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  1. UMFan83
    I expected the experts to side slightly more in favor of the Bears. The 2 main reasons why their thinking that way is: 1) The Giants looked horrible last week but they aren't THIS horrible of a team. The experts cannot see them falling to 1-3 2) The Bears are a surprise 3-0 but haven't dominated anyone and are due for a loss. The Bears have an easy schedule ahead and no expert thinks the Bears can start off 7-0 because they aren't a 7-0 caliber team. Therefore a desperate Giants team on the road should take them in the experts mind.
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    A streaky hitter on a hot streak? You don't say! Sorry, I'm just bigger because I wasted a first round fantasy pick on him.
  3. UMFan83
    I didn't like what they did in the offseason. I thought people said that they would be a challenger this year though. I mean anything's possible in the East.
  4. UMFan83
    Since the Hawks won the Cup, I've had a new co-worker from Philly take up residence in the cube next to mine. I have called him over repeatedly to show him things like the SC engraving the other day, and now the ring. I just want him to see what would have happened if they won, why is he so angry?
  5. UMFan83
    I heard that the Packers lost this past Monday to the Chicago Bears? Is this true? If so, does this mean that the Bears are the superior team? Please let me know as I am anxiously awaiting responses. PS. Since this is clearly the biggest game of the year for the Bears (right?), is it appropriate to celebrate like they just won the Super Bowl? Because it's pretty clear that this one football game now and forever clearly determines the superior football franchise.
  6. UMFan83
    But the thing is, he wasn't even really gettin the team good field position the last couple of years. I think he was either average or slightly below average in punt return yardage the last 2 seasons.
  7. UMFan83
    If he was going to pick a good time to return his first punt for a TD in 2 years, on Monday Night Football was perfect.
  8. UMFan83
    :banghead:
  9. UMFan83
    Actually, Brandon Marshall might work out better than your current options. LOL I meant Brandon Jackson. For real?
  10. UMFan83
    I'm not a fan of these huge ratings especially because this game topped another Bear game from last year. ESPN and NBC see these numbers are going to want the Bears in primetime but I prefer the Sunday afternoon games by a wide margin. Why doesn't ESPN put the games on ABC and get even more viewers? I think that having the games on ESPN raises the profile of the network and ultimately helps ESPN more than having the games on ABC would. Maybe I'm wrong. But I know when there's a good game on MNF or the Bears are on, I leave the TV on ESPN all afternoon until probably an hour after the game even if I'm not exactly sitting there watching every minute.
  11. UMFan83
    I don't know how the Cubs are going to cut $15 million from their payroll and still afford Dunn as I've seen speculated. The only definitive thing I've read though was from Ricketts himself saying that payroll would probably go down a bit next year. In owner speak "probably" likely means "will".
  12. UMFan83
    This is for 1984 assholes
  13. UMFan83
    I listened to sports radio for a big portion of the day and I didnt hear anyone "horny" about the whatever nonsense you were talking about. I did hear people excited that we are 3-0 and beat 2 Super Bowl contenders. I also heard people talking about how many mistakes we made and we're lucky to win. I heard people say that they think the Packers are still probably the better team. 3 weeks ago we thought our team would be mediocre to bad. Now we've started out 3-0. We're excited, no matter how we've won the games. You came into the season hoping to get into the Super Bowl. So of course losing to the Bears in week 3 isn't going to as big of a deal to you. We're coming from completely different wavelengths here. Continously posting about how the Packers are the better team just makes you look stupid and bitter that you lost a game. Shut up and let us enjoy football.
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    Of course I should mention that they've gone 8-14 at home in that same stretch.
  15. UMFan83
    If the Cubs can finish this one off today, they will have gone 16-3 (!!!!) in their last 19 road games. That is absolutely unreal. The best teams don't even do that very often. Heres a breakdown: Won last 2 @ STL (2-0) Swept a 3 game series @ WAS (5-0) Won 1 of 3 @ CIN (6-2) Won 2 of 3 @ MIL (8-3) Swept a 3 game series @ STL (11-3) Swept a 3 game series @ FLA (14-3) Won first 2 games @ SDG (16-3)
  16. UMFan83
    That boggles my mind every year when that stat comes up. I mean it makes sense but it's difficult for any team to lose 20 years in a row when they play there once a year.
  17. UMFan83
    So is the Colts' defensive line, though, with Mathis and Freeney. has clady ever given up a sack? He has. Like Once. And Clady and Harris are studs, but besides that the Broncos Line is just ok. And they have battled injury's all year h Ugh he was 2 picks from being a Bear (Clady). Instead we got Chris Williams...blah
  18. UMFan83
    Turned it around from what? The point is Zambrano was never the High 4 ERA guy he was superficially earlier in the year. Well this is true as his ERA was never in the high 4's earlier in the year it was in the mid 6's and was over 7 as late as the middle of May and didn't drop below 5 until the end of August. I think it's fair to call it a turn around. Whether he was pitching to his true ability is immaterial - he was pitching poorly. I also think there was more going on at the begining of the year than we have heard - in regards to the moving to the bullpen. Part of the reason that his ERA didn't drop below 5 until late is because he wasn't given the chance to work through his early season struggles. He was thrown in the pen for a month and then got himself suspended for 3 weeks. He really hasn't started games consistently all year until late July.
  19. UMFan83
    Raw, based on that report about Tommie in the hotel, the fact that a disgruntled Tommie in the locker room probably isn't a good thing, and his salary, I don't think he lasts the season as a Bears. I think the Bears will take a week or two to look for a trade, but they definitely hurt his value yesterday, and then he will be cut. I think the Bears making Harris inactive yesterday signaled that they are moving on from the Tommie Harris era.
  20. UMFan83
    Hunter Hillenmeyer is technically still on the roster too. Whoops, yeah him too.
  21. UMFan83
    Tied with every thread erik has posted in this year.
  22. UMFan83
    I believe it. I don't think DVOA looks kindly at "bend but don't break". And we've been living too dangerously on that this year.
  23. UMFan83
    This is great...keep it going guys. Now the criticism is that us Bears fans think we're going to the super bowl? Outside of all the Bears fans baiting you guys into more hilarious responses, I've seen Bears fans admitting things like "Rodgers is better than Cutler", "The Bears were lucky to win tonight", "Deep down I know the Packers are better than the Bears", "Rodgers is really really good". But you all read past that for some reason. Yes, omg the Bears team that we all thought was going to go mediocre at best is 3-0 after beating 2 Super Bowl contenders. why wouldn't we be excited? That doesn't mean we think we're the clear best team in the NFC North or whatever words you put in our mouths. It means we are excited at the performance of our football team. Isn't that what sports is all about?
  24. UMFan83
    ESPN has the Bears 6th in their latest Power rankings. The Packers dropped to 4th
  25. UMFan83
    It sucks that the Bears are now going to lose their last 13 games according to Bill Simmons' preseason predictions.
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