Rain ALWAYS favors the underdog. No two ways about it. So Tennessee is helped by the rain in my opinion. When one team is better than the other (like i believe you are against Tennessee), one team would likely win 7-8 out of 10 games against that opponent in perfect conditions. If you have more talent, u want a dry, normal field because u will most likely win. If you do not have the better ball club u must resort to trick plays, etc....and rain is just another factor that throws things off from their normal balance. Rain favors Tennessee.
I'd say it helps UT slightly more, but it does also benefit the team with the stronger special teams play. Perhaps it's a wash after all. We'll see soon enough.
Whaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!! Shoot that thang...He is buried about eight miles from here. Was a good friend to my family. Although I was too young to know him well, he was real close to my Mom and her brothers. I met him a few times. He was as nice to me as he was to a country music star. I had on farmers overalls one day when I saw him. He looked at them and asked what name brand they were. Then said, "That's what I wear too." No pretense to the man. And he loved the Lord.
Fulmer will try to weasil out of this game if he can, because LSU has an advantage on a wet field with their passing attack. Offensive Lines - Tn is beaten up and has too many injuries, just as expected after Fla. Huge Advantage LSU QB - Ainge vs Russell - Wet games experience - Advantage Russell. Someone made a comment about big hands. Good. I'm more impressed with Russell's accuracy on the crossing routes and the long ball. WRs & secondaries - even Defensive coordinators - advantage Tn Special Teams - Tn sucks. If there is a single reason Tn is given a chance to win on a wet field vs dry, it disappears with their atrocious ST play.
Wait 1 minute! Enough with the "rain" idea! Anyone figure out that "winds" will likely be in excess of 25 mph during the game. I see some think the rain favors Tennessee & the underdog. HIGH WINDS will likely be a definite factor in the passing game, likely limiting Tennessee's passing attempts to fewer than 25 in the game & almost zero passes when they march into a 25 mph wind, with Tn having to run and most certainly punt on almost every down to LSU speedsters waiting to break the big one on a return. Fulmer won't allow many passes into a high wind for fear of their being picked off. The field will be dry enough at gametime after being covered all week during rains. He'll try to grind out the rushing ydg. A game with high winds and rain will be lower scoring for both Tn & LSU, but with many more expected turnovers by Tn. LSU has the better kicking & ST play and wins the game of field position. Russell has an incredibly strong arm and a huge edge at QB here and allows LSU to pass into a strong wind where TN cannot. Just another angle after a rethink. Nobody practices in 25+ mph winds with rain, so nobody has experience here. It comes down to the strongest most accurate arm getting the edge. I say Russell has the big edge here.
Like I said in another thread. LSU has the advantage in the rain. 1) We are playing at home 2) We have an experienced QB and UT doesn't I'm predicting their qb's will look like ours did in the OSU game last year.
