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Thanks for the shoutout, but I've been a Bears fan since the Vince Evans era, hoss.

Posted by horatiosanzserif | January 14, 2007 3:22 PM
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I've always loved every team from the Norris Division, especially the Bears. They'll always be second fiddle to the Hawks since I'm a Seattle boy though.

That said, I'll be rooting for the Saints. Not only because they're really good and fun to watch, but I can't stand Grossman; he's a terrible quarterback, and when the fans are rooting for you to put BRIAN GRIESE into the game you know you're in trouble. I also think Urlacher is overrated (he's really good, but you'd think he's Butkus or something the way they talk about him).

It's mostly about Grossman though. He makes Dilfer look like Bart Starr, and NO team should get to the Super Bowl with that kind of QB.

Posted by paul | January 14, 2007 4:21 PM
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That was one entertaining game. Kudos to Gould. I was confident he'd miss that kick. The Hawks represented well, but just couldn't execute on 3rd and short.

Now the entire country will be rooting against Chicago. Kind of like Super Bowl XL, when every jackass was suddenly a Steelers fan just because of Jerome Bettis (who was a Roethlisberger tackle away from becoming Bill Buckner).

Posted by DOUG. | January 14, 2007 6:29 PM
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As one who was within shouting distance of Horatiosanzserif, rest assured that he was confident of the Bears' victory at every turn and turnover. Now I've gotta go through it again next weekend...

Posted by HL | January 14, 2007 6:55 PM
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I can't stand Grossman; he's a terrible quarterback

Hmmm ...

Here's this past weekend's stats for our four surviving QBs:

R. Grossman 21/38 282 7.4 1 1
P. Manning 15/30 170 5.7 0 2
D. Brees 20/32 243 7.6 1 0
T. Brady 27/51 280 5.5 2 3

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but aside from the fumble that doesn't show up in this comparison, Grossman arguably had the best game this weekend -- with the quartet's largest yardage total, second-best completion percentage and (thankfully) only one pick.

Terrible? That's bald Republican territory, hun.

Posted by horatiosanzserif | January 14, 2007 10:01 PM
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Maybe we *could* enjoy our gambling winnings if that hag Margarita Prentice hadn't pushed through a law banning online gambling last year.

Posted by Jesse | January 15, 2007 2:38 AM
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Hey Horatio: sorry to have misread your loyalties.

Hey Jesse: see, there's these guys called "bookies". . . and these places called "Vegas" and "the Internets" . . . so no stinkin' law should get between you and your vice.

Posted by Chicago Fan | January 15, 2007 7:54 AM
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Chicago Fan -- Rest easy, I picked on myself a little for you already. If only I could have done more....

The two teams actually played pretty similar games. Good runs up the middle for scores, quick-hit passing and shots downfield. The difference for me was that Grossman was able to handle his end of that business, and the Seattle D couldn't get enough stops on the downfield play and vs. the running game. The Bears took the 'Grossman Strategy' right back to us, laying some nice hits on Hasselbeck and otherwise hurrying him.

My beef with the Hawks is that their WRs seemed to feel Bad-Grossmanned around the Bears DBs. Not only did they have some big, anticipating-the-hit drops, but also on plays where Hasselbeck had extra time in the backfield, the WR's didn't work hard enough to give Hasselbeck somewhere scrappy to throw to on the fly. Not quite enough mental game to go beyond the script. They could have had more fire in 'em to pull our team ahead -- one play here, one play there. We were sunk on the 3 down game.

You know what, though, CF? I might just root for Grossman and The Bears vs. the Saints. I hate a bandwagon (of media-driven 'destiny')and I like a guy like Grossman's sticktoitiveness. I like teammates that'll stick with a guy like that and lift him up to help him play well in a big game. That'd be something, if Grossman had two more good games in him. He'll need 'em.

Posted by Lloyd Clydesdale | January 15, 2007 8:58 AM
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Chicago Fan -- Rest easy, I picked on myself a little for you already. If only I could have done more....

The two teams actually played pretty similar games. Good runs up the middle for scores, quick-hit passing and shots downfield. The difference for me was that Grossman was able to handle his end of that business, and the Seattle D couldn't get enough stops on the downfield play and vs. the running game. The Bears took the 'Grossman Strategy' right back to us, laying some nice hits on Hasselbeck and otherwise hurrying him.

My beef with the Hawks is that their WRs seemed to feel Bad-Grossmanned around the Bears DBs. Not only did they have some big, anticipating-the-hit drops, but also on plays where Hasselbeck had extra time in the backfield, the WR's didn't work hard enough to give Hasselbeck somewhere scrappy to throw to on the fly. Not quite enough mental game to go beyond the script. They could have had more fire in 'em to pull our team ahead -- one play here, one play there. We were sunk on the 3 down game.

You know what, though, CF? I might just root for Grossman and The Bears vs. the Saints. I hate a bandwagon (of media 'destiny') and I like a guy like Grossman's sticktoitiveness. I like teammates that'll stick with a guy like that and lift him up to help him play well in a big game. That'd be something, if Grossman had two more good ones in him. He'll need 'em.

Posted by Lloyd Clydesdale | January 15, 2007 9:16 AM
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double-post flag.

Posted by Lloyd Clydesdale | January 15, 2007 1:40 PM
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very interesting!

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