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Welcome to Texas
By Mike Reiss, Globe Staff
IRVING -- Welcome to Texas Stadium, where the Patriots visit the Cowboys today (4:15 p.m. ET).
This is one of the league's older venues and it shows. The Cowboys are planning to move into their new stadium in 2009. One aspect that makes Texas Stadium unique is that the roof covers the seating areas -- so spectators aren't affected by the weather -- but remains open over the synthetic grass field. That doesn't allow much of a breeze and one can see how it could get extremely hot here.
Conditions shouldn't be a major factor today. The current temperature is 80 degrees. It is cloudy.
While the Patriots figure to be dealing with a hostile crowd today, players might also find the field itself to be an adjustment. The field has a signficiant crown, which means the middle portions of the field are higher than the outside portions of the field for drainage purposes. This could be significant for quarterback Tom Brady, who has never played here in his NFL career, on his throws to the outside because they are essentially going downhill.
As expected there is an overflow media crowd expected today.
We'll have more throughout the day.
Posted By: mreiss | Time: 12:59:13 PM | Link | E-mail | Comment (0)
By Mike Reiss, Globe Staff
IRVING -- Welcome to Texas Stadium, where the Patriots visit the Cowboys today (4:15 p.m. ET).
This is one of the league's older venues and it shows. The Cowboys are planning to move into their new stadium in 2009. One aspect that makes Texas Stadium unique is that the roof covers the seating areas -- so spectators aren't affected by the weather -- but remains open over the synthetic grass field. That doesn't allow much of a breeze and one can see how it could get extremely hot here.
Conditions shouldn't be a major factor today. The current temperature is 80 degrees. It is cloudy.
While the Patriots figure to be dealing with a hostile crowd today, players might also find the field itself to be an adjustment. The field has a signficiant crown, which means the middle portions of the field are higher than the outside portions of the field for drainage purposes. This could be significant for quarterback Tom Brady, who has never played here in his NFL career, on his throws to the outside because they are essentially going downhill.
As expected there is an overflow media crowd expected today.
We'll have more throughout the day.
Posted By: mreiss | Time: 12:59:13 PM | Link | E-mail | Comment (0)
