When Tebow was a senior in HS his team played Hoover one Sat morning on ESPN. They showed a temp gauge on the sides lines it was showing well over 110.

I just spoke with an official from Ohio. He said that there is definitely no rule for game stoppage due to temperatures and/or humidity. They do have some guidelines for extending time-outs for the sake of getting water to everyone...one of the caveats of the time-out extensions is that they are not to take place during any momentum changes like big drives or key turnovers. He also added that, especially in light of the rule established in Kentucky, many officials have been asking for an Ohio rule regarding stoppage for dangerous temperatures.

Interesting. So I guess that means Kentucky and Tennessee are the "toughest" because we don't acclimate.

 

That's nothing we didn't already know though.

They also don't appear to have an idiot coach rule in Ohio.

 

Number 99, a very large young man, was in obvious heat distress coming off the field at the half. He had to be assisted by two teammates. I guess he just wasn't tough. What a load of junk.

I read a study a few years back about weather conditions as they apply to outdoor activities and sports, and it suggested that the KY/TN area has the toughest weather conditions to acclimate to in the United States. People who live their lives in the heat, ala Texas and Florida, have bodies that are used to dealing with those conditions. People who live their lives in the cooler temps are likewise more acclimated to those conditions. Here in the Bluegrass State, our weather is so manic that our bodies are never completely able to get used to one condition or another.

 

I can tell you from first hand experience after living in Arizona for 3 years that this is definitely true. If it weren't, football would be a winter sport there, not fall. I'm not saying that even as a native out there you can't get into heat trouble, but you are definitely more acclimated to it.

 

And don't give me that "it's a dry heat" garbage. 108 is 108 no matter how you look at it.

I can tell you from first hand experience after living in Arizona for 3 years that this is definitely true. If it weren't, football would be a winter sport there, not fall. I'm not saying that even as a native out there you can't get into heat trouble, but you are definitely more acclimated to it.

 

And don't give me that "it's a dry heat" garbage. 108 is 108 no matter how you look at it.

Humidity plays a large role. To think otherwise is silly.

I can tell you from first hand experience after living in Arizona for 3 years that this is definitely true. If it weren't, football would be a winter sport there, not fall. I'm not saying that even as a native out there you can't get into heat trouble, but you are definitely more acclimated to it.

 

And don't give me that "it's a dry heat" garbage. 108 is 108 no matter how you look at it.

 

...just telling you what the study said.

I can tell you from first hand experience after living in Arizona for 3 years that this is definitely true. If it weren't, football would be a winter sport there, not fall. I'm not saying that even as a native out there you can't get into heat trouble, but you are definitely more acclimated to it.

 

And don't give me that "it's a dry heat" garbage. 108 is 108 no matter how you look at it.

 

Having lived in Merida, Yucatan, I agree w/ this. The kids down there play American Football, and the heat index has to be over 107 the majority of their games. We played flag football with the the temps at 34C, and humidity was like running through air mixed w/ mud. It wasn't any worse than practicing up at NewCath on the hill. When you are consistently in that weather, your body acclimates. The beauty of being a warm-blooded species.

Having lived in Merida, Yucatan, I agree w/ this. The kids down there play American Football, and the heat index has to be over 107 the majority of their games. We played flag football with the the temps at 34C, and humidity was like running through air mixed w/ mud. It wasn't any worse than practicing up at NewCath on the hill. When you are consistently in that weather, your body acclimates. The beauty of being a warm-blooded species.

 

I don't know if Grippa is...lol

Guess CovCath should stop practicing in air conditioning and eating bon bons during two a days. We'll see how tough they are when the rest of the GCL throws over 500 yards against their secondary. I mean c'mon, little old untough CovCath threw for almost 200 yards in the first quarter.

Does these two teams play again next year under a contract? If so I see the crazies having some fun with the theme, lol. The right decision was made.

Humidity plays a large role. To think otherwise is silly.

 

I completely agree. The last line was just a joke about what AZ people always say to justify the insane temperatures out there.

 

...just telling you what the study said.

 

And I completely agree with you & them. :thumb: