Bigger Home Field Advantage, Dec. Snow? or Sept. Heat/Humidity

[ADavieDolphin]

We alsways hear how tough it is for the phins to play up north in December... we never play in snow in the dirty south Davie!

but we also hear how tough it is for those 3 northern teams to come play in the icky sticky weather of Aug/Sept in Miami...

In training camp up north they play in some nice weather...
we play in hot, humid, nasty weather... and with Sparano's conditioning camps in that gross weather, our guys can handle the heat and humidity, and the northern teams get gassed quickly...

but the snow is tough too, im sure our guys are freezing their butts off...
i'd say theres added benefit for the northern teams since their benefit comes at the end of the season, while ours it at the beginning...

so what do you think is a bigger advantage?

 

[arsenal]

i think its the heat and humidity... that DRAINS players...

the snow, i dont think its so much the cold, but the conditions with footing, holding onto the ball, etc... but i think players can get used to that, it doesn't gas the players like the humidity does...

 

[GoonBoss]

It depends on the person, really. RW does fine in snow and cold, and he played his ball in TX, LA, and FL. Others, not so much, even though they grew up playing in snow and cold. Me? Though I grew up in the south, I have physically always performed better in the cold as long as the contest was of limited duration and, is physical in nature. For instance, I always got my best scores on my physical fitness tests in the Army, consistantly for 8 years in the cold. The colder it got, the better I did, until I'm sureit became psycological with me.

I always played line throughout my career...Offensive and, defensive. Like every offensive lineman I saw on TV growing up, I made it a point not to wear anything on any exposed skin, even playing in Northern IN in Junior High. It's purely psycological.

I've always functioned better in the heat on a non-competetive basis, and, vastly prefer to live where it varies from 100+ in the summer, as opposed to getting snow in the winter.....I think it really varies, but, one thing you can point to is the record of the Dolphins good teams vs the Bills good teams during the Marino years. We performed pathetically in Buffalo, whereas they did manage to take some from us in Miami.

 

[SCLSU Mud Dogs]

it depends if the players stay loose or not.
Most players will get tight while standing on the sideline and they will go to take the ball and not have the movement they're use to and cough up the ball

 

[DuderinoN703]

The Dolphins are used to playing in the heat, 2-3 times a year every September while the Bills or any other cold weather team won't always play in the snow, the cold sure but not snow.

Besides, I'm sure some warm weather NFL teams have guys from the cold parts of the country who know how it is and vice versa.

 

[GoonBoss]

The Dolphins are used to playing in the heat, 2-3 times a year every September while the Bills or any other cold weather team won't always play in the snow, the cold sure but not snow.

Besides, I'm sure some warm weather NFL teams have guys from the cold parts of the country who know how it is and vice versa.

I actually don't think people realize how abjectly misterable it can be in the summer in Western NY. I think THE most miserable I've ever been was in Watertown, NY on Fort Drum in August. God Almighty is was miserable.

 

[Roman529]

I would have to go with the snow/cold over the heat/humidity. You can always drink tons of water and sit in the shade or by a fan to cool off....but when you are cold you start getting hypothermia and it is much harder for the body to warm up then to cool off. You can always sweat when you are hot but it is much harder keeping and staying warm.

 

[zackmandude63]

every team deals with heat and humidity during training camp, ut not the cold and snow so i would go with cold and snow.

 

[DefensiveEnd76]

i think its the heat and humidity... that DRAINS players...

the snow, i dont think its so much the cold, but the conditions with footing, holding onto the ball, etc... but i think players can get used to that, it doesn't gas the players like the humidity does...

You're Exactly correct ...even players who play for northern teams say they don't like playing in cold weather and say they get just as cold as the opposing players do