Never a cheesehead.

As a loyal Bears fan i find it almost UNBEARABLE to root for that evil empire in Wisconsin.Their players claim that their fans dont BOO when they play badly. They act like everyone should just love them and their traditions. I hate the pack. Never will i root for the cheeseheads and that leap their touchdown scorers do is unbelievably annoying. My nephews are now sporting packer jerseys and whats worse is that their parents have accepted it like it was supposed to happen. This Sunday people tell me that i have to root for the pack to help the Bears into the playoffs. I refuse to do it. My cheering for the packers was an idea i embrased over Christmas  during a moment of holiday weakness. I will stay silent and wait for the game to play out. Should the Bears beat detroit and the pack defeat the vikes i wont be sending a thank you card to titletown. I will be happy the bears are in the playoffs ready to fight another day but i will NEVER root for the  Packers.

Goodbye cruel world.

Ok so today is end of the world day and since im not exactly sure when or where im gonna be when the bell tolls im gonna type some predictions that i hope come true if there is a 2013. The Superbowl in New orleans involves 2 teams not involving brady rodgers or manning we need new blood in the big game. Alabama and Notre Dame end in a scoreless unresolvable tie and Sabin and kelly have a fistfight at midfield over the BCS trophy. I dont hear the phrase bracket buster or bubble team before the NCAA basketball tourney in march. Phelps and Billas get colds before the tourney starts and are forced to mail in cardboard cut outs of themselves to ESPN. Rumor has it that the cutouts will make better predictions and sense than the real dopes. Daily spring training updates get interuppted everytime ESPN starts kissing Red Sox ass. The Cubs dont really do anything. The sport of hockey completely dissapears from the face of the Earth never to be seen again. Canada will be sad. Every college football coach will either quit or be fired over the summer and noone will notice. The Dodgers will end the season 162-0 and tommy Lasorda will still be pissed. I will spend 12 hours trying to predict who will win every game in all sports except Golf and will be wrong. Well if thats the last thing i ever do is ignore golf my life didnt turn out so bad.

Tebo fan.

What a difference a year makes for Tim Tebo. Last year hes the toast of the NFL and people were talking about him like he had super powers. Tebo mania was sweeping the country for good or bad and he and his bronco teammates beat Pittsburgh in the playoffs. This year in New york the guy cant buy a break. Mark Sanchez is having a horrible year and the third stringer in new york is an inexperienced rookie. Rex the coach says hes been terrible in practice and thats enough to keep him sidelined. Of course the Jets are an easy target. They drafted a bunch of talent on defense and dont have any talent or imagionation on offense.My problem with the Jets is that they are COWARDS and wont play Tebo because they dont want the uproar if he is somewhat successful the last 2 games. The Jets thought Sanchez was gonna be better and when he wasnt they had no idea what they would do on offense. They aquired Tebo and made it a point to keep secret their plans for him at the start of the season.The fact is they had NOTHING in mind for Tebo and they used Tim as a publicity stunt. Really the same thing happened in Denver when the Broncos found out Orton was a bust.The difference in Denver was that the coaches there were willing to work to try and save the season with Tebo as quaterback. Im not sure why Denver drafted Tebo and what the Jets did was even more pathetic. Did the Jets GM think that the fans would simply wanna see Tebo on the sidelines? New York fans are not stupid and wont tolerate that moron for very long, Tebos future in the NFL is certainly up in the air.. I believe he might be more of an asset to any team if he would switch positions and turn into a pass catching tight end or a special teams killer. Because im a fan of Tebo both as an athlete and person I think he will succeed at whatever he attempts in football or life. I just wish some of the idiot coaches in the league would see Tim for what he is a leader an athlete and an asset to any football team.

Old school.

I love a good hard hitting football game where the defenses shine and the game is determined by blood and guts at the end. Most people jump up and down when the offenses roar down the field and a ton of points are scored. I hate games with no defense its like its not really football but a game of basketball on grass. The NFL has turned into a pass first league with an occasional rush of the football for the surprise effect. Gone are the days of defenses having tough nicknames like the Steel Curtain in Pittsburgh or the Doomsday defense in Dallas. Minnesota had the purple gang and Miami had the infamous no name  defense. You cant even celebrate offenses because everyone in the game scores at such a rapid rate that its almost expected.-.Defensive safeties cannot touch receivers without a flag every other pass so that the physical nature of the sport is disappearing. The dopey commissioner is so paranoid about player safety and concussions hes actually proposing eliminating kickoffs from the sport. There are no dominate defensive teams because all the rules give the advantage to the offensive teams. Fans can chant all they want for defense but as far as i can see there is none.The awful conclusion i have come too is that american sports fans are action junkies and have the attention spans of nats. We want scoring and excitement and if we dont see greatness in the first five minutes of a game we get bored and want our candy and cookies. As for me give me defense and bring back guys like MEAN JOE GREEN and Billy Kilmer. I love shutouts and guys blasting each other with dirty grass stained uniforms and dented football helmets. Give me defense or get off the field.

Bowl mania.

Christmas is approaching and that means im going to pick 35 bowl games thinking that i have any idea of what will happen. Ill watch the majority of them and because i entered a couple of bowl pools ill probably be rooting harder and louder for toledo than i probably should. OK i know most people think its ridiculous to watch some of these games but i dont care. The famous Idaho Potatoe Bowl or the New mexico Bowl wont go down in history as classics but I think I will watch them anyway. Wouldnt it be great if i picked all 35 games correctly and ESPN called and said i won their giant online bowl pool? Ok so thats not happening either. Some people just watch the teams in the BCS or the national championship game. They are probably people with jobs kids and lives much different then mine. The life im leading for the next three weeks will be filled with passes kicks and touchdowns and thats not a bad life at all.

Young people and sports.

There is definately a problem that needs to be addressed in our culture. Teaching our children the value of  healthy competition is a really good thing. Rewarding them with  particpation ribbons and trophies is not a good thing. Participating in active physical activity at an appropriate age is a wonderful thing.Signing your 9 year old kid up for basketball camp because you want him to have a shot at a college schlorship is not a good thing. High school coaches who prohibit kids from playing other sports because they want a state championship is a terrible idea. Allowing kids to play all kinds of sports and choose what they enjoy is a good thing. Bottom line parents and coaches need to STOP vicariously living through their athletes and children.Its about healthy development and learning competitive physical and mental skills. Being physically healthy and learning to win and lose in a competitive world is a valueable lesson. At the other extreme are those parents and coaches who reward children for doing absolutely nothing because their afraid to bruise their fragile egos. Usually politically correct and believing that they need to be the childs avocate and best friend  these people annoy the hell out of me. They are usually the parents who avoided athletics at all cost and got their asses beat up by the big mean jock after school.  We live in a competive world and kids need to experience failure a time or two in their  young lives. Stop being whimpy best friend parents and coaches and be what your supposed to be....Teachers. Another idea is to allow your children to naturally explore all kinds of activities and learn to appreciate lots of different people and activities. We need to stop trying to create college sports stars from the ground up and let the kids naturally gravitate towards activities. Thank you ESPN for spreading another one of your STUPID entertainment money driven ideas that states that all children with determination and desire can become Lebron James or Tom Brady if they just start early enough and want it bad enough. Just another reason to hate the new sports entertainment philosophy that is dominating the air waves.

The choice.

I have always been a fan of the NFL.I love the speed the hitting and the controled violence. The frustration of this football is that i also want my team to win. The game has gotten so physical that the winners are now simply the teams that stay healthy more than anything. The steelers lose Ben the Bears lose jay and the seasons over. Oh sure i could stick around and hope jason cambell could back us into the playoffs but give us no chance at the superbowl but id rather not. There is no solution to the problem and im not avocating taking kickoffs out of the game thats stupid.  Time is valueable and the game is great but the injuries are ruining the game. The decision is tough but if the game gets any more physical my only option for sunday might be CHURCH. Lord help me!!

#28 MVP

The choice for league MVP is obvious. With a decent offensive line and receivers that I challenge anyone to name their offense is limited. Percy harvin out and Christian Ponder still learning the vikes need this BEAST.When the vikes have the ball the defense the crowd and everybody within 50 miles of minneapolis knows whos gettin the rock.Eight months out of major surgery AP has 1600 yards. Manning is a terrific QB and it took courage to come back from neck fusion but really bubby bristers sister could have been the QB and denver would have won the division . Brady is terrific but the pats could make the playoffs with any successful QB in the league. Anyone else who might be considered cant possibly be of more value than #28.If the vikes ever get mad at AP and his occasional fumble as a Bear fan I would entertain making a trade with the vikes.Offering ANYONE on the Chicago roster Jay who?? Matt who?? I would even think about a coach swap for former Bear Les frazier and make the deal news worthy.

Random thoughts.

Im a pritty big redskin fan. And right now im nervous about RG3. For the love of God robert please learn to slide !!!! Already with an ALC  in 2009 the Redskins need to sit him down both literally and figuratively and tell him to stop running so much and find the sideline. His judgement needs to improve because if it doesnt he will have a very short stint in the NFL. The Commissioner of the NBA david stern needs to refund the Spurs their 250 grand  because i know he definately has threatned the integrety of the sport in his time as commissioner.He denied intially that one of his referees was point shaving. HE WAS WRONG. He himself has taken many nights off and thinks his position is far more important than it really is. Money grubbing power hungry kissass of the owners and im really glad hes going away. Bobby patrino is the new coach of Western kentucky. I wonder if hes contacted his local honda dealer .....Maybe scouted out the hilltopper secretarial pool. He says hes learned his lesson, i dont believe him. Maybe the media could stop kisssing bradys ass for a second   and remember they dont call them the cheatriots for nothing. Unbelievably light punishment for such an infraction. More serious i believe than what the saints did or did not do. Another terrific commissioner.

Monsters of the Midway?

Another loss to a mediocre vikings team and im sick of another lovey smith press conference telling me that the protection of Cutler was ok. Really LOVEY??? Were you watching the same game i was??Jay took some unbelievable shots.The fact that he is listed as day to day tells me it was not ok. I dont accept ok when Jays absense means the season is over.Three years of this patchwork pass blocking makes me think the Monsters of the midway really are hiding something. You cant spend millions on Brandon Marshall and draft elshon jefferies and not put an offensive line in front of them.Coach Smith also gave Cutler a pass when he was asked about Cutlers play he said Thats just jay we know what we have in JAY. I know what WE HAVE in you Lovey and if you dont make the playoffs we will have NO MORE of you. This was a divisional game the Bears should have won. What we got instead was Jared Allen and his buddies dominating the Bears upfront.Smith ought to stop giving his QB a pass when he plays badly and tell Bears fans the truth. For 3 years this teams pass blocking has stunk and if management doesnt improve this situation jay Cutler will be gone.

Holiday news.

Christmas Alert!!!  Three of Santas reindeer are holding out for a contract extension. Rudy wants more vacation time plus better vegetation. Dancer says hes looking for a better spot on the sleigh and a pay raise. Donner is unavailable for comment but rumor has it he wants better health benefits and is thinking about retirement. Rudy and his agent met with Santa this week and Rudolph left angry telling the Northpole Press that it was like this his first year when everyone made fun of his nose. "Its gonna take more than a little fog to get me to pull that heavy thing this year" Santa responded by putting the rebelious reindeer on the naughty list. In the latest Northpole opinion poll 35% of people are unsatisfied with the job Santa is doing and 73% are sympathetic to the reindeer and their plight. As an act of good faith all the Christmas elves are continuing to work around the clock and phonelines to the Northpole remain open for parents who wish to either order or cancel their lists to Santa. Santa hasnt been seen in the last week but was seen two weeks ago at sleigh practice He reportedly was training possible replacement reindeer and looking at advanced weather predictions for Christmas Eve.

Good ole boys.

I am not a Manning family fan. The football mannings that is. People crushed Lebron James for his half an hour on ESPN and rightly so. Peyton was enjoying his tour of the NFL and ESPN was hanging on his every word i see little difference in the two. Peyton and his im just like every other guy additude irritates me because i know he is not like any other guy. Did i mention i hate false humility? Eli at the NFL draft on camera with the Chargers jersey looking like a deer in headlightsWHAT? yanno there was a backroom deal with that situation. Archie got on the phone with his good ole boy voice and said to the Chargers..Now you boys know that my Eli would Neva not be in a major television market suppose you work on somethin a bit more pricey k?? Yes they both are hall of fame quartrbacks but it doesnt mean i have to like either of them.  It all seeems a bit too perfect sort of like wally and the Beaver. Where the hell is eddie haskell in this story? Archie was an old QB and mom was probably the head cheerleader and prom queen. Maybe im jaded but if i have to see peyton in that car commericial one more time calling his sweet daddy on the phone for their afternoon BBQ im gonna puke. Why dont we just have a Bronco Vs Giant Superbowl so that ole Eli and his brother can play in their backyard and we can go on a tour of the Manning country Estate for our Superbowl halftime entertainment.I can smell the Christmas goose now as good ole Arch and the family gather round the fire for the family photo. UGH!

J....E......T.....S....jets!! jets!!! jets!!

Breaking NFL news the New York Jets are bad. Never in the history of my brief sports watching life have i seen so much attention paid to a bad football team. It is after all New York and Tim Tebo is there ready to resue the little football team that couldnt. The Sports mothership is hovering there watching to see if it can find the drama that drives the big ratings machine. Waiting for Rex the dragon slayer to SCREAM and spread venom at whoever is in the way of his frustration. Maybe the field general who is failing will melt down and crumble in front of his teammates. Maybe if the motherships cronies can stick a needle in the right place the dominos will fall and we all can see the Green football team CRASH. The media is waiting the players are playing and the mothership continues to drone on talking about the demise of the Jets. The bottomline is their is no contraversy. The Jets are exactly who we thought they were. They are a bad football team. The drama seems strange and media driven and outside of the Big fishbowl that is New York it just seems silly. There are plenty of good stories to talk about in the NFL and ill be glad when a six win Jets team is off the football field and out of the news.

Hooray!!! Im for the other team!

Probably my best shot at seeing my favorite college basketball team this year and it could not have gone better. I get a great seat I even get a cheerleader to throw a tee-shirt to me in the crowd.  But it cant be without one BIG ass annoyance. Now do not get me wrong i have had spastic yelling fits at officials and seen some unbelievable calls but tell me if this particular fan doesnt just piss you off. From the beginning this fan is bitching at the officials. Bitching about illegal screens non existant traveling calls and too much contact under the basket. There is NO TRAVELING there are NO illegal screens and the contact under the bucket is physical but not abnormal. Alot of these type fans come into the arena griping at the officials from beginning to end. If the home team loses its always the zebras fault. I wanted so badly to tell this fan to SHUT HER GIANT PIEHOLE but then a great idea happened. I decided to start cheering for the other team.  Fan complainer looks at me sneers and says so are you cheering for the other team?  This was a definate break through and a smile came to my face. She got really pissed when the other team drilled a three and i raised my hand signaling a made three.Moral of the story: The next time a complainer fan who has no knowlodge of the game starts bitching at the refs start cheering wildly for the other team it will make your experience alot better and piss off a fan who definately could use an extra kick in the ass.

The BIG LIE

BCS selections are in and what we have discovered is what we already knew. ESPN is full of protect the establishment in college football idiots. Kirk herbstreet saying that the section of northern illinois to the orange bowl is a commentary on the sad state of affairs in college football. Really KIRK you think im that stupid?? The BIG LIE that nobody talks about on that lunkhead network is that schools like northern are not given the same opportunities to play schools like alabama or florida.....The argument assumes that the abillity to schuedule everyone is equal. There are 125 schools in major college football why dont we just make it simple and eliminate all schools that dont schuedule teams and seasons that are BCS worthy. They can start their own separate division in college football down in the valley where the "commoners" play football. How about we address the real problems in college football and get rid automatic births and conference affilated bowl games? No problem with wisconsin getting a rose bowl birth with 5 losses or louisville getting a bowl birth despite coming from that sickeningly weak Big East? Instead of celebrating a breakthrough for a small school and an opportunity for football players who wouldnt ever get a chance at a bigtime ballgame herby the punkass is super critical. Poor oklahoma has to slum it in the cottonbowl this year and floridah State has to put on kid gloves and play the huskies.Oh and dont forget the powerhouse yellow jackets from GTECH getting a bowlgame with a losing record.Why not put LA tech at 9-3 in that spot and give those seniors a deserving bowl trip? Most of all ESPN stop telling me that stupid lie about parity in college football because it doesnt exist.