Will they shovel snow out of our seats?

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With the snow in the cities will they be removing the snow from the stadium seating areas before Saturday?
 


The only thing enjoyable about going to games in weather like this is 10 years later you can talk about it. It's no fun.
 

What is one to wear? Oh, Depends!!!!!!!!!!
 

Lookin' forward to the great weather!

I've been to games at CU when the snow kept falling and the student section turned into a giant snowball fight - great memories! I've sat outside in temps well below Saturday's foretasted temp watching hockey and had a fabulous time! Dress for it and you'll enjoy it. I disagree that there is "nothing fun about games like these", rather I think games like these are what will make our stadium special. I hope for more of them in the future!

Go Gophers!

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Nice answers. I was just wondering if the "U" had a snow removal program. Don't know if you've ever seen the fans remove the snow at Lambeau.
 

nemosgold said:
Nice answers. I was just wondering if the "U" had a snow removal program. Don't know if you've ever seen the fans remove the snow at Lambeau.
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I'm sure they had something planned had we gotten more then an inch and a half.....
 

I believe snow may be removed 1 snowball at a time. As long as the target has on an iowa jacket.
 




jovs said:
The only thing enjoyable about going to games in weather like this is 10 years later you can talk about it. It's no fun.
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Well, I wouldn't go so far as to say that's the only enjoyable thing about it- but yes, football games in extreme weather conditions can be quite the challenge.

I'm not even a NE Patriots fan, but I was offered a free ticket to see the Patriots play the Titans in the divisional playoffs at Foxborough in Jan. 2004, so I was like "Heck yeah!', and that became the coldest I have ever felt in my life. I mean it was just ungodly cold, enough so that it took your breath away. The temp was 4 degrees at kickoff with a wind chill in the minus double digits, and that temp dropped like a rock throughout the game after the sun had set, and by the 3rd quarter there was an ice-fog formed throughout the stands, created by the exhalations of 70,000+ people as their warm breath froze in the air and created a fog. It seemed almost surrealistic. It was just painfully cold, like it physically hurt. Painful on the skin, painful to move, painful to breathe. You'd buy a beer, and within a minute or two you're holding onto a beer-flavored slush, or give it 5 minutes rest and you'll have a solid beer-cicle in a cup. That game ended up with the coldest ever recorded temperature at a Patriots game, and I can believe that.

I could only imagine the physical pain those players must have felt. I could see that it was hurting them, as that field was frozen so rock solid hard that they were getting scraped and abraded by it, and both teams were hitting harder than hell. It seemed very much like a war out there not only against each other but against the weather, and no one gave in to any of it. They just fought on.

It was a heck of an experience, that's for sure. It's unforgettable and it will always stand out, and I'll have a great story to tell the grandkids someday, but I'm not sure I'd ever rush to repeat that experience again, or maybe I would. It was a great game and the whole overall experience was just very intense, with the cold just adding additional levels of intensity to the whole thing. It was something else.
 

They have been shoveling snow out of the stands for the past week and just finished on Tuesday. They will need to do it again, and will probably need more volunteers to speed up the process. It involves shovels, a couple of snow slides/chutes, and good old fashioned hard work. At Lambeau Field, anyone who shows up and offers to shovel gets paid $8/hour. If the U offered the same deal, I'm sure there would be a decent turnout for work.

Football games in the snow are fun. Huddle around the grill in the parking lot to stay warm. Cram close to the people around you to block out the wind. Wear enough layers so the wind doesn't matter. If it starts snowing during the game, things just look really cool. It's an old school nostalgia feeling. It also is the time of year where every team's colors miraculously include blaze orange. Or at least, that's what you see at Lambeau.
 

Multiple Booze Jackets always Help!!!!!! Plus it's way easier to sneak beverages in with winter stuff on. I like the flask in the boots.
 



jovs said:
The only thing enjoyable about going to games in weather like this is 10 years later you can talk about it. It's no fun.
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Don,t go, you will be miserable and cold. If you can't make some fun out of this game, you probably can't when its 80 and sunny. Really?
 

Ho-Ho-Ho its off to Gopher games we go.

Rain or shine, snow or sun, its always fun.
 



nemosgold said:
With the snow in the cities will they be removing the snow from the stadium seating areas before Saturday?
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Holy *&^!#*&^!#*&^!#*&^!#e, are you kidding? Take your hand, go left and right, brush off the snow, and sit down.

Otherwise, don't go to the game, puss.

Unbelievable.
 

I happen to be in the second row of one of the sections. If everyone did what you said, I'd have enough to bury you.
 

Traction Agent...

Mrs. Billd and I will be packing a sandwich baggie of sand just in case there's ice at our seats.

A cold front blew through the night before one of the games last year that yielded a very small amount of moisture that froze. We had ice in 212 that did not melt until halftime.

I figure that a small amount of sand is friendlier than ice melt. I don't want to damage our wonderful stadium.

A little sprinkle will go a long way if any ice is present.

Go Gophers! Win The Pig!
 

BilldGopher said:
Mrs. Billd and I will be packing a sandwich baggie of sand just in case there's ice at our seats.

A cold front blew through the night before one of the games last year that yielded a very small amount of moisture that froze. We had ice in 212 that did not melt until halftime.

I figure that a small amount of sand is friendlier than ice melt. I don't want to damage our wonderful stadium.

A little sprinkle will go a long way if any ice is present.

Go Gophers! Win The Pig!
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I remember that. I nearly tumbled head over heels down the stairs from 20 rows up.
 

my section was poorly shoveled

they did not get under the seats - as a result by the seconf half I was standing in mostly slush - it kind of sucked - it reminded me of of when I was a kid and someone woiuld just clear the width of one shovel on the sidewalk rather than shovel the entire sidewalk - a better job could have been done - at least in my section
 

Next Year...

Ended up bringing about 3 cups of concrete-friendly ice melt for our two spots. Inadvertently shared some with a Hawk mom and young son behind me before I recognized their allegiance.:rolleyes:

Anyway, it was not nearly enough. By the end of the game we'd worn my ice layer down by 1/2 but still plenty of coverage in Mrs. Billd's spot.

Next year, two full baggies for sure. Also, they use the stuff too so I think I'm being stadium friendly.

Go Gophers! This is MINNESOTA FOOTBALL!
 

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