Chicago State prepares to make history as Division I football returns to Chicago

Players cycled through warm-ups, worked at individual position drills and scrimmaged under the watchful eyes of coaches and gathered media Wednesday at Chicago State University. It was a lot like any other media day for a lot of Division I football programs. Except this was Chicago State University, and it's never had a football team before. For senior safety Marlon Ayers Jr., the significance of the day stretched far beyond what happened between the lines. "It was never really about football,"…