I froze my butt off for a week night Marshall game, forget which year. It was 60’s earlier in the day and the temp dropped dramatically and I had shorts on
FOOTBALL Craziest/worst conditions you’ve been in for a game?
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2013 Marshall game. Oct 24. Night, easily single digit wind chills. Raider Tees was running Lightning's Locker Room at the time and sold out of gloves and blankets. Still take rainy weekend naps with that blanket. Haha.
With the last second TD I can barely be seen on screen jumping up, with my wife and daughter huddled together under the blanket. I'm lucky I didn't have to find my own ride back to WV after that. She laid down the law of no more under 50 games for her.
With the last second TD I can barely be seen on screen jumping up, with my wife and daughter huddled together under the blanket. I'm lucky I didn't have to find my own ride back to WV after that. She laid down the law of no more under 50 games for her.
In 2009 when Miss State came in town. It was mid October but it was very cold and rainy
I was there with buddies and left at halftime. It was so cold my eyes would water then turn to ice. A friend had a hospitality room across the street at the old Airways diner. It was warm, plenty of food and beverage. Somehow they were able to get the game on TV.
The most miserable was the Marshall game where it rained buckets. My group stayed until the end. What a bunch of idiots.
I was at that game too. Definitely the hottest game I've ever attended. The concession stand ran out of ice. Wouldn't have been as bad if we could have held on for the win at the end. ...
I have four
@Maryland 2006. Crazy hot early September in Maryland, tailgating was all asphalt.
@WKU 2008, 40ish degrees drizzling, high winds. Two of my professors(married), who were very outspoken in support of Blue Raider athletics but were primarily in attendance to support their son who was in the Band of Blue thankfully left after halftime and gave me a poncho and gloves, I might have underdressed...
Mississippi State at JRF 2009. Was set to be a mid afternoon kick and got flexed to noon EST kickoff for TV, was "late" to the tailgate at 7:45am, high 30s and sleeting(I can still remember having lost partial feeling in my feet walking out of the stadium).
New Orleans Bowl 2009, my girlfriend at the time went from totally normal to incoherent mess on one Pat O's Hurricane on the walk over. I think she might remember bits of the 2nd half.
@Maryland 2006. Crazy hot early September in Maryland, tailgating was all asphalt.
@WKU 2008, 40ish degrees drizzling, high winds. Two of my professors(married), who were very outspoken in support of Blue Raider athletics but were primarily in attendance to support their son who was in the Band of Blue thankfully left after halftime and gave me a poncho and gloves, I might have underdressed...
Mississippi State at JRF 2009. Was set to be a mid afternoon kick and got flexed to noon EST kickoff for TV, was "late" to the tailgate at 7:45am, high 30s and sleeting(I can still remember having lost partial feeling in my feet walking out of the stadium).
New Orleans Bowl 2009, my girlfriend at the time went from totally normal to incoherent mess on one Pat O's Hurricane on the walk over. I think she might remember bits of the 2nd half.
If we are talking any game, I'll go 2010 Oregon @ Tennessee. Freaking monsoon that had the game delayed like 2 hours.
Hottest for me
9/1/2011
Miss St. at Memphis
98 degrees during afternoon tailgate.
You could fry an egg on Tiger Lane pavement
94 degrees at 7:00pm kickoff.
9/1/2011
Miss St. at Memphis
98 degrees during afternoon tailgate.
You could fry an egg on Tiger Lane pavement
94 degrees at 7:00pm kickoff.
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I was in a suite for that game/concert, so wasn't bothered by the rain. Assuming you were talking weather and not atmosphere/concert.😂
This is my answer. I was wearing a pair of Chuck Taylor’s that provided zero water protection and I still don’t think my feet have fully thawed out. Truly miserable conditions.
