It’s going to be a cold one

The 2014 Super Bowl should be interesting and one to remember. For the first time in NFL history, the “big game” is going to be played in a cold weather city, in an open stadium, exposed to all the outdoor elements. The outcome could be interesting depending on the teams that make it all the way.

The Super Bowl has always been a game played in a tropic or warm climate, so most of the time, the weather being too cold or the change of some horrific snow storm is very slim to none. Granted, not every Super Bowl has been perfect weather with clear skies and sunny with a fair temperature. One very remember-able Super Bowl to me was when my team (and by my team I mean a fan of), the Indianapolis Colts went in XLI (41) and defeated the Chicago Bears. That year the game was played in Miami, which is a dream spot for nice weather, lots of sun and perfect game conditions, or at least it is most of the time. This year it happen to be a big rainy mess, the entire game was a consistent flow of rain. Now most teams are used to playing in the elements, however some teams are kind of blessed when it comes to weather, and I will admit, Indianapolis has been kind of blessed as far where it has had to play most of its games. For the first 24 years, all home games were played at what was the RCA Dome in downtown, but in 2008 were able to move into the beautiful and state of the art stadium known as Lucas Oil Stadium. Now even with a stadium, they still can control the elements with a retractable roof and a north facing window, overlooking the beautiful skyline of downtown Indianapolis. With all that said, the Colts are not the only team blessed by these venues, there are a good amount now and growing handful of teams around the league that have domes or newer stadiums that have retracting roofs and other similar high priced features. Other teams are costal, such as teams in Florida and California, where domes are not at all necessary and would be out of place if they were there.

Now with that little bit of information thrown out there, it is now time to dig into the whole point of my article.  As stated, most teams are fortunate on where they are able to play, a majority of the time the weather isn’t a major concern and playing conditions are reasonable to fair, but when 2014 arrives, it might be a wakeup call to a couple of teams that have never experienced the fun of playing in the elements in February in New York/New Jersey.  We all know its cold and have all seen the late season games on various television networks of games that take place in either New York or the Northeast and they just don’t look pretty.  Large quantities of snow, chilling cold weather and not to mention piercingly cold wind, those are just a few of the factors that fans and more importantly the teams are going to have to prepare for and eventually play in.  With all of these factors added together, it all most seems like it’s an actually meaningful version of a late season Cleveland Browns vs. Pittsburg Steelers, which has always been known to be fiercely cold game.

Despite which teams are able to make it to the Super Bowl in 2014, I hope they come prepared and ready to play, because I am calling it now, it is going to be a cold game!

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