Flames24Rulz

jeez, being a little pessimistic aren't we? I'm not even that down on the Eagles (yet) When you have probably the most complete team in the NFC, and then suddenly the team gets destroyed with random injuries, it tends to get annoying. Want to trade places?

NIU absolutely sucks. Tonight's game against Toledo was an absolute embarassment. I feel sorry for people who actually watched that game. The MAC is really awful this year. That was probably the worst game I think I've seen all year long. Horvath still sucks and he actually was benched. Nicholson really wasn't much better and Horvath came in on NIU's last two drives. He drove NIU to the Toledo 2. The Huskies had 4 chances to punch the ball in the endzone to win the game and they couldn't do it. Out of those 4 plays at the Toledo 2, NIU ran ONE running play. When you have Garrett Wolfe in the backfield, I don't care what you do as long as you RUN the ball all 4 times. If you're going to lose, lose with your best player not getting the score. Simply awful loss tonight. Takes NIU out of any bowl picture now.

110-85, Bulls win :D Big game against TT's Cavs on Thursday night. First game I'll be able to watch since the Heat game.

Wow...is Shippensburg even Division III? SIU won their last exhibition game yesterday over Henderson State, 61-44. We held Henderson without a point for the first 10 minutes of the game. I'm ready for the regular season to begin.

Thabo with a 3 at the end of the half! Gordon has 22 points and 9 dimes. 60-42 Bulls at half :D

SIU blew leads of 21-10 and 24-17 to lose to Youngstown State, 31-24. SIU had a great 2 minute drill going as they got to the 1 yard line with 16 seconds left. With no timeouts, Nick Hill took the ball on a QB draw and couldn't get in. SIU didn't have any time to run another play and lost the game :x Very tough loss for us today. We have to win our next two games for any chance at a playoff spot.

Terps knock down Clemson.

Maryland in FG range with 51 seconds left.

Hell of a throw by Davis, but uh, where's the wideouts?

Dang :(

ndi must be having a hell of a time. And I am too! Come on Ball State...

I don't know if you were watching but it didn't look good. I would be suprised to hear that he broke his leg or blew out his knee. There was nothing he could do. It was just one of those things. He was carted into the locker room for Xrays. I just saw it on the Maryland-Clemson game. I hope he's all right.

Turned out to be a blessing in disguise that I couldn't watch that game.

Really, what has Tyrus shown that a handful of guys in the d-league can't do? He had a nice block on Shq and that is about it. He just stuffed Miller according to NBA.com as well.

Apparently the new Bulls intro really sucks.

This absolutely sucks. WHY is this game not on the Superstation?

SIU beat DII Quincy, 70-64. Not impressive at all, but we were without our best player, Jamaal Tatum, as well as Jamal Foster. Quincy looked like a legit team, but we played pretty pathetic tonight. A lot of passing the rock around with guys not really getting open. Our defense is going to win a ton of games this year, but if we have no offense like last year, we're going to have a short stay in the tourney once again. Our freshman Josh Bone broke a bone in his foot last week and is out 4-6 weeks :( Couple that in with the torn ACL for Christian Cornelius and we're suddenly back to only around 9 deep now. We have another exhibition game on Sunday afternoon against Henderson State before our first regular season game next Friday.

Hawks lose #7 in a row as the Red Wings score two 3rd period goals to win it, 2-1. Rumor has it that Yawney could possibly be fired. This team needs a major shake-up.

Bulls down by 16 after 3. Let's hope for a game similar to that of the Bobcats and Pacers games from last year..

Maybe because he pitched in the WBC and he had a dead arm for most of the year? I'd take Freddy. He really heated up in September and he developed a splitter, I believe. One near perfect game and he flirted with a couple of no-no's as well that month. I'd take a chance on Freddy...he's be a good middle of the line rotation.

Not a pretty first quarter...32-20 Magic after 1.

You do realize that in order for the Packers to win this division (keep in mind that both teams have played 7 games) not only do the Bears have to lose 5 games but the Packers have to win every single one of theirs. Yea. Thats how down you guys are. Ok, where did I say that the Packers are going to win the division? It's pretty obvious that the Bears are going to win the division. I'm just glad that finally someone said something about all of this hype that the Bears are getting. Sure they're 7-0, but really, the only teams you guys have played that are worthy of being called "decent" are the Seahawks and Vikings. And both of those teams look real mediocre this year, as well as every other team in the NFC not named the Bears or Giants. Congrats on the great year you're having, but some of you are just overreacting on the comment Driver made. He said that the Bears are a good team, but given the game on Arizona (where the whole Bears offense looked awful) that they aren't as good as their record indicates. There's no way of proving this because the Bears don't control the schedule, but he does have a valid point. Still a 7-0 record against any 7 teams in the NFL is pretty good and has to be respected. We'll see how good the Bears do against the Giants and Pats on the road. Their schedule gets progressively tougher after the Dolphins game. I don't think we're that far "down" either. In a rebuilding year, we're only 1 game out of a playoff position going into Week 9. Yeah we've beaten three pretty bad teams, but our four losses are against teams that are all above .500. Unlike the Bears, our schedule gets easier the second half of the season (besides the Pats and Seahawks). Now I don't want to turn this into a pointless Bears-Packers thread, so I'll close this off by saying the Bears will beat the Dolphins by probably 3 TD's. Besides the Giants-49ers game, this is the easiest lock of the week. I'm holding out hope that our Week 17 battle will actually be a game that can be important for both teams. I will only say this: it's interesting how the Bears are a joke because of the teams they have played, yet the Packers are suddenly looking great while beating those identical opponents. As for Packers/Bears in late December----they might actually have a shot to win that game. Of course, it will be against our NFL Europe assignees......but they might have a shot. I complimented the Bears saying that they are 7-0 and winning 7 in a row against any NFL team is an accomplishment. I also said how we haven't beat anyone yet either. Where have I said the Bears are a joke? I know they're a good team and they are right up there with the Giants to win the NFC. They just haven't had a real test yet, but they will in a week and a half. Just relax. I'm giving you guys your props. 7-0 is an impressive feat.

Let's look at the drafts that Thompson has put together the past two years. Aaron Rodgers, the best player on the board at #24. He added Terrance Murphy, who practically broke his neck against Carolina last year. Murphy looked like he would have been a solid 3 or 4 receiver. This year's draft looks to be exceptionally good for us. AJ Hawk is going to be a stud, Greg Jennings already has made an impact for us this season before getting hurt, and all of the O-lineman he drafted have really improved each and every week. Our running game basically sucked last year, but this year Ahman Green already has three 100 yard rushing performances this year. Oh yeah, and that Gado for Morency trade has looked pretty decent for us too. Not to mention the addition of Charles Woodson, arguably our best player on defense this year. Our special teams are also much improved with Rayner/Ryan as opposed to Shortwell and Barker/Sander/etc. This is the NFL. Improvements can be made in just one year. We're going to have some money to spend this offseason to possibly land another big name FA as well (please be Briggs or Hamlin). I didn't want to make this an argument, but what am I supposed to do, just let you guys run all over my team just like this? Once again Driver complimented the Bears. There is nothing wrong with what he said. It's pretty pathetic that the sports radio in Chicago decided to dwell on his comments for one whole day.

You do realize that in order for the Packers to win this division (keep in mind that both teams have played 7 games) not only do the Bears have to lose 5 games but the Packers have to win every single one of theirs. Yea. Thats how down you guys are. Ok, where did I say that the Packers are going to win the division? It's pretty obvious that the Bears are going to win the division. I'm just glad that finally someone said something about all of this hype that the Bears are getting. Sure they're 7-0, but really, the only teams you guys have played that are worthy of being called "decent" are the Seahawks and Vikings. And both of those teams look real mediocre this year, as well as every other team in the NFC not named the Bears or Giants. Congrats on the great year you're having, but some of you are just overreacting on the comment Driver made. He said that the Bears are a good team, but given the game on Arizona (where the whole Bears offense looked awful) that they aren't as good as their record indicates. There's no way of proving this because the Bears don't control the schedule, but he does have a valid point. Still a 7-0 record against any 7 teams in the NFL is pretty good and has to be respected. We'll see how good the Bears do against the Giants and Pats on the road. Their schedule gets progressively tougher after the Dolphins game. I don't think we're that far "down" either. In a rebuilding year, we're only 1 game out of a playoff position going into Week 9. Yeah we've beaten three pretty bad teams, but our four losses are against teams that are all above .500. Unlike the Bears, our schedule gets easier the second half of the season (besides the Pats and Seahawks). Now I don't want to turn this into a pointless Bears-Packers thread, so I'll close this off by saying the Bears will beat the Dolphins by probably 3 TD's. Besides the Giants-49ers game, this is the easiest lock of the week. I'm holding out hope that our Week 17 battle will actually be a game that can be important for both teams.

That quote is exactly why I love Scott Skiles.