[NU Sports] Only One End Zone to be used at Wrigley

Tom Maycock tkmaycock at yahoo.com
Fri Nov 19 13:37:15 CST 2010


> Gonna be bizarre  to watch at first! It won't play a role for one team or 
>another with wind or  such - but the sidelines COULD play a role. Who is on the 
>unused end zone's half  of the shared sideline? They're going to have to send 
>subs and such in a further  distance, especially in the red zone. That could 
>definitely be a factor. Since  we're home, we should have the side closest to 
>the used end zone!

It's been decided by a coin toss. Illini get the west end of the sideline 1st 
half, we get it the 2nd half and any OTs. 

The substitions/play calls were always going to be tricky with the same-side 
alignment. This rule change just shuffles around the advantages and 
disadvantages a bit. 

Tom



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