While I’m on a little NFL kick here…

I’m generally a playoff proponent and don’t have much of a problem with the two lowest seeds still alive for a shot at the Super Bowl.

Is it necessarily a good thing that so often this time of year the weather is as much of a story and a factor in these playoff games as the teams themselves? The Super Bowl gets it right and is played in warm weather (or at least a dome), but the pros seem to take such pride in the fact that occasionally some of its most important games are played in weather that neutralizes or handicaps its best players and teams.

How many big BCS games have really been impacted by weather?