Consider some of the unique things that have happened when indoor athletes take their balls or pucks outdoors.
The Gonzaga men beat Michigan State in a basketball game played on an aircraft carrier, with helicopters flying overhead before the tip.
The Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings faced off in a hockey game in Michigan Stadium. The temperature was 17 degrees but 105,491 people showed up.
In August, the women’s volleyball teams for Nebraska and Omaha drew 92,003 in Memorial Stadium, where the football Cornhuskers have sold out every game since 1962. Nebraska won in straight sets, and then country music artist Scotty McCreery took the stage.
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So why not a preseason basketball scrimmage for the Iowa women and their megastar Caitlin Clark, in the same end zone where the football Hawkeyes just beat Purdue?
There they’ll be this Sunday, going against DePaul with more than 50,000 fans expected — “That’s my personal goal,” coach Lisa Bluder was saying — which would be the biggest crowd ever to watch women’s basketball, anywhere. Crossover at Kinnick they’re calling it, to benefit the Children’s Hospital, which is right next door to the stadium. Know that…
