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  1. UMFan83
    Dallas losing tonight kills me. They will likely now be a #5 seed. With the way the Seahawks are playing, this means Dallas will likely upset Seattle at home and advance to play the Bears. Dallas is the one team that scares me in the playoffs as our secondary simply will not be able to stop both TO and Glenn IMO. Any other team and I'd feel comfortable, but not the Cowboys, although it now seems like a formality that we play them.
  2. UMFan83
    Could bare the fact that you were a Sox fan, but a Packers fan too? That's 2 strikes....I'll be watching closely for the third ;)
  3. UMFan83
    Is that a good thing? Losing 15 pounds over the offseason while coming to camp more trimmed and cut = good thing Losing 15 pounds over a 2 week period following a tramatic arrest and death of your best friend = bad thing Of course, quitting marijuana and its appetizing side effects may do that to someone too ;)
  4. UMFan83
    So that you can beat us in the second round again? Geez, I dunno... BTW, why is it very unlikely that the Bears with their starters at least playing a quarter or two can beat the Packers, who truely aren't very good?
  5. UMFan83
    Now that the NFC West and NFC South have been locked up, looks like these will be the Bears opponents next year: Home: vs. Packers vs. Lions vs. Vikings vs. Cowboys vs. Giants vs. Broncos vs. Chiefs vs. Saints Road: @ Packers @ Lions @ Vikings @ Eagles @ Redskins @ Raiders @ Chargers @ Seahawks Folks, that looks like a tough schedule. All of the 5 non-divisional home games are harder then any home game we played this year. And the road schedule looks freaking hard too.
  6. UMFan83
    I really don't think the Bears are trying their hardest...and why should they? Why shouldn't they? It's still football. I don't care if we've clinched everything, it's the Lions, they are a two-win team, and a division rival. Come out and play hard. No but why show all our confusing schemes on offense and defense while giving our future playoff opponent more tape to study. Just do the basics and get by healthy. UMF? Positive outlook!? WITH A SPORTS TEAM!? *brain explodes* Your right, it doesn't matter, we are just going to lose in the second round anyways. Play to win boys! 14 win regular seasons are remembered far longer then Super Bowl victories you bums!
  7. UMFan83
    I really don't think the Bears are trying their hardest...and why should they? Why shouldn't they? It's still football. I don't care if we've clinched everything, it's the Lions, they are a two-win team, and a division rival. Come out and play hard. No but why show all our confusing schemes on offense and defense while giving our future playoff opponent more tape to study. Just do the basics and get by healthy.
  8. UMFan83
    I really don't think the Bears are trying their hardest...and why should they?
  9. UMFan83
    You really think the Bears D is playing like crap? I can't get the game here, but I am sure they are running very simple schemes and not giving anything away.
  10. UMFan83
    Also, according to Rotoworld: Just a reminder: Grossman started out 4-16 for 1 yard in the first 25 minutes of the Bears playoff game last year (no joke)
  11. UMFan83
    They haven't made it since 1997, why start now :(
  12. UMFan83
    The White Sox have a lot of young pitching...the Yankees need a lot of young pitching. Crede appears to be on the way out of Chicago, ARod appears to be on the way out of NY. Hmm...
  13. UMFan83
    Reminds me of the Bulls two seasons ago. Had to claw their way into a playoff spot, and finally they were 1/2 game back of Philly, and low and behold, they were playing Philly next. They demolished them and took the 8th seed away. Let's hope it happens to the Hawks tonight. That was last season, not two year's ago. The team two year's ago had no trouble getting into the playoffs as they had the 3rd best record in the East. Actually I am referring to two years ago. When the Bulls started 0-9, they had a long way to crawl back to get into playoff contention. In Early January they stood at 14-18, while I think Philly was 15-19 or something. The Bulls killed Philly by like 30 points to improve to 15-18. The reason I made the connection is because the Bulls that season and the Hawks this season are relatively at the same points of their seasons and both started out rather bad (although the Hawks started out hot but lost a bunch in a row and fell into a hole)
  14. UMFan83
    Reminds me of the Bulls two seasons ago. Had to claw their way into a playoff spot, and finally they were 1/2 game back of Philly, and low and behold, they were playing Philly next. They demolished them and took the 8th seed away. Let's hope it happens to the Hawks tonight.
  15. UMFan83
    That's rough. At least he can play for now.
  16. UMFan83
    http://www.miami.com/images/miami/miamiherald/16299/thumb_265662925361.jpg
  17. UMFan83
    What is it about them? I'm guessing it's the same thing about the general population that does it all the time. Touche. But still you'd think with all that money they could get a cab or have a limo escort them around town.
  18. UMFan83
    Man, what is it about professional athletes thinking that they can drink and drive whenever they feel like it? Let's hope this is an isolated incident, because I had previously held his character in high regard.
  19. UMFan83
    There is no way outside big injuries that the cubs will finish only 8 games better than they did last year. Agree to disagree, the pitching is terrible, offense mildly improved. Lee will help of course.
  20. UMFan83
    Almost forgot: Cubs as a whole: BA: .266/.270/.273 OBP: .316/.325/.335 (high end is if the team really clicks and the protection in the lineup causes a lot of pitchers to pitch around the sluggers) SLG: .427/.440/.446 HR: 180/190/200 R: 730/750/780 Wins: 74/79/83 I don't feel like doing pitching right now.
  21. UMFan83
    Bears fans, you are probably fretting about who to root for in tonight's game. I have a solution: Vote for a tie, and watch both teams get knocked out of the playoffs at once!
  22. UMFan83
    My expectations really quickly: (Low/Expected/High) Barrett: (800/820/845) Lee: (900/940/1020) DeRosa: (680/740/760) Izturis: (620/680/715) Ramirez: (860/905/1000) Soriano: (820/865/910) Jones: (750/810/840) Murton: (810/830/850) Zambrano: (2.95/3.20/3.65) Hill: (3.40/3.90/4.30) Lilly: (3.90/4.30/4.60) Marquis: (4.50/5.00/5.50) Miller: (4.20/4.45/4.85) Prior (if he were to start 25 games): (3.60/4.00/4.40)
  23. UMFan83
    He's THE ultimate MLB gamer? Hmm...we'd be stupid not to sign him :)
  24. UMFan83
    I don't even count the year that they won 90 games, 1998 as legit either seeing as it took them 163 games to do it. Just think 17 seasons without a 90 win season (in 162 games). Pretty amazing. Last year we were 30 games under .500. The last time a team like the Red Sox was 30 games under .500 in any point in the season? 1963 I believe. This has gotta stop, and I don't think Ted Lilly and Jason Marquis are the answer to that.
  25. UMFan83
    Very nice :lol:
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