer was sold when the home games were in Illinois' stadium during the Soldier renovation. I gotta believe it was.
Not sure how anyone could feel comfortable guaranteeing anything with this Bears team.
As a Bears fan and Illinois alum, beer was sold at Memorial Stadium when the Bears were playing there.
Hardly. Playing with confidence. If he tanks, so be it. But if he blows it up, he won't be on my bench. Besides, Favre could still play. They are holding out hope and this is the type of game Diva's live for.
Very interesting.Can someone "unpack" the Vikes-Packers rivalry for a guy that has been to Wisconsin once and never been to Minnesota?Are the Packers the "real football fans, real men, real tradition", and the Minnesota people the pretentious city slickers/girly-men/faux tradition/built a dome to appease the wuss fans? Fair assessment from a Packers fan perspective?Any comebacks from the Vikings fans?
It's not an NCAA rule, it's up to the individual school/city. I've bought beer at college stadiums during NCAA games. That is unless it is an NCAA run event, like an NCAA tournament game, then there is no beer allowed even at a place like Boston Garden. Bottom line: there will be beer.davearm said:
From the StarTribune article:There are/were drifts as high as 5 feet. The concession stands weren't built to withstand temperatures below 30 degrees. And since alcohol is not sold at TCF Bank Stadium during Gophers games - there are no beer taps.
With 18 below zero wind chills screw the beer. Give me some hot Chocolate with peppermint schnapps!The Ironic thing, is this might be the coldest and snowiest December since we said good bye to the OLD MET!
The thing I found most interesting is that this game would be played 29 years to the day that they played the last game at The Met.
Before there were the Vikings there were the Packers. Pro Football fans in Minnesota related to the Packers and were strong supporters of the team, it being closest to many of them geographically and culturally. The grandparents of current Vikings fans were Packer Fans.
I attended three snow games at the old Met. I saw the Vikes breath smoke and with blood icicles hanging off of them. I saw them without gloves and with the opponents looking at them as if they were crazy and dangerous. God it was glorious, the crazed phiosophies of Bud Grant.
Yeah, it would be awesome if they could also wear their throwback uni's (like the ones you see on highlights when they did play outside). With that, outside, against the Bears, it would seem similar to what the NHL is doing with their outside game.
It would be sweet to see them take the filed in those old throw back capes they once wore on the sidelines. They should pump the old NFL films music out over the speakers as they take the field.What is the name of that song? Sort of martial, repetitive, and slowly building. it always reminded me of "what do you do with a drunken sailor".
We tease them because they play in a dome and their trophy case is empty. They don't tailgate at games and they meander about their city using heated skywalks. Their claim to fame is a shopping mall, where people spend an entire weekend, never venturing outdoors. Its typical fan banter - no more than that, although I appreciate DW's prose and memory. I am old enough to remember the Met and Bud Grant's teams. I think most people agree that the Dome has never sat well with the image us older guys have of the Vikings. I've been there several times and can't stand the place - it is an abomination and an insult to the memory of those old Vikings teams. I was actually a huge fan of Fran Tarkenton's teams in my youth - as a feckless boy disillusioned with the dismal Packers of the day. I wore #44 on a youth flag football team to imitate Chuck Foreman. As my father reminded everyone in his speech at my wedding party, my goal as a young boy was to be a lawyer and a DT for the Vikings, due to my love for Alan Page. Page began attending law school in the early 70's while still playing for the Vikings, and today is the Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court as well as being in the NFL Hall of Fame. I would think it should be obvious that any claim that one fan or group of fans is more "real" or somehow better than another is purely tongue in cheek. Its still a young rivalry - nothing like the Bears-Packers in my opinion - but has heated up a bit in recent years and does provide some entertainment to us now. My hope is that the Vikings fail miserably every year, but not quite miserably enough that they actually move to LA, as I would miss having them around.
I've played pick up Basketball against Page. The hole game I was just thinking, "Damn, that's Alan Page!"
I got to meet him once - awesome guy. His daughter and I got to know each other while working for the 1986 Ed Garvey campaign for US Senate in Madison.
"March to the Trenches"
