College GameDay at Wrigley Field 11/20

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Nov 15, 2010 12:17 PM
^^^ I can see someone getting seriously hurt here--NOT a good situation IMO.
Nov 15, 2010 12:17pm
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Nov 15, 2010 12:18 PM
darbypitcher22;558983 wrote:that's a problem during the Emerald Bowl too

It's going to be even worse at Wrigley... it's so close to the field that they couldn't even use a stanchion on the goalpost or it would have been hanging over the end zone. At least at SBC Park they had a couple of feet to work with.

Looks like they may have padded the wall in the above picture? That Allstate ad with the ivy background looks like padding. It's still going to hurt like hell if you hit it.

What makes it more odd is it's a completely different configuration than used historically for the Bears, they always ran it the other way (1B dugout to LF wall) and there was more room. They haven't added any seats or messed with dimensions that would really necessitate a change.
Nov 15, 2010 12:18pm
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Nov 15, 2010 12:25 PM
Check this out, the front of Wrigley has been converted to be all Wildcat. They're even painting the marquee purple! Here's a live webcam feed.

http://www.cubworld.com/category/a_cubworld_cam/
Nov 15, 2010 12:25pm
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Nov 15, 2010 12:50 PM
krambman;559220 wrote:
Guess I was wrong...that looks TERRIBLY unsafe. I guess it fits better in Yankee Stadium after all. LOL.
krambman;559229 wrote:Check this out, the front of Wrigley has been converted to be all Wildcat. They're even painting the marquee purple! Here's a live webcam feed.

http://www.cubworld.com/category/a_cubworld_cam/

That is really cool!
Nov 15, 2010 12:50pm
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Nov 15, 2010 12:53 PM
from this picture, it looks like there was never much room


and while i was looking for the picture, i found this tidbit on wikipedia
The football field ran north-to-south, i.e. from left field to the foul side of first base. The remodeling of the bleachers made for a very tight fit for the gridiron. In fact, the corner of the south end zone was literally in the visiting baseball team's dugout, which was filled with pads for safety, and required a special ground rule that sliced off that corner of the end zone. One corner of the north end line ran just inches short of the left field wall. There is a legend that Bronko Nagurski, the great Bears fullback, steamrolled through the line, head down, and ran all the way through that end zone, smacking his leather-helmeted head on the bricks. He went back to the bench and told Coach "Papa Bear" George Halas, "That last guy gave me quite a lick!" That kind of incident prompted the Bears to hang some padding in front of the wall
and while i was looking for the picture, i found this tidbit on wikipedia


sounds like football games at wrigley were always an adventure
Nov 15, 2010 12:53pm
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Nov 15, 2010 12:58 PM
dazedconfused;559262 wrote:from this picture, it looks like there was never much room


and while i was looking for the picture, i found this tidbit on wikipedia

sounds like football games at wrigley were always an adventure


There definitely wasn't much more room, but a couple feet behind the end line beats the about 6 inches they have this coming weekend.
It generally just seems like a bad idea to play there at all, honestly. Sure, it's historic... but the damn field doesn't fit! lol
Nov 15, 2010 12:58pm
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Nov 15, 2010 1:38 PM
sjmvsfscs08;558635 wrote:~52,300 for baseball games, not sure if it changes or not. I would be absolutely shocked it it wasn't sold out.

A limited number of Standing Room tickets will go on sale Tuesday. $175 a piece. Probably a good sign the game is sold out.
Nov 15, 2010 1:38pm
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Nov 15, 2010 9:03 PM
^^^^

that's truly shocking they're going to get that price.

and the goal post looks truly dangerous. When you think about it, the fact that it almost looks shorter along the edge before the wall turns, the outcome of the game could be severely affected in the 4th quarter. It totally changes your play-calling
Nov 15, 2010 9:03pm
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Nov 15, 2010 11:42 PM
Here's another picture of the wall.

Sorry it's so big!

Nov 15, 2010 11:42pm
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Nov 16, 2010 10:01 AM
way too big--come on, krambman!!!
Nov 16, 2010 10:01am
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Nov 16, 2010 10:32 AM
vball10set;560550 wrote:way too big--come on, krambman!!!

That's what she said.
Nov 16, 2010 10:32am
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Nov 16, 2010 10:32 AM
I think I may wander on over there on Saturday morning; Gophers have a bye week so it may be a good morning to go and soak in the atmosphere. Maybe get some thanks from Illini fans for putting the nail in Zook's coffin last week :)
Nov 16, 2010 10:32am
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Nov 16, 2010 10:42 AM
vball10set;560550 wrote:way too big--come on, krambman!!!

Sorry, it's not my image. I got it off of Twitter and it was much smaller when I copied the location, but the TwitPic site obviously made it smaller and I'm too lazy to upload it to photobucket and resize it.
Nov 16, 2010 10:42am
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Nov 17, 2010 9:10 PM
So this is an ESPN game...

Oh wait, it's ESPN U, aka not even a true national TV game...
Nov 17, 2010 9:10pm
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Nov 17, 2010 9:31 PM
the other endzone backs up to the dugout.... both teams said they will change their gameplans because of the field... as a player would you like to run a fade route to the corner of the endzone if ur going to running into a dugout and breaking ur neck
Nov 17, 2010 9:31pm
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Nov 17, 2010 9:33 PM
sportchampps;563453 wrote:the other endzone backs up to the dugout.... both teams said they will change their gameplans because of the field... as a player would you like to run a fade route to the corner of the endzone if ur going to running into a dugout and breaking ur neck

2 words.

HELL NO.
Nov 17, 2010 9:33pm
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Nov 17, 2010 9:35 PM
It'll just prep some players for Arena Football. :D
Nov 17, 2010 9:35pm
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Nov 18, 2010 12:02 AM
I like it ... Nice nostaligic moment ..and with ND and Army at Yankee new stadium its going to be an enjoyable weekend for football ...
Nov 18, 2010 12:02am
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Nov 18, 2010 1:54 PM
As a NU fan, I'm obviously thrilled to see this. It's a shame, though, that Persa is out for the season with an injury. He was perhaps the most underrated player in the Big 10--his numbers were really impressive, especially considering his supporting cast.
Nov 18, 2010 1:54pm
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Nov 18, 2010 1:58 PM
fan_from_texas;564359 wrote:As a NU fan, I'm obviously thrilled to see this. It's a shame, though, that Persa is out for the season with an injury. He was perhaps the most underrated player in the Big 10--his numbers were really impressive, especially considering his supporting cast.

As a Buckeye fan I'm bummed that he's out too. He was our best hope of Wisconsin losing sending us to Pasadena!
Nov 18, 2010 1:58pm
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Nov 19, 2010 11:41 AM
UPDATE: Only one endzone will be used during the Illinois/Northwestern game: http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/ncf/news/story?id=5824661

Ridiculous that that had to happen. And I can't imagine how pissed the people who have seats in the east endzone must be.
Nov 19, 2010 11:41am
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Nov 19, 2010 11:49 AM
^^key word being ridiculous....I think it's the right thing to do, but it was poor planning to begin with
Nov 19, 2010 11:49am
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Nov 19, 2010 11:51 AM
vball10set;565477 wrote:^^key word being ridiculous....I think it's the right thing to do, but it was poor planning to begin with

Exactly, I think it's the right decision now but c'mon ... they had to figure this one out in the PLANNING stages, not a day before the game. Northwestern .. you're smarter than that.
Nov 19, 2010 11:51am
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Nov 19, 2010 12:06 PM
This is the first college football game in Wrigley in nearly 70 years and I'm pretty sure that this will be the last ever football game in Wrigley.
Nov 19, 2010 12:06pm