the plastic in the water from the hose is what made us tough. That and parents not letting us in the house during the day.
Heat and HS Football
- Thread starter greenbean.sixpack
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in this heat and humidity, they shouldn't even be starting by 11 pm.
Academies played the week before Labor Day and if I recall correctly typically started school the previous week.
Something similar is what I remember as well. Definitely didn't start school until after Labor Day. Would it matter if the high school season extended beyond Christmas break? All the same kids will be in school the second semester anyway.
The difference in 7:00 and 8:00 tonight in Starkville on the hourly forecast is 4 degrees (91' vs 87'). My guess is they have been practicing in the afternoons all along anyway. 4:00 was the standard practice start time when I played
Surprised that the 1930s, when all the max heat records were set, aren't included in that list. Maybe it was hot but not for an extended period.
I was being a little dramatic...I have the same argument with my soccer group. They shift playing time to 5PM in the summer instead of 3PM. Not one single time have I ever walked out at 5PM and thought it was refreshing compared to 3PM.
However, I think that in football, on a Friday night, while it might be close to the same temp at kickoff, it should cool quite a bit more after halftime once the sun sets, so some of the game would be played in more moderate temps.
I believe I saw this same stat applied to Denver, with threshold at 95+.
And the data is similar….with 2023 receiving less +95* days than any year on record.
Kind of bizarre but stats don’t lie
Ah, the days of swatting away gnats while sweating balls in a classroom in Lucedale Middle School…
All those fossil fuels were reeking havoc in 1902, I see.
My son's school has cancelled them. He doesn't play football so I don't know if they are working in gym - but they are not outside. They may be going out later at 6pm. That's what a lot of the other groups are doing that (soccer, cross country, band)
I'm in Tennessee and I assume it's a mandate, if the heat index is above 104° they can't play, all the local games have been moved back to 8 or 8:30
Do high schools still have two-a-days for 2 to 3 weeks preseason? I remember we had at least 2 weeks of two-a-days and then 1 full week with evening practices and then the first game week. That schedule wore my *** out every year - I couldn't wait for the season to start.
If one of our coaches didn’t see you take your salt pill at lunch and at the pregame team meal, you weren’t playing.
Are you denying that fossil fuel usage 17s with our climate? If you are, thats dumb. If you arent, then your comment is dumb. Either way...
And if you dont want responses like this, then dont post stuff like that.
The best water in the world was cold well water out of a hose.
No but a group of HS kids in CO had to fight off a Russian invasion. God Bless The Wolverines! Handled Soviets, Cubans, and Nicaraguans.
I played from 77 to 79. We always started either Thursday or Friday before Labor Day. I remember because we went dove hunting the day after our first game.
The salt pills were plentiful in one big *** jar.
Yeah but with practice the exertion can be controlled. They can go no pads. Half lines swapping out, tackling drills you take turns. I played 1a football and literally played every snap of a game. A small school 2 way player only gets a break during timeouts and halves.
165 degrees on my kid’s school turf this summer. It sucks. I agree with one other that more kids will unfortunately have to die before folks do something.
I think Volcanoes and other natural occurrences have more to do with the climate than Fossil Fuels, Farming or Cow Flatulence
I don't care if you respond or not. If you want to look like a dubmass on SPS, that's your prerogative.
Oh yeah Foots was a mainstay at all Eupora athletics. He passed away a few years back and it ain’t the same
. Best memory I have of him was him yelling at Euporas team at baseball game saying “this guy ain’t throwing so why ain’t y’all hitting” and “I could hit this lobbying fella” and “heck I throw harder than him”. But then the other teams pitchers mom had had enough and stood yelling “you better watch your mouth old man that’s my son on the mound”. But Foots immediately yelled back “ hell if that was my son pitching I wouldn’t be bragging and telling everyone in the ball park”
haha, that's awesome! I'm sure we know the same people.Oh yeah Foots was a mainstay at all Eupora athletics. He passed away a few years back and it ain’t the same
i started playing HS football in 83 at age 13. this was before Gatorade was out. we had like 3 water hoses on the sidelines. during break everyone would take their helmet off and fill out helmets full of water . you had to drink them fast though because the water would leak out of the holes in the top of the helmet.
i graduated in 87 and we would come in on the Friday before Labor Day to register and get our class schedule. we would then be off that Monday for Labor Day, start back tuesday and then the 1st game would be played on the 1st Friday of September.
We didn’t have a/c either. Two-a-days always coincided with the Neshoba County Fair for us. That was ‘85-‘90
I officiated MHSAA basketball games for seasons in SW Mississippi. The McComb district was ran by some of the most incompetent men that ever walked EARTH. No schedules, they just called the day of the game asking if you could go call a game tonight. Some nights I'd get a call 30 minutes before a 6:00 game at South Pike driving from Wesson. Plus No one ever showed us where our $100 dues were sent at the beginning of the season. I think the assigning secretary kept all the funds.
A few pretty good things happened for me after midnight (and the next morning) in college.
I always thought it was the mold and mildew hose water that made us strong.
A hot *** room full of preteens covered in cologne and perfume, in September, and open windows led to yellow jackets always in our classroom.
It was originally thought that it was heat related but it was not. He had a a concussion and jarred spine.
He was transported to Tupelo Thursday night and released Friday morning.
My understanding was this game did not get pushed back due to it being a Thursday night game and school on Friday.
No idea why we went turf for football fields. I get it for baseball, as they want to play as many tournaments as possible and not let rain hamper it and gotta make that money. But football doesn't make much sense.
I guess they also have soccer playing on the field and didn't want the maintenance. I'd like to see a true breakdown of the economy of the turf fields. From what I see, they come with a lot of maintenance too, plus you have to clean it.
