The Twitter hashtag #WrigleyPickupRules exploded after news of these new ground rules broke, and even though some people are recycling the same five jokes, the entire stream is worth a read. My humble contributions:
Game shall not begin until both Northwestern and Illinois have finished their chores.
Two completions for a first down. And laterals don’t count!
No grabbing Jeremy Ebert’s shirt. His mom just bought him that shirt!
Northwestern “shirts.” Illinois shall be “skins.”
If score is tied after regulation, you can finish your game after supper!
At start of 2nd half, Pat Fitzgerald and Ron Zook will re-pick teams.
At first sign of dusk, next touchdown wins.
Nathan Scheelhaase full-time QB #wrigleypickuprules
Any unsportsmanlike conduct shall be dealt with after telling Mom. #wrigleypickuprules
No balls in the Captain Morgan Club #wrigleypickuprules
Leave your own in the comments. Come on, you guys can do better than this.
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Wrigley Field: terrible for baseball and football
Footballs and uniforms will be provided by HUTCH
/anyone else old enough to remember the HUTCH brand?
“For those that missed it, the historic ballpark is actually hosting a college football game tomorrow against Northwestern and Illinois.”
So very true, apparently.
Yes – UU – I remember Hutch.
/pulls up Toughskins pants
To note, this still counts as a baseball post right? I don’t want to feel bad for ignoring it.
“Losers walk”! I was told that many times in elementary school during recess.
Northwestern fields a football team?
If there is any justice in the cosmos then there will be about 50 kickoff and punt return tds in this so-called game.
How much do you want to bet that whatever non-football-watching mezzofinook Wrigley Field assistant put in charge of measuring the field only accounted for 100 yards in length and said to the schools, “Yep, we sure can fit a football field in here. No problem…”?
So it’s dangerous if the players don’t have an out of bounds they can run to and not get hit? Wow, who knew?
/goes back to watching hockey