[JohnR34231]

It hasn't been that hot in Texas this year.  It wouldn't even break 110F in two weekends.  And Houston sits on the coast--it'd be humid as all get out (which presents its own issues), but it would not be 125F.

And now Stanford doesn't get to leave a big recruiting imprint in the 4th largest metro area in America--and a football talent hotbed to boot.

Doesn't playing on artificial turf (which Rice has) raise the on field temperature 10-15 degrees?
At least that's what the TV announcers always used to claim.
Just checked and the temperature forecast for game day is a high of 93.
So if true, that temperature boost would put field conditions at about 110 degrees.

[JohnR34231]

It hasn't been that hot in Texas this year.  It wouldn't even break 110F in two weekends.  And Houston sits on the coast--it'd be humid as all get out (which presents its own issues), but it would not be 125F.

And now Stanford doesn't get to leave a big recruiting imprint in the 4th largest metro area in America--and a football talent hotbed to boot.

Doesn't playing on artificial turf (which Rice has) raise the on field temperature 10-15 degrees?
At least that's what the TV announcers always used to claim.
Just checked and the temperature forecast for game day is a high of 93.
So if true, that temperature boost would put field conditions at about 110 degrees.