UMFan83

This doesn't make sense. In football the draft is the primary talent acquisition method, and by a larger margin than the other 3 sports. Most even casual fans know this and won't complain if the new GM doesn't throw a crapload of money around in FA. Last year a lot of people were complaining about our FA decisions because 1) we had (have) a ton of cap space, 2) we had glaring needs at WR and OL, 3) we assumed Angelo was no where close to being fired, and because of his refusal to draft those 2 positions, we needed to make up for it in FA. With a new GM, I would hope most fans would give him a basic level of trust that he will build a team properly through the draft and fill the remaining holes through calculated FA pickups.

Also some dude on twitter suggested the Polians. Ugh they might be the only guys to have a worse drafting track record over the last 4-5 years than Angelo.

Lovie certainly has his issues but his players play hard for him. Maybe in 1-2 years but right now I'd rather not get rid of him now. Too much shakeup for an organization that has a team that can contend with a couple of good moves.

Merry Xmas Bears fans! It sucked to go through the last 6 weeks but there seems to be some long term benefit from the ordeal. Going to be really interesting to see who they hire.

This dude, and the last 2 Boise State kickers should start a support group for choking kickers.

The subject of fandom is a double edged sword in terms of our rivals perception of our fans. If we suck and still draw well, they go on and on about how our fans are really going to get drunk and be at Wrigley Field and have no idea what's going on at the game. If we suck and draw a lot less, than we are fair-weather fans like the White Sox. Not that stereotypes are true, but that's how it will be perceived.

Every time someone goes for 2 before the final 7 minutes of the 4th quarter, it befuddles me. It seems like every single time they end up in a situation later where that costs them. So you are down 16 with 9 minutes left in the 4th and you score a TD, you won't consider going for 2?

Oilers had lost 7 straight road games, scoring only 12 goals in the process. They scored 4 tonight and win in regulation tonight against the team with the most points in the league. Awful. Hawks are so streaky. Playing well for awhile, now they've lost 2 of 3 at home in regulation. Hopefully they can turn it around before it becomes a slide. Losing to Edmonton just sucks.

Make that 0 for their last 14 and 1 for their last 22. Anemic.

The Hawks know that they have an extra man on the ice in these things right?

Hawks have scored 1 goal in their last 21 power play attempts and are 0 for 13 in their last 3 games.

Our old friend Eager scores to make it 4-2. We're looking at 2 regulation home losses in our last 3 games.

PS, I feel like the Hawks have been taking a lot of penalties lately. Not used to that as the Hawks are among the best at avoiding the box.

Im starting to hate Edmonton. They for some reason have our number. They were absolutely terrible last year and still managed to hand the Hawks 2 regulation losses in 4 games last year. This year they already beat us 9-2 earlier and are beating us on our home ice through 2.

I've been thinking about it recently. I think I will be slightly more interested in this team than the last 2. The reason being is that the last 2 years, our team was a bunch of veterans with no upside. Once the team proved to be bad, there was just nothing interesting to follow outside of Starlin. At least this year there are new pieces and likely to be a lot of young faces in the lineup (and ones with upside, not the Campanas of the system). It will be somewhat interesting to see how the team progresses throughout the year. Don't get me wrong, on a scale of 1-10, we're talking a 2 next year instead of a 1.

Hammer! 2 interesting goals given up by Khabi

Sweet, Carcillo gets a 5 minute penalty for boarding and 10 minute game misconduct. During the 5 minute power play, the Oilers score twice (so far...still 1:23 left). What a disaster.

Still not quite certain. I think I'm getting closer.

I'm pretty sure that the NHL played an exhibition game outdoors in Las Vegas within the last 10 years. This is what lead me to believe they could play a game with the temps in the 50's Edit: It was 1991. Temps were in the mid 80's when the game was being played. Now an exhibition is different than a regular season game but it can be done. I'm sure technology has improved enough over the last 20 years that it could happen. So there people who mocked my idea.

I know there is a ton of good college football on and I've been watching plenty, but I can't help but get into the Winter Classic game every year. This one between the Flyers and Rangers has been good. That said, the novelty is surely being lost quickly. Every game except for the Wrigley Field game has been played in the Northeast (Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Boston and Philadelphia). They need to do something bold to keep the interest high, like play the game in a western market, possibly even a warm weather city. Not something like LA where there would be a ton of issues, but how about a San Jose-LA Kings game at AT&T Park in San Fran? I know San Jose is only loosely affiliated with San Jose, but I think that would be an awesome way to showcase two west coast teams at a relatively unique ballpark. Plus, San Fran really isn't all that warm in the winter, and the temp at game time would probably be in the low 50's Some other choices would be Avalanche-Red Wings at Invesco Field, or Stars-whoever at Cowboys Stadium (or if thats not outdoor enough, Ballpark in Arlington.) I don't think Dallas gets all that warm in the winter either. They could also include Canada into it and do away with the Heritage Classic. Two bolder options would be to try to pull it off in a warm weather city like LA or Phoenix, or changing the format and instead of a regular season game, make the All Star game the Winter Classic. I'm not sure if that would hurt the popularity of the Winter Classic or help the popularity of the All Star game, but its an idea.

2007 when they stomped us in a Sunday night game that was kind of the first signal that the Bears would not be going back to the Super Bowl. The game was so bad that Grossman was benched as the starter in favor of Griese after the game. Strangely enough the Bears and Cowboys have only met 3 times since 1998, with the 2007 game being the only one in Chicago. Strange because we've played teams like the Eagles like 7-8 times over the same span

I didn't see anyone post the Bears schedule of opponents for next year HOME Green Bay Detroit Minnesota Indianapolis Houston St. Louis Seattle Carolina AWAY Green Bay Detroit Minnesota Jacksonville Tennessee San Francisco Arizona Dallas Probably the 2 of the 3 worst divisions in football this year (AFC South, NFC West along with AFC West), although I'd prefer the home and road games for the NFC West Switched (SF and Arizona at home instead of on road) Overall looks like a fairly easy schedule, but obviously every year things change dramatically.

Great bowl season for the Big Ten.... Purdue - W Iowa - L Northwestern - L Illinois - W Penn State - L Nebraska - Losing by 2 scores Ohio State - Losing by 2 scores Michigan State - Losing, could come back Wisconsin - ? Michigan - ?

That Pollack Guide thing is really awesome. Thanks for posting. Cant believe all this info is readily available for free.