I give up. The Chargers aren't used to playing in hotter-than-average temperatures there either, but every team has to play in hot outdoor conditions on the road once in a while as well, and at least half our team spent high school and/or college playing in VERY hot parts of the country.
Of course acclimatization happens, I didn't say otherwise, I said it's not an EXCUSE for anything such as losing the game, and that you can handle it a lot better being mentally prepared for it, part of which is hydrating properly - something a few of our guys didn't do, which is simply inexcusable. If you have to drink a GALLON of water between walking back out on the field, do it.
Really though, I'll just give up on this thread at this point. Excuse away, boys. Whatever it takes to remove accountability from our players for the loss. "Roland, YOU WEREN'T THERE, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW HOT IT WAS!"
Pete Carroll, who spent a decade at USC, doesn't know how to prepare for hot weather games! IT ALL MAKES SENSE, NOW!
*exits stage left*