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  1. minnesotacubsfan
    did any team get over 30 points this weekend? looots of low scores
  2. minnesotacubsfan
    if Fields wasnt a bust, Poles certainly set him up to be one
  3. minnesotacubsfan
    That win was less than wonderful
  4. minnesotacubsfan
    If my Gophers get the Big Ten Championship I might die I hope you're not watching ABC right now. I would definitely root for the Gophers when they likely play in the championship game. We always play ohio state tight, fwiw
  5. minnesotacubsfan
    Outscored opponents 183-24 this year, 2 P5 teams (albeit Colorado is terrible and MSU may not be better) Looking at their schedule, Iowa is at home but Penn State and Wisconsin are both at home. I can see 10-2 or maybe 11-1 if they can pull off a road win. Maybe I’m jumping the gun. They looked good today though. If my Gophers get the Big Ten Championship I might die
  6. minnesotacubsfan
    Imagine that, first black coach (tied for first) to reach Super Bowl hired as 3rd choice candidate. if that doesn't say something... Incidentally there’s a pretty damning article in WaPo on the subject. I saw that article, skimmed it but didn't read it very closely. Honestly tho, all I could this was "well, of course"
  7. minnesotacubsfan
    Best of the bad or not I'll take it. horsefeathers sparty
  8. minnesotacubsfan
    SKI U MAH!!!!
  9. minnesotacubsfan
    God is dead
  10. minnesotacubsfan
    That's too bad about Griffin, who knows, maybe, Kmet will actually catch the ball this Sunday. Watching the film of his dropped pass the other night, gets worse every time I see it, OL executed well, Fields made the correct read and a very good throw. Only to have it...dropped. honestly, I think the issue is his ONE pass attempt, he dropped ONE
  11. minnesotacubsfan
    Not to defend the Bears per se, but that used to be more common. The GM role also changed a lot in the past 30 years and became highly player personnel/scouting focused with the advent of the salary cap in the mid 90s. But I don't think the Bears were the last team to adopt a GM title (or reestablish, after firing Finks). A funny alternative history maybe exists where Michael doesn't eff up the McGinnis hiring and stays on as Pres until 2011, when George replaced him. Phillips never becomes CEO and they operate old-school with no GM even longer than they did. But Michael gets demoted and Phillips first big moves as CEO/Pres are the Soldier Field deal and hiring Angelo as GM. Angelo then tries recruiting Saban who turns him down mostly because he wanted GM duties. IIRC, Lovie was seen as like 3rd choice behind Saban and someone else. Fun sequence of events leading to a failed McGinnis hiring and then the best stretch of the Bears in the past 30 years. This made me look back because I don't remember that coaching search too well. Looks like the Bears interviewed Saban, Lovie, Jim Mora Jr, Romeo Crennel, Mike Nolan and Russ Grimm. I think Grimm was #2 and ended up in Washington iirc, or maybe he was from Washington
  12. minnesotacubsfan
    God. I remember those days. WTF I can't even believe that happened, even now. Not to defend the Bears per se, but that used to be more common. The GM role also changed a lot in the past 30 years and became highly player personnel/scouting focused with the advent of the salary cap in the mid 90s. But I don't think the Bears were the last team to adopt a GM title (or reestablish, after firing Finks). A funny alternative history maybe exists where Michael doesn't eff up the McGinnis hiring and stays on as Pres until 2011, when George replaced him. Phillips never becomes CEO and they operate old-school with no GM even longer than they did. But Michael gets demoted and Phillips first big moves as CEO/Pres are the Soldier Field deal and hiring Angelo as GM. Angelo then tries recruiting Saban who turns him down mostly because he wanted GM duties. IIRC, Lovie was seen as like 3rd choice behind Saban and someone else. Fun sequence of events leading to a failed McGinnis hiring and then the best stretch of the Bears in the past 30 years. Imagine that, first black coach (tied for first) to reach Super Bowl hired as 3rd choice candidate. if that doesn't say something...
  13. minnesotacubsfan
    also I miss the Lovie Bears years..and the man himself really
  14. minnesotacubsfan
    beard is legit....biblical you might say
  15. minnesotacubsfan
    It's an example of a pitiful, pathetically bad GM, was Pace the worst GM in Bears' history? Not even close (even if you're being pedantic about the GM title) totally agreed. Emry was probably the worst. Hell, there was even a time when the Bears had no GM
  16. minnesotacubsfan
    The reason I don't bet is that I'm such a horsefeathering homer towards my sports teams, I'd be living in a ditch by now because I'd be all in on every bears/cubs/gophers/Blackhawks game I admire your restraint
  17. minnesotacubsfan
    I wouldn't be surprised at 50/50 split all year. And whether it was this thread or the week 2 thread, whoever said they should treat Fields like Philly did with Hurts, they were the only team to run at a greater than 50% rate last year. So if that's the goal for "year 1", then okay. But that certainly shouldn't be the long term vision. And the best Os all pass at like 60% rate. I'd be surprised if the Bears continue to have tons of success running the ball and still run it 50% of the time. Maybe Getsy is trying to get D's to cheat and put 8 guys in the box, there-by opening up the play action playbook, but that would mean Monty and Herbert are going to have to consistently continue to rap off 12 yrd runs. Otherwise, at their current pace, I dont think any D is going to be too concerned with Justin Fields, the Passer. As an offense (and QB), they just havent shown to be that threatening...yet.
  18. minnesotacubsfan
    Passing on Randy Moss because he overslept for an interview and taking an unhinged RB instead. Sidenote: that was the same year ed lynch decided not to trade todd noel and jon garland for mike piazza (something like that, maybe pat cline was in there too) and then 2 months later traded them for felix heredia and matt karchner and don't forget the rick mirer trade right before that 98 debacle everyone had stupid FO's back then but ours were HOF stupid I remember all of that, but Spellman actually attacked a flight attendant because he was bi-polar. not that that made him as stupid as the others, it was just depressing as hell to watch his fall. he was a massive dude too. for me, the rest of those trades/players just compound how ugly the 90's were in Chicago
  19. minnesotacubsfan
    who is Quirzo
  20. minnesotacubsfan
    I live in a sports bar desert. In some ways its great because here, everyone would rather take part in the beautiful outdoors, in other ways it sucks because I miss games. Closest one would be Tacoma area, an hour away Really? There's not even some crappy BWW or something like that off an interstate exit somewhere? there are a few bars that supposedly have it but everytime I've tried to watch a Bears game there, they dont have it. I have no idea why. I can only say that Yelp is misleading on this subject. I've lived here 14 years and never had success eta: actually, i stand corrected. there IS a BWW near me but I've never tried them. Thanks for the idea
  21. minnesotacubsfan
    Can't you just go to a local sports bar that has Sunday Ticket? There's no shortage of those...granted, it means being at a bar at 10 am lol (Or what UMFan said) I live in a sports bar desert. In some ways its great because here, everyone would rather take part in the beautiful outdoors, in other ways it sucks because I miss games. Closest one would be Tacoma area, an hour away eta: this is reportedly the closest bar with Sunday Ticket to me, and I think they closed http://www.theendzoneportorchard.com/ plus, Port Orchard is.....west virgininy
  22. minnesotacubsfan
    NFL+ with a VPN? tell me more eta: I usually have to try and pirate it
  23. minnesotacubsfan
    I wont get to see this game dammit https://506sports.com/nfl.php?yr=2022&wk=3
  24. minnesotacubsfan
    That's who I wanted the Bears to get. The Giants might get to 3-0 but I would be very surprised if they end up with a winning season. maybe, but with the Cowboys QB issues and Washington being Washington, I could see a wild card birth.
  25. minnesotacubsfan
    probably indifference with some cheers. his years at the U of I weren't great
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