This was somewhat in the works for awhile, and seemingly every dude on WildcatReport knew this already, but the game time and television plans for the Wrigley game have been changed.
Northwestern will now have to wait until 2:30 p.m. to start slapping the Illini around. If that wasn't enough to tickle your fancy, athletic director Jim Phillips failed to show the Bristol Brass this game matters. Therefore, the Worldwide Leader said, "JPhil, your circus is nothing more than another monster truck rally at the Allstate Arena. You're on ESPNU and you're going to like it!"
ESPNU, according to the spin-monsters at Northwestern, has 70 million subscribers. All I have to say is, if this tool, Lowell Galindo, ends up hosting a pre-game show, all viewers will be lost. He and his tight suits belong on Jersey Shore.
Suffice it to say, this is not what NU wanted in the grand scheme of things. Luckily, the Notre Dame game at Yankee Stadium is later (6pm scheduled start time).
Now, for the better, good news. You'll have a few more hours to get completely bombed/hammered/fried/wasted/wrecked (and other terms for getting drunk) before the game while paying seven bucks for a semi-cold Bud Light in Wrigleyville. So if we're looking at a scale, with getting lit up on one side and ESPNU #fail on the other side, I'd say the scale dips on the beer side.
For a final thought, does it really matter much? No, not really. National television isn't what this game is about. It's more about local exposure. That's why Phillips went after his alma mater (I'll never let anyone forget he's one of those hicks from the south) to play the Wildcats. So the fact that it's on ESPNU doesn't make a difference. Rest assured the PR engine and dog and pony show will be out among the Chicago media outlets around September 1.
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Tags: college football, Ill-annoy, Illinois, northwestern wildcats football, Wrigley Field
