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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MstyFwhLy4&feature=related

would enter if i had the money (and lived in Chicago), but going to take a pass out of respect for people who can actually go to it. Jeff...please make it a requirement that the winners have to go to the game & not go back on StubHub and sell the tickets....

Requiring video of the winners in Soldier Field, preferably:
1) giving Mike Vick the middle finger with one hand
2) in full Bears regalia
3) singing "Bear Down, Chicago Bears" - correctly, if not in tune
4) with max number of beers per person
5) a sign with DBB "famous names" on it prominently displayed
6a) flashing the devil horns with the other hand
or, alternately, 6b) giving the fear boner sign

That way we know whichever douche-bag wins, it hasn't been cashed in for extra Christmas presents...I mean, my daughter would understand if Daddy won two tickets to Soldier Field.

I'd do them all. Except for give the fear boner sign because I have no idea what the hell that looks like. Is it having someone hold a gun to your head while stuffing a banana in your pants? You have to give me a clue how to do it.

If you don't stuff bananas in your pants without someone holding a gun to your head, I don't know what to tell you.
All the cool kids are doing it.

Re-posting from the previous thread... (this time into the current thread. Doh! I really am mentally challenged sometimes)

Is this years defense better the the '06 crew. I'm not completely convinced of that, but they just might be. The are playing at a very high level and are getting stronger every week. Urlacher also said he thought they were a better D than '06. I'm just glad to have a killer D back. The worst thing for me over the past few seasons has been the terrible defensive performance by our beloved team. As Bears fans we have been accustomed less than stellar offensive teams, but could ALWAYS rely on our D to keep us in every game. Or, at least have our opponents know they are in for a very hard time.

I know I'll take some shit for it, but I disagree with the calls to pull Webb out of the line. Yes, he had a bad time last night against Wake, but anyone we have to put in there would as well. The guy is one of the best rushers in the league right now. More than that though, I think we need to keep the same players, in the same positions on the line for the remainder of the years. Now that Tice has created a serviceable unit we need to let them stay together as a unit without weekly musical Oline changes. Line play more than any other group in football needs to have the players know not only their position, but how the guys around the react to a given situation. They need to play as a unit. They cannot do that if the unit changes every week.

I agree with you on Webb.

Webb suffered what NFL coaching vets understand is the downhill slope for rook O-lineman.

The first flag was a hold. The second flag was a hold. The third flag was NOT a hold. That was BULLSHIT. Webb closed his fist and got a tiny, insignificant amount of jersey in it, nothing that could reasonably have impeded his guy.

BUT - once a rook lineman starts drawing flags, he has the LJ's attention. Now he's on the shortest leash there is.

There was a pretty good article in SI about a rook tackle for the skins about 10 years ago, and his life in the NFL his first year. It talked about this. Once the LJ decides you may be a fuck-up, he will call EVERYTHING on you.

That's what Webb had happen to him.

+1.

Is it me or did it look like cutler said fuck you to Marshall on the sideline.... I love curlers attitude( I was gonna say cockiness but that wouldn't of sounded to good) just the way the teams swagger has been lately is getting me wet.. Ha

Y the fuck I put curlers who knows... Happy hour is comin early.. Cutlers

Doesn't really change his grading though - people run around the guy like he's standing still. He is a terrible p[ass blocker and until that 'magically' fixes itself, we should try Louis in there or put Shaffer back in. It's literally impossible to make the situation worse by replacing him.

Preach on, brother - I think the right pieces are in place. The key now is continuity.

If you'd like to purchase a "Frank Omiyale is my Homeboy" t-shirt, please let me know and I'll get one shipped right away.
No sizes under XXXL currently available.

I hereby propose extinction of oft-mentioned fear-boners due to the fallacy of their existence. And yes, I saw what I did there ...

Legendary comedy is so, because the heart of the joke is based in the veracity of the observation. The fear boner does not exist ewrgo is not funny. Discuss (50 marks)

And well done it was, Irish!

I always kinda figured they were an "inny".

Mike Vick is going to be beaten down by a superior team next Sunday.

One good game does not an MVP make. After what Vick did, and no, I don't forgive him however much time he spent in prison,, all the glowing press he is getting makes me pretty ill.

Here's hoping the Giants rough him up this week just enough so he's not so cocky coming into Solder Field. Dog killer.

I know, it were as if he had walked on water.

+1 on the devil-horns and must also headbang a la Beavis & Butthead.

+1
T'would not be fair to compete in rhyme,
when too long's the road to trot.
My arse isn't magic all the time,
and pains me quite a lot.

Oh great, NOW you tell me!

lmfao at the vaccination one.

Don't be afraid to take a JAB at anyone around here. "FAS Eyeburns" ~ gotta ring to it

Sell the tickets? Now that would be unforgiveable.

Crafting my work of art as we speak. Get used to me guys! After today, I am here to stay, opinions and all.

That's the spirit! Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.

I think Jeff said Loyal Readers. This is my first time seeing you.

I love how now people we never see or hear are Loyal readers and bloggers. Ha. I hope that whoever does win is a real DBB reader and poster. WE know who we are. MBHDP,FQD,Phil,Albert,MB30,GP,Crown,Johnny,Fresno,UrlacherFTW,DocNitty,Viva, etc. Sorry if i forgot anyone.

I can't go, but I wrote an treatise to Jeff on how I felt about it.

I think it's really nice, overall, that he's making such a promotion in the end. It sets DBB apart from 99% of sports blogs, I will tell you that.

There aren't any damn giveaways on the Packers forum, I can tell you that.

I'm off to the Pack forum now, resuming my charade as a Vikes fan from Lake Minnetonka named "Jerry". My hobbies are ice fishing and woodworking.

I told them that I thought Aaron Rodgers should put a cellphone in his sock and pull it out in the endzone and pretend to take a picture of his junk.

That'll piss them off.

Oh, and credit to Doc.

Link?

I grew up in South Carolina as Bears fan! We are a Clemson family and followed William Perry when he came to play for Chicago. Having been a fan most my life, and having been in Chicago 6 years now, it's time I go to a game!!! Please send me!!!

Case and point.

Or "in". In works too.

Admittedly, I'm a little vaklempt today because Blade is gonna get his prison whistle installed.

http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/wesley-snipes-to-serve-3-years-in-prison-20101911

Always bet on...the IRS.

And if he asks them to show where it states he needs to file income tax returns which are unconstitutional, they won't be able to do it. The IRS are nothing more than hoods, except they're above the law, so I guess they are ...

So technically the military should be taking on the IRS, right? Now that's a war I'd like to see. Over in five fucking minutes. Scumbags.

As if we need more proof that Peppers is a beast...

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-11-19/sports/ct-spt-1120-pompei-bears-chicago--20101119_1_richie-incognito-speed-rush-urlacher-and-lance-briggs

ML...now all the talking heads are realizing it's not just about sack's that Pepe can do. Pepe is bring to the table an abundance for this front line...btw wasn't that what Butter was to do..time to trade his arse.

Damn, Bears will not get any respect from the national media.

Don Banks, on team most likely to fade down the stretch: Da Bears
Team most likely to surge: Pack

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/don_banks/11/16/nfl-playoff-picture/

I think if we beat the Pack at Lambeau on the last game of the season to go 12-4 or something, then the national media will go "oh, maybe the Bears are decent, but they won't go anywhere in the playoffs."

GP...I swear he's a dick....looks like the brother of niedermeyer....

and as for us on the last game..no they won't even give us decent brother...it's o.k. love playing the underdog

plus he's family is probably from inbred from weskon-sin or miny-soda

new thread

Actually, I liked it better when the media left the Bears alone. They're making me nervous.

FairTax would eliminate the IRS.

Don't choose this guy. He lashed out at me on another site for taking a pro-cattlecalling stance with women.

I think I should get the tickets because the last time I went to a game Alex Brown blocked a field goal and we won in overtime. that being said I can't go because I'm in Japan

i, beyond a doubt, with an exclamation mark, deserve those tickets more than anybody else. here is my story.in the late 1980's i was a roughneck on the oil rigs in the williston basin in north dakota,i left chi-town in the blizzard of '78,it took till april to get my car free on jannsen? street so i headed south. ended up in Houm,La. where i saw a billboard ad for work, guarenteeing excellent wages.went to the trailer below sign, was hired on spot and shipped off shore next day to gulf of mexico.after traveling the world as a roughneck for 10 years i needed to see chicago again (really homesick),so my mother-in-law suggested to come in for christmas of '88 to coincide with my december birthday. my rig schedule of 30 days on- 30 days off gave me the month of december off so off to chicago we (my wife & i )go. well, for my birthday gift,my family & my in-laws gave my wife & i 2 chicago bear tickets for the 12-31-88 chicago bears- philedelphia eagles game (do we see where im going here)did we go to the game-YES,did we see the damn game after the end of the first quarter,hell no.did we or any other fans leave,no friggen way.what was going on was passed up through the stands so we were all like minutes behind every game.seeing as how i didn't see that game & we won i think i deserve the tickets cuz i haven't been able to go to a bears game in chicago since. a sidebar(i live in florida now & went to the bears-dolphin game thursday & got us a victory!!!!!!!! jgm65111@yahoo.com

Anyone have any take on the Marshall Cutler deal?

http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/news/story?id=5825525&campaign=rss&source=NFLHeadlines

It just reinforced my opinion of Marshall; he's such an emotional mutton-head that he can't take a compliment.
WTF did he think we were going to do, cover him with Marinelli?
Although, I think if Rod got the assignment, Marshall would have been on the sideline quicker (think Tonya Harding-style beatdown in the tunnel).

DAMMIT!!! too bad I'm gonna be in Mexico for this game!!!!!

Mexico for Ron Mexico?

They seemed cool after the game ...

you forgot phrozen tundra

Jeff has done some really great things in developing this blog and the community around it: the t-shirts, the weekly radio show, the contests...I really can't say enough that I hope that if I don't win it (fingers crossed, fingers crossed) that one of you guys do and make some DBB memories while you're there.
I have a blast commiserating with all of y'all, even my nemeseseseses....fuck it.
Somebody better take some photos. My money is on Crown to take the most incriminating ones.

Although, Fres, I think you'd probably stir some shit too.

I would seriously fuck some shit up

shafted da coach....

Screw that - you have a commercial.

I can understand not wanting some random asshole to get the tickets but I think you underestimate the number of regular readers who arent, for whatever reason, commentators. Shoot, I barely ever comment.

U should comment more rev...the more the better.

Most of the time, when I catch up with DBB, everything I had to say has already been said. Lots of good, smart posters on this site.

I already said that exact same thing up above, Cor.

I would rather drive 9 1/2 hours one way to see the Bears than watch the UFL game that I am about to sit through.

You need to speed up! I made it in 8!

I think I may have lost a toe - Rosenblatt is too wide open for these temperatures. There's a reason that baseball stadiums suck for hosting football games.

I dont post alot,but have been around since the days of"Rancid" and "Pissed Off" were regulars on this Blog.
I wondered how long it would take for the shit to start flying about a couple tickets.

Long time know hear Hoosier.

I meant no hear

I've been on here for at least 2 yrs, but I've got a friend here in town who has a box..has for 20yrs now, so if I ever want to go I just tell him, but enjoy watching the game at the bar with everybody. Close nit group. But this blog is such a riot to read and learn from. Love all you guys.
PS..And no I'm not gay either! Just frikin HAPPY!

MBF......PS..And no I'm not gay either!
the outing?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtvFbXG-7Mw

Hahahaha... I was just mussin with you last thread Madd.

I actually have tickets to that game and I would like to not be included at all in this drawing.

Thank you.

Exactement, mon ami, exactement. Few people have the luxury of a mind-numbingly handy office-job number like myself and others, which allow us to spend far too many hours of our lives on some random Bears blog. Fewer still have the ability to pleasure women in the way that I can. But I digress. By virtue of the fact that someone has seen that tickets are available, would make them a regular reader, oui ou non?

lol

What if I really am Jerry Angelo and win the tickets?

You will obviously then trade them for a really shitty tight end cuz you can never have too many of those.

Nice

Ha!

Well done Mike. 500 points.

bada-bing!

Then god speed...because as soon as someone in the stands recognizes you, you are fscked.

Realistically there's no way I could make the game so I won't submit a "Queen for a Day" sob story (not that kind of Queen). However, I would like to say I think it's great that Jeff hustles his ass off to pull off this giveaway. I've done sponsorships for music festivals and it's a ton of work. In a perfect world the winners (I think there are two pairs of tix available) are regulars but it won't bother me either way. I do hope there are some pix and stories that come out of it.

Thanks again Jeff for making this happen.

I cannot go the game, so will not try to get the tickets.

If the regulars (we know who you are) indicate on 'Da Blog that you can and will go, I'll email Jeff for you as a write-in candidate and others probably will too. I'm pretty sure Jeff is not going to let these tix go to some Johnny/Jane come lately.

Really loyal reader, Fresno, not always a poster.

That changes today.

Well of course it changes today. What a coincidence

What cha trying to say? I check this blog every day - and read what Jeff writes, but not always the comments. You're acting like an Eagles fan.

Eagles fan? Wow good one buddy...

Working on it! Thanks.

I'm sure you've all seen this, but it's so funny, it's worth seeing again as we head into the weekend:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyKP2PQjmiE

I'm going to puke in my mouth a little here..........but go Vi-Queens Fu@#!@$#!$k the fudge-packers up this weekend..can use the extra jump with one game.

I know what you're saying. It will be a barf-fest rooting for the Vikings this weekend, but there really is no other option, is there?

I hope that old dirtbag still has one last bit of "magic" (oops, there's my breakfast), and can pull out a win over the Packers.

Oh, and I hope that's all he pulls out too. Just saying.

sheite..fresno you forgot the lonewolf

I miss Ditka, Lobo. You look like Ditka ... and GPL looks like Jimmy Mac. Fres looks like Hester, Artoo loss like himself in a Superman suit and MB looks like MB. But I miss Ditka circa the sixties....

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bears/post/_/id/4667877/cutler-vick-vs-bears-d-is-intriguing

This in particular stood out:

"The Eagles' defense also might have to think about containing the quarterback, because Cutler's mobility has become a weapon for the Bears. And offensive coordinator Mike Martz, who's in his first year with Cutler and the Bears, is becoming more flexible.

"'I've been doing it since high school, obviously with [Mike Shanahan] in Denver,' Cutler said. 'That was one of his staples.

"'It's a little new to Mike. He's never really done that. He's never really called it. In the heat of the battle of a game, that doesn't click with him to dial those up. But he's learning real quickly. He's definitely incorporating those, putting emphasis on that to get me out of the pocket and call some plays that way.'"

This makes me more confident that the self-analysis and work they did over the bye to fix the offense was substance and not just rhetoric... Also that Martz really is adaptable in his offense and his playcalling. Hopefully he's learned and taught enough to keep the O effective as DCs adjust (and this is a good sign).

Is this what DBB has come down to ..to the death for tickets:
fresno are you in there?

http://www.youtube.com/user/iamrogue?v=c7SCyiliB38&feature=pyv&ad=6704717034&kw=football%20tickets

Why PK is a douche:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/peter_king/11/18/nfl.week.11.picks/index.html?eref=sihp

nice pick ass-clown

He got half of it exactly right lobo. Ha!

MB..how's your wife and the little one?

p.s. how's the sleep deprivation doing for you?

So far very few of the "regular" posters have submitted a request. A few guys from back in the day have returned though, which means they are still around (just not posting).

The logistics of a Holiday weekend make this trip tough.

Blogfader...............would love the tix's but just can't get there...thanks for the chance though!!!

Will be there in spirit with the one who wins!!

Never liked Peter King.

oh sheite........I hope they don't start giving us some love and jinx us:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/john_lopez/11/18/bears.dolphins.insider/index.html

Just rewatched the game. Noted that Cutty made every single throw with three Fins in his face, off his back foot. Including the INT, on which he had 3 Fins coming right at him and Thiesmann proceeded to rip him.
Second note- this D is something special. If the O begins to click loooook out.

+1

Anyways, Jim Rome reported that Rod Marinelli showed a video of a "Shark attacking a Dolphin to get our Defense wild up" Marinelli is getting our swagger back!

In other news, the Shedd aquarium has lifetime banned Rod Maranelli from the museum.

Bwahahahaha

Are you sheddin' me?!

WELL IF THIER IS ONE TIME I WONT MIND THAT FUCKIN HORN IN MINNY IS GONNA BE THIS WEEKEND WE NEED THE OLD MAN TO DO IT ONE MORE TIME AGAINST THE ASS PACKERS BECAUSE THE WAY I SEE IT THIS WILL COME DOWN TO THIS GAME THEN LAMBAUGH ON JAN 2 NORRIS CHAMPS BEAR DOWN BROTHERS!!!

You're scaring me Irish. One of those names is correct.

Agreed. But I am going to give it a shot. Some of these posters are tougher than Wilbur Marshall.

Wasn't there a poster named "Nicole from the blue city" from Indy? We need more women here. God I remember the Grosman hatred on the blog. talk abt an argument that went nowhere. Grossman was almost a banned topic.

yeah -- who was that guy that was the biggest Grossman apologist on this blog and then took his ball and went home when Grossman was beaten out by Orton? Talk about a bromance.

Yea, Pissed Off was the Rex lover. I found this site when the Orton and Rex controversy was in full storm. I was of course rooting for Orton to play over Rex. This was the year Orton ended playing for Rex and going 10-2 the rest of the season. PO really loved Rex and when Orton started doing well he couldn't handle it. I told him, I banged his mom with her pink bedazzledd Rex jersey and he took his toys and went home. When the site moved to Chicagonow, he came back for a minute with the funniest airbrushed school yearbook type photo you've ever seen to grumble something about Rex and then vanish again into the sky.

I asked Pissed Off formally to return. He was actually a lucid, smart commenter but something happened with that Rex stuff. He kind of lost his mind with it.

I should get the tickets because since the stadium has been rebuilt, I've gone to 4 games and the Bears have always won, including the come from behind against the Packers in 2008 (the freeze bowl). With their schedule and shakyness all season, they need all the help they can get.

I still email with Nicole. She's got a hectic life that girl.