Boston's 46 MPH Wind Gusts Are Turning Football Into a Survival Simulator
Kevin Roth noted the Virginia Tech at Boston College game is 'ugly as advertised' with rain and massive wind gusts.
There is bad weather, and then there is weather that makes you wonder if the stadium is structurally sound. Sports meteorologist Kevin Roth just clocked sustained winds at 28 mph with 46 mph gusts in the Boston area, meaning any football thrown outdoors this weekend is about to turn into a random number generator.
Mother Nature has officially decided that the forward pass is illegal. Winds approaching 50 mph do not just affect the deep ball. They turn standard punts into boomerangs and make 30-yard field goals look like a rigged carnival game where the rim is smaller than the basketball.
Roth specifically flagged the Virginia Tech at Boston College matchup as an ugly, rain-soaked mess. For context, when gusts cross the 40 mph threshold, you are no longer playing modern football. You are playing a 1940s survival simulator where the team that hands the ball off 55 times usually escapes with a win.
This is the exact type of weather report that sends game totals plummeting and makes under bettors feel like absolute geniuses. While nobody here is handing out financial advice, anyone holding a ticket for a quarterback's passing yards over in these conditions is currently bargaining with a higher power.
The managed to time their schedule perfectly to avoid the slop. Instead of dealing with this atmospheric chaos at Gillette Stadium, and the rest of the roster are safely down south preparing for their Week 3 road trip against the .
Keep an eye on the pregame warmups to see just how comical the kicking game looks before kickoff. As for the local fans braving the stands, you might want to tie your hats down and prepare for three hours of run-up-the-middle football.