UMFan83

speaking of crazy bitter... You caught me

best decision ever I like this decision. It's very Chicago, and will make for a great scene. The anthem singer really doesn't matter on the outcome of the game, and if the Packers organization gets their panties in a bunch over it than so be it. As for the officiating, GB's offensive line has improved since week 3. I'm pretty sure Bulaga wasn't starting in week 3, and he has had a few rookie hickups, but overall has been solid on the right side. I think Harris can really abuse GB's interior if he plays the way he did last week. I'd rather not revisit the refs screwed GB conversation, that was easily the Packers worst game of the season, and the Bears deserved to win. They lost to the Dolphins and Redskins and scored 3 points against the Lions, and this was their worst game of the year?

Good. Now will Dave Kaplan take a Xanax.

Here's a plus for the Bears:

Remember when many wanted him instead of Lilly? He would have retired before the end of his contract if we had signed him. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=6033882

Haha, I wish I was smart enough to sell it. I'm not though...I'm the guy that spent $300 on a SRO ticket to game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals.

Would a cool $160 change your mind about going??? Nah, because the only shipping option was UPS so that was an additional $16. Maybe $175 and I'll have to consider it.

I couldnt get anything on the automated, so I went to a rep...and it took literally 10 minutes to connect to a rep. When she got on, I assumed all were sold out, so I dejectedly asked her if any were left...she searched for 2 minutes and said no sorry...and just as i was about to hang up on her, she said Wait I just saw one pop up. In section 444 for $150, do you want it? I said hell yeah. So she ran through the purchase, and I kept waiting for the call to drop due to AT&T or for her to screw it up and lose the ticket. But it didnt happen. I got it.

I GOT ONE!!!!

Isn't selling tickets for more than face value illegal? Yup Anyways, I don't think anybody who can afford to spend $1200 per game really needs to recoup season ticket costs. Why not? People that have the money to afford them are probably smart enough with their money to know that if you can recoup that much money from selling the tickets to one game, its worth doing. I should mention every season, he goes to maybe 2-3 of the games and gives the rest to his kids and family. He doesn't like to goto the really cold games, but likes being the generous guy who can provide tickets to his family and go to any game he feels like.

Some stats about divisional matchups in the NFL playoffs since the current playoff format was developed in 2002. This will be the 13th playoff game matching up 2 teams from the same division. Here are a bunch of useless stats about divisional games in the playoffs since 2002: When occured.... Wild Card Round - 7 Divisional - 4 Conference - 2 (Baltimore @ Pittsburgh 2 years ago, and now Green Bay @ Chicago) Breakdown of divisions represented..... AFC North - 4 (PIT/BAL (2), CIN/PIT, PIT/CLE) NFC East - 4 (NYG/PHI (2), NYG/DAL, DAL/PHI) AFC East - 2 (NE/NYJ (2)) NFC North - 2 (GB/MIN, CHI/GB) NFC West - 1 (SEA/STL) NFC/AFC South, AFC West - 0 And by team... Pittsburgh - 4 New York Giants - 3 Philadelphia - 3 Baltimore - 2 Dallas - 2 Green Bay - 2 New England - 2 New York Jets - 2 Chicago - 1 Cincinnati - 1 Cleveland - 1 Minnesota - 1 Seattle - 1 St. Louis - 1 Record when...... One team sweeps the other (4-2 in the 3rd game) When the home team wins each game (Home team is 0-1 in the 3rd meeting) When the road team wins each game (Road team is 2-3 in the 3rd meeting) Overall... Home team is 6-6 in the playoff matchup And...the actual list of all games (HOME team in caps) 2002: AFC North - PITTSBURGH 36 Cleveland 33 (Wild Card) (Season: PIT WINS 2-0) 2003: NONE 2004: NFC West - St. Louis 27 SEATTLE 20 (Wild Card) (Season: STL WINS 2-0) NFC North - Minnesota 31 GREEN BAY 17 (Wild Card) (Season: GB WINS 2-0) 2005: AFC North - Pittsburgh 31 CINCINNATI 17 (Wild Card) (Season: 1-1 Road) 2006: AFC East - NEW ENGLAND 37 New York 16 (Wild Card) (Season: 1-1 Road) NFC East - PHILADELPHIA 23 New York 20 (Wild Card) (Season: 1-1 road) 2007: NFC East - New York 21 DALLAS 17 (Divisional) (Season: DAL WINS 2-0) 2008: NFC East - Philadelphia 23 NEW YORK 11 (Divisional) (Season: 1-1 road) AFC North - PITTSBURGH 23 Baltimore 14 (Conference) (Season: PIT WINS 2-0) 2009: NFC East - DALLAS 34 Philadelphia 14 (Wild Card) (Season: DAL WINS 2-0) 2010: AFC North - PITTSBURGH 31 Baltimore 24 (Divisional) (Season: 1-1 Road) AFC East - New York 28 NEW ENGLAND 21 (Divisional) (Season: 1-1 Home) NFC North - Green Bay @ CHICAGO (Conference) (Season: 1-1 Home)

Isn't selling tickets for more than face value illegal? Yup

Favre is going public cheering for the Packers because now that he's retired he realizes he needs to be in good graces with the team he's synonamous with. He's trying to get his number retired and have the fans back on his jock strap. Packers fans being the gullible idiots they are will latch back on and embrace Favre for life once he starts saying the right things about GB again.

4 of the 10 Packer wins were by 7 points or less. 5 of 12 if you count playoffs. He's saying the Packers can't win a close game here, meaning in Chicago. Of the 4 wins by 7 points or less, 3 were at home and the 4 games they won were vs. Detroit by 2, vs. Minnesota by 4, vs. nothing to play for Chicago by 7 and @ Philly by 7. The only one that is even a bit impressive of a 'close win' was Philly, and that was a game the Packers led by a lot and the Eagles made it close late.

Don't stop Erik, you're on a roll!

lol, so ESPN Sportsnation has a poll for who will win the game. The choices are Chicago comfortably, Chicago close, GB comfortably, GB close. GB close has 42%, followed by GB comfortably 32%, followed by Bears close 21% and Bears comfortably 5% But that's not the funny thing. 47 states had Packers close the majority pick. As expected, Illinois was the only state that had Bears in a close one. But then there were 2 states that picked Packers comfortably, Wisconson and......Washington. Those crazy bitter Seahawks fans want the Packers to thrash us. For once, I am glad the Thunder left for OKC. Also sticking with the stereotypes of the Bears: -70% have McCarthy as the better coach -64% think that Jay Cutler's inconsistency is a bigger question mark than GBs running game. -49% think that Chicago having HFA helps "a little" (vs. 30% that think its no advantage)

That's funny, but he was one of only 2 of those "experts" to go 3-1 the week before. He predicted the Seahawks both weeks.

I blame you for watching that abortion of a television program. I'm quitting it this year, but yeah... It's worth it just for Kaplan's on-air tantrum over it on CTL last night, and how the rest of the panel responded to him like he was a brat throwing a hissyfit. I'm glad I'm not the only one that saw that. That was embarrassing, even for Kaplan's standards.

Who do you all think has a better chance of beating the Packers or Bears in the Super Bowl?

He doesn't need prostitutes. And should I force feed Jay Cutler some sugar? I'm kind of tempted. Yeah right, like there's any of that leftover in your apartment There wouldn't be, because I've lived in my own house for the last 5 years. Gotta love the fat jokes from you guys. Nobody's smart enough to think of anything else? Get some new material. (anxiously waits for the next SCATHING fat joke, because, indeed, nobody here IS smart enough to think of anything else) You are the person who made an awful diabetes joke. You aren't smart enough to think of anything else?

He doesn't need prostitutes. And should I force feed Jay Cutler some sugar? I'm kind of tempted. The best you can do is make a diabetes joke? For shame.

Looks like someone wants their number retired.

I have a feeling the Jets are gonna win this. I'll say Jets 19 Steelers 17

Burgess was a 1st round sandwhich pick for the Nats in the 2007 draft. Was this the draft pick we gave the Nats for signing Soriano? Edit: Nevermind, I just looked it up. Burgess' pick was given to the Nats for losing Jose Guillen. Soriano's compensation pick was the first pick of the supplemental round, 31st overall.

Here are some Chicago sports media personalities that rip on the Bears: Hub Arkush Terry Boers Dan Bernstein Dan Pompei Ed Obradovich Doug Buffone Steve Rosenbloom Mark Silverman None of them are necessarily on the beat but they represent people who on a regular basis talk Bears football and are not afraid to talk negative about the Bears.