On the effect of weather - I was traveling from the East Coast to Lincoln during Christmas vacation one year, and flights were grounded in Chicago. We were bussed to a train in the south of Illinois. That took us in a blizzard to Lincoln where Police cars were meeting passengers embarking to take them where they were going.
Coach Tom was on the train shepherding a recruit, and since I had known him for some time, we talked a bit. I asked the recruits name and what he might think of this weather. He said it wasn't much different from the recruits home town so he was probably OK with it. It was Jerry Tagge.
Great story! Ends with 2 national championships. Yah, I'd tell that one a few more times.