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Illinois -7.5 vs NW'ern at Wrigley (ov/un 49.5) 3:30 ET, ESPNU

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Does playing at Wrigley guarantee both Northwestern and Illinois will go without a national championship for at least 100 years?

Oh wait, never mind, carry on.

(to be fair, Illinois' last national title was in 1927 and that was only 83 years ago so I'll cut them a bit of slack)
 
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sharkonwheels;1814884; said:
Stupidest.Idea.Ever.

Conversation in B10 office:
Cliff:"Hey Bob - SEC seems to have all the attention recently with the whole AuburnGate thing."
Bob:"Yeah - I know, Cliff."
Cliff:"What can we do?"
Dudley:"I have an idea."
Cliff:"Oh HELL no - sit the hell back down and lick the envelopes, Dud. Last time you had an idea, we were facing 3-5 in the pen."
Dudley:"No, really - I have a good one this time."
Bob:"Dudley - last time you had a good idea, it ran down your leg."
Dudley:"No - seriously - what about Northwestern and Illinois playing at Wrigley?"
Cliff:"see? told ya - you can't play football at Wrigley - it ain't big enough!"
Dudley:"Yeah - but we can squeeze it in. What about a football version of half-court hoops?"
Bob:"Dudley, that is THE stupidest thing I have EVER heard. Lemme call the Conference Commish - if THAT doesn't get us back in the news nothing will"
Cliff:"Yeah - we can make 'em switch sides whenever possession changes. We'll even do a private closed-to-the-world coin flip here in the office."
Bob:"This shit is SO stupid, we're GUARANTEED headlines for a week. WAIT! Let's ACT like it'll be OK, and then pop the half-court shit to the press the day before the game!"
Cliff:"BOB - YOU DA MAN!"

Fast Forward to November 19, 2010:

"According to a statement issued by the Big Ten, Cliff, Bob, and Dudley, the following changes will be made:

?All offensive plays will head toward the west end zone, including all extra points and all overtime possessions.
?All kickoffs will be kicked toward the east end zone.
?After every change of possession, the ball will be repositioned for the offense to head toward the west end zone.
? As a result of a Double-Stuf Oreo Cookie "coin toss" held by the conference office Friday morning, Illinois will occupy the west team bench in the first half and Northwestern will occupy the west team bench in the second half and for all overtime periods.
? Field goals that rebound back THROUGH the uprights will get 2 additional points added.
? Balls deflecting from light posts, walls, and sideline players noggins are in-play.
? Kickoffs will be run with the kicker having one arm tied behind his back.
? Quarterbacks must NOT throw passes longer than 25 yards. Penalty is 10 yards, and loss of down.
? If a player runs through the end zone and runs into the wall, he will be ejected for flagrant stupidity.
? Field will be wet down, and 6 million pounds of cherry Jello will be put down to slow play.
? Because of the red Jello in the field of play, whip cream will be used to mark yard lines.
? Because of Jello and whip cream, there will be a 15 second timeout after every play to replace said Jello and whip cream yard line markings.
? Any player caught eating the Jello or whip cream, will be guilty of unsportmanlike conduct, which will be a 15 yard penalty.
? Any player caught throwing Jello or whip cream at an opposing player, will be guilty of a flagrant foul, with a 15 yard penalty, and ejection. If opposing player had a visor, there will be no ejection.
? Halftime will include both teams' cheerleaders having a jello-n-cream wrestling match. Whichever team's cheerleading squad wins, that team will have the football to open the 2nd half. "


New rule: Big Ten can NEVER criticize another conference.

EVER!
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That's a penalty?

/ The Hat
 
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jenkinswoody;1814968; said:
It sounds like i'm in the minority, but I like the idea. It'd be a cool game to see in person. I'm excited to check this out during down time during our game just because it's unique.
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It was a cool idea, until they forgot to measure to see if the field would fit. Measure twice, cut once...
 
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Dryden;1814621; said:
But the old configuration didn't fit either. The football field initially ran north/south instead of east/west, so the corner of the south end zone abruptly dropped into the visitor's dugout.

Talk about a fade route.
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:lol:

Even with that the Bears managed to play there for almost 50 years and no one got killed by it.
 
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I think the fuss being made by some people over this ONE game - a tip of the hat to history - is far more stupid than playing the game there. Football was being played long before ESPN, dome stadiums, jumbotrons and field turf. It isn't the "stupidest idea" nor does it make the Big Ten "a joke" so go hum Seven Nation Army while updating your Facebook, safe in the notion that yours is the greatest generation ever. :roll1:
 
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RockstarBuckeye;1814927; said:
Epic Fail. No wonder ever other conference thinks the B10 is a joke.
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I wouldn't go THAT far...

Besides, if, say, the ACC laughs at the B10, are they, like, really going to even blink???

Back OT, the ESPN 'Bottom Line' says "Northwestern taking on Illinois at Wrigley field, with wacky rules in effect."

Wacky? Close, but talk about your all-time understatements!

I'm going to try to watch here-n-there, just to see what half-court street ball looks like played at Wrigley!
 
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