The George S. Halas Trophy finally is on the right shelf.
One more to go.
22 Comments
Deuce McAllister
on January 21, 2007 at 5:41 pm
What time does the game start? I can’t wait to run all over the Bears! Whoo!
Mike McCaskey
on January 21, 2007 at 5:44 pm
(manly) Woof woof woof woof!
Harold Washington
on January 21, 2007 at 5:44 pm
Everybody, give them the finger!
Mike Ditka's PR Flak
on January 21, 2007 at 7:02 pm
Hey did my team win?
Dusty Baker
on January 21, 2007 at 7:33 pm
Dudes, great game today. I’d have blown it
Rex's Finger
on January 22, 2007 at 12:40 am
Just one more game until I have shiny ring on me for the rest of Rex’s life.
Ray Nagin
on January 22, 2007 at 9:11 am
Damn it.
In a nutsack
on January 22, 2007 at 9:39 am
Congratulations, Bears fans. The Bears and the refs (well, mostly the Bears) completely beat us down today. Actually, the Saints were the worst players on their team yesterday.
There are going to be people that say that the refs cost us part of the game. The only guff I have with the referees is the Terrance Copper interference call that cost the Saints a first down. The Michael Lewis review was done correctly, as that ball was loose (not out, but loose) before his knee touched the ground.
The Saints turned the ball over and didn’t protect their quarterback yesterday. That, and the fact that they continually give Fred Thomas a univorm, pads and cleats, is what did them in.
Unfortunately, I can’t pull for the Bears in the Super Bowl, because Peyton Manning is a hometown boy (for me, anyway) and I’m for the Colts in this one. Anyhow, good luck Bears. Thanks for the red ass.
In a nutsack
on January 22, 2007 at 10:00 am
Please excuse my misspelled words…I’m really high on coffee and my fingers are going nuts on the keyboard.
Pre
on January 22, 2007 at 11:01 am
I’m just going to put this one out there as far as the ref’s: that the Colston pick play for Bush’s touchdown balances out missing a whole entire first down for offense interference.
In a nutsack
on January 22, 2007 at 11:22 am
Pre:
Um, I don’t think so. Colston never touched the defender.
jeez
on January 22, 2007 at 11:51 am
Is this now the NFL rule? That a team can’t take a playoff loss without blaming the refs? You fags got beat by 25 points. Twenty-five! Maybe Payton should have his team better prepared, and they wouldn’t make the mistakes they made that resulted in penalties.
You also do the other pussy bush league thing losing fans (usually of teams not used to winning, or being in, big games, such as the Seahawks) do, which is to say your team “turned the ball over” and “didn’t protect” its QB, as if it was just a series of Saints mistakes. This is a cheap way of avoiding giving credit to the other team. The Bears have FORTY-NINE takeaways this season. Teams don’t turn the ball over against the Bears. The Bears take the ball away. When you look at patterns and tendencies, you see that the Saints don’t turn it over very often, while the Bears take it away more than anybody else. So of course when the Bears take it away four times (and it would’ve been five if Wale had fallen on the first fumble), you choose to believe that the Saints have uncharacteristically turned it over four times, rather than just man up and admit that the Bears, as is their wont, forced a few turnovers.
Same goes for your supposed failure to protect your QB. I doubt in the NFC title game your linemen suddenly forgot how to block. It’s called a pass rush. The Bears had a good one yesterday.
Go whine about the refereeing some more. I’m sure a few calls and non-calls, which no one else in the world has noticed or thought to mention, made the Bears 25 points better than the Saints.
I’m glad that the whiny, ignorant Saints fans (thinking a 10-6 dome team would come in and wallop a 13-3 cold weather team, whining about Katrina and thinking they’re entitled to a Super Bowl run just because of it) are disappointed. Watching my favorite team beat two NFC teams with perhaps the most annoying fanbases right now (it’s the nouveau riche thing, I think; when your team is good you have no idea how to act), in consecutive weeks, in the playoffs, has been a delight.
I’m also thrilled that the Bears beat two of the biggest assholes in the NFL this year, in heartbreaking fashion- Leinart and Bush. Have a nice offseason, Reggie. Next time you do that end zone flip, try doing it into an empty swimming pool.
In a nutsack
on January 22, 2007 at 12:22 pm
jeez:
Okay, you actually made me put my lunch aside for a second, so this had better be good.
First off, in my first post (comment #8), I half-assedly blamed the referees for the game. The fact is, I know they didn’t cause the Saints to lose that game. I know you Bears fans are feeling very high and mighty, and you rightly should. You beat the Saints, hands down. I don’t like to come here with “if’s” and “but’s” that could be canned like nuts, but turning the ball over 4 times isn’t going to even get you close to winning any NFL game…unless you’re the Bears and you’re playing the Cardinals.
I’m not complaining about the officiating. It wasn’t great, but it definitely didn’t cost my team the game nor did it grant your’s the win. And, a failure to protect the quarterback goes hand-in-hand with an outstanding Bears rush. The simple fact is they got to Drew and disrupted the offense.
Am I saying that if the Saints quell the Bears rush they pull out the game? No, but it would sure have helped. Am I saying that not turning the ball over (or, as you put it, having the Bears “take it away”) would have won the Saints the game? No, but it sure would have helped.
Look, I’m gonna go ahead and do the right thing. The Bears deserve all the credit in the world. Rex played well enough, and he exploited Fred Thomas like everyone in the world knew he should have. They caused the Saints to lose the football, which they have been known to do. The Bears did what they had to do–they exploited the Saints weaknesses and just flat out beat us down.
Good luck in the Super Bowl.
Pre
on January 22, 2007 at 12:24 pm
So you’re saying Colston stutter stepped to stay in the way and then leaned into Harris as part of his route?
It worked, it happens, I’m not crying about it. I just thought the no-call there for an 88yard TD might make add some counter evidence to your idea that the call on offensive interference that cost all of 10 yards was not the key to an elaborate NFL referee plan to fix the game.
In a nutsack
on January 22, 2007 at 12:25 pm
P.S., I’ve been a Saints fan all my life and I’ve always stuck by them…and it’s been hard. But, I’m no bandwagon fan…so, don’t lump me in with those “riche” fools you talk about.
Pre
on January 22, 2007 at 12:25 pm
note – I typed my response before the post above it.
In a nutsack
on January 22, 2007 at 12:28 pm
Pre:
I never said that the interference call was vital to the Saints winning that game. It just blows, and it stalled a drive.
About Colston’s route: I don’t know exactly what constitutes a “pick” in the NFL rulebook, nor do I know what the referees consider it, but I don’t remember seeing him run into #46 (is that Harris?). If Colston did run into him, then consider me corrected.
Andy
on January 22, 2007 at 1:58 pm
The Saints had a lot of problems with a soggy field. Gee, where you could you have found one of those to practice on in New Orleans?
Mattus
on January 22, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Good work Bears and extended fanbase. On my only trip to MJ’s hallowed city a few years ago, I remember looking down on the new but still famous solider field from sears tower…
good luck in a fortnight, guys.
Rex Grossman
on January 22, 2007 at 2:04 pm
As long as I hand the ball off to TJ and Ced and not to Indy’s pathetic excuse for a defense, it’s …………. SuperBowl XLI rings for eveyone in Chicago. FANS LOVE ME!
In a nutsack
on January 22, 2007 at 2:22 pm
Andy:
That’s cold. Take pictures on your trip to hell.
Brian
on January 22, 2007 at 7:05 pm
Tremendous win for the Bears but I would trade any Bears Super Bowl win for a Cubs World Series! But I guess while we are here we may as well snag this one along the way!
What time does the game start? I can’t wait to run all over the Bears! Whoo!
(manly) Woof woof woof woof!
Everybody, give them the finger!
Hey did my team win?
Dudes, great game today. I’d have blown it
Just one more game until I have shiny ring on me for the rest of Rex’s life.
Damn it.
Congratulations, Bears fans. The Bears and the refs (well, mostly the Bears) completely beat us down today. Actually, the Saints were the worst players on their team yesterday.
There are going to be people that say that the refs cost us part of the game. The only guff I have with the referees is the Terrance Copper interference call that cost the Saints a first down. The Michael Lewis review was done correctly, as that ball was loose (not out, but loose) before his knee touched the ground.
The Saints turned the ball over and didn’t protect their quarterback yesterday. That, and the fact that they continually give Fred Thomas a univorm, pads and cleats, is what did them in.
Unfortunately, I can’t pull for the Bears in the Super Bowl, because Peyton Manning is a hometown boy (for me, anyway) and I’m for the Colts in this one. Anyhow, good luck Bears. Thanks for the red ass.
Please excuse my misspelled words…I’m really high on coffee and my fingers are going nuts on the keyboard.
I’m just going to put this one out there as far as the ref’s: that the Colston pick play for Bush’s touchdown balances out missing a whole entire first down for offense interference.
Pre:
Um, I don’t think so. Colston never touched the defender.
Is this now the NFL rule? That a team can’t take a playoff loss without blaming the refs? You fags got beat by 25 points. Twenty-five! Maybe Payton should have his team better prepared, and they wouldn’t make the mistakes they made that resulted in penalties.
You also do the other pussy bush league thing losing fans (usually of teams not used to winning, or being in, big games, such as the Seahawks) do, which is to say your team “turned the ball over” and “didn’t protect” its QB, as if it was just a series of Saints mistakes. This is a cheap way of avoiding giving credit to the other team. The Bears have FORTY-NINE takeaways this season. Teams don’t turn the ball over against the Bears. The Bears take the ball away. When you look at patterns and tendencies, you see that the Saints don’t turn it over very often, while the Bears take it away more than anybody else. So of course when the Bears take it away four times (and it would’ve been five if Wale had fallen on the first fumble), you choose to believe that the Saints have uncharacteristically turned it over four times, rather than just man up and admit that the Bears, as is their wont, forced a few turnovers.
Same goes for your supposed failure to protect your QB. I doubt in the NFC title game your linemen suddenly forgot how to block. It’s called a pass rush. The Bears had a good one yesterday.
Go whine about the refereeing some more. I’m sure a few calls and non-calls, which no one else in the world has noticed or thought to mention, made the Bears 25 points better than the Saints.
I’m glad that the whiny, ignorant Saints fans (thinking a 10-6 dome team would come in and wallop a 13-3 cold weather team, whining about Katrina and thinking they’re entitled to a Super Bowl run just because of it) are disappointed. Watching my favorite team beat two NFC teams with perhaps the most annoying fanbases right now (it’s the nouveau riche thing, I think; when your team is good you have no idea how to act), in consecutive weeks, in the playoffs, has been a delight.
I’m also thrilled that the Bears beat two of the biggest assholes in the NFL this year, in heartbreaking fashion- Leinart and Bush. Have a nice offseason, Reggie. Next time you do that end zone flip, try doing it into an empty swimming pool.
jeez:
Okay, you actually made me put my lunch aside for a second, so this had better be good.
First off, in my first post (comment #8), I half-assedly blamed the referees for the game. The fact is, I know they didn’t cause the Saints to lose that game. I know you Bears fans are feeling very high and mighty, and you rightly should. You beat the Saints, hands down. I don’t like to come here with “if’s” and “but’s” that could be canned like nuts, but turning the ball over 4 times isn’t going to even get you close to winning any NFL game…unless you’re the Bears and you’re playing the Cardinals.
I’m not complaining about the officiating. It wasn’t great, but it definitely didn’t cost my team the game nor did it grant your’s the win. And, a failure to protect the quarterback goes hand-in-hand with an outstanding Bears rush. The simple fact is they got to Drew and disrupted the offense.
Am I saying that if the Saints quell the Bears rush they pull out the game? No, but it would sure have helped. Am I saying that not turning the ball over (or, as you put it, having the Bears “take it away”) would have won the Saints the game? No, but it sure would have helped.
Look, I’m gonna go ahead and do the right thing. The Bears deserve all the credit in the world. Rex played well enough, and he exploited Fred Thomas like everyone in the world knew he should have. They caused the Saints to lose the football, which they have been known to do. The Bears did what they had to do–they exploited the Saints weaknesses and just flat out beat us down.
Good luck in the Super Bowl.
So you’re saying Colston stutter stepped to stay in the way and then leaned into Harris as part of his route?
It worked, it happens, I’m not crying about it. I just thought the no-call there for an 88yard TD might make add some counter evidence to your idea that the call on offensive interference that cost all of 10 yards was not the key to an elaborate NFL referee plan to fix the game.
P.S., I’ve been a Saints fan all my life and I’ve always stuck by them…and it’s been hard. But, I’m no bandwagon fan…so, don’t lump me in with those “riche” fools you talk about.
note – I typed my response before the post above it.
Pre:
I never said that the interference call was vital to the Saints winning that game. It just blows, and it stalled a drive.
About Colston’s route: I don’t know exactly what constitutes a “pick” in the NFL rulebook, nor do I know what the referees consider it, but I don’t remember seeing him run into #46 (is that Harris?). If Colston did run into him, then consider me corrected.
The Saints had a lot of problems with a soggy field. Gee, where you could you have found one of those to practice on in New Orleans?
Good work Bears and extended fanbase. On my only trip to MJ’s hallowed city a few years ago, I remember looking down on the new but still famous solider field from sears tower…
good luck in a fortnight, guys.
As long as I hand the ball off to TJ and Ced and not to Indy’s pathetic excuse for a defense, it’s …………. SuperBowl XLI rings for eveyone in Chicago. FANS LOVE ME!
Andy:
That’s cold. Take pictures on your trip to hell.
Tremendous win for the Bears but I would trade any Bears Super Bowl win for a Cubs World Series! But I guess while we are here we may as well snag this one along the way!