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Football Mildcats To Play 5 More At Wrigley
Well thanks JP, as a matter of fact we'd love to!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/col...4448.story
02-05-2013 03:42 PM
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Philips was on the Score earlier today talking about this deal. At the end of the interview Laurence Holmes asked him what he thought about NIU making the Orange Bowl. Philips was very happy to hear about NIU making their first BCS game.
02-05-2013 03:46 PM
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(02-05-2013 03:46 PM)Big_Man Wrote:  Philips was on the Score earlier today talking about this deal. At the end of the interview Laurence Holmes asked him what he thought about NIU making the Orange Bowl. Philips was very happy to hear about NIU making their first BCS game.

Holmes has been fantastic to us...thanks for the plug!
02-05-2013 03:51 PM
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(02-05-2013 03:46 PM)Big_Man Wrote:  Philips was on the Score earlier today talking about this deal. At the end of the interview Laurence Holmes asked him what he thought about NIU making the Orange Bowl. Philips was very happy to hear about NIU making their first BCS game.

What about the obvious question of NIU at Wrigley!?
02-05-2013 03:53 PM
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On the one hand I don't get the appeal of staging sporting events in places ill suited to that sport- football in baseball parks, basketball on aircraft carriers, Greco-Roman wrestling in the men's room, etc. I like my sports in environments that enable great performance

On the other hand I kinda dig these events.
02-05-2013 04:00 PM
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I would love to watch the Huskies play NW at Wrigley, but I'd settle just to play them at all.
02-05-2013 04:12 PM
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meh. I think the draw of Wrigley is more nostalgia than function. Schools like NW and the Illness have a storied past that can tie back to the days when football made as much sense as championships did at Wrigley Field.

NIU has never played there, I see no point in playing there when we can play at Soldier Field, Toyota Park or the United Center.
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this past winter, with the BCS hoopla, Holmes informally adopted NIU as his college football team since DePaul obviously does not have one. For a while there he would be constantly talking about NIU before and even after the orange bowl. It was great coverage by him.
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(02-05-2013 04:21 PM)thehappyhuskie Wrote:  NIU has never played there, I see no point in playing there when we can play at Soldier Field, Toyota Park or the United Center.

QUICK. SOMEBODY CALL COMPHIRR
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It is totally unlikely that NIU will play NU at WF before 2017. This is for two reasons...#1 our schedules don't line up and #2 ESPN doesn't want any MAC team to schedule an OOC game in November to take away from its Tuesday/Wednesday MACtion inventory.

Its much harder for us to schedule a game at WF in Aug/Sept since we have only a year to work with an opponent after the MLB schedule is announced for the next season.

I also wonder if the Cubs owner signed a deal that will not allow any other FBS team to host a game during this agreement with NU.
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It would be amazing but it won't happen.
02-05-2013 04:34 PM
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(02-05-2013 04:21 PM)thehappyhuskie Wrote:  meh. I think the draw of Wrigley is more nostalgia than function. Schools like NW and the Illness have a storied past that can tie back to the days when football made as much sense as championships did at Wrigley Field.

NIU has never played there, I see no point in playing there when we can play at Soldier Field, Toyota Park or the United Center.

I cannot think of a good reason for NIU to play a game in a stadium that is smaller than our own.


IMO NIU vs Purdue or MI St at the Cell would be great.
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What about NW at Huskie Stadium?05-stirthepot
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(02-05-2013 04:59 PM)timxlydon Wrote:  What about NW at Huskie Stadium?05-stirthepot

We need a new skybox and a new AD for that to happen.
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Remember the debacle with Wfield too short in NIU -Illini game?

Two schools of higher educ reached new lows.

Fixed for next game but still comical. 03-lmfao

Reminded me of the convo short track ...anyone ever "man up" to the error..?05-stirthepot
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(02-05-2013 05:07 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  
(02-05-2013 04:59 PM)timxlydon Wrote:  What about NW at Huskie Stadium?05-stirthepot

We need a new skybox and a new AD for that to happen.

I predict it will happen in 2015......celebrate the 50th anniversary of Huskie Stadium. Hey, every man needs a dream
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(02-05-2013 08:34 PM)bigdhuskie Wrote:  
(02-05-2013 05:07 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  
(02-05-2013 04:59 PM)timxlydon Wrote:  What about NW at Huskie Stadium?05-stirthepot

We need a new skybox and a new AD for that to happen.

I predict it will happen in 2015......celebrate the 50th anniversary of Huskie Stadium. Hey, every man needs a dream

Mine involves Zooey Deschanel and maple syrup.
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It would make sense for NW to play NIU at Wrigley. They would be dumb to waste a guarantee premium (guessing they have them) sellout at home of OSU, UM, Nebraska.
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(02-05-2013 09:27 PM)DogTracks Wrote:  
(02-05-2013 08:34 PM)bigdhuskie Wrote:  
(02-05-2013 05:07 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  
(02-05-2013 04:59 PM)timxlydon Wrote:  What about NW at Huskie Stadium?05-stirthepot

We need a new skybox and a new AD for that to happen.

I predict it will happen in 2015......celebrate the 50th anniversary of Huskie Stadium. Hey, every man needs a dream

Mine involves Zooey Deschanel and maple syrup.

OK Dog Tracks, I'm a geezer so I had to google Zooey.......a beautiful woman no doubt, but you don't need the maple syrup, unless you're just sweet on her
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Caught Michael Wilbon on the Waddle & Silvy replay on the way home tonight. They asked him about the Wrigley series. He said he wishes the games were at Soldier Field instead. 05-nono
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