What time do you think is the latest time to get there to get a good spot in the crowd? I ain't getting up at 2:45 that's for sure. Since this is off-campus and you can't camp out overnight, GameDay is letting Northwestern students and fans get first dibs on the pit on the McDonald's parking lot at 5 AM. Then they open it up to everyone else at 5:30. From what I've seen, the pit area on the McDonald's parking lot isn't that big and I can't imagine they'd shut down Clark. The overflow area is across the street next to Wrigley. I'd imagine the pit at 5 might be close to full by the time 5:30 hits. Dear God. I plan on getting there at 7:30 or so. Anything more than that seems a bit excessive.