Winterizing Peyton Manning? Coach Bohl Has Some Ideas...

[NDSUstudent]

Interesting article from the Denver...

What makes Bohl’s Bison so tough?

It certainly doesn’t hurt that they live in Fargo, N.D. With an average winter temperature of 16.8 degrees, it’s the fourth-coldest city in the U.S. — a place where nose hairs freeze in a single breath.

Is it because the Bison stick to the running game in an effort to neutralize those nasty elements? Nope. Why? Because in 1992, someone at NDSU had the good sense to open the Fargodome, an indoor stadium that shields the Bison’s home games from those elements. In their dome, sweet dome, the Bison pass quite often, and quite well. Their quarterback, Brock Jensen, is the fourth-rated passer in the FCS.

But Bohl knows that his team’s road to the FCS championship isn’t shaded by a dome. It goes through bitter-cold, including outdoor stadiums like those in the Bison’s Missouri Valley Conference.

And that’s why Bohl’s Bison rarely hold practices in their dome.

“When I was a young coach, I heard Woody Hayes say, ‘If you’re going to fight in the North Atlantic, you have to train in the North Atlantic,’” Bohl said, quoting the former Ohio State University legend. “It’s one of the truest things I’ve ever heard.”

http://kdvr.com/2013/11/26/winterizi...ve-some-ideas/

[BisManBison]

Good stuff!!

http://kdvr.com/2013/11/26/winterizi...ve-some-ideas/

[BisManBison]

Doh, duplicate, please delete moderators. Too slow in posting.

[NDSUstudent]

That article really takes me back to the week before the MT State game...their fans were convinced the elements were in their favor because we were a dome team and we kicked their ass in the fourth quarter. That game is still one of my favorite Bison games of all time.

[1st&TennBison]

Interesting article from the Denver...



http://kdvr.com/2013/11/26/winterizi...ve-some-ideas/

I love that article, just goes to show how coach Bohl is always thinking one step ahead on most other coaches. I have no doubt that practices in the coldest weather possible helps with conditioning as well as keeping in touch with other teams that have outdoor stadiums for away games. I found out last year for the first time spending an entire year in ND just how hard it is to breath just shoveling show for an hour(did that one time before I went right to the John Deer dealership to buy a big honking snow blower). But those winter workouts outside have to help with cardio for sure I would think, and that has to make us better for inside games.

[HerdBot]

I love that article, just goes to show how coach Bohl is always thinking one step ahead on most other coaches. I have no doubt that practices in the coldest weather possible helps with conditioning as well as keeping in touch with other teams that have outdoor stadiums for away games. I found out last year for the first time spending an entire year in ND just how hard it is to breath just shoveling show for an hour(did that one time before I went right to the John Deer dealership to buy a big honking snow blower). But those winter workouts outside have to help with cardio for sure I would think, and that has to make us better for inside games.

And on the flip side our training camp is in extreme heat and humidity. But I still think its silly to practice outdoors when the road to Frisco will be played on the turf indoors. That's why we need an indoor practice facility to use when the dome is being used. But the regular season practicing outdoors pays off at places like Brookings, SIU, and all of our road games. Heck Montana State in 2010 must have felt like a warm game to our players

Makes me think of Rocky 4

[Tatanka]

And on the flip side our training camp is in extreme heat and humidity. But I still think its silly to practice outdoors when the road to Frisco will be played on the turf indoors. That's why we need an indoor practice facility to use when the dome is being used. But the regular season practicing outdoors pays off at places like Brookings, SIU, and all of our road games. Heck Montana State in 2010 must have felt like a warm game to our players

Makes me think of Rocky 4

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that I trust that Coach Bohl knows what he's doing.

[56BISON73]

And on the flip side our training camp is in extreme heat and humidity. But I still think its silly to practice outdoors when the road to Frisco will be played on the turf indoors. That's why we need an indoor practice facility to use when the dome is being used. But the regular season practicing outdoors pays off at places like Brookings, SIU, and all of our road games. Heck Montana State in 2010 must have felt like a warm game to our players

Makes me think of Rocky 4

If you practice outdoors in the cold and move indoors your legs will be more lively and play faster. Just like practicing on grass and then going to turf.

[EndZoneQB]

That article really takes me back to the week before the MT State game...their fans were convinced the elements were in their favor because we were a dome team and we kicked their ass in the fourth quarter. That game is still one of my favorite Bison games of all time.

Yeah and the weather in Bozeman was nice compared to what they were practicing in too...pretty funny.

[Tony Almeida]

http://kdvr.com/2013/11/26/winterizi...ve-some-ideas/

My two favorite teams...what more could I ask for?


(Imagine my disappointment when Joe Mays was let go)