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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 3394934, member: 40"] No, I'd point out that International Falls is 300 @#% miles away from where the University of Minnesota is located, and wonder why someone who travels to Minnesota 15 times a year doesn't recognize that weather in a location literally on the completely opposite part of the state has zero bearing on what happens in the Twin Cities. I'm sorry that you had to work outside when it was -70 in international falls -- I really am. But I doubt the validity of that claim, seeing how the coldest wind chill recorded in state history was -67 in 1936, as pointed out above. So you're either wrong or exaggerating. When was the last time it was -60 in Minneapolis? Funny that it doesn't impact recruiting, with the Gophers playing outdoors. Want to know why? Because it doesn't often get that cold here during football season. Sometimes it snows, just like it does in Syracuse, but there are also plenty of Novembers that are snow free through the end of the month, when the football season ends -- so it doesn't have much bearing on football when it occasionally gets cold in Jan / Feb [like it would if the Vikings played outside at the end of an NFL football season]. In October, when you claimed above that it starts snowing, it is often in the 50s and 40s -- and usually quite a bit warmer than that through the beginning part of the month. By the way, I've attended games at the U of M stadium, including one where there was bad snow and cold. It sucked, from a fan perspective. But it doesn't happen very often, which is why ringing alarm bells about it isn't an effective negative recruiting tactic. I shouldn't let this bother me, but I always find it stupid when other schools and fan bases negative recruit against SU with BS info about the weather. I honestly am not trying to make this personal like you apparently are -- the sweeping generalizations about the weather are just a pet peeve when it comes to recruiting. Here is the average monthly temperature data here in Minneapolis -- which is where the University of Minnesota is located, just so everyone is clear on why I am focused there and not worried about Grand Marais, International Falls, etc.: [ATTACH type="full" alt="1589941206540.png"]181507[/ATTACH] Again, I'm not saying that it NEVER gets cold, but all of this talk of -60s, snow in October, etc. are greatly exaggerated. And yes -- I recognize that averages don't necessarily reflect the extremes -- but nor do outliers define "normal." Those extreme temperatures -- when they do infrequently occur -- are built into those averages. [/QUOTE]

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