[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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