Sun Bowl plea: Snow, snow stay away
I woke up this morning, threw open the drapes at the El Paso Fairfield Inn and received some good news. There was not 3-5 inches of snow on the ground.
Some in the weather prediction business had suggested that was the overnight gift for Sun Bowl fans, but no. Something’s falling; looks like a little rain, a little snow, but nothing heavy at all. Weather.com now shows that some snow might fall this afternoon.
A little snow wouldn’t be a bowl-game disaster, but it’s not exactly what anyone from Oklahoma wants to see after the 14-inch blizzard of last week.
Bowl games ideally are played in warm weather locales, and while El Paso isn’t tropical, it’s not usually this cold. Temperatures in the 50s are normal this time of year, but it was cold — 40s and windy yesterday — and highs today suggest the 30s. The high Thursday (the day of the OU-Stanford game) is set for 54, with sunny skies, which would be pristine football weather.
The weather scare was enough for OU to move up its press conference this morning from 9 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., and it’s not like the Sooners have far to travel. Their hotel is just down the street from Sun Bowl media headquarters. But the threat of inclement weather apparently made the Sooners fear they might have trouble getting to their noon practice on time.
Any place that gets 14 inches of snow dumped on it can’t complain about someone else’s weather, so cut El Paso some slack. We knew it wasn’t Phoenix or Miami, and truth is, four years ago at the Holiday Bowl, San Diego’s weather was chilly. Not 34 and snowy, but chilly.
Cold weather is a downer for players who want to get out and explore a little at night, but they’ve got to like the mid-day weather. Football practice in the 40s isn’t a terrible thing. At Stanford’s practice yesterday, some lineman was the last guy off the field. We all were bundled up in the blustery weather, but this lineman trudged off the field in a T-shirt, carrying his pads, sweat pouring off him. I’ll bet the weather felt good to him.
I’ll update you on El Paso weather this afternoon.
-------------Berry Tramel can be heard Monday through Friday from 4:40-5:20 p.m. on The Sports Animal radio network, including AM-640 and FM-98.1. You can e-mail him here and follow him on Twitter @BerryTramel. Visit Berry's website here.
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