Sitting Outside at the Meadowlands in February?

I'd like to offer my congratulations specifically to the swampy patch of desolation outside of Seacaucus otherwise known as the Meadowlands and generally to the greater New York City metropolitan area for winning the bid to host the 2014 Super Bowl.

Back before domed stadiums the AFL/NFL championships (eventually to be known as the Super Bowl) were usually played in Florida or Los Angeles, or possibly one other place. Before that, in the "olden days" of the NFL, the championship game would be played outdoors--mainly because that's all there was--in places like Cleveland, Chicago, Pittsburgh, even Yankee Stadium, and in late December or early January.

Now that the new Giants/Jets facility has won the bid, we'll be seeing that again in 2014. I hear the new stadium is nice, beautiful even--it looks good from the pictures I've seen--but it is an outdoor field, with outdoor seats.

Some talking heads are happy about the prospect of a cold weather Super Bowl, taking the old-school stance that "that's how football should be played," while others take the "weather shouldn't be a determining factor in the game, or have a possible effect on the outcome." Didn't the Colts beat the Bears in a mud-bowl in Miami a few years back, in a pouring and steady rain? Just sayin' is all. I don't really have an opinion on that, other than to say that it'll be funny to see the celebrities gawking for the television cameras when the action slows covered in a dead elk to stay warm.

But really, the weather...What're the options for the first or second week of February for the Meadowlands? I'll tell you, and you can decide if you'll be dropping a grand on a ticket. First: snow. If you get one of those blizzardy deals right before, you'll need a zamboni to clear up the grass, but this may be the best choice, since watching the game with snow falling, a real possibility, might be cool. Second: rain. Tell me, is anything more fun than sitting in 33 degree night-time air and getting pelted by sideways sheets of rain being pushed by fifty mile-an-hour winds? Third: clear skies. Don't jump the gun and think this'll be best. It may be, and is the easy choice, but, in February, when it's clear it's ten degrees and the wind feels like searing cold glass on any exposed skin.

Cloudy with no precipitation...that's probably the winner...just the bitter cold.

Maybe contrary to how it sounds here (since I won't be there) the prospect of a cold weather Super Bowl does excite me.

Hey, maybe it'll be seventy and beautiful...