I want them practicing in the heat, humidity, and yes, even the rain.
We're going to play in it, we need to practice in it.
Some of our biggest wins have been in the rain. In 1986 we upset FSU in a torrential downpour in Tallahassee. We've beaten Tennessee in the rain more than once (with the '95 game in Gainesville standing out when we came from behind to crush them and the Jabbar Gaffney disputed catch game in Knoxville a few years later), and Georgia a few times (the 1993 game when Rhett ran wild and Anthone Lott called a timeout and the 1994 game in Gainesville).
Our guys need to be confident playing in the rain--snaps, shotgun snaps, throwing and catching a wet ball, not fumbling a wet ball, long snapping, kicking, punting and fielding wet balls, even tackling, running routes, changing direction on wet turf, all of it. Players need to know which cleats work best, which gloves work best, how slick jerseys get, how the ball carries differently, everything.
Before that 1993 Georgia game, Danny was the starter. He had smaller hands and didn't throw a wet ball as well as the backup. Spurrier went with the backup and we won (mostly because of Rhett but that's beside the point).
Of course, lightning is the exception. Any lightning within 20 miles and we go inside.
Alex.
