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On Reddit they were discussing how if there was to be a “random” COVID outbreak to prevent this game from being played and both teams won out, IU would hold the tiebreaker due to the record of out of division opponents and go to Indy. :D Wouldn't put it past Tom Allen.

IU looked pretty meh offensively today, despite pretty good yardage thru the air. The defense was dominant and shut out Michigan St, who really didn't ever get all that close to scoring. They did get shutout themselves in the 2nd half, and had their first failures in the red zone all year with an INT, two turnovers on downs, and kneel downs. So, got that stuff to clean up. But 4-0 with the biggest game in program history on deck. #BringOnTheBuckeyes!

I didn't think Nagy's playcalling was bad, per se. My issues with him was short yardage calls, situational awareness, and the hockey line change mass substitutions after a successful play, allowing the defense to adjust personnel. But my best hope for this move is that we get fewer bad timeouts because it takes the play too long to get in, which has been a 3-year issue. And we get the offense to the line faster to prevent a defense from challenging and vice versa, removing the extra burden allows Nagy to challenge some things he should. As for the game, I'm interested to see if it's the same old Bears vs. the same old Vikings. Nagy is 4-0 vs. the Vikings. Kirk Cousins is 0-3 vs. the Bears as a Viking, and I believe is like 0-5 on MNF. He's been particularly bad at Soldier Field. It really hasn't mattered how good these teams have been either. 2018, a good Bears team beat a mediocre Vikings team twice. 2019, the roles were reversed and the Bears still won both. This year, both are mediocre but trending in opposite directions. Dalvin Cook's best game against the Bears is 11 carries for 39 yards. And while the Bears run D hasn't been great this year, it's trending in the right direction and they did a pretty good job last week against Henry. When the Bears are on offense, the Vikings' best pass rusher is now on another team. They have what are among the worst CBs in the league. But the Titans didn't have a strong front 4 either and they dominated the Bears. I don't know who is starting on the Bears OL. I don't know if Montgomery is going to play. But I know the OL won't be good. I thought Nagy called a good game last week accounting for his bad OL. But Foles kinda crapped his pants when pressured, even though some of those were warranted. Not sure what to expect anymore other than offensive failure, but this is probably the key game of the season. A loss moves the Bears to 5-5 and the first 4-game losing streak of the Nagy era, and would be the official "beginning of the end" for this team and possibly this regime as I'd expect a downward spiral to continue. A win moves them to 6-4 going into the bye week, and with the Rams playing the Seahawks and the Cards playing the Bills there's a good chance a win puts the Bears a 1/2 game up for a playoff spot over both teams. Plus, a win here probably means a win later against the Vikings (because at that point they'd lose anything to play for and it'll be clear the Bears have their number). And it'd give me confidence for wins against Detroit, Jacksonville and Houston to get them to a 10-win season, which SHOULD be enough to get them an extra game in January.

Big Ten is going to be a gauntlet. I saw IU ranked 18th in power rankings last week, and they don't even crack the top 7 of the conference.

I know you are frustrated, this isn't entirely accurate. 1) to compare Nagy with Reid is....not reassuring. Reid's been in the league for decades and failed multiple times before he won the SB. Nagy COULD do that too, but if he follows Reid's trajectory, it won't be with us 2) Pace didn't stabilize the franchise with Fox, Fox was not Paces hire iirc 3) Paces drafts have been a little here, a miss there. I wasn't comparing Nagy to Reid, it was moreso to Pederson. Fox was Pace's hire. Might not have been his choice only, but it was his hire and we can't just throw out those 3 years.

You know what the next step is. Bears fandom just isn't ready to admit it yet. Clean house and rebuild from scratch. They can't even do that because of all the money owed to players. Mack, Quinn, Goldman, Trevathan, Jackson, Foles, and Whitehair all have untradeable, uncuttable contracts. So, when you have that much money tied up....you're basically forced to do a mini rebuild and best and hope to compete. I'd be comfortable if cleaning house was the next step. That's Jacksonville. I'd kill to be Jacksonville right now. Next step is to again try to find a QB, fix the OL, and do so super quick while the defense is still competent; with or without a new coach and/or GM.

OMG top 10! Never thought I'd see the day!

I think the worst part of this is that people are saying on Twitter that "this is the worst offensive performance in years". But it's really not. It's a typical offensive performance. Hell, they were worse just 2 games ago against the Rams. Performances like this have happened time and again. Under Nagy, under Fox, under Trestman, under Lovie, under Jauron, Wannstedt, Ditka, every coach ever. Why in 2020 are the Bears still the only team that hasn't ever figured out the offensive side of the ball? Can blow it up and start all over, but is it even going to matter? The Bears did everything right. Hired a young, upstart GM that moved his way up from a scout to player personnel director in a championship organization. He stabilized a disaster with a professional hire in John Fox. He didn't sit back and hope to luck into a QB, he got his guy at QB, got him what should have been the perfect coach. A young coach from a very successful coaching tree who had success with QBs, even called some offensive plays for a bit. A coach that followed in the same exact footsteps of the previous Andy Reid coaching tree hire, who would go on to win a Superbowl for a championship starved franchise. I hate that i don't know what the next step would even be. And I hate it more that it's very possible that step doesn't work either.

Tough 1-score loss in a close hard fought game. Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

In the same place he had 4 of them several years ago Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

Bears are losing a game by 3 scores where they've held Henry to 2ypc and the QB to 5 complete passes. Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

Jimmy Graham 0 effort on blocking of any kind. Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

Can't believe people think they should've gone for the FG last drive. It was 4th and inches. You should expect to get that every time. It was the best drive of the game. Seize that momentum. Take a chance for a TD when you don't know if you'll get another chance. Don't blame Nagy for going for it. Blame him for having a team that constantly shoots itself in the foot. Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

Can you fire Nagy mid game? Severe lack of discipline and professionalism Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

horsefeathers this game. I was supposed to be at this game, but Covid. The rest of my family did go just to see my nephew possibly tear up his knee. And the worst offensive performance since Todd Collins. Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

Take a horsefeathering knee Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

Sadly, it's the guys who are normal starters getting beat every play. Ifedi and Leno Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

Jim Brown couldn't gain yards on these runs today. Mainly because he's 84 years old. Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

Bears football 101. Great fake punt call and execution. Followed by a 1st down timeout. Followed by 3 and out. Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

Just run fake punts all game. 0 chance of scoring any other way Sent from my moto e5 supra using Tapatalk

Hey look a bad short yardage play call!

Deon Bush is in the same boat as well. This is a damn mess. But hey, the games must go on!

IU Football! #WeAreGood Defense is legit.

Looks like Jadeveon Clowney is a longshot to play this Sunday. Hasn't practiced all week (including today). CB Adoree Jackson, slot WR Adam Humphries, and punter Brett Kern are out for the Titans.

Matt Miller had a mock this week with all 4 in the top 9 (Lawrence, Fields, Lance and Wilson in that order). Bears got Mac Jones at 18 (Kyle Trask was picked ahead of Jones so 6 QBs went top 18). Yeah, I saw that. Matt Miller used to have some connections, but he's so out of touch now. The Wilson hype train is out of control because BYU has played the most games in the country and I'm pretty sure all have been on national TV. Six QBs is the record for the first round of the draft. And that was the legendary 1983 draft class. 1999 had five QBs in the top 12 (with QBs going 1-2-3), but the league was much more QB starved back then. That being said, I could see 6 going in this draft if Mac Jones even comes out. Lawrence- 1 Fields- top 3 Lance- top 10 Wilson- top 20 Jones and Trask- end of 1st.