ESPN Chicago
Updated: November 20, 2010, 11:54 AM ET
One end zone for offense at Wrigley
AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast
Whichever team is on offense Saturday will head toward the west [left] end zone.
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Only one end zone will be used for offense Saturday at Wrigley Field for the Illinois-Northwestern game because of safety concerns, the Big Ten announced Friday, and the Chicago Cubs said the decision caught them by surprise.
NCAA rules state the field dimensions must have adequate space surrounding the playing surface: "Limit lines shall be marked ... 12 feet outside the sidelines and the end lines, except in stadiums where total field surface does not permit. In these stadiums, the limit lines shall not be less than 6 feet from the sidelines and end lines."
Wrigley's east end zone is a few feet away from the right-field wall, and although there is padding, there were concerns players could be injured there.
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