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<blockquote data-quote="Thirteen Below" data-source="post: 944373" data-attributes="member: 18006"><p>Well, it won't be like the psychological edge the Packers had over the Cowboys at the Ice Bowl. When the hotel staff where Dallas was staying gave them their wakeup call, they said "Good morning. The time is 8 AM, and the temperature outside is 15 below zero. Welcome to Green Bay!" Don Meredith said when he hung up the phone he was in shock, and when he looked out the window he could see the hotel staff out in the parking lot thawing out the doors to the players' rooms with propane torches, because some of the players were stuck in their rooms. He said he could see Mel Renfro looking out his window watching them thaw out his door, and he laughed because Renfro looked so terrified that in a minute he'd have to open that door - and then Meredith saw his own reflection in his window, and realized he looked even more scared than Renfro.</p><p></p><p>The officials refused to start the game until someone could track down the owner of a local sporting goods store and get him to open up and sell them warm clothing.</p><p></p><p>When the referee blew the whistle at the start of the game, the whistle froze to his lips, and when he tried to pull it loose he tore off a piece of each lip. The blood poured down his chin, and when Dallas lined up for their first snap, Meredith was horrified to see bright red bloody icicles hanging off the referee's chin.</p><p></p><p>They set up heaters on the sidelines to keep the players feet from freezing, but the Dallas players weren't used to cold weather so they didn't realize that their feet were <em>already </em>frozen - which explains why they didn't notice that their shoes were melting and catching fire until they smelled the burning rubber.</p><p></p><p>One of the reasons the Packers won was because they were able to almost completely shut down the Dallas passing attack in the second half. The Cowboys' star wideout, Bob Hayes - the "fastest man in the world" at the time - was so cold that he developed the habit of sticking his hands down his pants when he ran his pass routes... <em>unless </em>he was the targeted receiver. One of the Packers noticed that in the first half, and for the rest of the game, the Packers only doubled him when he ran routes with his hands out of his pants. If he stuck his hands down his pants as he ran his pattern, they single-covered him and focused on other receivers. Dallas never figured it out until one of the Packers said something about it in an interview long after the game.</p><p></p><p>Announcer Frank Gifford told the TV audience, "Excuse me while I take a bite of my coffee." His coffee had frozen solid in the mug.</p><p></p><p>There was no halftime show because the band had all been transported to the hospital by bus to be treated for hyopthermia, and to have their lips sewed back together after trying to tear their instruments loose.</p><p></p><p>And if all that's not enough, a fan in the stands <em>died of exposure</em>.</p><p></p><p>So no, I don't think we're going to have that kind of advantage tonight from the weather. But if any of the players start to ***** too much about the cold, they should know - it could have been a <em>lot </em>worse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thirteen Below, post: 944373, member: 18006"] Well, it won't be like the psychological edge the Packers had over the Cowboys at the Ice Bowl. When the hotel staff where Dallas was staying gave them their wakeup call, they said "Good morning. The time is 8 AM, and the temperature outside is 15 below zero. Welcome to Green Bay!" Don Meredith said when he hung up the phone he was in shock, and when he looked out the window he could see the hotel staff out in the parking lot thawing out the doors to the players' rooms with propane torches, because some of the players were stuck in their rooms. He said he could see Mel Renfro looking out his window watching them thaw out his door, and he laughed because Renfro looked so terrified that in a minute he'd have to open that door - and then Meredith saw his own reflection in his window, and realized he looked even more scared than Renfro. The officials refused to start the game until someone could track down the owner of a local sporting goods store and get him to open up and sell them warm clothing. When the referee blew the whistle at the start of the game, the whistle froze to his lips, and when he tried to pull it loose he tore off a piece of each lip. The blood poured down his chin, and when Dallas lined up for their first snap, Meredith was horrified to see bright red bloody icicles hanging off the referee's chin. They set up heaters on the sidelines to keep the players feet from freezing, but the Dallas players weren't used to cold weather so they didn't realize that their feet were [I]already [/I]frozen - which explains why they didn't notice that their shoes were melting and catching fire until they smelled the burning rubber. One of the reasons the Packers won was because they were able to almost completely shut down the Dallas passing attack in the second half. The Cowboys' star wideout, Bob Hayes - the "fastest man in the world" at the time - was so cold that he developed the habit of sticking his hands down his pants when he ran his pass routes... [I]unless [/I]he was the targeted receiver. One of the Packers noticed that in the first half, and for the rest of the game, the Packers only doubled him when he ran routes with his hands out of his pants. If he stuck his hands down his pants as he ran his pattern, they single-covered him and focused on other receivers. Dallas never figured it out until one of the Packers said something about it in an interview long after the game. Announcer Frank Gifford told the TV audience, "Excuse me while I take a bite of my coffee." His coffee had frozen solid in the mug. There was no halftime show because the band had all been transported to the hospital by bus to be treated for hyopthermia, and to have their lips sewed back together after trying to tear their instruments loose. And if all that's not enough, a fan in the stands [I]died of exposure[/I]. So no, I don't think we're going to have that kind of advantage tonight from the weather. But if any of the players start to ***** too much about the cold, they should know - it could have been a [I]lot [/I]worse. [/QUOTE]
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