ND vs Iowa at Soldier Field in Chicago?

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I'm starting to hear rumblings with ND going to Iowa seeing if they want to schedule this. What do you think?
 
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When would this be played?

At first it kinda lit my eyes being from the Chicagoland area, but after thought, I don't like it. There's just something about the mornings here. A deafening silence until drummer's circle, the bagpipes in the morning, the walk, the band, the stadium.... too much of ND gets left behind i think
 
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would this be one of those neutral field games for the 2009 season and after?
 
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Could this be a product of Charlie wanting to prove all the players that choose Iowa over ND (in the AA game) wrong, or am I just thinking to hard about this? (probably)

I do think that it would be a great game. Iowa is a very good team year in and year out, plus on a neutral field you would avoid playing at Kinnick Stadium. (that place is tough)
 
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luckofirish8 said:
Could this be a product of Charlie wanting to prove all the players that choose Iowa over ND (in the AA game) wrong, or am I just thinking to hard about this? (probably)

I do think that it would be a great game. Iowa is a very good team year in and year out, plus on a neutral field you would avoid playing at Kinnick Stadium. (that place is tough)
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charlie has nothing to do with the scheduling...he said it when he was hired "they schedule them, and we play them."
 
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Meh, Iowa blows. Id much rather play a team that would be in the mix competing for our talent pool. Maybe Florida? FSU? Some team that needs the warmth to win?

Chicago is a good idea, though. The game would sellout in 5 minutes.

Although, id much rather fly my grandma up from Tampa for another game at the Meadowlands in NJ. She had a great time at the Maryland game.
 
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I don't see the point in playing in Chicago. They don't seat 100,000+ like they did in the Rockne dayd, the capacity is 57,000.

For a game that's 2 hours from campus, ND gives up 23,000+ seats.

Would Iowa be limited to an ND campus 5,000 seats or do more ND get shutout with open ticket sales?

If Navy or Northwestern wanted to use Soldier Field as a Navy "home" game fine but to play anyone else there, no.
 
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BGIF said:
I don't see the point in playing in Chicago. They don't seat 100,000+ like they did in the Rockne dayd, the capacity is 57,000.

For a game that's 2 hours from campus, ND gives up 23,000+ seats.

Would Iowa be limited to an ND campus 5,000 seats or do more ND get shutout with open ticket sales?

If Navy or Northwestern wanted to use Soldier Field as a Navy "home" game fine but to play anyone else there, no.
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I'm pretty sure Iowa would get half the seats, othewise they'd demand a home and home. Iowa City is only 4 hours from Soldier, and Iowa considers itself a suburb of Chicago. The whole state is lousy with Cub Fans and Ditka-heads. Perhaps a third of Iowa undergrads are from Illinois, mainly the western burbs.
 
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maison bleu said:
I'm pretty sure Iowa would get half the seats, othewise they'd demand a home and home. Iowa City is only 4 hours from Soldier, and Iowa considers itself a suburb of Chicago. The whole state is lousy with Cub Fans and Ditka-heads. Perhaps a third of Iowa undergrads are from Illinois, mainly the western burbs.
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I'd expect the half and half seating so ND would only get about 28,000 seats for a game two hours from campus. I don't see the benefit. Playing in Orlando, Dallas, San Diego, New Orleans, The Meadowlands make sense but not this close to home. The wisdom escapes me.
 
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If this is one of those neutral site games, then it will be treated as an ND home game. ND gets the money, ND gets majority of the tickets.
 
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BGIF said:
I'd expect the half and half seating so ND would only get about 28,000 seats for a game two hours from campus. I don't see the benefit. Playing in Orlando, Dallas, San Diego, New Orleans, The Meadowlands make sense but not this close to home. The wisdom escapes me.
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The only justification I see is this is a way to avoid an away game. It's one game at Chicago as opposed to having to play one at Iowa in return for one in South Bend.
 
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Has anyone else noticed that CW is undefeated on the road? Hell, let's play it in Iowa City! Let's play all 12 on the road, damnit!

Honestly, I think playing the game in Chicago is only legitimate neutral site, it being relatively equidistant from both south bend and iowa city. Anywhere else in the country, and I'd guess that Iowa would have trouble filling their seats. They don't quite have the same nat'l fan base that does ND.
 
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What are some other venues/teams you'd like to see? I'd love to see the Irish play in Paul Brown Stadium, I guess against the Bearcats.
 
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maison bleu said:
I'm pretty sure Iowa would get half the seats, othewise they'd demand a home and home. Iowa City is only 4 hours from Soldier, and Iowa considers itself a suburb of Chicago. The whole state is lousy with Cub Fans and Ditka-heads. Perhaps a third of Iowa undergrads are from Illinois, mainly the western burbs.
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Maison, you're The Truth.

Iowa has some Viking fans scattered in there as well. The school has a fairly large alumni base in Chicago, though nothing like ND and U of I.

I'd love ND to play Iowa and really give them a couple of beat downs.

It would be awesome for ND to play a game in Chicago.
 
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I think the idea of Notre Dame playing a game in Soldier Field alone is great. If they can't do this w/ Iowa, do it w/ some other team that won't demand a home game in return.

Although I would love to see them beat down Iowa. Then no more mumblings from Big Ten fans that ND couldn't compete in the Big Ten...
 
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I saw Ron Powlus debut there vs. Northwestern in 1994. I was 16 at the time and seeing ND play right in our backyard was a thrill.

Anyone that is both a Bears and Notre Dame fan should go nuts about this.
 
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jiggafini19 said:
I saw Ron Powlus debut there vs. Northwestern in 1994. I was 16 at the time and seeing ND play right in our backyard was a thrill.

Anyone that is both a Bears and Notre Dame fan should go nuts about this.
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ND played NW there in '92 and '94 as NW home games. In '93 and '95 the games were played down the street as ND home games on ND's campus.
 
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What are some other venues/teams you'd like to see? I'd love to see the Irish play in Paul Brown Stadium, I guess against the Bearcats.
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damn, i would LOVE to see ND come to tuscaloosa or the plains to play these rednecks! I get hammered with all the usual ND hater comments on being independent, SEC is God, etc etc......just once, i dont care where....i wanna beat one of the two just to shut em the hell up...

FYI...whats Bama fans and maggets have in common????

































they both live off dead Bear for 50 years!
 
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