Kudos to the GB/SEA Crew...

[Suudy]

My worst game was a late Oct game. The temp started just over 0, but by the end, it was sub-zero. The ground was hard as a rock. The game seemed to take forever, and was hampered, not only by one teams inordinate desire to pass nearly every down, by numerous stingers on the kids, and one bad leg injury (roughing the kicker).

After the first timeout, the trainers didn't even bother to bring us water anymore, since it was all frozen.

Despite the cold, we had some fun. At the end of halftime, we came out and hovered around one of the kerosene heaters on the field. Our U melted the tops of his shoes and had trouble keeping them on all game.

[BktBallRef]

It just seems to me that if you're completely uncomfortable in your environment, you're going to be miserable and you're not going to able to do the best job possible. When the appropirate equipment is made available to you for a specific situation, it's stupid to not use it.