Old school would have meant the Bears taking the field goals a few times rather than the 4th down attempts that ended good drives with nothing. Those points would have been the difference.
GFS says surface temps here are 12 degrees when the precip begins. Then 1.5" of QPF falls before temps rise above 20 degrees.
Acceptable.
Edited: also has -16F here the morning of the 28th.
Best squall of the day hitting here now. I might double my storm total from this morning.
This is a great ob for a mid December afternoon: Snow and blowing snow. Vis 0.5 miles. 17°. Winds 23 G 38.