DAAAAA BEARS!!!!!!!!!

DA BEARS DA BEARS DA BEARS DA BEARS!!!!

I predicted this victory in the comments at Protein Wisdom. I await my high fives and accolades.

Cowboys Do Chicago Bears Impersonation

But still win in astoundingly exciting fashion. I don't normally say this but if you missed that game I feel sorry for you. It was bizarre from the first moment and never anything but exciting to watch.

More interestingly, it appears that Dallas has decided to completely copy Chicago's last year season. Let's look at some parallels...

• Start out 4 - 0.
• During the month of September, a (basically) rookie quarterback puts up MVP numbers while the team leads the league in scoring.
• Embarrass the defending NFC Champions who are struggling on offense.
• Go on the road on Monday night while heavily favored and barely win a game that definitely should have been lost. In the course of this game, the quarterback turns the ball over so many times that it is disturbing.

So, now I have some predictions.

• Dallas will, as the Bears did, lose to the Patriots.
• Tono Romo's troubles at the quarterback position will continue. It was not a fluke. It was a weakness that had been exploited and will continue to be exploited.
• The Cowboys will be the top seed in the NFC.
• The Bears (Defending Champs) will turn their season around to some extent and make the playoffs. They will make it to the Divisional game against the Cowboys and in a stark turnaround from the first game be very competitive but lose in overtime.
• The Cowboys will be evidently outmatched by whatever team it is they play in the Super Bowl and lose.

Bears vs. Packers

So far, the Bears look about as I expected which is to say not good. Their running game is nonexistent and their run defense must have gotten lost with their luggage.

I am enjoying the Packers decision to avoid giving the ball to Hester under any circumstances. Of course, this is because the Packers have less than a snowball's chance in hell of stopping Hester and they know it.

Which, of course, is exactly what I would do. Finally a team has the courage to not give that monster the ball. It will end up contributing significantly to their victory.

Yes. The Packers are going to win. It's 20-17 right now and will end up about 27 - 24.

Alas, the Bears just don't have it this year.

P.S. Can Madden please stop verbally fellating Brett Favre for one fucking minute? More than any other reason, this is why I want Favre to retire. Even Dan Collins' man love for Brett is a candle to the great star of Madden's butt-crush.

Update: Fucking sweeeeeeeeeeeeet. Not only do the Bears win but they get to contribute to Favre's coming interception record!

I love being wrong sometimes. Player of the game? Charles "Peanut" Tillman. Those two forced fumbles kept the Bears in the game until their offense could put something mediocre together.

Hard to find a picture of this guy without a ball in his hand.

Update: During the post-game show on Comcast Sports Net Chicago they showed the press conference with Brett Favre and once again I'm reminded why I've loved to hate this amazing player for so many years. He is truly a class act and a world-class athlete. Too bad he spent the majority of his career stomping my favorite team into the ground.

Yes, Illinois Residents

There are miracles.

Vindication!

I knew my love of football said something good about me. Maybe now we'll get commercials for MENSA and classical music interspersed among the four fucking commercials they play during The High Holy Day of Football. Beer, pickup trucks and penis pills are great and all but if I have to hear John Cougar Mellencamp croon about our country one more time I fear I may opt not to call my doctor after a four hour erection (that's called priapism, dontchaknow).

I'm just that fed up.