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Re: Falcons @ Bears: Opportunity Knocks
Slight hijack, but what do you set the over/under on the ESPN crew mentioning how cold it is in Chicago at night?
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Re: Falcons @ Bears: Opportunity Knocks
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Slight hijack, but what do you set the over/under on the ESPN crew mentioning how cold it is in Chicago at night? [/ QUOTE ] I just want to see them covered in blankets again like they were last week in Green Bay... maybe Theismann's lips will fall off. |
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Re: Falcons @ Bears: Opportunity Knocks
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[ QUOTE ] Slight hijack, but what do you set the over/under on the ESPN crew mentioning how cold it is in Chicago at night? [/ QUOTE ] I just want to see them covered in blankets again like they were last week in Green Bay... maybe Theismann's lips will fall off. [/ QUOTE ] I was hoping Maguire developed frostbite and gangrene within the course of those 3 hours. |
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Re: Falcons @ Bears: Opportunity Knocks
NY Times article on warm weather and/or dome teams playing in cold weather away games: Link.
[ QUOTE ] Since 1998 and through Week 14, there have been 262 games in which a team that plays in a warmer climate or indoors has gone on the road to play a cold-weather team outdoors after Oct. 31. In those games, including the playoffs, the cold-weather home teams won 67 percent of the time (174-87-1). That is significantly better than the standard N.F.L. home-field advantage, in which home teams win about 58 percent of the time. . . This issue is even more severe for the six teams that play their home games indoors: Indianapolis, Detroit, Minnesota, St. Louis, New Orleans and Atlanta. Since 2000, dome teams are 15-41 when the temperature at the start of the game is 50 degrees or lower, and 2-13 when the temperature is freezing or below. [/ QUOTE ] Just another reason I like the Bears -3, and the main reason I shouldn't have bet on Tampa this week. |
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Re: Falcons @ Bears: Opportunity Knocks
Varlos,
I researched that article. Atlanta is 1-2 where it's below freezing and 2-4 when it's below 50. |
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Slight hijack, but what do you set the over/under on the ESPN crew mentioning how cold it is in Chicago at night? [/ QUOTE ] 476. About the same as the over/under on the times they say "Warrick Dunn is a great person". As much as I'm looking forward to watching the game, I also am cringing at having to listen to their hyperbole. |
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