Purdue does not have AC in Visitor Locker Room

Submitted by wildbackdunesman on

Purdue has AC in their home locker room, but no AC in the visitor locker room.

This seems like a dirt bag move by Purdue.

Harbaugh had the starters sit in the team bus with the AC on, as opposed to the locker room.

Purdue is in the B1G and can afford AC in both.  How common is this?  It seems like there should be rules against it.  If Purdue played us in late November in Ann Arbor, would it be okay to have the heat in their locker room just warm enough so the pipes don't freeze?

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momo

September 23rd, 2017 at 10:32 PM ^

a total lack of understanding of how the scientific method, and (federal gov't) science funding in the US, works.

 

There is no vast conspiracy of career civil servants to "punish big coal" or some such bullshit. The best models predict that the net effect of all the additional CO2 in the atmosphere will be continued warming, which in turn results in increased coastal flooding, changed disease and pest vectors, droughts and so on. The exact outcomes are unknown but the general trajectory is clear.

 

If you could come up with a model that incorporated the known data but predicted radically different and more easily coped-with outcomes you would have very interesting sessions at conferences, get a bunch of funding and would probably get tenure at any R1 institution of your choice.

 

I doubt this comment will have much effect but it needs to be said.

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Mr. Yost

September 23rd, 2017 at 8:54 PM ^

If we were playing Purdue in late November in Ann Arbor...we should NOT give them heat just warm enough so the pipes don't freeze.

 

 

 

 

...we should give them what they didn't give us, A/C.

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HarmonHowardWoodson

September 23rd, 2017 at 11:52 PM ^

And what does that have to do with coaching antics on the sideline? Are you implying that since you believe I have never coached I am unable to compare one coaches behavior to another? I don't follow the logic there. I do see the irony in fans of the University of Michigan and Jim Harbaugh calling out other coaches for complaining about calls on the sideline. Fans of the same guy who has broken headsets and clipboards while SCREAMING his disgust at officials and their calls. The same guy who gets so fired up that he can't even properly take off his coat on the sideline. Since I don't want you to infer the wrong thing about what I'm saying I feel inclined to let you know that I have never personally taken offense to Harbaugh' s sideline antics. He is a coach in division 1 football. If he coached at a level lower than College then I would find great fault with some of it. But I also find it hard to believe that a sane person who has watched Harbaugh and not found him at fault could turn around and find fault with Purdue' s coaches. can you imagine what Jim would have been like with a few of the calls (and no calls) that Purdue had to deal with? BTW...I intentionally left out my coaching history as I don't believe it has anything to do with this analysis.

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xtramelanin

September 24th, 2017 at 7:35 AM ^

and it stayed that way seemingly during the entire game.  i get the fact that occasionally JH will/has blown up on the sidelines, but never that seething, non-stop type that the purdue coaches had yesterday.  brohm looked like he went to the purple-face school of coaching, and my older kids were easily able to lip read the curse words coming out of the purdue coaches mouths.   never seen JH do anything close to that. 

 

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bluesparkhitsy…

September 23rd, 2017 at 10:11 PM ^

Seriously? I thought Brohm and his staff were doing just what they needed to on the sideline.  They were fired up -- which Purdue's players badly need -- and they were vigorously arguing Purdue's position on officiating.  Not only that, but I think Brohm had a point on the PI call he was so upset about.  

Also, Brohm's comments after the game duly credited Michigan as "the better team" and took responsibility for Purdue's overconfidence and poor third down performance.  He was anything but petty.

As to the lack of air conditioning in the visitor's locker room, though, that is unconscionable, and I agree it should be against the rules.  It's frankly unbelievable that so many of Purdue's fans are whining about their black uniforms when their team got to spend pregame and halftime in an air-conditioned room while ours did not.  Someone at Purdue needs to get this corrected really damn quickly.

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YoOoBoMoLloRoHo

September 23rd, 2017 at 8:56 PM ^

when they visitor AA and run the heater. Completely ridiculous situation. So is the pink paint at Iowa. It's bush league and the B1G should force the home team to use the visitor locker rooms if they practice this BS.

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MFanWM

September 23rd, 2017 at 8:57 PM ^

If I was Harbaugh I would have a huge problem with that kind of dick move and the BIG10 should as well.  They have more than enough money and given the heat it is actually is a competitive advantage.

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uncle leo

September 23rd, 2017 at 8:58 PM ^

To paint the locker room, do whatever psychology games you want.

But withholding AC when it's 90 plus out and these players deal with heat stroke and other conditions due to the temperature. That's just downright negligent.

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UM Griff

September 23rd, 2017 at 11:37 PM ^

The locker room situation is the most egregious. This is a serious safety issue on a day as hot as it is today. Players have died of heatstroke in the past, and Purdue would be liable if this should happen. All their targeting and dirty play today puts them in the OSU category - I am sure many of you remember when the hotel where Michigan stayed mysteriously did not have water.

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fksljj

September 23rd, 2017 at 8:58 PM ^

They don't have an x-ray machine on campus either... I say the next time they come up to Ann Arbor let's make that the week where maintenance hasn't fixed the toilets or urinals or AC and half the lockers aren't closing properly.

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MGoBlue96

September 23rd, 2017 at 9:00 PM ^

But what can you expect from a a shit irrelevant program like Purdue that will go back to awfulness when Brohm leaves. It should not be allowed to happen though as it is player safety issue given this heat, completely inexcusable to ignore the safety of away players.

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MichiganTeacher

September 23rd, 2017 at 9:00 PM ^

Yeah, I just mentioned this in another thread. Brohm is playing nice with the media, but you could tell by the dick move AC thing and the targeting, chop blocks, etc. that he's an ass. 100% pure ass.

As for how common it is, I can't speak to D1 football, but coaching HS basketball at a pretty high level, it's not unheard of for a team to leave the heat off in the visitors locker room. But it's a dick move. It was commone enough that I would just shrug and tell the other coach he's an ass to his face. They were usually surprised when people called them out directly.

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