I would like to take a moment and offer my condolences to all of the Bear fans out there. Yesterday, I really did pull for the Bears and wanted them to win. Due to a bet, I even wore a Grossman jersey. Now it was told to me that I could use said jersey to wipe the beer, pickled herring, boneless hot wings, barbeque lil’ smokie’s and more beer shite from my arse after Grossman’s performance on the field. In fact I believe what was said is, “When I get that back I want big long brown streaks running all over the number 8. Then I’m going to frame it as a reminder.”

Tempting as that was, I did not do it. Not because it would be disgusting and not because I wouldnÂ’t have enjoyed doing it. I just figured the Bear fans had suffered enough trauma and did not need nor really want to see that.

Bear FanÂ’s, trust me; I know how it feels when your team looses the Super Bowl. Back in 98 when the PackerÂ’s lost to the BroncoÂ’s, I felt pretty crappy. Sure, I justified it by saying that John Elway deserved to winÂ… But so did the Packers! And that pain lasted for a while. But let me assure you that it does fade after time. You wonÂ’t forget, but you will start to forgive those that didnÂ’t play up to their potential. Well most of them anyway.

So Bear fans, I truly am here to help you all out in any way possible. But I must confess something to all of you. On Friday it was told to me by some very loyal Bear Fans that my rooting for the Bears could be the kiss of death, since IÂ’m a die-hard Packer fan. I think they may be right. I think that as a die-hard Packer fan, my embracing our archrivals may have caused a rift in fabric of luck and jinxed the Bears to lose. That and I havenÂ’t accurately picked a Super Bowl winner for 7 years now.

Sorry.

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The big question is, who will win? Being in northern Illinois, the Bear fans in abundance, including the bandwagon boys, are all declaring that the Bears have already won. I want the Bears to win; IÂ’m rooting for the Bears to win. I just donÂ’t know if they will.

So my question to all of you is, who will win? Can the Bears great defense stop the Colts great offense? IÂ’m curious as to what everyoneÂ’s predictions are. IÂ’m thinking 27-24 Bears.

WhatÂ’s your prediction?

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There has been a lot of speculation and opinion in the local media lately regarding the upcoming Super Bowl. It’s not what you are thinking it’s for either. Sure the local team, the Chicago Bears, made it to the Super Bowl. They aren’t talking about “Are the Bears going to win”, nope it’s all “The Bears are going to win”. What they are spending all this time discussing is, “Can a true Packer Fan cheer for the Bears to win the Super Bowl.” Yea, our local media is really on top of those important issues.

This topic has made it on the evening news a couple of times. ItÂ’s all over the radio, and it even was a headline in the local Newspaper. IÂ’ll admit that IÂ’ve even had this conversation with fellow Packer, Viking, Lions, Bear and even Rams fans, and IÂ’ve discovered one thing. There is a lot of hate between fans of a team and opposing teams in their division/region. Before I go any further, IÂ’m a Packer fan as you may all have realized by now. I have been since the early 80Â’s. They are my team of choice and I support them. The thought of picking a different favorite team has never crossed my mind.

IÂ’m rooting for the Bears this Sunday, GO BEARS!

Why? Because they are from the same division the Packers are. They are part of the NFC North, the once NFC Central, the true Black and Blue division. The one that has two of the most historic teams in the NFL, the Packers and the Bears. Once the Packers were eliminated from the playoffs, (which honestly should have been long before the last weekend of the seasonÂ… what right does an 8-8 team have being in the playoffs?) I started pulling for the Bears. They represent the division my team is in. They carry with them the honor and the tradition that both my beloved Packers and the Bears have so valiantly fought for over the years. I have no animosity toward the team, and since my team is obviously not in the big game, why shouldnÂ’t I root for them?

Well, apparently I am the only person in the whole damned country that feels that way. Every Packer, Lion, Viking and Ram fan I talked to said, “Hell no I’m not rooting for the Bears, I’m pulling for the Colts!” Some of them used much stronger language then that. Every Bear fan I talked to made a comment along the lines, “When the Packers went to the Super Bowl I rooted for New England and/or Denver.” Again some used much stronger language then that. Okay, a lot of them used much stronger language then that. There was a lot of hate there. Which, I just can’t understand.

I love my team, but damn… they aren’t there! I’d rather see a respected rival win it then some AFC team with a media whore QB that will put his likeness or image on anything for a buck (And also has a tendency to choke in the big games). Yea the Bears handed the Pack their arses opening weekend, but we returned the favor on New Years… maybe not as bad, but we still did. Plus if the Bears win I can always hold onto, “Yea the Bears won the Super Bowl, but even the Packers could beat them that year.”

I just canÂ’t understand how my fellow Packer fans canÂ’t be magnanimous about this like myself. If the Packers arenÂ’t in the Super Bowl and another team from the NFC north makes it, I shall cheer for them.

Unless itÂ’s the Vikings, then they can burn in hell those rotten sons of goats!

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1 Thanks! I have done the same thing when the Packers were there.

Posted by: Raging Mom at January 31, 2007 08:18 AM (l+Chn)

2 Being the *cough* loyal *cough* Lions fan that I am I am rooting for the Bears ..

One, because the NFL Bandwagon simulation told me I should ...

Two, Because they are like the Lions (except the Bears win) and they are in our Division. If you Division wins the big one it makes everyone else in the Division a little better.

Posted by: Quality Weenie at January 31, 2007 09:43 AM (BksWB)

3 Until that last line I was getting worried...

Nobody should burden themselves with rooting for the Vikings

Posted by: graumagus at January 31, 2007 12:05 PM (LV+mK)

4 I'll be rootin' for the Bears from here!

Posted by: Richmond at January 31, 2007 01:45 PM (e8QFP)

5 I rooted for the Bears because I'll be damned if I'm going to root for a bunch of pansy-ass dome-babies.

Posted by: Harvey at February 05, 2007 03:36 PM (L7a63)

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This is unconscionable. The NFL is prohibiting tailgating at the Super Bowl. ThatÂ’s right, they have banned tailgating.

"There is no tailgating allowed in the Dolphin Stadium parking lots," Sue Jaquez, a member of the Super Bowl XLI Host Committee, confirmed on Tuesday. "And there is no tailgating anywhere within a one-mile radius of the stadium." "And there are no RVs allowed."

Now, this isnÂ’t something that the DolphinÂ’s organization did. ItÂ’s the NFL.

Tailgating is permitted during regular- and post-season games for Dolphins fans, a team official on Tuesday said it would indeed be allowed at the Super Bowl. According to Jaquez, however, the official has been seriously misinformed.

The Dolphins do not organize and oversee the Super Bowl, Jaquez pointed out. Instead, those duties are left up to NFL officials. And because of security reasons, no pre-game partying on (or very near) the premises will take place. Fans spotted tailgating could face charges, Jaquez said.

Okay, there are some things that are sacred to football, and tailgating is one of them. As many of you know, IÂ’m a huge football fan. Heck, my obsession with football can almost be labeled as unhealthy. With that being said, the NFL is starting to piss me off. First with their stunt of moving games to Thursday night and only showing them on their network. Now this.

I have to stick up for my NFC central rival fans. I know that if my team was going to the Superbowl, I had tickets and wasnÂ’t allowed to tailgate; IÂ’d be pretty damned pissed off. Bears fans that make it to the game are being denied the joy and pleasure of tailgating at the most important game of the year. The tradition of tailgating is almost a sacred thing, and especially if your team is in the big game. To take away that tradition would be like having the Fourth of July without fireworks, Christmas without presents, Thanksgiving without turkey or St. PatrickÂ’s Day without green beer! Time honored traditions them all.

IÂ’m wondering how they are going to enforce no tailgating within a one-mile radius of the stadium. I mean seriously, the NFL may have jurisdiction over what can be done on the stadium grounds, but once you get off the stadium property, they have no authority. Did the city of Miami and Miami-Dade county officials approve this as well? I mean, you would think this would be an enforcement nightmare. Then again the officials are probably bending over and taking it from the NFL just so they can host the Super Bowl. IÂ’m not sure how the DolphinÂ’s Stadium is set up, but if I lived with in that mile radius, I think IÂ’d be having a big arse BBQ that day. Just to see what they did, or tried to handle it.

So NFL, shame on you! Shame on you for once again giving your fans the shaft!

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1 That's a crock.

And criminal.

Posted by: That 1 Guy at January 27, 2007 11:04 AM (Hn1Gg)

2 I think the one article I saw about it has Miami Dade assisting the NFL with it

Of the two to me the RV one would cause the most problems. Think how many folks bought their sup-er bowl tickets, god knows how far in advance, who planned to drive now have to make last minute alternative arrangements?

Any rate take it easy and go Colt's

Posted by: BloodSpite at January 27, 2007 11:09 AM (MsT2U)

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The Bears won the NFC championship. This means that after 16 years I have to fulfill a bet. Many years ago Graumagus and I made a bet regarding the Bears and the Packers. I know I’ve mentioned it before, but I can’t find the post. Anyway the bet that was made way back in the early 90’s was: If the Packers make it to the Super Bowl, then Grau has to wear a Packer shirt. If the Bears make it to the Super Bowl, I have to wear a Bear’s shirt.” The now extinct Frizzen Sparks (It’s gone folks, I’m not bothering to link to a 404 page.) had a post on it. I just happened to have a copy of it.

Once opon a time, there were two football fans.

One was a lifelong Bears fan.

One was a lifelong Packers fan.

Regardless of this, they became lifelong friends, even resulting in the rare event of the Bears fan being best man at the Packer fanÂ’s wedding.

Long ago, they made a bet. More of an arrangement, actually.

If oneÂ’s team made it to the Superbowl, during the game the other fan would be required to wear team gear of that team. IE: If the Packers were in the big one, the Bears fan would be wearing green and gold.

If you havenÂ’t already guessed, IÂ’m talking about Contagion (Packers fan) and myself (Bears fan).

And, yes, IÂ’ve already had to wear the uniform of the enemy. Twice. .

Now here is where it gets interesting...
The Packers have some fucked up fan gear. YouÂ’ve probably seen examples.
Cheese wedge hats, cheese bricks, cheese cowboy hats, cheese baseball caps, cheese ties, cheese bricks for hurling at the TV, etc. Contagion has said that if the Packers make it to the Superbowl, the bastard is going to make me wear a cheese bra. A Cheese-Fucking-BRA. I told him it may be the first time I ever welch on a bet.
I was wrong. IÂ’ve been thinking on it, and I canÂ’t. I cannot welch on a bet, itÂ’s almost an obsessive/compulsive thing with me. ItÂ’s why I donÂ’t make bets lightly.
So hereÂ’s how it is, if the Pack gets to the Superbowl, not only will I wear the fucking bra, IÂ’ll do it sans shirt in all my pasty, hairy beergut, lard-assed glory, and IÂ’ll post pics (IÂ’ll be nice and do it in extended entry, to avoid making any readers out there go blind).

How’s THAT for honoring a goddamn bet? With the Packer’s secondary the way it is, I’m not too worried, but I will still honor “The Bet” And I’m STILL not going to root for the goddamn Vikings. There are just some things a man won’t stoop to.

This post was made January 5, 2005. The Packers ended up losing to the Vikings. Thus we never did find out if Grau would or would not wear the infamous Cheese Bra. He also has one piece of misinformation in there. He actually did welch on the bet the year Green Bay went to Super Bowl 32. He felt that it wasnÂ’t fair that he had to wear Green Bay gear two years back to back, I let him slide tooÂ… with the caveat that I get to slide one year.

Now of course that means that I could get out of it this year and not have to wear a Bear shirt during the game. However, since the Bears making it to the Super Bowl only happens once every twenty years, I figured I would live up to the bet. So on Super Bowl Sunday I will have to sully my reputation by wearing that ugly Blue and Orange.

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ItÂ’s snowing again! YAY! I love the snow. ItÂ’s fun to drive and play in; it just makes for great fun.

That and the Saints/Bears game is today, and if itÂ’s snowing here, that means it is snowing at Soldier field. We get to see some real football today. Football wasnÂ’t meant to be played in a dome or just in warm weather. No, football was meant to be played out in the elements, the cold, the snow, the wind and rain. Fans huddling together for warmth and Tony Siragusa steeling heaters from the players to warm his own sideline-reporting arse.

That reminds me I need to start the voting for the Worst Announcer/Reporter of the season award. If you would like to make any nominations, please do so in the comments. Make sure to give me the correct spelling of their name AND the reason why you think they are the worst. Right now the three that I have in mind are:

Tony Kornheiser AKA Cornholer (ESPN Monday Night football) for his complete and utter lack of being able to talk football and actually comment on the game. This guy gets so off track that IÂ’m convinced he had someone else doing his analysis for his other shows that werenÂ’t live.

Bryant Gumble on the NFL networks Thursday Night Games for his utter non-sense he spouts off during the games and his inaccurate information. During the Packer game he actually said something like, “The Packers are 0 and 7 for penalties tonight” then two sentences later he said, “This is the Packers second penalty of the night.” Both referring to the same penalty.

Finally the above-mentioned Tony Siragusa (FOX Sports) for his utter banality and annoying reporting during the games. Although he did prove to be amusing when they showed him moving a heater away from a player so he could warm himself. I know Tony; the game is all about you.

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1 I say Madden, even though the sheer randomness of his inane ramblings does have SOME entertainment value.

Posted by: Harvey at January 22, 2007 04:40 PM (L7a63)

2 Phil Simms... who constantly shouts into the microphone even when he doesn't have to - with a high pitched, hysteria inducing, blather.

He is doing one of 2 things while screaming

-- stating the bleeding obvious
-- somehow using his esp to tell us what the players are thinking.

Both of which are done on a regular basis in NFL football, but for some reason Simms and his voice pitch make me want to drive an icepick through my ears.

Since Nance can't seem to put more than about 2 sentences together for any play made, I watch the play with the sound on, then hit mute for Simms and his "after the play color".

Sadly, this duo has announced far too many Patriots games this season. ARG!

Posted by: Teresa at January 22, 2007 10:50 PM (gsbs5)

3 Andrea Kremer. You can actually watch her eyes track the teleprompter as she listlessly blathers on.

Siragusa is a close second, but I keep hoping he'll show up at a game shitfaced drunk. That would be kind of cool

Posted by: graumagus at January 23, 2007 02:54 AM (Af9Hi)

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I would just like to take this time to extend an olive branch to the Bears and the Bear fans out there. Good luck in the game today, hopefully you do well. Remember you are now representing the NFC North and I expect you to uphold the fine tradition of the true Black and Blue Division.

But just in case, I want to prepare you for the worst-case scenario.

Remember, this was their last game, and Rex (Wrecks?) Grossman seems to like to bend over for the opponent.

Now IÂ’m off to go shooting.

(Thanks to I Hate My Cubicle(NSFW) for the photo)

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The 2006 NFL regular season is over. That means that my Pro Football PickÂ’em and Salary Cap Football league is over. That brings me to won what.

Pro Football PickÂ’em

Salary Cap Football

I will have to give special mention to T1G for his efforts in both leagues. Taking second in both is a notable accomplishment. IÂ’m interested to see how he does next year.

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The Dyno-mites (Rock River Raptor's Cheerleaders Dance Team) is looking for dancers.

WeÂ’re looking for attractive, multi-talented women in the state line area to represent our organization. To audition for the Dynomite Cheerleaders you must be a high school graduate and between 18-30. Selections to the group will be based on personality, poise, athleticism and dance ability.

WHEN: Sunday, January 28th 10:00a - 4:00p
*Registration begins at 10:00am sharp

WHERE: Holiday Inn, 7550 East State Street, Rockford, IL 61108
*Auditions will be held on the lower level in room AB

Directions: From I-90 W; Take the STATE ST/US-20 BUSINESS exit. Take the ramp towards ROCKFORD. Hotel is located at the intersection of E. State and Bell school rd.

BRING: Recent full-body length photo. Plenty of water and a lunch

REQUIRED ATTIRE: A two-piece form-fitted outfit is mandatory.
Hair must be worn down (no clips or ponytails). Dance or athletic shoes

COST: $20 non-refundable application fee. Please have check or exact change.

*Applications are available online at www.raptorsuif.com or at the door!
*If you have additional questions call our office 815 965-7000 or email Jen at dynomites@raptorsuif.com

I can think of some pretty sexy lady bloggers out there that could try out!

Would it be creepy if I went to watch? What? I watched the team try-outs. It's for the same reason, I want to see the athletic prowess of the people trying out.

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A couple of years ago the NFL started playing with the starting times of their games. They would move a noon game to 3:15, just for better media coverage. That really burned me one year when my Father, Boopie and I had tickets to see the Packer Jacksonville game.

When we bought them, it was a noon game. The week before we went to see them it became a 3:15 game. This annoyed me as the reason we wanted the noon game was so we could drive up, see the game and get back with enough time so we werenÂ’t rushed.
We werenÂ’t rushed before the game because we had a hotel room for Saturday night. After the game, we had to run to the vehicle, hop and drive like madmen home. It annoyed me, I bought those tickets because I wanted a noon game and they moved it on me.

This year the NFL decided that during week ten they would start a flex schedule. They would pick one game slated for earlier in the day and put it on Sunday night. Why? Better TV ratings, if the game was more exciting or important more people would watch. Thus they would get better ratings AND advertisers would spend more to put their commercials on during that time. ThereÂ’s only one problem. They where screwing the people that had tickets and the ones that made plans based on start times of certain games.

Lets take this weekend for example. The Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers were scheduled for noon on New Years Eve. Being a Packer fan and living in Northern Illinois, I know there where a lot of people that were making plans around this game. Hell even I invited some people over to watch the game before my regular New Years celebrating started. Four different people I know bought tickets to the game back in June based on a noon start time. They where going to go to the game, and then come back and spend New Years Eve with friends and family.

Now the NFL moved the game until 7:00PM New Years Eve. Two of the people
I know that have tickets are being forced to sell them. They donÂ’t have anyone that can watch their kid while they go to the game. ItÂ’s New Years Eve, most people have plans and no one else wants to cancel their plans for them. Then the other two are thinking of selling theirs because they have younger children that they want to spend New Years Eve with.

Other people I know have to choose now between watching the game or doing their planned activities. Not all places have a TV where they can watch the game. Me, well I donÂ’t care what anyone else does, IÂ’m watching the game. As long as the people in the party donÂ’t block the TV, they can live with me watching the game while they do other things. IÂ’m more annoyed at the fact that I had planned on having some friends over to watch the game, and now they wont be coming because they have other plans. It irritates me that the NFL has sold out their fans that pay for tickets for corporate sponsors that want advertising. IÂ’m down right pissed off that they have no regard for people that pay good money to see the game.

I can honestly say that I wonÂ’t ever buy a ticket for a game during the flex weeks again. IÂ’d say that I would boycott football during the same time, but I know I wonÂ’t. Although my boycott of Monday Night Football has been pretty easy.

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They finally announced the 2007 schedule for the Rock River Raptors. Yea, the NFL season isnÂ’t even over with and IÂ’m already excited. Probably because I have season tickets for these guys!

SAT MARCH 24 SIOUX FALLS STORM
FRI MARCH 30 BLOOMINGTON EXTREME
SAT APRIL 7 BYE
SAT APRIL 14 EVANSVILLE BLUECATS
SAT APRIL 21 RIVER CITY RAGE
SAT APRIL 28 LEXINGTON HORSEMEN
SAT MAY 5 OHIO VALLEY GREYHOUNDS
SAT MAY 12 LEXINGTON HORSEMEN
SAT MAY 19 RIVER CITY RAGE
FRI MAY 25 BLOOMINGTON EXTREME
SAT JUNE 2 OHIO VALLEY GREYHOUNDS
SAT JUNE 9 EVANSVILLE BLUECATS
SAT JUNE 16 BLOOMINGTON EXTREME
SAT JUNE 23 OHIO VALLEY GREYHOUNDS
SAT JUNE 30 LEXINGTON HORSEMEN
SAT JULY 7 SIOUX FALLS STORM
SAT JULY 14 BYE

All home games are listed in bold with kickoff at 7:05 p.m. local time.

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All right, IÂ’ve had it. You all know I love my football, but IÂ’ve given up on Monday Night Football. There is no way I can watch the games anymore. It has nothing to do with the games; itÂ’s the damn announcing. Al Michaels and John Madden used to annoy me with there ranting, but at least it would pertain to football. Joe Theismann, Mike Tirico and Tony Kornheiser (Henceforth known as Kornholer) will babble on about anything that trips their triggers.

They even bring on guests to interview DURING the game that have nothing to do with football. They talk over plays and then have to go back to get a recap of what happened. When they do try to provide insight itÂ’s like listening to most women talk about the game with men wearing tight pants.* ItÂ’s usually stuff that everybody knows or has just seen on the screen. They drive me nuts. IÂ’d rather listen to Clone try to explain calculus to me than these three blather on.

IÂ’ve tried listening to the radio while the sound is off on the TV. The only problem is that when it shows the three of them yapping like old women, I can hear the plays they are missing. Why bother?!? Thus IÂ’m done. I will no longer watch Monday Night Football until ESPN looses these three or makes them actually announce the game they are at.

I wish the guys the best of luck; hopefully they will get better as time goes on. Oh, and Theismann, break a leg.

*Some women can actually talk football and not sound stupid.

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IÂ’m off to BoopieÂ’s last regular season game of the year. Please, pray for a win. His team is 1-6 and going up against the only team that has a worse record then they do. For some goofy mathematical reason, this game is actually important. If his team wins they will be the 7th place team (out of , if they lose they will be the 8th place, ie last, in the conference.

If they win, they actually get into the playoffs. If they lose, they donÂ’t. HeÂ’s been taking the loses rather hard, and I would at least like to see him make the playoffs. Plus he has more fun when he wins and IÂ’d like to see him actually enjoy two of their games.

Keep your fingers crossed.

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The Packers finally got around to releasing Ahmad Carroll. He was our first round draft pick in 2004. It seems that for every play he made, he either blew another or caused a penalty that was costly.

I havenÂ’t liked his performance since heÂ’s been on the team, and he always seemed to be able to drag our team down faster then a cinder block tied to a bag full of kittens thrown into a river. Which is why IÂ’m not sad to see him leave.

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What the hell is up with TennesseeÂ’s defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth? This shmuck stomped on Andre GurodeÂ’s helmetless face in yesterdays Titans Vs Cowboys game. During the halftime show of the Bears VS Seahawks debacle (That was almost as bad as the Bears Vs Packers game week 1), Chris Collinsworth stated that Gurode received 30 stitches; nothing I can find confirms it.

People, football is a game. ItÂ’s meant to be fun, sure tempers flare and the overpaid children get out of hand sometime. But itÂ’s only a game. This goes above and beyond getting out of hand. This is just down right criminal. This is straight up aggravated battery. Gurode should call the police and file charges. Then he should get a lawyer and sue Haynesworth for damages. According to some of the articles IÂ’ve read, Gurode is damn lucky not to have lost an eye. How the hell could any reasonably intelligent person think stomping on another persons face with spiked shoes was a good idea? Obviously he wasnÂ’t thinkingÂ… or maybe he was, I did say reasonably intelligent, maybe Haynesworth isnÂ’tÂ… What would make someone do that? From all accounts, Gurode and Haynesworth never had any words or altercations. Why would anyone just randomly stomp on someoneÂ’s head?

What really gets me is that the NFL feels that the punishment for Haynesworth should be a 5 game suspension. True, that is unprecedented.

“That length of suspension represents the biggest on-field disciplinary action in league history. Charles Martin (Green Bay Packers) held the previous high for a suspension, sitting two games for his bodyslam of Bears (“punky”) quarterback Jim McMahon (It still makes me sick he got a Super Bowl ring with the Packers) on Nov. 23, 1986.”

IÂ’m sorry, but thatÂ’s not enough. Yes, heÂ’s going to lose $38,014 a game, but he was slated to make $646,251 this year. Well thatÂ’s $190,070 that he wont earn, so heÂ’s still going to make $456,181 this year. Excuse me while I donÂ’t feel sorry for him. Now if they said his suspension was going to be in part because heÂ’s serving a 6-month sentence at lock-up, I might feel better. Personally, I think his arse should be banned from the NFL. Blackball him, sure maybe it was a one time incident, but what if the next time he actually takes some guyÂ’s eye out? Plus if the Titans cut him, from history we know that some other team will pick him up.

Some of you may think IÂ’m over reacting. That IÂ’m asking for too much. Let me put it this way, if it was you that just got stomped on in the middle of a game, wouldnÂ’t you want more then to inconvenience the perpetrator? What if someone at your place of business battered you and you needed stitches, would you want more then them getting a 5-day suspension? YouÂ’d probably want to see them arrested and fired.

There is no place for this type of action in the NFL. IÂ’m curious what the Dallas head coach Bill Parcels. During the halftime show one of the commentators stated that Parcels told TitanÂ’s Head Coach, Jeff Fisher that if the NFL and Titans didnÂ’t take what he felt was appropriate action, he was going to take the law into his own hands. Now, I havenÂ’t seen anything that confirms that he actually said that. If itÂ’s true, IÂ’d like to see if and what heÂ’s going to do.

As for now Haynesworth joins the list of players for which I have no respect.

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For years I’ve been saying that Football is nothing more then a child’s game being played by over paid men. Don’t get me wrong, I love football, and am a little obsessive about it. Okay, I’ve very obsessive about it. My wife wants a sign that says, “We put this marriage on hold for Football Season.” I eat, drink and sleep football from preseason to the pro-bowl. Now that I have arena football for the off-season, there are very few months I don’t think about football. However, I still view it as a game. I don’t get too worked up when my team looses and other then good-natured ribbing, I don’t harass fans from other teams. It’s just a game.

Another thing I’ve been saying for a long time is, “It’s all fun and games until someone looses a spleen.” I’m not sure where I picked it up, but I’ve been saying it for a long time. It’s a take off of the old “It’s all fun and game until someone looses and eye.” But it’s easy to loose an eye, it’s much more difficult to loose a spleen.

Based on those two sayings, I guess football is no longer a game for Chris Simms, the Tampa Bay BucÂ’s Quarterback. In the game against Carolina yesterday he ruptured his spleen. He left the field for a short period of time, and then returned to play. People, he may have issues as a QB, but you have to respect a man that will play through to pain. This wasnÂ’t a sprain, strain, broken bone or pulled muscle. He ruptured an internal organ. Think about it, that canÂ’t be a pleasant feeling.

My hatÂ’s off to you Chris, and I hope you have a quick and pleasant recovery.

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Holy cow! The Pack actually won a game!

Packers 31 Detroit 24

Sure it was only against the Detroit Kitties Lions, whom may be one of the handful of teams in the NFL that are worse then Green Bay. IÂ’ll take the win; itÂ’s better to have a win, then to start the season 0-4 again this year. Now we are only 1-2. However, at this rate we are going to end up with a 5-11 season.

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...could blow a 13 point lead to lose. What the hell!!!!

And as much as it pains me to admit this, if the Bears can keep up their performance for the rest of the season they could make it to the Super Bowl.

But as all Bear fans know, Grossman can only go so many games healthy before he gets hurt. Then it's up to Griese, who has worse knee's then I do.

Now excuse me while I go finish this bottle of Jack Daniel's.

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I donÂ’t follow college football. But I will check out the scores just to see how teams are doing. The only time I actually watch a game is when there is nothing else on. The only exception to this is Western Illinois University. Since itÂ’s my alma mater I tend to keep an eye on how their team is doing. Imagine my surprise yesterday when I looked up the scores and I saw Western Illinois 58, Kentucky Wesleyan 0. Go Leathernecks!

I just hope Green Bay can do so well against New Orleans today.

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(Climbing out of bottle)

Sorry, it was a long Sunday for me. Good company stopped by to help soak up some alcohol and watch the football games, but damn. It was bad enough having to watch the Green Bay Packers lose to the Bears. Then it got worse when during the third quarter I wasn’t hoping for a win, just for them too score. The fact that I’m watching the game with a Bears fan was just insulting. Then again he was probably the only civilized Bear fan on the planet, most are just assholes, even if I like the bastard. When the Bears made a good play, he’d say something like, “But that was a good tackle by the Packers!”… after cheering.

I retreated to the only refuge I had, the comforting arms of Jack DanielÂ’s. Jack consoled me and pointed out that we survived the 80Â’s, and the 90Â’s we dominated the NFC North/Central. ItÂ’s time for other teams to get a chance.

The only consolation I get out of this weekend was that at least it wasnÂ’t the Vikings, and that two other teams did worse then the PackÂ… Long live the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Oakland Raiders for stinking up the gridiron worse then the Packers. Sure it was only by one point more, but it was still worse.

Anyone think the Pack might make it to the Super Bowl this year?

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