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49ers playoff game in Green Bay could be coldest ever
sfgate.com ^

Posted on 01/02/2014 5:13:30 PM PST by Perdogg

The 49ers had little trouble beating the Green Bay Packers in last year’s NFL playoffs. But that was in balmy San Francisco.Sunday’s rematch is in Green Bay, where temperatures for the wild-card showdown at Lambeau Field are expected to dip below zero. The wind chill, according to the National Weather Service, could drop to 30 below.“You can get frostbite within 30 to 40 minutes in these temperatures if you’re not covered up,” said Roy Eckberg, a meteorologist with the weather service in Green Bay.

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1 posted on 01/02/2014 5:13:30 PM PST by Perdogg
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To: TaMoDee; Absolutely Nobama; Thunder90; 4everontheRight; ABG(anybody but Gore); ...

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2 posted on 01/02/2014 5:16:34 PM PST by Perdogg (Ted Cruz-Rand Paul 2016)
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“The frozen turf...”


3 posted on 01/02/2014 5:24:58 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Perdogg

Any shirtless face painters for this game?


4 posted on 01/02/2014 5:26:36 PM PST by dainbramaged (Windage and elevation, Mrs. Langdon; windage and elevation.)
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To: Perdogg

Cue that John Facenda (Voice of NFL Films) narration and the background music.


5 posted on 01/02/2014 5:26:46 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

NFL Films have never been the same Since John Facenda died. I would stop everything when I was a kid the second I heard his voice.


6 posted on 01/02/2014 5:35:23 PM PST by sean327 (God created all men equal, then some become Marines!)
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To: Perdogg

forecast monday HIGH! in MSP: -10F


7 posted on 01/02/2014 5:48:00 PM PST by Finalapproach29er (luke 6:38)
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To: BenLurkin

The Frozen TUNDRA! :)


8 posted on 01/02/2014 6:01:15 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Perdogg

“On a day savage enough to make a St. Bernard whimper...”

The Ice Bowl, 1967:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZo3wHpOuEc

Seriously - nothing to mess with!


9 posted on 01/02/2014 6:03:18 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Not frozen since 67?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/14/sports/football/tenderizing-the-packers-tundra-with-light-and-heat.html?_r=1&ref=football


10 posted on 01/02/2014 6:07:20 PM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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To: nascarnation

F*ck the New York Times. This ties in with their Climate Change agenda.

Just tune in. Noon. Sunday. You’ll see what’s what. :)


11 posted on 01/02/2014 6:17:10 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

So you think they made all this up?


12 posted on 01/02/2014 6:18:15 PM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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To: Perdogg

As a Seattle Seahawks fan, I’m just slightly amused at what the 49ers have to deal with.

Oh...heck with that. I think it’s HILARIOUS!!!!


13 posted on 01/02/2014 6:20:19 PM PST by hoagy62 ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
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To: Finalapproach29er

That will be a nice change from Sunday when it is supposed to be 24 below zero in Minneapolis..


14 posted on 01/02/2014 6:22:10 PM PST by shelterguy
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To: Perdogg

And just like the Ice Bowl of 1967, the team with the worse record gets to be the home team. There’s something wrong with that.


15 posted on 01/02/2014 6:47:50 PM PST by Paleo Conservative (Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you.)
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16 posted on 01/02/2014 6:50:34 PM PST by big'ol_freeper ("Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" ~ Ronald Wilson Reagan)
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To: Paleo Conservative

Just like the game of 1966


17 posted on 01/02/2014 6:51:47 PM PST by big'ol_freeper ("Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" ~ Ronald Wilson Reagan)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I stand corrected.


18 posted on 01/02/2014 6:53:47 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Paleo Conservative

Um, actually you are wrong...

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1967/


19 posted on 01/02/2014 6:54:24 PM PST by big'ol_freeper ("Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" ~ Ronald Wilson Reagan)
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To: Paleo Conservative

But in 1966...

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1966/

You are correct


20 posted on 01/02/2014 6:56:02 PM PST by big'ol_freeper ("Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" ~ Ronald Wilson Reagan)
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