stethant Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 If the mayor is declaring a state of emergency, the NFL's hand will be forced. The weather for the Snow Bowl was much more hospitable than what's forecasted for today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_am_the_swammi Posted December 26, 2010 Author Share Posted December 26, 2010 If link isn't working * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. I have many friends with kids with tickets to the game tonight. There are players, officials and employees/crews with families that would need to work the game. You really believe its work the risks described in your link to try to play a football game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazinib1 Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Yeah..lets give Vick owners more favorable conditions shall we? Bulldiaper dirt!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_bone65 Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Yeah..lets give Vick owners more favorable conditions shall we? Bulldiaper dirt!!! It's not Vick I am worried about, McCoy now is a different story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zooty Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 * IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. I have many friends with kids with tickets to the game tonight. There are players, officials and employees/crews with families that would need to work the game. You really believe its work the risks described in your link to try to play a football game? The amswer remains to be seen. IMO its typical over-reaction by Philly media (in this case the weather-people) to the point where they scared the mayor in to declaring a state of emergency 3 hours ahead of time BTW- is it even snowing there yet? Nothing here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delicious_bass Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Anyone know if there is a deadline (official or otherwise) when the decision of whether or not to postpone has to be made? I mean, its not like they can wait til 15 mins before kickoff and say "Nah, lets do this another time." I would think they would need to make it several hours in advance but I dont know... I do fear we wont know for sure in time for the noon kickoffs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebartender Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 BTW- is it even snowing there yet? Nothing here. Yes, it is snowing in Philly now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 it's been insane for fans getting to and home from games in the snow forever. no matter the situation LET THEM PLAY!!! I know snow is a PITA but people show up HOURS early to tailgate etc...once you get within X miles of the stadiums you are crawling anyway so no different than doing it in the snow...well maybe a bit of a difference but you get the picture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_am_the_swammi Posted December 26, 2010 Author Share Posted December 26, 2010 BTW- is it even snowing there yet? Nothing here. Nope, nothing here yet either...but it is snowing in South Jersey...beaches are already covered in snow. Should be here in 1-2 hours. Listen, I'd love to see a snow game...haven't had a real one here in ages. Even if it levels the field for the Vikings, I still think we win, so the fan-aspect of this is let them play. But from a public safety standpoint, with so many people trying to get home or back to hotels at 11:30PM, at the height of what is expected, it just seems the easier call to make is to move the game 24 hours. I can just imagine the fallout if the NFL /Mayor succumbs to pressure, allows this game to be played, and there are resulting tragedies from the weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 The amswer remains to be seen. IMO its typical over-reaction by Philly media (in this case the weather-people) to the point where they scared the mayor in to declaring a state of emergency 3 hours ahead of time BTW- is it even snowing there yet? Nothing here. I will say this...the storm started for us in Virginia last nite around 4:30 PMish...reports of how much has fallen varies greatly but I will say that it is still snowing very hard and not expected to stop til much later tonite or after midnite....roads look pretty bad here is link for VDOT..just pick a locality and you can see how snow covered the roads are....map is interactive too: http://www.511va.org/Conditions.aspx?r=6 hover over the legend and then hover over the colors to see what they mean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsr78 Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 CBS - BREAKING: The Eagles and Vikings game has been postponed until Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET. All stats from that game will count toward Week 16. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazinib1 Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 CBS - BREAKING: The Eagles and Vikings game has been postponed until Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET. All stats from that game will count toward Week 16. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Nope, nothing here yet either...but it is snowing in South Jersey...beaches are already covered in snow. Should be here in 1-2 hours. Listen, I'd love to see a snow game...haven't had a real one here in ages. Even if it levels the field for the Vikings, I still think we win, so the fan-aspect of this is let them play. But from a public safety standpoint, with so many people trying to get home or back to hotels at 11:30PM, at the height of what is expected, it just seems the easier call to make is to move the game 24 hours. I can just imagine the fallout if the NFL /Mayor succumbs to pressure, allows this game to be played, and there are resulting tragedies from the weather. fwiw, if the snow starts in about 2 hours (2:30PM) you will be looking at about 3-4 inches on the ground at kickoff (unless the storm has changed from what we got initially)...and by 11:30 you are probably looking at around 6-7 max...we had about 5" about 8 hours in...at 12 hours in this morning we are probably around 8" or so...again it might have intensified coming up the coast...by the way the winds are pretty brutal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 (edited) http://voices.washingtonpost.com/early-lea..._postponed.html The game between the Minnesota Vikings and Philadelphia Eagles tonight has been postponed because of a blizzard and snow emergency in Philadelphia. The Eagles announced that the game would be played at 8 p.m. Tuesday. That gives ESPN exclusivity with the "Monday Night Football" game between the New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons and, of course, gives NBC the Eagles-Vikings exclusively. It puts the Eagles at something of a disadvantage with a very short week to prepare for the regular-season finale next Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys in Philly. Edited December 26, 2010 by keggerz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeductiveNun Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 As a Vikings fan I say just end this miserable season already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbpfan1231 Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 NFL did this to give Favre more chances to pass the concussion test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazinib1 Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Not only does my opponent have Vick, he also has D-Jax. So now, with the move, I'm almost positive each will go off for 30 points each and negate my McCoy to pedestrian status. Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 (edited) http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Pk49mVrUKD0/TCAr...5-snow-bowl.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Bowl_%281985%29 The Snow Bowl was a National Football League game played on December 1, 1985 between the Green Bay Packers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It is known for its heavy snow. Only 19,856 were in attendance, with over 36,000 "no-shows," the most in Packers history. About 2/3 of the stadium was empty.Twelve inches of snow fell before the game and another four to five inches fell during the game. Edited December 26, 2010 by Chavez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Pk49mVrUKD0/TCAr...5-snow-bowl.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Bowl_%281985%29 A quick look at the stands in that pic tells you all you need to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 A quick look at the stands in that pic tells you all you need to know. Tickets were all paid for, though. Legend has it there were more snowmobiles than cars in the parking lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Tickets were all paid for, though. Legend has it there were more snowmobiles than cars in the parking lot. Not so many snowmobiles in Philly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Not so many snowmobiles in Philly More like East Coasters are big wussbags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Muto Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Arg now I have to reconsider S-Rice, Favre could play you know how he loves the spot light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddahj Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Since it was supposed to be on tv tonight...will they air it on Tue. night??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainHook Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Since it was supposed to be on tv tonight...will they air it on Tue. night??? yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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