Just looked at the preliminary forecast on accuweather for the stadium and it has wind and rain. Up to .25” rain, wind sustained at 16, gusting to 27. That said, the forecast will change 20 times before the game. Weather folks can’t get a forecast correct 2 hours out.
I know you mentioned as I quoted.. the forecast will change 20 times before Game..
But it's imperative that people understand any weather 'forecast' beyond 24-48 hours is nearly useless. Only objects that follow clear patterns can be predicted to SOME degree of accuracy more than a couple of days out -- ie: Hurricane tracks, etc. Even then.. it's not uncommon to see these tracks shift in hours to miss or hit massive landmasses (or shift out to sea , etc).
Our weather forecasting has come a LOOOONG way in the last 100 years,.. but it's still a conglomerate of super computer model output based on a multitude of weighted algorithms. IE: The GFS, NAM, CAE WRF, MDL, NCEP, European model(s), etc. Often the best of meteorologists with some time under their belts will develop tendencies in which models are most reliable for certain weather predictions/types of precip (Ie: Snow/Winter Wx vs. Thunder Storms, et al.). They develop intuition on which models to follow over some others based on how they handle weather trends accurately at specific ranges of time.
IE: James Spann might use the European model for 10-15 days out (in voodoo land).. then the NAM for days 5-10.. and shift to the GFS for <5 Days. Or sometimes certain models , for whatever reason(s) handle an 'event' better than others and that is used.
SMtill despite their best efforts with sophisticated model output they 'bust' all the time and the 06Z GFS might show precipitation 300 Miles north or south of the 12Z run.
Point being: As you know.. anything beyond a couple of days is just for 'fun' really and has a much higher chance of being completely wrong than accurate.
Case in point: 2-3 Days later: This is what Accuweather has for [FONT=Roboto, arial, sans-serif]
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FL 33056 aka: Orange Bowl location.
Also -- I'd rather the forecast be clear (no precip or wind). Nick Saban and Alabama have , imo, the most prolific offense in football. I don't want the weather making a 'difference ' in either teams ability (positive or negative). I have strong faith in:
Alabama's 2nd ranked Offense in the county facing Oklahoma's the 108th ranked Defense in the country.
Meanwhile - Oklahoma's 1st ranked offense facing Alabama's 10th (Total Defense) ranked Defense [8th in the S&P+].
I trust Nick Saban overall and preparing a football team and finding their vital weaknesses with ~1 Month to prepare plus to Self Scout his own team/Alabama to find Bama's largest Weaknesses to correct in this time ... as opposed to a very talented and young 35 year old head coach of the Sooners.
Honestly - I have a healthy respect for this football team.. primarily their O-line, Receiver corps, Primary HB's and even that halfway decent Quarterback.. what's his name.. Kyle Mary ?
In all seriousness,.. This game could run anywhere from Alabama running away with it due to having a team with both a top 10 Offense and Defense,... It turning into a shootout because that's what Kyler 'does' (Think Deshaun Watson NC game Part I)... Or Murray keeps it close as predicted with Close meaning a final score of 14-17 points.
All of that said: The #1 team should be facing the worst team of the 4 seeds - and I firmly believe the 'least dangerous' team is Notre Dame. [Though, I reserve the right to change that thought should Clemson lose lol].