OT: Death Storm Arising

[Kitaman]

Anyone know our record during Death Storms.

 

[mauconnfan]

I know I never lose when Death Storms arrive......I get to snow blow the driveway while my son plays XBox 2012 NBA......

 

[UC990411]

I know I never lose when Death Storms arrive......I get to snow blow the driveway while my son plays XBox 2012 NBA......

You should make him snowblow the driveway while you play xbox

 

[CTBasketball]

I remember there was a killer blizzard in 04-05 or something against Pittsburgh......we lost.

 

[Fishy]

I went to a St. John's game in a blizzard down at MSG - thought we were gonna be stranded when some of the trains home were cancelled.

UConn scored 99 and won easily, but failed to top 100 pts when Boo Willingham bricked two free throws in the final seconds.

 

[mauconnfan]

You should make him snowblow the driveway while you play xbox

I actually like enjoying the air and moving around unlike the kids these days .......lol

 

[upstater]

I hit the snow around Hartford on the 26th coming over from Buffalo. It was stunning to see all these Nutmeggers in cars that can't handle the snow. I saw people spinning in a circle from a standstill right around Cromwell. Bizarre.

 

[mauconnfan]

People everywhere can't drive in snow......and some even in the rain find ways to panic!! Agreed upstater.......

 

[upstater]

People everywhere can't drive in snow......and some even in the rain find ways to panic!! Agreed upstater.......

It's somewhat true in upstate NY when people in AWD SUVs speed on the highway and find themselves off the road pretty quickly, but other than that, the vast majority have cars that can drive in the snow. Otherwise, they'd never get anywhere.

 

[kyle]

You should make him snowblow the driveway while you play xbox

Exactly, isn't this what kids are for?

 

[alexd]

Yep.....I have perfect faith in my ability to drive in the snow...it's the cars around me I'm worried about...

 

[Hoophound]

It's somewhat true in upstate NY when people in AWD SUVs speed on the highway and find themselves off the road pretty quickly, but other than that, the vast majority have cars that can drive in the snow. Otherwise, they'd never get anywhere.

It's the tires. People in CT won't put on snow tires because some winters are snowy and some aren't. The problem is that 30% of cars these days are running on performance/summer tires rather than a decent all season radial. Performance tires don't work in the slightest bit of snow....at all. If these people just gave up the racing tires on their BMWs and Mazdas and put a snow rated radial on, they'd have few issues other than in very, very poor conditions. People running around CT with those tires in winter should be ticketed and the car impounded.

 

[Rico444]

Are we going to call it a death storm every time it snows?

 

[Dogbreath2U]

Are we going to call it a death storm every time it snows?

Yes.

 

[Calhoun's Court]

There was the blizzard game against Nova in Gampel (around 95-96). Then Gov. Rowland cancelled the game and UCONN played it the next day beating Nova.

I remember Ray and Rudy Johnson throwing down some dunks while Steve"Chipmunk" Lappas burned timeout after timeout trying to slow us down.

 

[Northbound]

If i remember correctly there was also a blizzard game against UNC at Gampel where UCONN horsefucked them right out of the building. I think it was the same day as the famous tuck game pats/raiders. I just remember driving home after that game in a lot of snow on my way north.

 

[rw005]

I remember that snowtastic Cincy game back in 08 where we throttled them. Cheered very loud that day.

 

[temery]

It's somewhat true in upstate NY when people in AWD SUVs speed on the highway and find themselves off the road pretty quickly, but other than that, the vast majority have cars that can drive in the snow. Otherwise, they'd never get anywhere.

Too many people think all wheel drive includes all wheel stop. AWD does make it a lot easier to drive in snow. Stopping, not so much.

 

[boog204]

There was the blizzard game against Nova in Gampel (around 95-96). Then Gov. Rowland cancelled the game and UCONN played it the next day beating Nova.

I remember Ray and Rudy Johnson throwing down some dunks while Steve"Chipmunk" Lappas burned timeout after timeout trying to slow us down.

I remember this well. We were up huge at the half and that Ray dunk was immense. We ended up holding on for a 8-10 point win as we were thoroughly outplayed in the 2nd half.