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Don Banks says they are going to be the least regarded 14-2 team in league history. Their defense stinks. They barely beat Tampa and Detroit. The Cowboys are better. The Saints are better. The Eagles are better. I try not to pay attention.
But Shakespeare said it best in Macbeth: "Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious. Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man." My problem, my eternal problem is that I love the Chicago Bears. Dawn to dusk - in sun and shadow. I take the things people say about them to heart the way one takes criticism of friends and family to heart. And I'm sick to my stomach.
Win this conference. Dominate this conference. Blow out Brett Favre Sunday night and walk throuh the tatters of mediocrity. Get to Miami. And for the two weeks before that game, we'll sing your praises on North State and West Broadway. In Wrigleyville and Nashville. Just...win.
It is Friday and I'm working on a new play and nothing's common and I got ESPN on the TV. The frustration is building heading into a 2007 that can be historic for all of us. I believe in this team more than any Bears team in a very, very long time. But I go back to Shakespeare.
"Nothing will come from nothing."
#2 Berry Happy said . . .Perhaps Mr Banks ought to learn a bit more Shakesphere:
"O happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die."
--From Romeo and Juliet (V, iii, 169-170)This is a blog about the bears still right? :)
--Midway--
December 29, 2006
#3 Midway Monster said . . .As an English graduate, I have never seen such an amazing confluence of football and classic theatre. Well played, and something for the football talking heads to remember as we head into the playoffs: everyone in Othello thought they had Iago figured out. Until the final act.
December 29, 2006
#4 Pissed off said . . .True BH, but remember, it's not luck; it's skill.
As Willy said: It is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves.
--Midway--
December 29, 2006
#5 Midway Monster said . . .The same thing happens to every team in the league, there is not one team out there that people arent criticizing something. For San Diego its the receiving game and suspect defense, For Indy its the D, for Cowboys its everyting, for New Orleans its defense, for Baltimore its the offense (although they are pretty complete). There will alwayse be negative speculation and thats a fact. Lets roll the Pack then continue to roll whatever slappy team comes to Soldier Field two weeks from Saturday or Sunday and then lets win the NFC Championship game the next week and on to the Super Bowl. GO BEARS, Lets win it all and then we dont have to hear any more negative speculation until next year.
December 29, 2006
#6 Hester 4 President said . . .PO: Yeah bud I hear you! Time to send the Pack Packing!
--Midway--
December 29, 2006
#7 District Selectman said . . .Skrew Don Banks. What people don't understand right now is the Bears haven't been running THEIR denfense lately. They are running other situations that they could potentially run into during the playoffs.
I hope people don't beleive in the Bears come playoff time because then we can show everyone what they are all about. All they need is us Bears fans.
December 30, 2006
#8 District Selectman said . . .My parents are both Packer fans and the old man and I are both yellers. Should be good times at the District homestead this weekend.
December 30, 2006
#9 Ted said . . .Incidentally, two of my favorite Shakespearean insults work well for Packer fans:
You should be women and yet your beards forbid me to interpret that you are so.
Thou art a general offence, and every man should beat thee.
December 30, 2006
#10 jdawg said . . .This comment doesn't exactly fit under this heading, but I don't know where else it fits better.
Heard a radio commentator say that he loved to watch the Bears and Dennis Hastert returning punts.
: )
December 30, 2006
#11 Midway Monster said . . .if the Beloved are one and done my bowels will foam like that scene in the back of the taxi cab.
December 30, 2006
#12 Chad said . . .Maybe the death scene from Hamlet is appropriate:
Alas, poor Farve! I knew him;
a fellow of infinite passing,
of most excellent scrambling."
--From Hamlet V, i well, sort of...--Midway--
December 30, 2006
#13 Chad said . . .Hey Berry Happy,
In reference to your post #2, does that mean Iago was not who they thought he was?
December 30, 2006
#14 big rob said . . ."#9 Ted said . . .
Heard a radio commentator say that he loved to watch the Bears and Dennis Hastert returning punts."I guess that gives all new meaning to the phrase "Takin' it to the House"
(I rule)
December 30, 2006
#15 Jerry said . . .halftime.... aye aye aye.....
January 1, 2007
#16 WHAT THE??? said . . .I said it many weeks ago... Damn if it aint happenin'. Well, how many minutes do we last in the first game of the playoffs before he throws his first pick for a touch. Thrice already againt the Pack, Pla..lease!!!!
January 1, 2007
#17 Jerry said . . .We're a second half team right???
January 1, 2007
#18 Jerry said . . .#16.. I too feel the pain..A loss is not a big issue..being bitch slapped by the Pack is..maybe we need the wake up call...Even many of us here have been drinking the kool-aid..Let's see how Lovie handles it.
January 1, 2007
#19 WHAT THE??? said . . .Looks like Griese is trying to compete with the Rex. Not looking good here.
January 1, 2007
#20 WHAT THE??? said . . .I think the're going for the wrong title tonight.
January 1, 2007
#21 Jerry said . . .Lovable losers only works for the Cubs. I'm not feelin the love right now.
January 1, 2007
#22 District Selectman said . . .Yess sir...
January 1, 2007
#23 Jerry said . . .Well I was as wrong as bestiality. Apparently they did mail it in and pull all the starters (er, those that were healthy enough to be pulled). Starters or no, I did not see defenders flying to the ball and dishing out vicious hits. That was not Bears football. Excuse me, I must now puke up the tasty beer I drank tonight.
January 1, 2007
#24 Jerry said . . .District Selectman.. no this is what is the current Bears. The starters appear to be there..Scary!!!
We have known this for awhile now....Damn..Damn..Damn..
I DO NOT blame Griese!!
January 1, 2007
#25 mARK said . . .Maybe Favre will be available next year. If we had some steady, good, consistent play we would truly be a threat.
January 1, 2007
#26 The Pack is Back said . . .I don't think that Rex's flashes of brilliance every couploe of games offsets his more frequent spasms of SUCK!
January 1, 2007
It looks like the delusion continues at 13-3. The Bears fans truly think they have something special even though their team can hardly eke out a victory against lowly teams like Detroit, Minnesota, and Tampa. Then when a non-losing up-and-coming good-looking team like the Packers totally demolish their team that wanted to win so badly that they even tried a desperation fake punt, comes along, they continue the delusion by rationalizing the loss somehow. Wake up! Favre still rules the Bears!
January 2, 2007
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