Northwestern pushes for football game vs. Illinois at Wrigley Field

The Winter Classic at Wrigley Field was a blockbuster event. And Cubs fans still daydream about a Fall Classic at the Friendly Confines.

But Jim Phillips has a new vision for Wrigley: a classic Big Ten football game.

Northwestern's athletic director told the Tribune on Friday that he is "exploring to the fullest" a Northwestern-Illinois football game at Wrigley that would be played in the next two to three years.

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