As I said earlier, I didn't attend the Nebraska game of '86. But, it seems I recall a Gamecock fan saying that one of the Nebraska players fainted on the field due to the heat and humidity, I don't know if that was true or not.
What was the hottest football game you ever attended at WB?
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The 1988 Georgia game....Ellis to Brooks.........It was televised nationally by TBS, and they wanted us to wear black, I did, and I roasted~ Great game though, I think UGa was #5 or something like that and we spanked them good, with Robert Brooks making to great juggling catch in the end zone.
That was my hottest game. People were falling all around me and I felt sick until we scored at the end on pass from Petty to Trafford.
Yes, Nebraska game was the hottest for me. If memory serves, Green fumbled and Ellis once again broke our hearts with an INT!
UNC game in 2013. People were dropping like flies. EMS were all over the place carrying folks out. I never made it up the coffee grinder to my upper deck seat. Stopped 2 levels up on the grinder, put my seat cushon on the concrete as a laning pad and caught breezes all game long. I am not saying that the hottest game ever at W-B .... just the hottest game I've ever attended. Brutal combo of humidity & heat. 2nd hottest game I ever went to was USC-ECU in CLT about 4 yrs ago. Tailgating was brutal. Super hot. No greenery or shade other than tailgate tents.
Since those 2 games I have sworn off Aug/Sept games totally. October or later are the only ones I'll go to now.
Since those 2 games I have sworn off Aug/Sept games totally. October or later are the only ones I'll go to now.
Nebraska, 1986.
No other game comes close in my opinion. The Summer of '86 was absolutely brutal in SC and the rest of the country. It was the first or second weekend in October ... OCTOBER ... and the kickoff temperature was something like 94 degrees.
If I'm not mistaken, SC farmers sent hay to Nebraska farmers because their crops were decimated by the drought.
Hottest games I attended in WB, ranked in order of heat:
1. Nebraska '86
2. UGA '88
3. Miss ST '02
4. Michigan '85
5. UNC '89
This post was edited on 4/19 9:06 PM by Mr CockStrong
No other game comes close in my opinion. The Summer of '86 was absolutely brutal in SC and the rest of the country. It was the first or second weekend in October ... OCTOBER ... and the kickoff temperature was something like 94 degrees.
If I'm not mistaken, SC farmers sent hay to Nebraska farmers because their crops were decimated by the drought.
Hottest games I attended in WB, ranked in order of heat:
1. Nebraska '86
2. UGA '88
3. Miss ST '02
4. Michigan '85
5. UNC '89
This post was edited on 4/19 9:06 PM by Mr CockStrong
I didn't think people would remember uga in 1988. Looks like everyone remembers! It was terrible
Alabama, 2008 97 degrees at kickoff. It felt like it was too hot to tailgate. I cant imagine how they played a football game in that heat.I sold my Eastside tickets and purchased tickets on the Westside to avoid being in the sun the entire game.
Most miserable one I was at was UGA in 1998.
It was scorching hot.
My wife was 7 mos pregnant.
We were RIGHT beside the UGA band.
Some drunk decided it'd be a great idea to stagger down the stairs and lean right against me as I stood at my aisle seat. I almost always avoid confrontation, but I was in no mood, and let that dude have it (verbally). He left, but that was one miserable gameday experience. Oh, and we lost the game to boot.
It was scorching hot.
My wife was 7 mos pregnant.
We were RIGHT beside the UGA band.
Some drunk decided it'd be a great idea to stagger down the stairs and lean right against me as I stood at my aisle seat. I almost always avoid confrontation, but I was in no mood, and let that dude have it (verbally). He left, but that was one miserable gameday experience. Oh, and we lost the game to boot.
The Nebraska game was during a period of drought.It was hot.The year before (85) it rained just about every home game.Maybe its because I'm older now, but the UNC game was the hottest I've been at a football game.It was too hot too tailgate pre game, so we sat in our car and ate.
I believe it was Raynard Brown that fumbled, not Green. It was a critical one in the fourth quarter, really was a great game, and was there for the upset, but we couldn't close the deal.
