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[TheRevSFA]

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When I'm at my computer and not my phone, I'll find a list. I know booze is a no no but I still bring it in

[JayJ79]

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However, Rev, I DO have a question for you regarding "allowed items" in the stadium: Does SFA have any "rules" about what can/can't be brought into the stadium? I don't want a repeat of the BS we got handed at Jack Trice last night.

what BS was that? Umbrellas? stadium chairs? fifth of tequilla?

my only issue was that the Game Day Policies listed on the website said something about allowing one "unopened" bottle of water, but the person working the gate told me that I could bring the bottle in, but it had to be empty.

Not that that was a huge deal, as I just stepped aside, took a few drinks, dumped the rest out, and took my empty bottle in, and filled it at the water fountaiin. Frankly, the empty-bottle rule makes more sense than the "unopened bottle" one. And upon further research, I see that the HTML page on the website is from 2009, but if I click on the "printable page" (PDF) link at the top, it goes to an updated version that mentions the empty bottles. But I'm rambling

[TheRevSFA]

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It was 98 here on Thursday so we aren't completely unfamiliar to that amount of heat.

It's not the heat in east Texas, it's the humidity. I remember one kickoff when our PA guy reminded us it was 94 degrees with a heat index of 103.

6pm kickoff too.

Look forward to seeing y'all come in and please don't hesitate to come by our tailgate. It starts at 8am but I won't be there til 11...gotta drive in Saturday morning

[UNI83]

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It's not the heat in east Texas, it's the humidity. I remember one kickoff when our PA guy reminded us it was 94 degrees with a heat index of 103.

6pm kickoff too.

Look forward to seeing y'all come in and please don't hesitate to come by our tailgate. It starts at 8am but I won't be there til 11...gotta drive in Saturday morning

We have heat index in Iowa as well, heat index on Thursday was triple digits, and has been much more than a couple times this late summer.

UNI practices outdoors, it isn't like the team never leaves the dome except for road games.

Iowa isn't 50 degrees colder than Texas either.

[TheRevSFA]

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Iowa isn't 50 degrees colder than Texas due to the fact it's not October.

But I'm not going back and forth on weather with you. I don't know what Iowa is like in late summer, just Chicago. I was there a month ago and people were *****ing because it was 85. I'm sure it's worse in Iowa.

[Khan4Cats]

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UNI has the ability to practice outside and get used to the climate and can go inside and adjust as needed. If it's not hot and humid outside but the coaches are expecting that, they can turn on the heat in the Dome and it gets real warm, and real humid, real fast.

Heat and humidity will not determine this game. UNI's defensive ability to contain the SFA passing game and not allow anything big in the return game-pretty sure SFA has one of the better return men in the country. I am confident UNI's offense will be able to move the ball-putting up points and not turning it over like last year will be keys again this year.

[UNI83]

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Iowa isn't 50 degrees colder than Texas due to the fact it's not October.

But I'm not going back and forth on weather with you. I don't know what Iowa is like in late summer, just Chicago. I was there a month ago and people were *****ing because it was 85. I'm sure it's worse in Iowa.

It's easy to ***** about 85 because in 3 months earlier the temps were (depending when you came up, but we'll go with July) in the 50's with little to no real impact of humidity...and in three months temps will drop to the 70's with no massive impact on the humidity.

Bodies of the north are in constant flux of hot and cold due to the weather.

Someone from Texas would have no problem with 85 because it stays 80+ all year long.


That's like an eskimo from inland Alaska coming to Iowa during January and say "Those people complain it's cold because it's 3 degrees out"

[TheRevSFA]

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In Texas we have two seasons. Hot and january

[UNI83]

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Sounds about like Iowa.


Summer....Winter.

There is about a 2 or 3 week break between the two.

[JayJ79]

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UNI has the ability to practice outside and get used to the climate and can go inside and adjust as needed. If it's not hot and humid outside but the coaches are expecting that, they can turn on the heat in the Dome and it gets real warm, and real humid, real fast.

with 10K-17K people in the Dome, then yes, it can get warm and humid real fast. not so sure that it would with just the football team in there without the crowd. Plus, I rather doubt that the coaches would go to that much trouble to recreate "weather" conditions.

I'm sure the team got plenty of experience with heat and humidity during camp, so I don't see that being an issue any more than it is with any other team, especially this early in the season.

and not allow anything big in the return game-pretty sure SFA has one of the better return men in the country.

now THAT very well could be a factor. UNI's kickoffs/punts not only tended to not have alot of distance, but they also seemed to facilitate a fair amount of return yards as well.


heh, I just looked at the stats for the SFA/McMurray game. Both of McMurray's kickoffs (after their pick-6, and to start the second half) were onside kick attempts. Thus the stats list them as having 0 kickoffs.

[achrist70]

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What I am hearing is that SFA actually came to Cedar Falls last year to try to figure out how to build a dome

[TheRevSFA]

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Playing in domes is for sissies.

[achrist70]

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Playing in domes is for sissies.

Find when you want to come play us in late November or December outside in Iowa we will be ready.

I of course have no authority to make this happen but you get my point.

[TheRevSFA]

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Find when you want to come play us in late November or December outside in Iowa we will be ready.

I of course have no authority to make this happen but you get my point.

You gotta learn to take some tongue in cheek humor

I know why you play in a dome

[Cat80]

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You gotta learn to take some tongue in cheek humor

I know why you play in a dome

Hi Rev, how are you? I'm interested in knowing if you really know why we play in a dome. Give it a shot, no smack, nothing. Give it a shot and we'll see how close you get.