** 2022 Opponent Previews : Northwestern (Game 1) **

[BigRedBuster]

 

[teachercd]

This location still seems so odd.  Would have been better off just having the game at soldier field or Wrigley.  Oh well...at least the Sker don't lose a home game. 

[admo]

6 hours ago, teachercd said:

This location still seems so odd.  Would have been better off just having the game at soldier field or Wrigley.  Oh well...at least the Sker don't lose a home game. 

If my recollection is right, didn't NW play Duke in a game at Wrigley where it was half a field, and both offenses went one direction only?  Or was that Yankee stadium... Something like that

[teachercd]

25 minutes ago, admo said:

If my recollection is right, didn't NW play Duke in a game at Wrigley where it was half a field, and both offenses went one direction only?  Or was that Yankee stadium... Something like that

I think it was NW vs Illini???  And yes...they only went one way!

[admo]

1 hour ago, teachercd said:

I think it was NW vs Illini???  And yes...they only went one way!

@BigRedBuster do you remember the game at Wrigley?  Or @Mavric ??

[Mavric]

1 minute ago, admo said:

@BigRedBuster do you remember the game at Wrigley?  Or @Mavric ??

 

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Only one end zone will be used for offense Saturday at Wrigley Field for the Illinois-Northwestern game because of safety concerns, the Big Ten announced Friday, and the Chicago Cubs said the decision caught them by surprise.

NCAA rules state the field dimensions must have adequate space surrounding the playing surface: "Limit lines shall be marked ... 12 feet outside the sidelines and the end lines, except in stadiums where total field surface does not permit. In these stadiums, the limit lines shall not be less than 6 feet from the sidelines and end lines."

 

Wrigley's east end zone is a few feet away from the right-field wall, and although there is padding, there were concerns players could be injured there.

 

ESPN, from 2010

[admo]

Thank you mav..  teach was right...  I don't know why I keep thinking Duke played in that game. Playing illinois at Wrigley makes more sense.

 

Maybe NW played Duke in the pinstripe bowl at Yankee Stadium and I got all the ingredients confused lol

[BigRedBuster]

7 minutes ago, admo said:

@BigRedBuster do you remember the game at Wrigley?  Or @Mavric ??

Yes.  If we were playing there this year, it would be a normal sized field because they remodeled the grandstands with some removable seats to accommodate a full length field. 

[admo]

2 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

Yes.  If we were playing there this year, it would be a normal sized field because they remodeled the grandstands with some removable seats to accommodate a full length field. 

Ok thanks!  That would be pretty cool too... to play at wrigley

[BigRedBuster]

37 minutes ago, admo said:

Ok thanks!  That would be pretty cool too... to play at wrigley

Yes it would. I would hope to go to that one. 

[BigRedBuster]

Is the band going?

[Mavric]

 

[desertshox]

7 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

Is the band going?

 

Part of the band is, like 48 members. Do something pre-game and a halftime performance. And I can't remember where I read that.

[Mavric]

 

[Red Five]

7 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

 

 

Hopefully if NW comes out in an odd man front we don't have to throw half the playbook out the window...