Monthly Archives: October 2008

Out for Fine Tuning

I started this site with my friend and fellow Bear fan Dan with a mission – to try to quantify how Ron Turner was an inept offensive coordinator and ought to be fired. I think that we did OK but … Continue reading

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Bears vs. Vikings (home) – Game 7

Bears vs. Vikings (home) was a surreal game. If I took 1 million Bears fans and asked them what they thought the odds of WINNING a game where the Bears gave up 41 points maybe 1 in a hundred would … Continue reading

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Sports Radio – Not Getting It

I usually can’t stand to listen to sports radio because it endlessly repeats the same topics at high volume. The hosts, to goose their ratings, also make everything into a big shouting match and make things seem much more complicated … Continue reading

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Bears vs. Vikings Preview (home) – Game Seven

A critical match-up is occurring this week as the Bears face their divisional rivals, the Vikings (or vi-queens as we typically refer to them). Both teams are 3-3 and the Bears need to win the home game to have a … Continue reading

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Enabling Mediocrity

Later I will preview the critical Bears vs. Vikings game this weekend at home at Soldier Field. This game is crucial because it is an inter-divisional matchup, and the only way (likely) that the Bears (or anyone else in the … Continue reading

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The Turner Index – Bears vs. Atlanta – a SIX

The Bears suffered a hard loss today against the Atlanta Falcons on the road.  This season is turning out to be the opposite of the 2001 Bears season, where they seemed to pull games out of their rear and earn … Continue reading

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Shooped

I was watching the Notre Dame/UNC game last Saturday and felt like I was struck with a bolt of lightning. Fortunately, North Carolina beat the Irish.  That is hard for me to say, because the Tar Heels denied my beloved … Continue reading

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Inconsistency is Killing Us

I will score game six – Bears vs. Falcons – on the Turner index in a separate post but wanted to put up this graphic because in a nutshell it show how maddeningly inconsistent the Bears offense is. Essentially the … Continue reading

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Bears Offensive Preview – Game Six vs. Atlanta

I check the ESPN local for preview stories and the Bears offense is starting to get some traction.  No longer is every single story about the defense, although that game 4 goal line stand vs. Philadelphia is gaining “mythic” status … Continue reading

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Fire Ron Turner Traffic

I have a lot of friends who check out the site from time to time and offer encouragement (or chuckle) but most of the traffic comes from people who type “Fire Ron Turner” into a search engine. As you can … Continue reading

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Turner Index Game 5 vs. Detroit – a THREE

The Bears offense really stepped up today to beat up on the Lions in a crushing victory.  The Bears were up 31-0 before putting in the scrubs and coasting to a 34-7 victory (Grossman at QB and Wolfe at RB, … Continue reading

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Bears vs. Detroit – Game 5 Offensive Preview

It is hard to find much in the local paper about the Bears offense for Game 5 vs. Detroit; the focus is on our banged up secondary and making Tommie Harris sit out a game as a suspension (but he … Continue reading

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Scoring the First Quarter of the Bears 2008 Season

The Bears are four games into a rather surprising season.  They started on a high note with a big upset at Indy, a game no one expected them to win.  The Bears offense ran an efficient mix of running and … Continue reading

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