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Jaguars Fans Braved Frigid and Dangerous Temperatures to Watch Home Playoff Game
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Jaguars host 1st primetime playoff game in franchise history. And crowd showed up even with temperature of 43 degrees — 4th coldest home game in franchise history. pic.twitter.com/mMJYYb7Jp0
— Cameron Wolfe (@CameronWolfe) January 15, 2023
43 degrees? That’s what they call a heat warning in Winnipeg. It’s golf weather in Buffalo. Pretty sure 43 was the fourth-coldest day of last week here in Lansdale.
This is a big deal in Duval, however. It got so cold in Jacksonville that they had to cover their plants and turn off water to the outdoor hose bibbs. The ubiquitous guy-playing-acoustic-guitar at every single outdoor bar down there had to actually put shoes on. Jimmy Buffett cover bands went out of business for 24 hours.
We can laugh and joke about this all we want, but 43 degrees in Florida is some serious stuff. Have you ever seen a Floridian in sub-70 temperatures? They’re not equipped for this, kind of like Texas and whatever happened to their power grid. Floridians don’t have snow plows or salt trucks or long sleeve shirts. If the temp dropped 11 more degrees and then it began to precipitate, it could have been a disaster.
Credit to these fans for gutting it out.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com