Mark Grote

maybe because of the fact that and i know the acoustics are better at soldier field now or since they did the renovation years ago but it like soldier field has just never been even as a music venue and i've been to tons of concerts there it's just never been a great um like audible place like you don't think of soldier field as being like one of those places that just gets that loud and it has been so it's just it's it's really heartening to hear that and i still i can't

Imagine where the frenzy that this crowd is going to get itself into right around kickoff at 530 on Sunday.

Did you go with him?

Did you go with him again?

No, no.

Did you turn down Henry's?

Yes, thank you.

What'd you do to him?

I can't see what's going on.

Let the audience know.

Just being a fan now is awesome.

I'm like you too, Henry.

I can't wait for it to get here, but I am trying –

Now, to enjoy all of what's going on out here, being part of the playoff vibe and seeing how it feels different during the practice, seeing how everything felt different.

Again, I like to quote Joe Maddon in these cases, things are vibrating differently.

on a different frequency right now like it's gone from really awesome to this special hard to explain feeling where you're going to be pulled in different directions and things are going to be different there's going to be more people um it's going to be harder to get to the people that you want to talk to and all of that but but it's all part of it

and I embrace that, having covered the Cubs and the White Sox World Series and the Illini.

It's a different animal.

It's a different animal from our perspective and obviously more so from the players' perspective, but it's all special.

It really is.