Rain out East, anyone looking at some solid bad weather games Saturday or Sunday?

Rain out East, anyone looking at some solid bad weather games Saturday or Sunday? .......Still a little early.

In my experience, the public highly overrates the effect rain has on games. There are exceptions of course; for example, heavy rain has an incredible effect on games played at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, PA. But, that's because of the physical characteristics of that specific field. In my humble opinion, there are weather conditions other than rain that significantly impact games. However, as Fezzik notes, it's very difficult to consider these variables before game day.

ASU @ UGA will be UNDER! Record rainfalls here plus more to come. Add that with Coach Richt wanting to take some heat off his friend and defensive coordinator and I believe you will see UGA have more rushing attempts this weekend than they have had all season to control the clock and halt the 3+ turnovers a game they are giving up. I expect about the same scoring total as last years match up@ 27-10. Richt is conservative by nature and wants to get away from having to score 40-50/game to win. TCU @ Clemson...Two good defenses on wet track!! I like the Under.

i posted a question somewhere else regarding rain and haven't seen any comments yet. almost every game in the east is listed as 35-70 % chance of rain--i don't think i've ever seen a september saturday with so much rain listed as possible. my question regarding rain is ---regarding rain and COLLEGE football, what is your experience (experience preferred over theorizing) holding bets on 8+ point favorites in the rain ? often a 2 td fave is likely to have it's biggest mismatch due to it's own offense potential, which is somewhat nullified by wet footballs, slipping, fumbling, etc. also, the "offensive guy knows where he's going and the defensive guy doesn't" doesn't mean much, as many defenses go to zones instead of man in the rain--defending an area instead of riskiing a slip in man. also, "knows where he's going" is basically a pass pattern thing, not rushing. my question is referring to a specific type matchup (mostly dd faves between 10 and 21 points) where a team is likely to have a pretty decent expectation of an outright win, meaning that they probably eventually be rushing a lot. i got cinn -13' -130 sunday night pretty strong, and even though it's only one game (i did bet some other faves sun pm where it's likely to rain) it's a subject that's hard to research and pretty much requires anecdotal evidence. got any?

Here in NYC, it appears that any rain will be light and insignificant. And the forecast is usually harsher than the event. But for the southeast, cware got my attention. Today, I saw a picture of houses flooded to the 2nd floor in Georgia. I have no idea how widespread or localized this sort of phenomenon is. Maybe somebody local and/or knowledgeable would chime in?

Here in North Georgia we have a sunny day today and no rain yesterday! Looks like we may get some more rain tomorrow and/or Sat but as of now all of the previous rain should not have that much effect on the game. Just watch the weather and know these fields can not hold much more water. Use tonights game in Columbia,SC as an indicator of whats to come with grass fields throughout the SE.

Iowa/PSU calling for rain I think also....

Looks like possible heavy rain for Florida/Kentucky and Ohio/Tenn

What is the best site(s) to report weather forecasts for sporting events? am using a couple but they only forecast for game day. It would be nice to have an idea of the previous week / field conditions...

Posted by an actual weatherman at another site who only plays Totals based on ... the weather. His actual record YTD: 6-5; +0.46 units Sept 26th Games A lot of games will likely have rain, but not much wind Saturday. The rain will extend from the central Gulf Coast into eastern TN/KY and into the Appalachians. I'll have more plays later, but I want to get this one down early for heavy rain on a grass field during the game. 2 units 380 IA/Penn State Under 40 Added: 2 units 374 Miami FL/VA Tech Under 47 - Heavy Rain 1 unit 350 AR/AL Under 58 - Rain/possible T-storm, high heat index 1 unit 354 AZ St/GA Under 50.5 - Rain/possible T-storm 1 unit 360 NC/GA Tech Under 45.5 - Rain/possible T-storm 1 unit 366 Pitt/NC State Under 48 - Light Rain 1 unit 370 Miami OH/Kent Under 48 - Light Rain Other games with possible weather impacts: IL/OH State - Risk of light rain TCU/Clemson - Risk of light rain Boise St/ Bowling Green - Risk of light rain OH/TN - Risk of light rain (probably ending during the 1H) C FL/ECU - Risk of light rain Fresno St/Cinc - Risk of rain Akron/C MI - Risk of light rain LSU/MS St - Risk of Rain/T-storms, high heat index Ball St/Auburn - Rain/possible T-storm UNLV/WY - breezy ID/N IL - Possible rainshower Notre Dame/Purdue - Possible rainshower UTEP/TX - Very high heat index UL-Monroe/FL Atlantic - possible shower/T-storm, very high heat index W KY/Navy - Rain beginning by 2H Middle TN St/N TX - high heat index at game start Toledo/FL Intl - High heat index. Hope this helps.