Could Weather Be A Factor?
Keep an eye on the weekend weather forecast for the area around the Linc. It doesn't look like the Eagles will be playing their game in the midst of an actual hurricane, but there are a couple of potential issues:
- Saturday is going to be a mess. TWC says an inch of rain, but I've seen higher projections elsewhere. This would be less of a problem if Temple weren't playing its home opener at noon, right when the storm is supposed to be big. There could be some major field-churning going on out there.
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By Sunday, the rain should be gone, but the forecast is still calling for 20+ mph winds. Those aren't extreme conditions, but that's a bit windy. Hopefully Akers is already breaking out his spreadsheets to account for how things could be moving around.
Spreadsheets? Did I miss an awesome David Akers story?
Posted by: BFH | September 05, 2008 at 09:27 AM
Sadly, no. In this case, "spreadsheets" is just shorthand for "seeming tendency to overthink factors unrelated to kicking the ball straight, far."
Posted by: Derek | September 05, 2008 at 09:31 AM
Ha. For a minute there I thought I was in the dark on another "David Akers is the dorkiest yet oddly cool dude on the roster" story.
Between Akers' martial arts and Sav's general rugby badass-ness, we may have the toughest kickers in the division.
Suck it, Giants.
Posted by: BFH | September 05, 2008 at 09:36 AM