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SOUTH BEND ― Howard Cross recalls the last time Notre Dame football played in a cold game fondly.
Late in the 2022 season, the Fighting Irish were hosting Boston College. Snow was in the forecast, but it wasn’t sure when it’d arrive. Seemingly out of nowhere, though, blizzard-line conditions came over Notre Dame Stadium. The green turf became a snowy, white, winter wonderland.
“It was one of the funniest games I’ve ever been in,” said Cross, now a graduate senior defensive lineman. “I was on the field when the snow started coming down. I’ll never forget they hiked the ball, I hit the center, the quarterback dropped back and threw it. I turned around and I couldn’t see anything outside of five yards. I turned to the center and said, ‘Where’d the ball go?’ He said, ‘I don’t know.’”
It could be déjà vu for Cross and company during Friday’s College Football Playoff game for the No. 7 Irish (11-1) and No. 10 Indiana Hoosiers (11-1). The current forecast from WNDU-TV in South Bend calls for a 30% chance of scattered snow showers around the time the game kicks off (8 p.m., ESPN).
The low temperature will be 21 degrees, with wind chills pushing the feels-like figure into the teens.
“I feel like I have some of my best games in freezing weather,” Cross said. “It’s cold, you’re not going to get very tired or overheated.”
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Reminiscing on cold weather games
Multiple defensive players on the Notre Dame roster competed in that 2022 snow game against Boston College, a 44-0 Irish victory. Despite growing up in Omaha, Nebraska, two-time…
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Author : South Bend Tribune
Publish date : 2024-12-18 09:03:00
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