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  1. UMFan83
    Of course I should mention that they've gone 8-14 at home in that same stretch.
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    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)
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    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.
  4. 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
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
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    Hunter Hillenmeyer is technically still on the roster too. Whoops, yeah him too.
  8. UMFan83
    Tied with every thread erik has posted in this year.
  9. 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.
  10. 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?
  11. UMFan83
    ESPN has the Bears 6th in their latest Power rankings. The Packers dropped to 4th
  12. UMFan83
    It sucks that the Bears are now going to lose their last 13 games according to Bill Simmons' preseason predictions.
  13. UMFan83
    I counted 17.... Mark Anderson Lance Briggs Desmond Clark Rashied Davis Roberto Garza Robbie Gould Chris Harris* Tommie Harris Devin Hester Israel Idonije Olin Kreutz Patrick Mannelly Daniel Manning Brad Maynard Charles Tillman Brian Urlacher Rod Wilson* *=Left the Bears and returned between 2006 and 2010
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    Also, I saw this today and thought it was interesting. Can anyone guess how many Bears currently on the 53 man roster, were also on the roster in 2006?
  15. UMFan83
    I knew someone would call me out on that. The only reason is because A) I thought Washington would be awful this year, and although they did in fact look awful last week, they were better than I thought the 2 prior weeks and while I don't think they are better than the Bears B) I just could not predict the Bears starting the season 7-0. So if they don't lose that one, they'll probably lose to the Giants or the Seahawks. I do have the Bears beating NE and the Jets. NE mostly because their defense is pretty bad, and because it will likely be really cold for that one, and not that I am a big fan of Bears weather, especially against a team that also plays in the cold and succeeds there, but I think the cold will slow the Pats passing attack enough for the Bears to have success. The Jets were just a complete gut feeling. I don't the gist that they are a great team. They are definitely good though.
  16. UMFan83
    Revised schedule prediction: Team Prediction (Preseason Prediction) 1 Detroit W (W) 2 @ Dallas W (L) 3 Green Bay W (L) 4 @ New York W (L) 5 @ Carolina W (L) 6 Seattle W (W) 7 Washingtin L (W) 8 BYE 9 @ Buffalo W (W) 10 Minnesota L (L) 11 @ Miami W (W) 12 Philadelphia L (L) 13 @ Detroit W (W) 14 New England W (L) 15 @ Minnesota L (L) 16 New York W (L) 17 @ Green Bay L (L) Final Record 11-5 (Preseason 6-10) Maybe that seems too ambitious. I tried to not look at it like a homer but the way the season is shaping up with regards to how good teams have been so far, the schedule looks slightly easier than earlier on. Everyone said before that 3 of the first 4 and last 4 were extremely tough. Well we've made it through the first 4 at 3-1 at worst. That alone should change people's predictions, because I would be stunned to see proof of anyone predicting the Bears to beat both Dallas and GB when the schedule came out. We'll probably lose a game that we should win, and we could in fact win another game that we shouldn't, so that evens out.
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    I think the one on the Giants official website is actually fairly decent.
  18. UMFan83
    Oh also, UNCLE MILTY WAS RIGHT: Thank God Nick Collins doesn't have his kids in Chicago schools.
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    This is a couple of pages ago, but I love the Packers fan pointing out the Packers beat the Bears twice in their 13-3 season in 2001. Isn't that exactly what happened in reverse in 2007? (Bears beat the Packers twice in their 13-3 season)
  20. UMFan83
    I'm not sure what you mean. First few weeks of the season we beat GB 26-0, DET 34-7, MIN 19-16, defending NFC champ SEA 37-6, BUF 41-7 before the lucky Arizona game. Before that game we were generally regarded as the first or second best team in the league. We were #1 in ESPN power rankings.
  21. UMFan83
    Look, we can't be held responsible for what the White Sox segment of Bears fans does for fun.
  22. UMFan83
    No you aren't. Yes. I am. All I'm saying is that after a comment like this there had better not be complaining about how the Bears "should have won" if there is a game they lose where there were a bunch of missed tackles. Again, what the hell are you talking about? Do you ever expect a Bears fan to come onto a forum heavily populated by Packers fans minutes after a Bears loss and immediately say "we gave you the game because of missed tackles. You got a gift win."? If you do, you are unbelievably insane.
  23. UMFan83
    A big reason why the Bears were even in a position to win the game there is because the Packers consistently shot themselves in the foot with mistakes and dumb penalties. How many games are the Packers going to allow a team to stay close to them when they should be blowing them out before you admit that its killing the Packers chances of being a SB contender? No doubt the Packers are very talented, and they would probably have to still be my favorite for the division at this point, but you should feel down about your teams chances to win in the playoffs with such an undisciplined team. This is the first game this year the Packers shot themselves in the foot with penalties. They only had 2 penalties against the Eagles and had 6 penalties against the Bills, but that was a blowout anyways. Like I said before, today the penalties are disappointing and a few of them downright moronic but one game doesn't make a pattern. I'm sorry but you just nearly set the franchise mark for most ever penalties in a game, and you led the league in penalties last year and you aren't finding a pattern based off the fact that you didn't shoot your self in the foot for 2 whole games in a row, 1 being a blowout.
  24. UMFan83
    PS, I love how we are able to affect the WC race the next 3 days. While I'd probably like SD to make it over someone like Atlanta, I'm not really hugely against any of those 3 teams making it.
  25. UMFan83
    I thought that was gone off the bat, then I remembered that we were in Petco. Remarkably similar to how a game ended in SD in 2008 with Kerry Wood on the bump.
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