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Football Thu Jul 22 2010
Soldier Field: College Football Hotbed?
Chicago's lakeshore Museum Campus is used to entertaining legions of Bears' fans on Sundays in the parking lots of Soldier Field. But Saturdays? Perish the thought. Still, the inexorable push for "MORE Football" has reached a fever pitch in the Big Ten alum heavy Second City and no fewer than three college football games will be going down over the course of the next two seasons (2011 and 2012) at Soldier Field. Kicking things off will be the University of Wisconsin vs Northern Illinois on September 17, 2011 and the stadium will be hosting the NIU Huskies again the following season against the University of Iowa. The Huskies and Hawkeyes met in 2007 and were the first two collegiate teams to meet at Soldier since its renovation back in 2002. Still, these two games serve as the undercard to one of the more exciting matches between two of college football's most identifiable and storied brands. On October 6, 2012, the University of Miami (Florida, Not Ohio) will play the University of Notre Dame at Soldier Field. With all of these college games (to say nothing of Illinois and Northwestern playing at Wrigley Field) and with the fact that the Big Ten is headquartered out of Chicago, it's clear that the Windy City is eager to make a strong push to host the Big Ten Championship game.
