A Word on Football In Wrigley: DANGER
by Year2 on Nov 15, 2010 11:55 AM EST
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PrintNorthwestern and Illinois are playing the first college football game in Wrigley Field since 1938 this weekend. Someone thought aligning the field like this was a good idea:
via clubhousecancer.typepad.com
Wrigley used to be a regular football venue, with college games being played there for a while and the Bears calling it home until moving to Soldier Field in 1970. Back in the day, idiots weren't in charge of the field alignment:
via Wikipedia
It's hard to see there, but the field is aligned 90 degrees off from how it is for this weekend's game. It also leaves some space behind the end zones in case anyone needs it.
Careful on the post patterns this weekend, fellas.
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this has concussions written all over it
maybe dislocated shoulders
Mathew 19:26 "With God, all things are possible"
and lawsuits
Remember the guy that busted up his knee on ladder and got to sue a school. He won. This is irresponsible.
by BamaThrasher on Nov 15, 2010 1:45 PM EST up reply actions
just take off the bushes and replace them with temporary pads
after the game replace the pads with the bushes
Mathew 19:26 "With God, all things are possible"
sweet - it would be just like the Arena League!
they might as well go ahead and put tall nets behind the goal posts, and if it bounces off the net….LIVE BALL!!!!
The Allstate Ads in the pictures above
are pads, not the historic Wrigley Ivy.
Apparently, the conference and both schools signed off on this field alignment. It still seems like an accident waiting to happen.
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That would make sense
because the “ivy” is green in Chicago in November.
by DavidInOpelika on Nov 15, 2010 5:01 PM EST up reply actions
I was going to complain about the lack of a goal post stem and pad
because nobody would be able to do the Vai Sakahima to celebrate a touchdown. But with pads throughout the endzone, everyone can whale on Allstate!!
Only
in the old days, one corner of the end zone was actually cut off by the brick wall. Which can’t be too safe. And there’s not a whole lot of extra room there in left field to really make a difference, either.
Also, a few years ago Wrigley Field added a few rows of seats behind home plate. So in the Old School config, there wouldn’t be nearly as much room behind the home plate endzone—maybe not enough room for the field at all. Not to mention the corner would still be cut off.
I doubt the new configuration is really any worse than the old one—at least the walls are padded a little now (though they may have been in the old days, too).
Steve Bartman has seats in that endzone.....
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel, is just a freight train coming your way...
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