Wrigley Big Ten-ACC bowl game nearly done deal

[anon_i8nzeu2gbf0ba]

The Chicago Tribune is reporting the Wrigley Field bowl game is all but certain to begin in 2020 and would replace the Foster Farms Bowl played in Levi Stadium near San Francisco.

One hang-up is that the Cubs want a "highly rated" Big Ten team, not a second division outfit. And the ACC has not signed on yet, but is expected to. The SEC would be the other option.

Here's the link: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...eld-college-football-bowl-20180613-story.html

 

[dawgs_04]

Bowl game on a baseball field in winter. What could go wrong?

Also, I would find it highly unlikely the SEC will be coming to Chicago in winter.

 

[anon_i8nzeu2gbf0ba]

The SEC probably isn't coming. But the ACC almost certainly is, as the article and I said.

I don't like these cold-weather outdoor games in baseball stadiums either, but they're happening. And imagine if the Big Ten gives in to the Cubs and sends, oh, a 9-3 or even an 8-4 team to Wrigley.... What a great reward for your season that would be.

The NCAA has made some great rule changes this week, but the bowl game situation--the number and the venues--is out of control. I think 86 of the 130 FBS teams will be going to bowls. That's just plain crazy, even if the games were held on the equator.

 

[nu2u]

Bring it -- Iowa is undefeated in baseball field bowl games.

 

[LaQuintaHawkeye]

the bowl game situation--the number and the venues--is out of control. I think 86 of the 130 FBS teams will be going to bowls. That's just plain crazy

Agreed x 10000000000000000000000000000

 

[CelticHawk]

Damn it. Would much rather play in the Foster Farms Bowl. PAC, San Fran area, nuff said.

 

[IowaHawkeyeFBnBB4Life]

After what I saw in NYC at Yankee Stadium? Yuck and no thanks. Keep a bowl game in California or sign on with somewhere like Vegas.

Of course this means Delany will certainly do the Chicago Bowl.

 

[hawkeyeinmo]

I’d love to see Iowa play Miami or Florida State in a January “snow bowl”.

 

[CO_hawk]

I’d love to see Iowa play Miami or Florida State in a January “snow bowl”.

Ya but they wouldn't "care" about the Chicago bowl.

 

[ChrisVarick]

Unless they put a dome over Wrigley this is a stupid idea.

 

[MepoDawg#]

Hard pass.

 

[dawgs_04]

Would this make three of the B1G bowls Detroit, NYC, and Chicago? 2 of which are outdoors? Ouch

 

[Slappy Pappy]

Wrigley in winter is more suited for MACtion. Delaney should be fired for putting the B1G in these frozen bowls.

 

[Roy-munson]

What’s wrong with soldiers field or Lambeau field.. heck we the big ten wants to play in this weather at least give us a stadium that suits both fans and players..

 

[Lone Clone]

Absolutely crazy. Too many bowl games already, so that bowl teams don't all have winning records, so they add three more, including one in Chicago, outdoors, in winter. Good Lord.

 

[Pepperman]

Next we need to get a bowl game outdoors in Minneapolis, at Target Field.

 

[HawkSTL]

I see the appeal. It’s an easy drive for most Iowa fans. Make it a two or three night stay. Checkout downtown Chicago, which is beautiful, during Christmas. Hit a second city comedy show (or whatever type of show you like), get a couple good meals, and get drunk in Wriggleyville. If you can handle the cold, there are worse ways to spend three nights for relatively cheap.

 

[Rifler]

This is beyond stupid,... We don't need another Pinstripe Bowl, in fact we need to get rid of the current one...

 

[hawkiniowacity]

Tie in the SEC and itd be great. ACC, not so much.

 

[JBO 7]

Love Chicago, Love Wrigley Field except for a bowl game in December. Fans will have to no show. A selfish money grab for the conference without thinking of the enjoyment of fans and safety of the teams.

 

[hawkfeever]

Lots of patsies that don't want to sit out in the cold. Good thing Packers and Bears fans aren't like that.

 

[LaQuintaHawkeye]

This could also be the unfortunate side effect of the CFB Playoffs. It’s now been decided by greedy ADs/Presidents/TVexecs that unless you’re participating in the playoffs none of the rest matters. Bowl games are a total $$ grab. The more the merrier. It’s not about rewarding teams for having a good season, it’s about the benjamins.

 

[Hwk-I-St8]

They want a top tier team. I'd be really pissed if I played in that bowl after a 8 or 9 win season. I can see it now: "If we win this last game, we go to Wrigley, lose and we go to San Diego....who's up for dropping some passes ane fumbling a few times today?"

 

[LarryMullenJr.]

Maybe the NHL will schedule a game in Raymond James Stadium.

 

[hawkeyeinmo]

Lots of patsies that don't want to sit out in the cold. Good thing Packers and Bears fans aren't like that.

I was just about to type the same thing but use pansies instead of patsies. Have I been saying this wrong over the last 40 years?

 

[anon_i8nzeu2gbf0ba]

They want a top tier team. I'd be really pissed if I played in that bowl after a 8 or 9 win season. I can see it now: "If we win this last game, we go to Wrigley, lose and we go to San Diego....who's up for dropping some passes ane fumbling a few times today?"

Ronnie Harmon has been there, done that...if doing it in the Rose Bowl counts.

But really, you make an interesting point. Bowl games were once regarded as rewards, but going to Yankee Stadium to play on ice and soon to Wrigley Field under who knows what kinds of conditions, seem a whole lot more like punishment.

 

[Johnsoda123]

I was in the bleachers for a Cards Cubs game years ago. Harry Carry came and sat with the fans there. He was Drunk as a skunk.

 

[Hawks...#1]

Lots of patsies that don't want to sit out in the cold. Good thing Packers and Bears fans aren't like that.

No people don't want it at Wrigley...soldier field or in green bay would be fine...ya know on actual fields meant for football in the cold

 

[cecilB]

I would go.

 

[H4wkfan4life]

Put the thing in Denver if you want to move north. OR take it to an indoor stadium. Why would the b1g sign off on another garbage bowl? Can they back out if when it's a good year for the conf?

 

[mvhomerj]

Here's a thought, put together another cold worthless bowl. When the invites come out no one accepts.
Oh wait it's a college full of educated people... forget that.

 

[SconnieAlum]

I see the appeal. It’s an easy drive for most Iowa fans. Make it a two or three night stay. Checkout downtown Chicago, which is beautiful, during Christmas. Hit a second city comedy show (or whatever type of show you like), get a couple good meals, and get drunk in Wriggleyville. If you can handle the cold, there are worse ways to spend three nights for relatively cheap.

You could still do all that if the game were played in Soldier Field.

 

[anon_i8nzeu2gbf0ba]

The weather would be the same, or worse, at Solider Field. (It's closer to the lake than Wrigley.) And many people are missing a key point here: The Cubs want this bowl game, and the Cubs play at Wrigley Field.

If the Bears wanted to sponsor a bowl, they would be pushing for it to be held at Soldier Field. This isn't a Chicago thing; it's a Cubs' thing.

 

[hawkeyeinmo]

You could still do all that if the game were played in Soldier Field.

Would make getting drunk in Wrigleyville a little more challenging.

 

[Hawkeyeinsoutherncalifornia]

Ahhh shit, what next a bowl game in Alsaka or better yet the North Pole Freezer Bowl

The Chicago Tribune is reporting the Wrigley Field bowl game is all but certain to begin in 2020 and would replace the Foster Farms Bowl played in Levi Stadium near San Francisco.

One hang-up is that the Cubs want a "highly rated" Big Ten team, not a second division outfit. And the ACC has not signed on yet, but is expected to. The SEC would be the other option.

Here's the link: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...eld-college-football-bowl-20180613-story.html

 

[SDHawkDoc]

Igloo Coolers Announces Sponsorship of WTF!? Bowl

Game to be played in International Falls, MN.

Quote from company spokesperson Ole Olesen, "Ya, well we thought what the heck. There's some games already played in stupid places that are cold. We might as well have a game in the dumbest and coldest place we could come up with."

 

[iahawks10]

Put the thing in Denver if you want to move north. OR take it to an indoor stadium. Why would the b1g sign off on another garbage bowl? Can they back out if when it's a good year for the conf?

Denver is a little too far to drive for a two/three day mini getaway, especially in the winter. Chicago is perfect and in the heart of B1G country. I want to see a southern team come here for once.

My only issue would be field conditions and player safety. If it’s going to be like Yankee Stadium and playing football on an ice rink, no thanks.

 

[Mountain Man Hawk]

Part of the problem is there is no heating system under the field at the baseball stadiums so the odds are good you end up playing on a skating rink. This also can’t be good for recruiting.

 

[Rifler]

Here's a thought, put together another cold worthless bowl. When the invites come out no one accepts.
Oh wait it's a college full of educated people... forget that.

I agree with this,... If this were the bowl I was offered I would decline. Said the same thing about the Pinstripe Bowl last year....

 

[Chicagohawk2019]

I would go.