Posts tagged football

© Adam Zyglis (The Buffalo News/Caglecartoons.com)
Even more painful to watch on the nationally-televised stage last Sunday.
Still time, though. And there’s always Miami coming up.

© Adam Zyglis (The Buffalo News/Caglecartoons.com)

Even more painful to watch on the nationally-televised stage last Sunday.

Still time, though. And there’s always Miami coming up.

ESPN Dallas: 'North Dallas Forty' Author, Former Dallas Cowboy Peter Gent Dies

'North Dallas Forty' movie poster“North Dallas Forty” is on my all-time fave football films short list, and #2 behind The Longest Yard” for 1970’s gridiron flicks.

Its story occupies the darker spaces between the play calls and press conferences. Prescient in its portrayal of the debilitating injuries suffered by players, and the lengths they’ll go to stay in the game.

Chicago Tribune: Decades Later, '85 Bears Get White House Visit

About effin’ time, huh?

I suppose this means I can finally stop wearing my commemorative Bears Super Bowl tube socks and wash burn them. Would’ve been sweet to see Payton and Duerson there. Such is the slow damage of time on all of us.

Members of the 1985 Super Champion Chicago Bears team visiting native-Chicagoan, President Barack Obama, at the White House on 10.7.11. Obama holds an "85" Bears jersey. (Photo: Jason Reed/Reuters)
(Image: Jason Reed/Reuters)

Did not miss Dan Hampton’s self-induced political absence in the least. Dick.

Flowchart: What Football Team Should I Root For?

In case you’ve already caught the telltale whiff of suckage from your team of preference during the pre-season (Thank you, Bears and Bills, for the heads up!), there are options. (via)

"Which Football Team Should I Root For?" Flowchart from Interpretation by Design
(Image: Paul Caputo and Shea Lewis for Interpretation By Design — Larger image available at link)

I’m just going to come out and say it. This hurts a little bit. This is a hard thing for a Bears fan to do… You guys come into my house to rub it in.
U.S. President Barack Obama, welcoming the 2011 Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers to the White House, on 8.12.11
Fuckin’ Packers.
Me

2010 NFL Season Standings, Week 15: Buffalo Bills 4-10, Chicago Bears 10-4
Talkin’ (some) Proudness. Sealing up an improbable NFC North Division title while introducing Favre to another kind of frozen tundra and an early earlier retirement.

2010 NFL Season Standings, Wekk 13: Buffalo Bills 2-10, Chicago Bears 9-3
The whiteout continues, while the tension builds.

2010 NFL Season Standings: Buffalo Bills 2-9, Chicago Bears 8-3
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory in WNY. Top of the world divisional heap, Ma.

2010 NFL Season Standings - Week 11: Buffalo Bills 2-8, Chicago Bears 7-3
Two wins in a row? Somebody break up these Bills. Bears shoot depleted Fish in a barrel.