Coldest Game
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OU/NU 1976. Was sitting in the north stadium. The wind was blowing out of the north, came up through the drainage crack in the cement and right up my pant legs. That was one of the hardest losses to take. Went from orange bowl to Bluebonnet bowl
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OMG I miss that offense. I just watched some of that here in my office. I would love to go back to that type of football.
The coldest for me was the 1997 Iowa State game. Below freezing temps and stiff wind meant a wind chill of -2 for the game. I already had a head cold, but was not going to give up my ticket in the student section. Huge mistake. I had the worst cold of my life after that game.
I was watching this one on YouTube last week. OWH says it was 19 degrees at kickoff, but the wind was about 15-25 mph all game which would have pushed the wind chill below zero. I just remember it being real cold and having a lot of thermoses of hot chocolate with us.
It was probably the flu and you may as well have gone to the game, being in the cold doesn't make you sick. That's an old wives' tale.
Thought you were talking about 90 but guess you meant 96.
1990 i's the reason the name Eric Bienemy still irritates me. CU won the national title that year. I wasn't there for this one, my dad went down around halftime, I think he must have had a patient in labor or something that kept him from going to all of it. I begged him to bring me but he made me stay home and probably for the best, only thing that would have made it more miserable for him would have been having a cold 8 year old with him. This was the first game I remember watching on tv and being really furious about as a kid.
I played spin the bottle with a couple of girls when I was a kid outside in a tent,it was so cold that the Pointer Sisters were out early and often. It also helped to know how to put a proper spin on that bottle. 
And then you moved to Montana? Interesting
Winters in Helena are easier/less life altering than in South Central Nebraska.... No drifting, pretty much powder snow, low humidity, and no such thing as a SNOW day from work/school. There is an additional month of "cold" here...... But that means one less month of sweating!
2006 BIG 12 Championship was coldest for me
2015 Iowa
2008 Kansas
1997 Iowa State
final two might not have seemed as cold because we won. That game in KC was miserable
2015 Iowa
2008 Kansas
1997 Iowa State
final two might not have seemed as cold because we won. That game in KC was miserable
2013 (I think) at Penn State. Game started a mild 42 degrees. Second half was a blizzard, not dressed for that at all. And of course it went into OT. We won, but I think I might have preferred that we lost in regulation so I could leave!!!
The concessions stands ran out of hot chocolate.
The concessions stands ran out of hot chocolate.
