Category Archives: Everything Else

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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Bears Marketing

Cross posted at LITGM.

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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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Letting Yourself Go

I bashed Julius Peppers pretty damned hard during the off season for partying until the wee hours instead of getting good sleep and working out. I hear that he looks pretty good in camp. That makes me happy. I still … 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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Funny Quote From Another Stupid Sports “Journalist”

We have our resident insane columnist Dan Pompei clogging up the Trib with his crazy columns. But we aren’t the only ones cursed with that sort of lunacy. Tebow signed a contract yesterday per this at ESPN. Here is the … 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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Crap Seats For Sale

I am the (at times not so) proud owner of two pair of Chicago Bear season tickets. I also signed up for a third pair as an experiment – just to see how long it would take to actually get … Continue reading

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Statistical Analysis of Bears ’06 Super Bowl Run

I have mentioned the ’06 Bears a couple of times in passing in the comments here. Usually I mention them because I have begun to think that they were a fluke since I spend the majority of my time in … 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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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

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Season Ticket Waiting List

As an experiment, I decided to fork up $200 – $100 per seat – and see how long it would take to get a pair of Bears season tickets.  Before I let you guys know where I sit in the list, I … Continue reading

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Tebow

I have a question for all four of our readers. What do you think about Tebow – with a catch. NOT as a quarterback. I think any NFL team that drafts him will be very, very dissapointed if they put … Continue reading

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Open Thread

While I compile the latest lessons to be learned from the JPTS ™, here is an open thread for our great commenters to discuss anything and everything Bears.

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Open Thread

Here is an open thread for anyone to discuss the Bears recent moves, the upcoming draft, or anything else your little heart desires.

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