Northwestern Playing At Wrigley Is Getting Ridiculous

We have a last-minute change to the Northwestern-Illinois football game at Wrigley Field. The only way points can be scored in the East end zone is on a punt return, a defensive TD or a safety. After mounting concerns about the cramped East end zone, the Big Ten in conjunction with the two schools announced Friday that the West end zone will be used as much as possible on Saturday.

Here's a recap of the new rule changes:

-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 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.

-The only way points can be scored in the East end zone is on a punt return, a defensive touchdown or a safety.

This is getting absurd. First off, I just wanna say that playing games in venues that weren't design to hold them is fuckin stupid. Sure, the Cold War hockey game between MSU and UofM back in 2001 was sweet for a number of reasons mostly being because we'd never seen something like that before. Now it seems like every two days they're planning something else. Before you know it the Wings will be facing off with the Sharks in an actual shark tank. The Cold War was also legit because there were 75,000 people there, which at the time was the largest crowd attending a hockey game ever. I don't care if you're a hockey fan or not, that's pretty badass. But now you're expecting me to get excited about Northwestern playing in front of 42,000 instead of the normal 47,000 that Ryan Field holds? Why don't we have them play at Spies Field in Menominee in front of a 200 person crowd there for a Pop Warner game while we're at it? Shit's stupid. Finally, I think the real reason the Cold War peaked people's interest was because it was a game that is universally played indoors, being played outside in the elements. People wanted to see how the wind and weather conditions would affect players who don't normally deal with them. Watching NW play in the same weather that they would play in down the road in Evanston doesn't do anything for me.


Now that I'm done bashing on this game, let me tell you I was also 100% gonna watch it because I wanted to see someone get destroyed by this wall that is 6 inches off the back of the endzone. But now they're taking that from me too. Now there's no chance in hell I'm watching these ass clowns drive towards the West each possession like a backyard football game where the yard is sloped. Probably gonna use one of those whistling Nerf footballs too. Fuckin amatuer hour.