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Ron Zook open to Wrigley Field return

Updated: July 29, 2011, 3:52 PM ET
By Scott Powers | ESPNChicago.com

CHICAGO -- Illinois football coach Ron Zook said Friday he believed Wrigley Field's football playing dimensions were safe enough to play both ways last season, and he would like to play more games there in the future.

Last year's Illinois-Northwestern game at Wrigley Field was played with offenses heading in only one direction after Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany decided a day before the game that the stadium's outfield wall was too close to the east end zone and was dangerous for ...

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