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  1. UMFan83
    ROFL...I'd really like to see this. I'd love to watch this type of football happen in big time college football or the pros. Not for my team but for someone. Maybe some team that's out of it could try it in like the last quarter of a meaningless last game of the season...lol. I'd like to see some perennial loser in college football try to go with a strategy similar to the coach's, like Eastern Michigan or something, why not? What do they have to lose. More games? I really wonder how long it would take a coach to adjust if a small conference team randomly, without warning, started playing that way. I gotta think it would have tremendous success for at least a quarter. Not only is it something the players have never seen before but the coach has never probably thought about stopping a defense like that. I gotta think there is some way to get a quick screen or slant to a receiver. And once you manage to get the ball to the receiver, its likely 6. Eventually there would be a fool proof adjustment and it would stop working.
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    Does anyone know if it is possible to get NFL team radio broadcasts on the iPhone? The only thing I've seen is only available on Verizon, and I have AT&T. I don't have Sunday Ticket, and I am assuming the stations are blacked out like they are for MLB and NBA games when you try to listen on a radio app. Or, if anyone has sunday ticket and wants to let me borrow their direct tv user name and password, that would work too :) I'm going to be driving out of market during the Bears game on Sunday and need something that will allow me to listen.
  3. UMFan83
    My assumption was that they cut him because he was injured a lot and wasn't performing like he did 3 years ago. They had Felix Jones and Tashard Choice who they believed could give them a better performance at a lesser cost. Makes sense. We picked him up and he looked pretty explosive in preseason, much like the Barber I saw light up the Bears in 2007.
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    Is that the 4th time in the past week that we have come back in the 9th inning on the opponents closer to at least tie it? Maybe its just the 3rd. I know they did it twice against the Mets last weekend and obviously last night.
  5. UMFan83
    They cut him because he sucked. He sucked because he was injured
  6. UMFan83
    Guess now we know why Dallas cut him.
  7. UMFan83
    Only the Cobs
  8. UMFan83
    ESPN's guys unanimously picked the Saints. Peter King did as well.
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    I dunno about that. Perhaps being a Bears fan and living up there has caused some bias in that regard. I mean, Lewis was on the cover of Madden, played for the U, was in the news a ton with the obstruction of justice stuff years ago, and has this whole "Godfather" of the NFL players thing going on. That's not to say that Urlacher isn't also enormously recognizable and famous, but I don't think as much as Lewis. Also, Urlacher is definitely a HOFer. No doubt. Yeah but Urlacher has appeared on Entourage, and Lewis hasn't
  10. UMFan83
    Brian Urlacher will make the HOF. I don't think its as much of a question mark as you guys are making it.
  11. UMFan83
    Prince Fielder pretty much says that he's not going to resign with Milwaukee. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/chi-fielder-probably-last-year-with-brewers-20110914,0,2500499.story
  12. UMFan83
    Haha bill simmons picks the bears over the saints straight up as his upset pick.
  13. UMFan83
    Thats exactly why I hated Edmonds so much. I hated everything about him, well beyond just baseball, much like LaRussa. But I'm not saying I wouldnt want him on the team, I'd just not like him. LaRussa is a little different because managers don't have nearly the impact that players do (obviously). That said, if I could be promised a WS title if he was our manager, I'd welcome him with open arms....but still dislike him.
  14. UMFan83
    What am I missing in your sig? . I think it's a joke Re: WSR's infatuation with LaHair. I will neither confirm or deny. you are right
  15. UMFan83
    now you guys know how i felt about Edmonds. If LaRussa came on board and the Cubs won 100 games, would you then like him? Or would you be appreciative of the 'help' he gave us but still dislike him?
  16. UMFan83
    I really hope people weren't trying to call him and get a quote out of him. This is one of the situations in life where you just leave a guy alone.
  17. UMFan83
    I think there are general division matchups, but its been getting more random by the year. The NL Central, with 6 teams, is always mismatched and there are always weird matchups to go around.
  18. UMFan83
    In comparably unimportant Urlacher news, he was named NFC player of the week today.
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    Ulracher is the kind of player that I think will ultimiately decide to play and have a monster game because of it. That said, it is obviously completely understandable if he doesn't feel like he can play this weekend.
  20. UMFan83
    Yay, Matt/Ryan/CJ Garza/Dempster/Wilson vs. Strasbourg.
  21. UMFan83
    April 5th is late? didn't they open up on like April 11th this year? Game 1 was on April 1st this year. My bad. That said they opened up on the 5th last year, and the 6th in 2009
  22. UMFan83
    April 5th is late? didn't they open up on like April 11th this year?
  23. UMFan83
    Boston 2 years in a row after playing them once in the first 13 years of interleague play?
  24. UMFan83
    That doesn't free up a roster spot for LaHair, though. LeMahieu and Flaherty would replace Baker and DeWitt's spots even if you believe both should be gone. And I'd disagree that Baker should be gone. LeMahieu isn't going to be close to the hitter against lefties that Baker is and he could be very valuable should we let Aramis walk this offseason. I'd strongly prefer to keep Baker around. Just as an aside...Check out DeWitt's numbers against lefties...for his career his OPS is over .100 points better than it is against RHs, and this year he's hitting .380 against them. Basically, I think one of him or Baker is gone. Both can do the same job, both high lefties....One is just 5 years younger and going to make less than half a million next year. Once again, this is going to be on hell of an offseason. New GM has so many assets to play around with...I really can't wait for this regular season garbahge to end. I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but are you calling Dewitt/Baker an asset?
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    The line has already shifted to Bears +7. I'd take the Bears and a TD.
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