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Wrigley logistics

Sideline substitutions will be a little different, as both teams can exit the field along the west sideline all the way down to 5-yard lines. Fitzgerald spoke with Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen this week about when the Terrapins dealt with a similar field configuration at AT&T Park in San Francisco during the 2007 Emerald Bowl.

Northwestern's staff also reached out to the Navy coaches as the Midshipmen played in the Emerald Bowl in 2004.

"At the end of the day, they said it's a 60-minute football game," Fitzgerald said. "After a while, you just get used to it. I'm not concerned about any of the logistics at all."

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