I saw on TV that they were painting the "historic" Wrigley Field sign purple. My question is, though I honestly don't really give a crap,.....isn't this sign designated as a historic landmark? Did they get approval from the historical committee to paint this sign a completely different color?? I mean come on....The Cubs can't do anything to wrigley field without getting alderman, and mayors, and community leaders, and committee's all involved. How can they paint this historic sign purple? A travesty I say!

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I don't recongize Wrigley

Wrigley Field sign has been painted different colors before... anything for money, right?

Frankly, the front of Wrigley is genius. Northwestern's AD Jim Phillips realized that NU giving up a home game for this marketing experiment very well could've backfired if it drew more attention to the Illini than to NU. So he did everything in his power to show that this is a Northwestern event. I'm still expecting about one third Illini fans even though 30K tickets were sold by NU, 3K by UI, and 5K by the Cubs. I expect that most sold by the Cubs went to Illinois fans. And there are many of those NU tickets that were sold to scalpers who bought the NU season tickets to get access to the Wrigley tickets. Overall, I think the experiement was a success. Though I doubt that NU made much money on it... I think most of the economics went to the Cubs. I have to imagine that most of the marketing benefits of this game will diminish if we lose. And next year, I suppose that season tickets will be down again... I doubt Dr. Ken is going to keep his... although I sincerely wish he would so we could grab a few beers together!

I have a group of 12 buddies coming in for the game. I'll be wandering around Saturday morning... I'll PM you my cell. Have fun!!

Bob Davie on Persa

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/northwestern/chi-101118-nu-illini-bits,0,3382896.story

They are passionate but not enough to try and punch me in the face which I respect.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Haugh trying to be dramatic about the NU and Illinois program heading in opposite directions. I think it's crap. Illini are definitely heading in the right direction, last week notwithstanding. You could have said the same thing after the Purdue game for NU.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/northwesternillinois/ct-spt-1119-ss-haugh-nu-illini--20101118,0,6731083.column

Cats practiced at Wrigley today...

They've lost exactly one game that they probably should not have lost. Minnesota. The Michigan game was a toss-up that they probably lost the edge on the road, reflected in being 3 point dogs on the road. 3 other losses to Top 15 programs and the bad loss to Minnesota. Illinois is a program struggling to its feet. It's going to have bad losses and it had one but I tend to think that we won't find any more bodies in the basement.


Such as? You get someone like Mackovic and they are up and out. Picking a mid-Major or untested didn't work too well with Brewster who many Illini were clamoring for. They finally have some solid coordinators and it has shown on the field. You've got those guys signed for 1 more year. You've got almost all your best players coming back - Leshoure, Scheelhaase, Jenkins, Wilson, Liuget, Hawthorne, etc. You lose Bussey, Fayson, and Nurse and that's about it. Why shake everything up now when they are finally starting to play better?


Happy to talk about the Hoops program. Just let me change my cape.


I know of six.


I don't know any.


Yeah, but then you'd have to go to Michigan. I accept my share of the blame.

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You only drink with NU season ticket holders?

Purple Snob.

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Absolutely not! Would love to get you up to a few games at Ryan Field. I'll buy. Pay you back for those CMU tix that the CSFMBers enjoyed!

I'll make it up there one day. Thanks.

Haven't been in it since it was Dyche, so to speak.

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Ahhh... former Lesbian Field... I miss it.

Those baseball locker rooms can be a little tight for the football players and their equipment.

If NU football is pathetic, I'm glad my team isn't Indiana, Purdue, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan . . .

True dat.

What is Pat Fitzgeralds record vs. Purdue?

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Just thought it was a funny picture.

Yes, a BCS bowl win last season is certainly something to be embarassed of to go along with the two additional January 1 wins over the last 6 years.

On any given Saturday both Iowa and Purdue are capable of pulling out a win against NU and both have a track record of playing them tough.

I'm pretty sure the Illini are favored tomorrow.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Illini -8 is the line. I'm guessing NU -1 with a healthy Dan Persa. However, now it's:

Blackhawks' Jim Cornelison will be the anthem singer for the Allstate Wrigleyville Classic. Kinda cool!

Teams on offense are only allowed to play west during the game. What a joke this game is now

This game is gonna get cancelled.

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Guess they didn't look into this before signing the deal.

You would think a school that has produced graduates like NSJ would have been smart enough to figure this out way before now.

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That's really bad if true. How bad would it suck to have seats near that end zone? You will have a terrible view all game.

My guess is that this is the last football game ever there. That's a shame because it's a really cool idea.

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I guess Northwestern was only concerned about making money first before integrity.

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