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KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- North Alabama couldnt physically prepare for the Kansas City weather conditions it faced Saturday in a 29-3 loss to Northwest Missouri in the NCAA Division II championship game. It just wasnt possible.The temperature registered at 13 degrees with a wind chill of minus-4 at kickoff. At the same time, at North Alabamas campus in Florence, just over 600 miles away, the temperature was 70 degrees.Its not like were going to have a big snow machine out on the practice football field, quarterback Jacob Tucker said. As far getting physically used to the elements, you just cant do it.Tucker said after hed get tackled, his hands would get wet, and then as he began calling the following play, his hands would start freezing.He didnt want to use the inclement weather as an excuse for his performance, but he couldnt come up with any other conclusions.It was something that I hadnt experienced before, Tucker said. It was a challenge for me and it was a challenge that I didnt step up to, because I made some bad throws because of it.Tucker completed 15 of 41 passes for 179 yards and threw one interception in the game.Several North Alabama players warmed up in sleeveless shirts. Others warmed up without leggings on. Regardless of the Lions attempted tactics to prepare for the cold, nothing seemed to work and Northwest Missouri State blew right through North Alabama.In Bobby Wallaces 28-year head coaching career, he couldnt come up with a game that had remotely similar conditions.I coached eight years at Temple and I never saw a game like this before, Wallace said. Two of the three championships in the 90s was cold. The first was cold and rainy and the other one was just cold but we werent playing in snow.Wide receiver Dre Hall, a Tennessee native, echoed both Tucker and Wallaces sentiments.He said he had difficulty in both timing and running his routes.It messed with us a little bit, Hall said. I remember coming off the sideline and everybody was thinking, `this snow is three inches thick. How are we going to run in it?Hall said he told his teammates that they had to pick their knees up. But even then, the receiving corps had difficulties.Not only did the receivers have a hard time running in the snow, North Alabamas ground game was dismal as well, only having 22 yards rushing through the entirety of the game.Tucker took the majority of the carries, 21 of 33, and only came away with 26 yards. Beasleys efforts on the ground didnt add much either, only having four carries for 29 yards.Wallace knew coming into the game that their rushing efforts werent going to match up evenly with Northwest Missouri.We tried to put a couple of guys back there, but neither one of them would be what you could call a 1,000-yard rusher, Wallace said. Our offensive line, we have some injuries this year and it was just a mismatch. Their defensive line is great. 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Thats why, for me, I cant wait to get another opportunity to go play.I cant wait to get an opportunity to reach our expectations and play the kind of football we know we can play as an offense and score the points and move the ball that we know we can.Bortles start to the season has been puzzling considering the success he had a year ago.Although he did lead the league with 18 interceptions, his 35 passing touchdowns tied for second in the NFL behind Tom Brady of New England and set a franchise record as Jacksonville tied with New Orleans for most pass plays of 20 yards or more with 72.So far this season, the big plays have dried up and Bortles has made too many mistakes.Through three games, the No. 3 overall pick of the 2014 draft has thrown five touchdowns with six interceptions and lost a fumble.Bortles twice had opportunities to win games at home on the Jaguars final drive of the game and failed, turning the ball over on downs against Green Bay in Week 1 and throwing an interception against Baltimore last week.Jacksonville (0-3) is 26th in the league in offense (317.3 yards per game) and tied for 26th in scoring (18 points per game).These first three have all been difficult, but its part of it, Bortles said. You dont always start well; you dont always play well. There are 13 games left and a lot of football to go.I think any time you lose or any time you under-perform or anytime you had an opportunity and didnt capitalize on it, its going to sting, and thats part of football.Bortles counterpart, Luck, hasnt missed a beat since returning from a rib injury that cost him nine games last season.Luck again looks liike one of the elite quarterbacks in the league with six passing touchdowns and two interceptions while going against Detroit, Denver and San Diego.ddddddddddddThe Colts (1-2) were staring at another loss last week against the San Diego Chargers before the No. 1 pick from the 2012 draft found receiver T.Y. Hilton for a 63-yard touchdown with 1:17 remaining in the game.Hes wired the right way, Colts coach Chuck Pagano said of Lucks ability to recover from bad plays and win games. We talk all the time about moving on and you cant throw as bad as those plays are and how costly they are at times from a turnover standpoint, especially playing that position.Andrews always been able to put those behind him, make the corrections and go back out and move on. I think in this game no matter what position that you play you have to be able to put good plays behind you as well as bad plays.A return to form by Luck probably means trouble for the Jaguars. In six career games against them, he is 5-1 (having won his last five) with 12 total touchdowns and three interceptions.In those five wins, Indianapolis is outscoring Jacksonville by a healthy 23.6 points per game, and Luck is completing 69.2 percent of his passes.The Colts will likely need something close to Lucks best this week.Indianapolis has faltered defensively and is 30th in the league, allowing 31.7 points per game. 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