Michigan to play AT Wrigley Field?

http://my.chicagotribune..../article/p2p-74264997/

A university source told the Tribune that while Wrigley will not be host to a football game in 2013, other NU teams (baseball, softball, soccer and lacrosse) might play some there this year.

Given that scheduling an October game could threaten a playoff schedule, the 2014 games to watch are against Iowa on Nov. 8 and Illinois on Nov. 29.

In 2015, Northwestern is host to Michigan on Nov. 14 and Michigan State on Nov. 21.

Hmm...

Go Blue!!

The rumors of a game in NY/NJ keep popping up too.

I wouldn't be excited to play at Wrigley if both teams are forced to play to the same end zone as they did in 2010. That's ridiculous!

Go Blue!!

Wrigley Field is a dump no matter what sport is in play. Falling concrete, poor food, crowded conditions, and rats are always a concern. A game at US Cellular would be a much better venue if they want to abandon Evanston. 

First time I have ever heard Wrigley called a dump.

From MLB.com (1/19/2013):
 
"CHICAGO -- The Cubs unveiled a $300 million renovation plan for Wrigley Field, to be completed over five offseasons, and the Ricketts family will pay for the renovations if the city of Chicago will ease some of the restrictions it has placed on what the team can do with the ballpark.
 
The proposed changes were revealed before a standing room only crowd in a ballroom at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers, and many of the alterations were the result of fan surveys. The project would add concession stands and restrooms as well as address congestion on the concourse. The upper deck roof would be removed, and new seating platforms installed under a new roof. The lower seating bowl would have the concrete replaced and new platforms added.
There has been talk about adding a video scoreboard, but that has not been finalized. Another LED screen will be added in front of the left field bleachers; one was installed in front of the right field bleachers in 2012.
The players will benefit with the addition of underground batting tunnels behind the dugout, an expanded clubhouse, weight room and trainer's room that will include such perks as hydrotherapy machines. The Cubs currently use a batting tee and net in the home clubhouse during games."
 
So if they're planning on renovating Wrigley to this extent, football may not be out of the question; but it may be a few years off.
 
 

MgoBrett

First time I have ever heard Wrigley called a dump.

 
It's not exactly news.
 
It’s time for fans to recognize that Wrigley Field really IS a dump
http://www.suntimes.com/s...ley-all-chewed-up.html
 
 

This was how I started a column on July 23, 2004, seven years and one newspaper ago:
“Wrigley Field is a dump. It’s a dump with great views, lots of liquid refreshment and sporadic professional baseball, but it’s still a dump.’’
Those words were written after chunks of concrete had fallen from underneath the upper deck and mezzanine levels at the park, but as I pointed out, it was a dump well ­before that. And even after the Cubs put up netting to keep the concrete in place, making it look like the rigging of a pirate ship, it was still a dump.
The reaction resembled a flamethrower. Wrigley was a shrine, Wrigley was a cathedral and Morrissey was a jerk. All of that might have been true. But none of it could change the fact that Wrigley was a cathedral masquerading as a dump. There were narrow concourses, rust and odors that hinted of things better left unconsidered.

 
I love games there because of its history but once ever year or so is quite enough. 
 
 

It could be another chapter in UM tradition.

To each his own. One man's Wrigley is another man's Jerryworld. I love "the dump" as I did Tiger Stadium.