Knoxville is not Miami, and Columbus is not Green Bay

[Woodlawn VOL]

Our players have played in cold weather before. I think the big 10 thinks it will be easy Pickens playing some team from the south. We gonna be ready, we gonna be ready to go get the WIN!!!!! GBO

 

[tennesseeduke]

January 1 Average Temps for Columbus: High 36 Low 20 Snowfall average for January is 9.5"

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We will be in Pasadena on Jan. 1 playing Oregon.

 

[tennesseeduke]

I think we're kinda missing the point here.

It is not useful to compare weather in Knoxville and Columbus. That only captures half of it. The other half is, where are the teams used to traveling when the weather gets cold?

Here's a map plotted with every home and away game for the two programs in the months of November, December, and January over the past three years. As you'll see, aside from a couple of bowl games (Cotton and Peach), Ohio State's footprint is significantly farther north than ours.

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Our center of mass for traveling games is Atlanta. Theirs is Pittsburgh.

They'll be more acclimated to the cold than our lads, mentally if not physically.

How? They've played a couple cold games so far. So have we.

 

[Jxn Vol]

Our style of play translates extremely well in cold weather. Dominate the LOS and run it down their throats. Then look for spots for a big play.

Defense- bring a bunch of body bags

 

[DrTNT]

It will be cold, but our team will be fine. Enough with this weather crap!

Per the weather channel as of now on the 21st Columbus supposed to have a high of 36 and an overnight low around 23… granted that’s 13 days out but it’s not some sub zero polar vortex

 

[VFL-82-JP]

How? They've played a couple cold games so far. So have we.

It's frame of mind.

The 10th Mountain Division was better in the cold than most units permanently stationed in Germany. That in spite of the fact that winters in Germany are every bit as brutal as those in upstate New York where the 10th Mtn was stationed.

No, they were more capable in the cold because they were proud to be the US Army's only mountain division. Cold weather warfare was their claim to fame. So they embraced it. And that made them better.

A similar sort of mindset probably makes B10 teams more capable in winter football than teams from the south or the pacific coast.

 

[Other_Guy]

Forecasted low on 12/21:
Columbus, OH = 26
Knoxville, TN = 29
Cold weather will NOT be a deciding factor in this game!

Neither team is used to playing this late in the year.

 

[C-south]

Crying ???

The commentators were giving our players grief in Athens a few weeks ago because they were crying about heat.

 

[Misplaced Vol]

First, im from.east Tennessee and went to college in Columbus. It gets a little colder, and the wind is worse (it's flat af there). The biggest difference is that it stays colder longer (months) than here. In September we are usually still mostly in shorts here, and there you are probably not and by late Feb/March here we have some pretty nice days mixed with in with our garbage weather, and they are still hanging cold weather gear up the doors

But in general, there isn't a terribly large difference except they do get a lot more snow than we do (except obviously our higher mountains) in Knoxville .

Ftr I live east of Chattanooga near the NC and Georgia border but my family is from Telico area

That would be east of Knoxville wouldn't it?

 

[cgrish]

It will be cold, but our team will be fine. Enough with this weather crap!

Just be prepared to play. We bring our A game we will win, if not we get beat.

 

[cgrish]

Forecasted low on 12/21:
Columbus, OH = 26
Knoxville, TN = 29
Cold weather will NOT be a deciding factor in this game!

Just the fact it is a road game for us is the only factor imo, not the weather.

 

[cgrish]

Probably none. First home playoff game. They will have one almost on a yearly basis due to the conference they play in so they may do that in the future but it won’t happen this year.

I still fail to understand how a 2 loss Big ten team and a 2 loss sec team, is rated higher than the sec team. We lost a bad game to Ark. but it was a road game for us. Ohio lost at home.

 

[Frozevol]

Per the weather channel as of now on the 21st Columbus supposed to have a high of 36 and an overnight low around 23… granted that’s 13 days out but it’s not some sub zero polar vortex

A 13 day forecast is pretty much a guess. Don’t even bother with it until the 5 day. But I agree with others that say the home team advantage is strong in college football and if you think Bama never gets holding calls…you haven’t seen an OSU game!

 

[kptvol1]

The thread title has it right: Knoxville isn’t Miami and Columbus isn’t Green Bay, but the argument that the weather is the same in both cities because there’s usually only a 10 degree difference is way off. That’s very significant. However, look at the NFL; the teams from Miami and San Diego have to go play in “football weather” and they’re fine. Especially with the weather pattern of the last 2 weeks, the Vols are getting cold weather ready unlike most any other season.

 

[volsfordays]

Come rain, snow, or sleet, the secret to success remains throwing at Igbinosun and moving down the field fifteen yards at a time.

 

[easttnbuck]

That would be east of Knoxville wouldn't it?

South more above Madisonville area

 

[marcusluvsvols]

Absolutely. It’s worth a point or two just to be in a familiar place and not deal with a hotel.

Yep. I have always heard Vegas gives 3 points to the home team...at least in SEC/NFL games where loud fans and stadiums impact the actual game on the field. I believe though. Lets go punch OSU in the mouth early then run it down their throats for the rest of the game. GO VOLS. BELIEVE 2024

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

DoNt WoRrY tHe FiX iS iN. ThE rEfS hAd A mEeTiNg AnD sAiD wE cAnT wIn.

 

[Smokymtnbullet]

Isn’t osu loaded with southern and california players. To disagree with sport casters osu will have heaters on their sideline

It will only be an advantage when ours mysteriously don’t work.

 

[DrTNT]

A 13 day forecast is pretty much a guess. Don’t even bother with it until the 5 day. But I agree with others that say the home team advantage is strong in college football and if you think Bama never gets holding calls…you haven’t seen an OSU game!

Don’t disagree… honestly thing assigned officials should be from Conference that neither team is in. For this game, Big 12, American or Mountian West , left ACC & PAC 12 off on purpose…

 

[Ghost of Archvol]

I think we can dispel with the cold discussion - both teams have to play in it and OSU has more kids from FL than the Vols do. Now crowd noise? Thats another discussion that actually matters.

 

[feathersax]

A 13 day forecast is pretty much a guess. Don’t even bother with it until the 5 day. But I agree with others that say the home team advantage is strong in college football and if you think Bama never gets holding calls…you haven’t seen an OSU game!

OK, time to cue Margie Ison!

 

[hUTch2002]

Absolutely. It’s worth a point or two just to be in a familiar place and not deal with a hotel.

Teams stay in hotels for home games too.

 

[OrangeBloodedFloridian]

It's frame of mind.

The 10th Mountain Division was better in the cold than most units permanently stationed in Germany. That in spite of the fact that winters in Germany are every bit as brutal as those in upstate New York where the 10th Mtn was stationed.

No, they were more capable in the cold because they were proud to be the US Army's only mountain division. Cold weather warfare was their claim to fame. So they embraced it. And that made them better.

A similar sort of mindset probably makes B10 teams more capable in winter football than teams from the south or the pacific coast.

Them boys from 10th Mountain are a different breed of animal...

 

[Behr]

I hope so. They were clowning our receivers in Athens looking for heat.

That's where all this started.