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  1. UMFan83
    I was just thinking about this...the Bears season has eerily mirrored the Texans season this year. -Both teams started out with impressive blowout victories over 2010 playoff teams (yeah I know Colts without manning, but some people still thought they'd be decent) -Struggled afterwards with some of the better teams in the league, which bumped down their perception. For Houston it was Saints, Raiders and Ravens, for the Bears it was Saints, Packers, Lions. -Both then went on winning streaks in which they dominated the competition. Bears dominated MIN, TB (though late comeback made it close), DET and SD (with a close game against PHI). Texans dominated TEN, CLE, and TB (with a close game against JAX). -Then, with both sitting at 7-3, playing their best football and finally gaining respect from everyone, they both lose their QBs, who are both essential pieces to the offense, for a long time. What does this mean? Absolutely nothing. I just thought it was an interesting comparison.
  2. UMFan83
    Dammit Devin...you couldnt have finished that kick return?
  3. UMFan83
    This. I'm gonna say the guy with a ROY award and multiple All Star appearances is better known.
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    I prefer O'Sullivan between those 2 due to his experience with the bears as well as with Martz. That said, I hope he never has to see the field.
  5. UMFan83
    Sounds like it'll be announced soon. I think that's a good fit for him. Agreed. I don't think he's necessarily a bad coach, just not a good fit at Michigan. Started out on the wrong foot and just kept going down from there.
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    Top ten in most defensive categories except for defending against child molestation. Yeah I went there and already feel bad about it.
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    Wish he was on the Rangers a month earlier
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    Kinda funny that Michigan was either going to play the team they played in the first round of last years NCAAs or the team they played in the second round. Duke it is. Michigan always seems to play Dule well a majority of the time, so hopefully that continues. Wins over Memphis and Duke on a neutral court will look awesome come March.
  9. UMFan83
    I heard Cutler was seen last night hitchhiking. If he can put his thumb up to hitchhike the wuss should be able to play QB. Weird, there were reports that Cutler was seen thumb wrestling any and all challengers at Hub 51 last night and was heard loudly boasting "I've got a month of vacation coming up, let's get drunk!"
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    Nothing like a broken thumb to make you realize you cant live without someone.
  11. UMFan83
    Apparently according to twitter, Jay is engaged with whatsherface again. Eventul day for him.
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    Zach Zaidman on 670. Said Cutler had thumb looked over extensively by several specialists and is reporting that the Bears got the best possible news given the situation. Last night there was fear that he was going on IR. after tests today they are now going forward confident that Cutler will be back for AT LEAST the playoffs. The plan now is actually or Cutler to be back for the last regular season game against Minnesota and if absolutely nothing goes wrong week 16 against GB is not completely out of the question. All in all, great news.
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    I'm sure they will happily live with Hanie Tebow
  14. UMFan83
    I understand the argument. That's the downside of a conference title game however. I respect the argument that H2H trumps all but if you really dive into their resumes it looks closer than you'd think. Michigan beat 2 teams that blew MSU out this year, while MSU also beat the other team Michigan lost to. Both teams basically have 2 quality wins, Neb and ND for UM and UM and Wisconsin for MSU. Looking at the H2H game, although I will admit MSU clearly outplayed Michigan, UM was in the red zone hoping to tie late in the 4th quarter on the road in that game, so the game was closer than the final score indicated IMO. Anyways like I said, I respect the H2H trumps all argument so if that's your belief, it's understandable. But the resumes are very close, and with the season ending in a loss for MSU, it pushes MSU behind Michigan.
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    What play was it? That's so odd because everyone else is saying it was on the int return and it kinda looks like it if you watch the replay. We're they reporting as fact or just speculating on when it might have occurred? If that is when he injured it, I definitely makes me wonder why he can't play. He made some really nice throws in the 2nd half, which was his better and more accurate half of throwing the ball. I'm sure adrenaline helped mask the pain, but shouldn't be enough to overcome that sort of injury.
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    I'm not serious relax
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    In non-Cutler news, I didn't realize this but apparently Hester did not play any offense in the game. Interesting, even if its probably because he's been banged up lately.
  18. UMFan83
    Don't worry, if Cutler doesn't break his thumb forcing that guy out of bounds, he probably scores and it's a 4-point game. The game then changes completely and we easily could have lost. He died a hero. Or the turf doesnt suck so Knox doesnt fall and gets a 7 yard completion in a drive the Bears eventually convert to a TD, giving an 18 point win to the increasingly dangerous Chicago Bears.
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    A shitty thing about this is that Soldier Field's turf, which our own players constantly bitch about, indirectly caused this to happen. Knox slips and falls on his route leading to an INT, which leads to Cutler's injury.
  20. UMFan83
    Nice, Michigan ends up at 15th in the BCS. Need to jump one more spot to be eligible. With Georgia playing LSU/BAMA/ARK in the SEC title game, it seems likely that GA is the team UM jumps (unless of course they lose to Ohio St). However, Wisconsin and Clemson are right behind them, and with Wisconsin possibly having wins over Penn State and Michigan State over the next 2 weeks, and Clemson with possible wins over VA and VT, they could both jump Michigan with ease. It should be interesting.
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    I hope so. How awesome would it be to have Jay coming back to play in the Wild Card round?
  22. UMFan83
    Yeah John Mullin was on CSN a few minutes ago and stressed that nothing has been confirmed by the Bears, and that those running with the 6-8 week timeline are likely speculating based off of 1 report. Maybe we'll wake up and find out its determined that he will not have surgery and will play next week ha. It does seem weird how Jay seemed to show absolutely no concern in his post game press conference. Maybe he was hiding it well or maybe he didnt understand the severity of it at the time, or maybe there has been erroneous information out there being widely reported as fact. I still think that's highly unlikely to be the case, as major media outlets like ESPN and CSN have deemed their information credible enough to report as fact.
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    I want to say the Bears can win this, but I have no idea what to expect from Hanie so I'm not even going to try to predict a winner, much less the score.
  24. UMFan83
    He was clearly rubbing the thumb/hand and looking at it way too much on the last drive of the game. I noted it but thought nothing of it when he actually threw the ball a few times on the drive. Was that play where Cutler tied to dump a throw off towards Forte on the sidelines, but it slipped out of his hands and went like 3 feet in front of him after the injury or earlier in the game? I thought it was rather odd when he did that.
  25. UMFan83
    Why do you assume Detroit gets the 5 seed? Have you seen their schedule from here on out? I dunno, I forgot to include them to be honest. It is possibly that they could finish 2-4 or so, which would likely put the Bears ahead of them. Unfortunately, the tiebreaker is murky at best, it doesn't look horrible for the Bears, but its not great either. Considering the Bears will almost surely lose to GB, if we beat Minnesota, we will finish the division 3-3. Detroit is 2-1 with 2 games left against the Packers and one against the Vikings. However, one of the Packers games is week 17. If Detroit and the Bears tie in division record, it goes to record in common games. The 2 non common games between the 2 teams is SF (L) and DAL (W) for the Lions and SEA (?) and PHI (W) for the Bears. This means that if they tie at lets say 10-6, the Lions would win the tiebreaker by having a 9-5 record in common games, while the Bears would have an 8-6, assuming they beat Seattle. If it does get to conference record, it looks good for the Bears. Bears currently lead 6-3 to 5-3, with the Bears having 3 conference games left (Sea, @GB, @ Min), Lions with 4 left (GB, @NO, MIN, @ GB). It's gonna be hard for Detroit to go even 2-2 in those 4 games, while the Bears have a good shot at going 2-1. If that holds, we get the tiebreaker. If we tie on that, we go to strength of victory, which I don't feel like figuring out.
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