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Bears GM Emery Known as “Satan”

Boomer — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:34:42 +0000

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Bears Are Being Left Behind in Super Bowl Era

Boomer — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:44:17 +0000

Papa Bear Halas and the 1940 Chicago Bears celebrate the NFL Championship.

The Bears are second among all NFL franchises with 9 championships, 4 behind the rival Green Bay Packers who hold 13 NFL championships. Another Super Bowl has gone by and it’s another year without a championship for our Chicago Bears. It’s becoming an all-too-common occurrence and I’m sick and tired of it. The Chicago Bears are the charter franchise on the NFL. Without the Bears and the vision of George “Papa Bear” Halas, we’re probably all soccer fans and are none the wiser.

Prior to the Super Bowl era – from 1920 until 1965 – the Bears captured eight NFL championships, but in the 46 years of the Super Bowl era, they’ve achieved the ultimate goal just one time. Just to put some perspective around those numbers; in the 45 years of the pre-Super Bowl era, the Bears won a championship every 5.6 years but they’ve done it just once in the 46 years since. Why has this once-proud franchise fallen from the ranks of the elite?

The Bears are forced to look up at the Steelers (6), Cowboys and Niners (5 each), Packers and Giants (4 apiece) among others with more Super Bowl titles. Why do the Beloved only have as many Super Bowls as Tampa Bay and St Louis Rams? Let’s hit the jump to see the full list of NFL Champions and discuss some reasons why the Bears are being left behind in the Super Bowl era.

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Buddy System: Bears Hire Bates as Cutler’s QB Coach

Boomer — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:58:21 +0000

The Bears have hired a quarterbacks coach, reuniting quarterback Jay Cutler with his former positional coach in Denver, Jeremy Bates. No official word on whether he will get the full reigns as “passing game coordinator” as the original job posting on Craigslist had described.

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Giants Outlast Patriots 21-17 to Win Super Bowl XLVI

Boomer — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:41:07 +0000

Feb 5, 2012; Indianapolis, IN, USA; New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning hoists the Vince Lombardi Trophy after Super Bowl XLVI against the New England Patriots at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Emmons-US PRESSWIRE

Congratulations to the New York Giants, the 2011-2012 Super Bowl Champions. Eli Manning and Company went into big brother Peyton’s town and captured Super Bowl XLVI title, outlasting familiar foe in the New England Patriots. It’s the second time that Tom Coughlin and Eli Manning have bested the duo of Brady and Belichick. … [visit site to read more]

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Handicapping the Big Burrito, The Game That Shan’t be Named

Bart — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:37:36 +0000

It’s going to be super, awesome, fantastic. I’m going to have a bowl of chili while watching. As a matter of fact, I’m going to have a big bowl of chili. A super big bowl of chili, a super bowl – yes that would be fantastic!

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Tune in to NFL Honors Tonight

Boomer — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:47:11 +0000

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NFL Expands Thursday Night Football… and I Hate It

Boomer — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:15:05 +0000

In the annual pre-Super Bowl press conference, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced that the league is expanding on the current 8-game Thursday Night Football package to 13 games. The TNF (that’s Thursday Night Football for those slow on the uptake) games will span from Week 2 through Week 15 and will assure that every NFL team gets a shot under the bright lights and will force each team to play one Thursday following a Sunday. I HATE THIS. Follow me inside to see why the hate.

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Matt Forte Reverses Field on Franchise Tag

Boomer — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:43:21 +0000

October 23, 2011; London, ENGLAND; Chicago bears running back Matt Forte (22) carries the ball against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after a catch during the fourth quarter in the NFL International Series game at Wembley Stadium. The Bears defeated the Buccaneers 24-18. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-US PRESSWIRE

Matt Forte is making the rounds on Radio Row at the Super Bowl this week and he found his way to the Waddle and Silvy Show on Thursday. He talked about his contract status and the new Bears GM.

“It depends on the motive of (the franchise tag),” Forte said Thursday on “The Waddle & Silvy Show” on WMVP-AM 1000. “If they are doing the franchise tag just to get more time in order to negotiate a long-term deal, then I would be OK with it. But, if it’s just to hold me another year and just, ‘Let’s throw some money at him right now to keep him quiet,’ that’s not going to solve anything.”

Sounds to me like Forte is reversing field and starting to accept the inevitable – he is going to get tagged. It’s in contrast to his previous stance about kinda, sorta threatening to hold out or “being hard to find” if he were to get tagged. … [visit site to read more]

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Welcome to Bear Goggles On 3.0

Boomer — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:20:37 +0000

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Welcome to Bear Goggles On 3.0! The FanSided mother ship has been working on this for some time and we’re really excited to finally be able to share our new look with the world. What’s new, you ask?

Besides the new look graphics, the biggest difference you’ll find is a new section called THE HUB. THE HUB is an area where we get to share links, tweets, videos and quotes with you. It’s a place for quick hits and snippets – maybe Bears related and maybe just something fun or off the wall - that we want to share with you without going through the formality of a full post. Those precious little nuggets will get nestled into the timeline between the usual posts.

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Is Another Football Team Coming to Chicago?

Boomer — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:49:57 +0000

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You have to consider the source, but according to this exclusive Deadspin post a new football league called the SPFL – Spring Professional Football League – is coming in the Spring of 2013. Chicago is among the eight cities they’re targeting for a franchise:

According to its own forecasts, the SPFL, whose management includes a number of former XFL and NFL Europe executives, will debut in 2013 with eight teams playing a 14- to 16-week season. The summary lists the cities under consideration as New York, Washington, Memphis, Orlando, Charlotte, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Denver, Dallas, Phoenix, Houston, Los Angeles, and Seattle. Teams would be centrally owned by the league, a la Major League Soccer.

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