Midwest weather argument,,,, (long)

[SpeedsterX]

Posted on DD as well,,,

I am sooo sick and tired of hearing about weather (cold, gray skies, snow) being a BIG, HUGE negative in recruiting!

It's freaking ridiculous! Yes, for approx. 8 weeks out of 52 a year, it can be pretty darn cold here in South Bend (32 or below). That's what sweaters, coats, gloves and a naked woman is/are for! Stop being a crybaby! Snow is beautiful! Blankets of white covering all the nastiness and imperfections of the world around you. Snow bunnies, skiing, walks through a lite falling snow are things to cherish. Crisp cool air filling your lungs in the morning while sipping on a nice cup of hot coffee.

The rest of the year, changing of the seasons, colors of the tree's, being able to wear that all to cool jacket in Autumn that you can only wear on a winter night in Florida (and not too far south). Have you ever been on Campus during a Fall afternoon at about 50 degrees with a ND sweater and the brown and golden leaves indiscriminately falling to the ground while drinking a warm cup of cocoa? I have and it's almost a spiritual experience, especially holding the warm hand of the girl you love!

Then you have Spring! Everything seems to be coming back anew. You can almost feel "LIFE" permeating it's way back in the air you breath. You can feel the new and budding life as a texture in the atmosphere that is around you. It almost makes you horny and dwell to find love. A rebirth of everything around you, a waking up from a nights sleep, feeling refreshed and new! Bright colors all around popping from nature and filling the senses.

Then, of course, comes Summer. There's plenty of positive things to say about Summer. Beaches, bikini's, sand, cool breezes from the sparkling blue water that doesn't seem to have an end (YES! We have that here! Ever been to the Dunes off Lake Michigan? Better than the Pacific? Hell yea, NO SALT!!). Let's speak of the negatives of Summer. 90-100 degree days where you're sweating like a sponge being closed in a fist. Stifling HOT, HUMID air that you wonder if there's any oxygen to feed your body. Yes Southerners, we have hotter than hell days up here in the "North Pole". Asphalt that burns the calluses off the bottoms of your feet. Hot enough to literally fry an egg. Ok, we don't have palm tree's. Really? You would make a 40 year decision for a tree? MY GAAAAWD!

It's not the weather that's the problem here in the midwest, it's that much of the football talent is from warmer (and in my opinion) more consistently boring weather region of the country. I don't know exactly why but it may have to do with training for football longer in warmer climates or High Schools actually "recruiting" better in the south and the west. But don't tell me that weather in the midwest is "worse" than down south! It's not worse! It's just DIFFERENT. When recruits say that weather is a factor, all I hear is, "I don't want to experience a different living environment than what I am used to". That's all!

I'd rather sit in a hot tub outside with 35 degree weather with a wet thick snow lightly covering my head for a few months than be parched and cooked in Coppertone while my own bodily fluids are seeping out of me (sweat) for 45 months out of the year just so I can find some relief and shade from a palm tree now and then.

Just as Notre Dame is unique and diversified, so is the weather and it should be loved and embraced for it's positives, not it's negatives!

"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!!!!"

[phork]

I much prefer the swelter all year round of Florida.

[stonebreakerwasgod]

Every winter in the midwest I wonder why I left Cali. Of course, I remember about all the wackos, illegals, gangs, drugs, earthquakes, wacky local govt's .......and then I'm ok.

[Jason Pham]

But it's so cold here.

[NDOM]

" Yes, for approx. 8 weeks out of 52 a year"

I dont know about South Bend, But here In Grand Rapids Michigan (Which isnt that far away) its colder ALOT more than 8 weeks out of the year. Its cold here beginning early November through late March and sometimes into late April and into early May. So according to my calculations thats on average about 6 months out to a 12 month year where it is ass cold and dark and cloudy and depressing. So I can understand totally why some kids dont want to play up here in the arctic. Youre point doesnt make any sense what so ever to me at least. If I were a 5 Star recruit I would choose a warm location over a cold one any day. Just my opinion.

[The Polish Irishman]

I could never live up north again after living in the South...I can play golf at least 4/5 times a month in Dec, Jan, and Feb. I start wearing shorts in March. The weather is a negative for South Bend. Face it, it is reality.

[onenybrother]

Originally Posted by stonebreakerwasgod

Every winter in the midwest I wonder why I left Cali. Of course, I remember about all the wackos, illegals, gangs, drugs, earthquakes, wacky local govt's .......and then I'm ok.

Wasn't Jeffrery Daimer, Unabomer, John Gacy, The Oklahoma City Bomber's from the mid west?