(Associated Press)
If you haven't heard, Super Bowl
XLVIII might have some weather issues. The NFL should be very glad that
the Super Bowl wasn't somehow scheduled for Jan. 21, because who knows
what might have happened.
A huge snow storm hit New York with about 14 inches of snow
between Tuesday and Wednesday morning, making transportation about
impossible. Think about if there was only one week between games –
Tuesday would have been Super Bowl media day, one of the NFL's best
marketing tools. That would have been a treat. Crews needed to be
brought in to help dig out MetLife Stadium, the site of this year's
Super Bowl in East Rutherford, N.J.
The forecast, which can't be taken as gospel 11 days in advance, is improving for Super Bowl Sunday. AccuWeather.com predicts
it will be a high of 40 degrees and a low of 25 with snow showers
possible. That's a little warmer than the forecast from Monday, when it
also called for a snow/rain mix. But what if there was a storm like
Tuesday's blizzard on the day Denver is scheduled to play Seattle in the
Super Bowl? ESPNNewYork.com's Jane McManus asked the league, which
didn't want to answer the question:
Because of the logistics and the
millions and millions of dollars the network would lose in advertising
money if the Super Bowl had to be moved back a day because of weather,
odds are that if the teams could somehow, someway make it to the stadium
and if the television equipment and satellite trucks worked, there
would be a game. The only way the NFL wouldn't play it was scheduled is
if it was physically impossible to do so. But it's still interesting to
think about the possibilities of the league's biggest game being played
in a foot of snow.
Here are a few more pictures of
MetLife Stadium from Tuesday night, and when you look at them, keep in
mind this site is scheduled to host a Super Bowl in less than two weeks:
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