Ah, sit back and enjoy the colortinis, as Tom Snyder used to say...
On Sunday, we got back from Florida in time to watch the rerun of the Rev. Jay Cutler's spiritual revival and the dismantling of the New York Giants from Saturday night on the NFL Network. Eli Manning looked scared. Rich, but scared. The Bears looked awesome!Some clips:
From here on, it's all live for the next month (sorry Jillians!).
Sunday night , the Bears stomp a mudhole in Kyle Orton and the Denver Brokens, I mean, Broncos on national TV. Really, I like Kyle, but I much prefer having a quarterback.
The following Thursday, the Bears close out the preseason against local punching bags, the Cleveland Browns. Local broadcast will be on the Browns network. Since the audio will be a joke, we will be watching the game but listening to the home team call from WBBM-AM via the NFL.com's Field Pass.
Then we have a 10-day break until the opening weekend when the Bears once again bask in the glow of the national spotlight Sept. 13 as they take on that Wisconsin team on the cheesy tundra of Moe, Larry and Curly Lambeau Field in the season opener of Sunday Night Football on NBC.
The week of Sept. 20? The Bears open at home to dethrone the soon-to-be former Super Bowl champs, the Pittsburgh Alleged-Whore-Chasers, I mean, Steelers. Since the game features another local team (really, no one in Ohio even watches the Browns including, oddly enough, people named "Brown" who's family members curiously had some relationship with the team) that game will light up the home plasma, too.
So, unless the Sept. 27 game against the Seattle Seahawks gets nationally telecast because swine flu wipes out the remaining NFL schedule, we will be soaking up beers at our favorite bar spot at Jillians. Ditto for the Oct. 4 blowout of Detroit. There's a bye week Oct. 11 and then we are back in front of the plasma for the Sunday night romp against Atlanta. Oct. 18.
The rest of the schedule:
• Oct. 25, outside chance to watch the Bengals game on the home plasma.
• Nov. 1, home plasma against the Browns, again.
• Nov. 8, Arizona, Jillians.
• Nov. 12, home plasma, Thursday night game against Mike Singletary's Youngstown-Debartolo-owned 49'ers.
• Nov. 22, home plasma, Eagles, Sunday Night Football.
• Nov. 29, Jillians, Viqueens.
• Dec. 6, Eric's birthday, St. Louis, Jillians.
• Dec. 13, Wisconsin team, Jillians.
• Dec. 20, the real Cleveland team, the Ravens, Jillians.
• Dec. 28, home plasma, Viqueens, Monday Night Football.
• Jan. 3, Detroit, Jillians.
Then we have the various playoff games, all nationally televised. And, finally, Super Bowl XLIV on Feb. 7, 2010 which, unfortunately, returns to the site and broadcast station of Super Bowl XLI: Miami and CBS.
But, wait, before you fuss: Maybe it's best to return to the scene of that unfortunate Rex Grossman flailing bad passes in the Purple Rain (Prince! Don't forget that horrible Prince!) if only to have the Rev. Jay Cutler exercise that demon from our souls.
Eh?
And the circle is complete...
Anyway, with the potential of 10 games in the comfort of our cool home, this season is gonna be great! Who knows: If the Bears get hot, with late-season flex scheduling, poor Jillians might go broke!
More later,
Mark
1 comment:
You know, i am still wet from sitting through the Super Bowl. ANd the only time it did not "rain" was specifically during the Prince "purple Rain" performance. My soaked Grossman jersey is probably still in a garbage can in Parking Lot O at Miami stadium.
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