A bizarre Northwestern-Illinois game at Wrigley tomorrow

The Bears played at Wrigley Field for years. In fact, most of the Bears games I've attended have been at Wrigley.

But for some bizarre reason supposedly having to do with safety, tomorrow's Northwestern-Illinois game at Wrigley will use only one end zone. It seems that the east end zone is too close to the wall for safety.

Right.

This is going to be the weirdest big-time football game since that bizarre NFL championship game back in the 'Thirties in which the Bears and the New York Giants played on a field that was only eighty yards long.

It is also lamer than most people on injured reserve.