Northwestern at Wrigley Field will not be perfect. But assuming the program and athletic department have learned from 2010, it will be fine, and has the potential to be a resounding success.
Northwestern wants to play a football game at Wrigley Field in 2017. Or at least that's what athletic director Jim Phillips told the Chicago Tribune this week.
Phillips' words were news to everybody. But for many Northwestern fans, especially those who attended Northwestern's first football game at the Friendly Confines in 2010, they were unwelcome news.
Wrigley Field, for Northwestern fans, is almost assuredly inseparable from the 48-27 beatdown Northwestern suffered at the hands of Illinois and Mikel Leshoure in 2010.