8:06 - While sideline reporter
Lisa Guererro asks Gale Sayers and Dick Butkus questions before
kickoff, Sayers gives her the weekly, "Lisa, what the hell
are you talking about?" look that we can all look forward
to this year.
8:17 - It is stated that Brett
Favre has gone eleven years without missing a single game. If
we could only get that kind of dedication in reverse from Jerry
Glanville.
8:18 - Ahman Green breaks a
60-yard run for a touchdown. I liken the fantasy owner to Bill
Cartwright during the Michael Jordan era. It is crucial to get
off early. Green has uncorked long TD runs two weeks in a row.
Now Green's owners can start to get greedy.
8:20 - Nice to see ABC trotting
out quality programs this fall. "It's All Relative,"
tells the story of blue-collar family whose son falls in love
with a woman who happens to have two men as her "parents."
I'm sure all jokes pertaining to their sexuality will be treated
as gently and delicately as a Faberge egg at auction.
8:27 - The new Soldier Field
certainly has been maligned here in Chicago. It is ugly on the
outside, but beautiful on the inside. Kind of like that heavyset
girl who was in your Algebra class.
8:31 - Donald Driver, who made
the sound of an accordion when he hit the turf in week one, looks
pretty good on this drive. I wrote him off, but maybe he isn't
done yet. Of course I say that after I dropped him in week two.
Typical.
8:37 - Hey Kordell, you have
a little something on your jaw. Just brush it off. You missed
it. Right below your jaw line. Just flick at it. No, its still
there ..
8:41 - They're not booing,
they're saying Kordell. And there is the requisite shot of the
fan standing up with a beer in his hand giving the, "Where
the hell where you throwing it?" look. That never gets old.
8:46 - Talk of the relationship
between linebacker Brian Urlacher and socialite Paris Hilton.
Old school meets no school.
8:49 - 17-0 at the end of the
first quarter. Yuk. I've had time fly by faster during torture
sessions.
8:55 - Chicago stats: 15 yards
rushing, 21 yards passing. I am soon surprised to discover that
those are stats for the first quarter, not the season to this
point.
8:58 - Third and long and the
Bears still try the wide receiver screen. Pathetic, just pathetic.
The entire coaching staff should have Monster.com on their list
of favorites on their laptops.
How much longer can ABC milk the passing of John Ritter. How are
they going to explain his passing on his show? I hope a stunned
Gary Berghoff comes in at one point and explains how Ritter's
chopper went down in the Sea of Japan and there were no survivors.
That would make things end in a nice package for everyone, especially
since we wouldn't have any threats along the lines of "Hello
Larry."
9:08 - Ahman Green rumbles
past the 100-yard plateau and scores his second Td. If he doesn't
get to 200 yards tonight it will be due to a blowout or injury.
9:11 - The reason referee Jeff
Triplett pats himself on the head so much is to reinforce the
fact that he is a good boy. Talk about insecure.
9:12 - William Henderson scores
to make it 24-3 in favor of the Pack. The reaction shot of Bears
coach Dick Jauron displays that the coach has all the passion
and zest of a damp rag.
9:19 - Jim Belushi is to Chicago
as Charles Manson is to Los Angeles.
9:31 - The stat shows the Bears
are 0-133 lifetime when down by 21 or more points, giving further
proof that the Bears offensive history is as diversified as a
Klan meeting.
9:33 - The end of the first
half has fans getting restless, but the only fans that should
be booing are the ones who made the trip from Wisconsin.
9:48 - Lisa Guerrero proving
that even a leather coat can be tight if pulled snugly enough
across your chest. That's no easy accomplishment, it's not like
the jacket is made of lycra or anything. That must cut off her
circulation or something. I don't think she was wearing blue lipstick
9:53 - Aaron Gibson is said
to have lost 75 pounds and is "down" to 375. In all
honesty, he is supposed to be in shape and he gets up over 4 bills?
He will be washing himself with a rag on a stick when he is 40.
10:07 - You cannot run the
option in the pros. Just ask Bears receiver Dez White who just
got smeared like a fly on a screened in window. By the way, I've
heard Bears offensive coordinator John Shoop's system is tough
to learn due to all the verbiage. I didn't know there were so
many ways to say, "Throw it underneath."
10:13 - After moving the ball
using Kordell's legs, the drive comes to halt when they inexplicably
have his throw on second and third down. Bring on the punting
unit.
10:24 - Life from the Bears!!
The A-Train rolls for a 67-yard score. That is the best he has
looked since his rookie year. That says so little about his campaign
last year, it gives hope for the rest of the year for his fantasy
owners. By the way, has anyone seen the new "Real Sports
with Bryant Gumbel," where they discuss the growing popularity
of fantasy football? The only reason I ask is because the fantasy
owner they interview is wearing a tall blue wizards hat during
the segment and likes to be referred to as "The Wizard."
There is nothing like perpetuating the stereotype that fantasy
owners are geeks. I almost want to file a class action lawsuit
against that clown. I haven't seen people that misrepresented
since the last time Lionel Hutz was in court.
10:32 - Bears D gets frosty
and forces a third and 1 for the Pack. Ahman Green shuts everyone
up with a 30 yard run. Stone silence in Chicago.
10:36 - Great camera work from
that new overhead cam highlights Favre's TD pass to the back corner
to Javon Walker. It shows that a little work is all you need from
your receivers. That and some speed and good hands and determination.
31-16 Pack.
10:48 - That LL Cool J and
Run DMC Dr. Pepper commercial makes me want to spit. At the end,
instead of the traditional shout of "Run DMC and Jam Master
Jay!" It is replaced by "Run DMC and Dr. Pepper!"
Jam Master Jay is surely turning in his grave like so many wheels
of steel. It's hard to rest in peace with that sort of crap churning
around.
10:50 - Madden and Michaels
have "fun" with the telestrator. I believe the old adage
that it is harder to call a boring game than an exciting game.
This game stinks, but at least Madden has reined it in a bit tonight.
10:51 - Ahman Green runs to
176 yards. He didn't get to 200, but what a game. Hopefully this
will be the consistency he has lacked the last few years, especially
when I don't play his owner.
10:53 - The requisite Bubba
Franks one yard TD reception for the Packers tight end. Any yards
from that guy is just gravy on the steak. Because you can't make
a meal out of gravy. I've tried.
11:14 - Kordell on the TD dive.
At least we know what the inside of the new Soldier Field looks
like when its empty.