USC’s rolling with heated benches at Washington State, because 60 degrees is cold

USC’s got a big game on the road against Washington State Friday night, and the Trojans are taking every precaution to make sure the team is comfortable in a markedly different weather situation than the one they left in Los Angeles.

“Moos” is Washington State AD Bill Moos.

The first column is actual temp, the second is the “feels like.”

By the end of the game, yeah, it’s gonna be kinda chilly, with a light breeze throughout.

I may be currently based in New York, but as a native Floridian, I stand in solidarity with the Trojans. Sixty degrees is cold, and it is a stridently held belief of mine. It was in the 80s today in Los Angeles, so the weather the Trojans are coming from is a full 20-degree swing from what they left at home.

Football coaches pride themselves in thinking of everything, and this is just another example of that. Why risk the distraction of weather when you can cut it out completely and not have to worry about it?

To that I say: “The hell it ain’t!”

For backup, I asked our crack team of meteorologists here at SB Nation.

Whitney McIntosh: “Sixty degrees is not cold, unless it is very windy and after dark.”

(Please disregard this opinion, because Ms. McIntosh is a Northerner by birth).

Kofie Yeboah: “Sixty is cold.”

(Kofie’s from North Carolina. His opinion is valid).

Jason Kirk: ”Sixty is cold enough for a hoodie, but not cold enough for pants.”

(I can get down with this opinion as well).

Bud Elliott: “Sixty can be cold, depending on the second digit and the wind. 50s are unquestionably cold, while 70s/80s are always nice, and 90s are always hot.”

This game kicks off at 7:30 local time out in Pullman. It’s a night 60. No sun to heat you up, and the temperature will only fall as the night goes on.

So, there you have it. 60 is cold. And as Hall of Famer Michael Irvin so eloquently put it: