College Football on a Rainy Day

With the weather forecast showing rain in Chicago all day, the only sporting event option was to attend the Northwestern football game. Although the White Sox were scheduled to play a double header (after their Friday night game was postponed because of rain), it was pretty clear both White Sox games would be rained out.

Today I drove up to Evanston to watch Northwestern host Southern Illinois. It was the first game I have attended where one of the teams was from Division I-AA (or the Football Championship Subdivision). Two weeks ago I received free tickets to the Northwestern game versus Syracuse. Thus, I figured I would find free tickets to today’s game since the weather was so poor. However, I bought a single ticket for $10 from an older woman who was with her son. I made the obligatory $10 offer so I would not have to stand out in the rain looking for a free ticket.

I entered the stadium and realized why I could not find a free ticket. There was hardly anyone in the stadium. With a consistent rain and Northwestern playing a team from Division I-AA, it appeared people decided to stay home. Northwestern beat Southern Illinois 33-7 as Tyrell Sutton ran for 101 yards and 3 touchdowns.