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I've seen this on a lot of Packer sites, but don't think anyone's posted it here. Terry McAulay will be referee for the game. He was the ref for the Week 3 game when the Packers got 18 penalties.
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I have two jerseys. A blue Cutler one, and a white Urlacher one. The Cutler one was my gameday jersey through the first half of the season, but after the Redskins loss, I decided a change was necessary, so Urlacher is now my gameday jersey. Cutler is for Fridays at work.
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Yeah, the Cubs games were the next biggest when Boers and Bernstein were talking about it, but I think like constablerabbit said, they determined that since there's so many Sox fans in Chicago, that it wasn't as anticipated universally by the whole city.
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Don't think I agree with that one, either. Granted, the NHL is well behind the NFL in overall interest, but game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals was just 7 months ago, and that was a pretty big game. The White Sox had two World Series games in town 5 years back, and the Cubs played some pretty important NLCS games back in '03, too. On the NFL level, the 2006 NFC Championship 4 years ago was a pretty big deal, as well. Not to mention the playoff games in 85. That Rams game was enormous, even if it was in an entirely different era with regards to hype. The argument is that the NFC Championship games are all of equal value, except that being GB makes it bigger. The Blackhawks game wasn't a "win or go home" game, and therefore didn't have the same weight. Same for the White Sox games. This is a win or go home, for the SB, in Chicago, against the Bears biggest rival. Basically, by that argument, unless it's a game 7, there's no way a basketball, hockey, or baseball game could be "bigger". The Score is the one that's hyping it that way, btw.
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Yeah, they're saying it's the biggest game ever played in Chicago.
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Only one guy on cbssports.com (the fantasy writer) is picking the Bears...but it's the guy that's picked the postseason the best, so yay I guess. http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/features/writers/expert/picks/week20
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Our work went to casual dress code about 2 years ago...so every Friday during the season I wear a Bears jersey.
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Also, Peter King has the Pack winning 17-16.
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Chan Gailey, whose Bills lost to the 4 teams left in the playoffs, assesses each of the QB's. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/don_banks/01/20/chan-gailey-breakdown/index.html
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AFC Championship Game: Jets at Steelers. Jan 23, 530 PM CBS
Banedon replied to erik316wttn's topic in Other Sports
I'm picking up a contradition here. You said that if the Bears win this weekend, you will accept that they are the better team. But here you are saying that the Packers are the better team but the Bears still might win despite this. Laying the groundwork. -
I've only seen 4-5 but most of them seem to be taking somebody other than an OL. Why do you call it reflexively taking a lineman? It's still a real need. Oh I'm not denying that it's a need. I'm just not sure that late first round is where you can get an O-lineman without reaching. That's all. O-line is undoubtedly a need, I just think you can probably get better value at the first round pick with a different position.
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Exactly. NFL Network blows the [expletive] out of whatever coverage is on ESPN. Speaking of NFL Network, on Sound FX last night they showed Anthony Adams doing this hilarious crazy dance in the middle of a circle of Bears before the Seahawks game. Funny stuff.
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My wife and I were saying last night how they seem to mic up just about every coach in the league for NFL network, but they never seem to mic up Lovie. Either he doesn't want to, or they find him to uninteresting...
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Todd McShay has a new mock draft out today. One of the few that doesn't reflexively have the Bears taking an O-lineman Has them with Drave Nevis: http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/draft2011/insider/news/story?id=6036153 There's a Kiper mock too, but it's insider only. For some reason, even thought the McShay one says insider in the url, it let me see it.
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The Bears national imprint is very large. They might not have a Sal Palentonio, who is a Philly guy because he's from Philly, but they will always attract one of the largest audiences in primetime. They are one of the biggest draws in Vegas as well. They were more or less a non-entity for 1.5 decades and when they splashed on the scene 4 years ago it was with defense, and very short lived. If Chicago turns into a consistent contender with offense, they will be as marketable as any team in American sports. Its really bizarre. As soon as the Bears are good they pull enormous numbers on primetime games (Eagles game, the Patriots game), yet they still don't really have a dedicated reporter from ESPN. Theres Michael Smith...sometimes. Both Packers and Bears fans should be pissed the NFL Live spent more time commiserating about the Patriots losing than on pregame for this game. There's a whole lot of guys at ESPN with Chicago roots. Michael Smith, Phil Rogers, Michael Wilbon, Mike Ditka, Mike Greenberg, and Gene Wojciechowski, just to name a few. Plus the first regionalized ESPN site was ESPNChicago.com, and that has it's own crop of Chicago folks, like Melissa Isaacson and Bruce Levine. That may not be what you want, but Chicago certainly is not without ESPN representation.
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Yeah...we knew that yesterday.
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Mike Tomlin is awesome. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2011/01/steelers-mike-tomlin-scolds-espns-bob-holtzman-for-talking-plays/1
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Banedon replied to Tim's topic in North Side Baseball Issues & Suggestions
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He's doing his best Freddy Kreuger move with his hand there.
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The Bears national imprint is very large. They might not have a Sal Palentonio, who is a Philly guy because he's from Philly, but they will always attract one of the largest audiences in primetime. They are one of the biggest draws in Vegas as well. They were more or less a non-entity for 1.5 decades and when they splashed on the scene 4 years ago it was with defense, and very short lived. If Chicago turns into a consistent contender with offense, they will be as marketable as any team in American sports. ESPN.com has a ton of Chicago presence....several Chicago based writers contribute (like Phil Rogers) and ESPNChicago.com was the first regionalized site they opened.
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Brady got traded to the Jets yesterday, didn't you hear? Roethlisberger isn't that great either. I've seen a lot of rankings for the 4 QB's left. It seems like everyone has Ben and Rodgers as some combination of 1-2, and Cutler and Sanchez as some combination of 3-4. But Bayless isn't the first person I've seen to list Cutler as #4. Mostly it's Sanchez's playoff record that gets these ppl.
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Btw, Sound FX this week on NFLN is replaying some of the old segments with the 4 teams still in the playoffs, and they show Cutler mic'd up against Buffalo, and the guy is completely different than he comes across in interviews or at news conferences. He's funny, and easy going. They also show the segment with Mike Tomlin from the Carolina game. As much as I've scaled back my dislike of Lovie, I still would take Tomlin in a heartbeat.
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Don Banks is picking a Jets-Packers SB. I'm shocked he didn't pick the Bears...he's been such a supporter all year.... ;)
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They were a bit unlucky that they had to play them at Seattle. They were a bit unlucky that their defense sucked. Loud noises don't affect tackling.
