Old dude, do you remember when the Bears fans were talking so much about how they were going to run the NFC North, how Justin Fields was going to be the MVP, and how the Packers were going to be irrelevant this year after the Bears exposed them at Solider Field? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
That's a whole lotta Milanos, Seabiscuit. I take it you find all that amusing?
Oh, we are going to laugh at the Bears this week. The Vikings are going to escape some laughter because losing on the road at Philly wasn't too unexpected. Though they might want to stop turning the ball over so much.
That seems like constructive criticism.
I am capable of it. Meanwhile, I am feeling the HYYYYYYYYYPPPPEEEEE! and am ready to pick some games. Watch me work.
Minnesota Golden Elite Rowers of the Boat (+7) vs. North Carolina Tar Heels In the interest of full disclosure, I was watching the Badgers and didn't see a second of the Gophers last week. This is going to be the real test for the Gophers in the nonconference portion, as North Carolina has Drake Maye, who a lot of people have going as a first rounder next spring. North Carolina is still coached by Mack Brown, who is a wily coach who obviously has the championship pedigree. If the Gophers fall behind, then I really question if their offense is designed to get them back in the game. Sorry, not sorry Gophers fans. Tar Heels 26, Row Row Row Your Boat Elitely 10.
North Carolina is certainly a step up in class and while Chapel Hill is better known for roundball, they have been sneaky good at football for a long time. I think the Gophers will give them a game, but I think Carolina pulls away. Heels 27, Gophers 17.
Georgia Southern Eagles (+19.5) vs. Beloved Wisconsin Badgers The Badgers didn't have a great night out in Pullman, but while everyone was talking about the safety and fumble calls, you can't blame the refs for what happened. The Badgers dug themselves too big of a hole in the first half, and settled for field goals. Those things set up the 4th quarter and forced certain decisions to be made. Georgia Southern is a school that has a sneaky good history. Remember, they won a bunch at the lower level of college football and helped push App State to become what they are now. The Badgers should play well, and come out with focus and anger. Badgers 49, Eagles 17.
Focus and anger rarely travel together. If I had to choose one, I'd take focus. Let's hope the Badgers find it. Wisconsin 31, Georgia Southern 16.
Glorious Green Bay Packers (+1.5) vs. Hotlanta Falcons Well, the Packers really showed that there is life after Aaron last week. Love looked very good, the defense played well, and the rookies all showed out. The concern is that Aaron Jones and Christian Watson are both questionable, and it looks like they might be a game time decision. The good news for this Jones owner in fantasy is that I have Quadfather locked and loaded if needed. Atlanta has a very good running game, which has given our somehow still-employed defensive coordinator trouble in his tenure. This won't be the easiest game in the world, but the Packers can win to go to 2-0 and get ready to welcome the Saints to Lambeau next week. Packers 21, Falcons 18.
I'm not sure if the Packers are good or if the Happy Schnapps Combo still has taken the measure of things:
What I do know is the Packers better stop the run game. Atlanta is the first of many such tests. Packers 31, Falcons 24.
And now, it is time to laugh at the Bears. You talked all this crap, and you backed it up like that? Even some players were talking crap about how they were going to take the rivalry back, how our fanbase didn't know football, how Jordan Love was terrible. Don't you remember in 2019 and how you said that the Bears ran this division? Life comes at you fast. The problem is that Justin Fields isn't the savior, and you guys should have known better. Fields was able to succeed in college because he was a better athlete, and had the benefit of Urban Meyer's recruits to help him with the Buckeyes. Fields ain't a pocket passer as of yet, and looked to run a whole lot. The Bears can't develop a quarterback, and after all this building around him, Fields has accomplished less than Trubisky. That's right. Trubisky at least got you to the playoffs twice.
The real problem that the Bears have isn't in the coaching or football ops ranks, though both areas need an overhaul. What holds the Bears back is the nepotism and failure of the McCaskeys. Virginia is a great lady who I would love to talk football with, but her ownership is a prime reason why hiring family members and putting them in key positions in a family organization while not firing them when you would fire those who are outside the family kills a business from the inside. Virginia's kids have presided over failure after failure, and only Michael was fired. That was back in 1999 for the infamous botched Dave McGinnis hiring, but Michael was allowed to stay on in another role. Would you hire any of Virginia's kids given their track record to any organization outside of the Bears? Honestly, no. While Kevin Warren at least is an outsider, his record running the Big Ten produced mixed results, with even his master stroke of getting the LA schools to join the Big Ten getting overshadowed by issues with the new television deal. You can read some stuff on this blog from 2020 if you want to learn more about my thoughts on Warren.
If I were Virginia, I would have fired all of her kids years ago, and cleaned house. Nothing will change as long as the McCaskeys continue to rob the Bears and their fans by drawing a paycheck that they don't deserve. If their last names were different, they would struggle to work in the NFL at any level. I'll say it even more strongly, the Bears are run by a bunch of damn nepotism kids who lack any skills or qualifications outside of their DNA being right. I'm not even a Bears fan, but the McCaskeys need to step away from running the Bears entirely if they really cared about their team and their fanbase.
Enjoy your football this weekend. Ben out.
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