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Almost half of Northwestern’s entire student body will be at B1G Championship Game
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Northwestern will be making its first trip to Indianapolis for the Big Ten Championship Game next weekend, and it will be bringing half of its entire student population along with it.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, athletic director Jim Phillips said close to 60 buses will be taking 3,500-plus students to the game Saturday.
‘‘I thought maybe we’d get a thousand students,’’ Phillips said. ‘‘But over 3,500 are going. We have 58 buses from a dozen companies. I don’t think there’s a bus left in Chicago.’
‘‘That’s 45 percent of the student body going,’’ he continued. ‘‘Ohio State has 40,000 students [actually 46,000]. Think if they got that percentage?’’
The coolest part? The students are going for free thanks to an anonymous donor who paid for all the tickets; the school kicked in the transportation and food costs.
The Wildcats (7-4, 7-1) will host Illinois for senior day this weekend before taking on the winner of Ohio State-Michigan next Saturday.
Tyler has covered college football on a freelance basis since 2010. In addition to Saturday Football, his work has been featured on ESPN Radio, Bleacher Report, Yahoo! Sports, Cox Media Group, Athlon Sports, and more.