OT: Wisky on the road????
September 17th, 2011 at 7:21 PM ^
Its at soldier field.
September 17th, 2011 at 7:24 PM ^
Because they are playing at Soldier field, which holds more than their stadium and it is a great venue to play at. It is a home game for NIU, but I guarantee there are more Wisconsin fans there than NIU fans.
September 17th, 2011 at 7:25 PM ^
Agree it's a good idea, but Soldier Field is almost 20,000 seats smaller than Camp Randall.
Camp Randall: 80,321
Soldier Field: 61,500
September 17th, 2011 at 7:33 PM ^
My bad... Good correction. Thought Soldier Field held more.
September 17th, 2011 at 8:00 PM ^
smallest stadium in the NFL.
September 17th, 2011 at 7:23 PM ^
What channel? Can't find it anywhere
EDIT: nvm, It's over lol
September 17th, 2011 at 7:39 PM ^
Do you even watch college football?
September 17th, 2011 at 7:40 PM ^
and noticed the endzones and uniforms.
This makes it not sooo bad.
This also reminds me........didn't Sparty guarantee CMU and WMU a visit with their latest agreements.
September 17th, 2011 at 7:55 PM ^
2019 MSU comes to Ypsilanti.
September 19th, 2011 at 11:28 PM ^
The stadium will be full of green and white! Will English still be around? (No.)
September 17th, 2011 at 10:00 PM ^
September 17th, 2011 at 8:47 PM ^
didn't penn state play at temple today?
September 17th, 2011 at 9:15 PM ^
They played at Lincoln Field in Philly.
September 19th, 2011 at 1:48 PM ^
Wisconsin got a $1,000,000 payment from NIU and the opportunity to play in front of the sizable number of UW alumni in Chicago. It was a pretty good deal for a road game.
I suspect we'll start to see more of these arrangements as non-BCS programs try to expand their reach into larger markets. The smaller program gets to showcase itself in a major market against a bigger name opponent that will bring its own fans, and the bigger name opponent gets a nice alumni event in a big city, as well as a little cash.
I've heard UW is close to a similar deal with Boston University at Gillette Stadium. That's obviously not in downtown Boston but it will give UW's alumni in the Boston/CT area a chance to see the Badgers play.