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re: Heat a factor in SEC play?
Posted on 7/21/13 at 10:18 pm to Jobu93
Posted on 7/21/13 at 10:18 pm to Jobu93
How is the Swamp and Death Valley set up? I know Kyle has the A&M bench on the West side and thus in the shade very quick in to the afternoon but the visitor is on the East side and thus in the full sun until late in the afternoon.
They try very hard to avoid afternoon games at Kyle in September (only do it if TV demands it). The '02 Tech game and the aforementioned Fresno State game were both 100 degree games with little wind and people were passing out left and right. Several folks had to go to the hospital.
They try very hard to avoid afternoon games at Kyle in September (only do it if TV demands it). The '02 Tech game and the aforementioned Fresno State game were both 100 degree games with little wind and people were passing out left and right. Several folks had to go to the hospital.
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Posted on 7/22/13 at 8:44 am to aggressor
Having lived in a few different places within the south I would venture to say Kentucky gets to be just as hot and humid as most places further south. The difference is that the heat breaks about a month or so earlier than everywhere else. By late October its downright chilly in Commonwealth stadium.
Posted on 7/22/13 at 9:28 am to aggressor
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How is the Swamp and Death Valley set up? I know Kyle has the A&M bench on the West side and thus in the shade very quick in to the afternoon but the visitor is on the East side and thus in the full sun until late in the afternoon.
Death Valey is set up with the sidelines facing east west. LSU sits on the West side facing East.
I have been to a game at A&M in the afternooon. The sun was bad not so much from the heat but from being in your eyes.
FYI The reason LSU plays at night was originally for 2 reasons (i) the heat and (ii) to allow fans from NO to get to the games (there was a train that came to the stadium a let people off around the old baseball field.)
As to the effect of heat & humidity, I was at a NCCA national track meet at LSU in the 70's. There was a world class sprinter from USC, that passed out in the blocks in the 200. All he did was warm up.
Try playing 60 min with all that equipment on.
Posted on 7/22/13 at 9:37 am to aggressor
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How is the Swamp and Death Valley set up? I know Kyle has the A&M bench on the West side and thus in the shade very quick in to the afternoon but the visitor is on the East side and thus in the full sun until late in the afternoon.
The field is sunk into the ground a few dozen feet and the walls then shoot up pretty steep right away. With the set up it is almost impossible to get any breeze. Like Kyle Field, our bench gets shade in the mid-afternoon, the visitors get full sun almost all the time.
Honestly, it can be unbearable at times, especially those 3:30 starts on CBS in September and October. The TV timeouts just kill you.
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