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SportsDesk WEBCAST: What's with all the whining about the Bears and Vikings playing outside tonight?
Mike Hlas Dec. 20, 2010 2:13 pm
Why, back in my day, we played football outdoors when it was 50 degrees below zero in T-shirts and shorts. And we liked it!
If I'm not mistaken, several NFL teams play outdoors in cold-weather climes. Green Bay, for reasons that someone will have to explain to me someday, has its last two regular-season games scheduled at home.
So anyhoo, the Bears and Vikings will try to figure out how to cope tonight at the University of Minnesota's stadium. I'll watch at home and try to cope myself. Here's today's SportsDesk webcast with KCRG-TV9's John Campbell and myself on the subject:

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