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Forbes Says Fire Everybody, Too
We aren’t the only one saying “Fire Everybody”. A while back I wrote that the Bears were poorly valued based on their big city peers, and also behind them in the odds to make the Super Bowl. Forbes followed up … Continue reading
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Drumline
Thank god we have the drum line and don’t have to suffer through looking at these instead…
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Open Thread on Pre-Season Game 1 vs. San Diego
When I think of the Bears traveling to San Diego I remember going to San Diego as a road trip for the first game of the season the year after the Bears lost at the Super Bowl, in 2007. Spirits … Continue reading
Posted in 2010 Season
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Doshi At Training Camp
Doshi actually went to training camp and commented so I thought I would make a formal post out of it… Went to training camp last night, got to see the one aspect of camp I really wanted to see. Here’s … Continue reading
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Value and Results
Over here at FRT we measure results in a few ways. Dan looked at the latest odds to make the Super Bowl for this year, and the Bears were way down at a sad 30-1. I noted that the Bears … Continue reading
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Pompei’s Idiotic Commentary Continues
At our other blogs Dan and I have a rule not to make fun of easy targets but I just can’t help myself with grinning, idiotic skull Dan Pompei over at the otherwise decent Chicago Tribune. His latest article (I … Continue reading
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Doshi on 2011 Bears
Dan put up a post about the start of training camp and Doshi put up a big comment on his prediction so I thought it deserved a post of its own rather than being buried in the comments. I can … Continue reading
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Redskins Bringing Up the Rear
While we wait through the summer to see the new and improved (hopefully) 2010 Bears, Dan keeps getting emails from the Washington Redskins inviting him to come and purchase season tickets. My how that franchise has fallen; from being one … Continue reading
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The Company We Keep
The July 12, 2010 issue of ESPN Magazine ranked all the major sports franchises (NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL) from 1 to 122 on a variety of criteria, including – Fan relations (18.5%) – Bang for the buck (22.5%) – … Continue reading
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Illini Football vs. Northwestern at Wrigley Field
Dan and I love the Illini football program and they are playing this year against Northwestern at Wrigley Field. While I am not a professional prognosticator I predict that this game will be a HOT ticket because lots of people … Continue reading
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1985 Was A Long Time Ago
With the big Hawks win someone pointed out that Chicago is the city to have the most recent championships across all major leagues. You have the Hawks, Sox in 2005 for baseball, that last Jordan team from 1998, and of … Continue reading
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A Franchise Managed Even Worse than the Bears…
While we shouldn’t compare ourselves to the worst teams in the NFL, the Chicago Bears are still run better than some teams that seem hell-bent on destroying themselves. One of them is the Oakland Raiders, who just released their QB … Continue reading
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Gale Sayers Lets Em’ Have It
While all Bears fans love Gale Sayers for his time on the field we also now can have respect for him for telling it like it is with the Bears, in this article. “If Lovie doesn’t do it this year, … Continue reading
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Bears and the Competition
Dan pointed out the excellent link at Bodog listing the odds of various teams winning the Super Bowl for the 2010 season. Let’s dig a bit deeper into something else that these odds say about the Bears, and how far … Continue reading
Posted in Everything Else, Gambling
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Bears’ Leadership
I can’t believe that I am agreeing with idiotic, grinning skull Dan Pompei of the Chicago Tribune but like a broken clock he is accidentally right twice a day. From this article titled “Bears Strengthen Themselves in NFL Draft” The … Continue reading
Posted in Julius Peppers Jail Watch
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Doshi on Jerry Angelo
This was a comment on a thread by Doshi but I figured it deserved a full post as he sat through a Jerry Angelo interview which must have been quite painful. OK, I’m gonna switch gears a LITTLE bit because … Continue reading
Posted in Fire Jerry Angelo
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Bears Management Planning with a One Year Horizon
I received my copy of ESPN magazine (which has a lot of good stuff in it) and was reading their articles about the process of drafting for the NFL. They grade the Bears 12 out of 32 which is crap … Continue reading
Posted in Fire Jerry Angelo
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Real Training Tips for an NFL Season
While Peppers goes out of his way to appear at every night club in town, I was reading ESPN magazine talking with NFL hopefuls about how they are training to prepare for the draft. They interviewed Taylor Mays, a safety … Continue reading
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The Onion Hits the Nail on the Head
Remember last year, when we got Cutler and signed Pace and were coming off a big year from Forte and had high hopes for our new offensive lineman Williams? The Onion does.
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More Revisionist History
Us and pretty much everyone we’ve ever met has been calling for Ron Turner’s head for years. Then as soon as Babich started sucking there was also a call to get rid of him up in the cheap seats, and … Continue reading
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