I had a horrible nightmare last night. the bears lose to the eagles and then beat the packers next week while the scum sucking lions beat the giants & minnesota to march into the playoffs. ugh.

but if both the bears & packers win today, the lions are toast and we'll be treated to a repeat of the 'gunfight at the ok corral' next sunday. great theatre and i hope it happens.

if ever a player needed a kick in the balls, it's TONY ROMO. "hey jag bag, we're up two scores so when i send in a running play, run the damn thing and stop calling audibles!"  MR. INTERCEPTION struck again last week and handed the packers new playoff life with consecutive interceptions.  turns out the coach was sending in running plays but........

COACH JASON GARRET needs to be done. how hard is it to tell your QB to just run the play with no checkoffs allowed?

STARLIN CASTRO claims the lawsuit against him in the dominican republic is what caused his bad year. ok, here's a hint: honor your contract with the baseball academy and the lawsuit goes away. duh.

gotta feel bad for LINSEY VONN, the world's best female skier. she reinjured her surgically repaired knee in november and had to withdraw from a race on saturday when her knee buckled. the olympics are just two months away and they don't allow 'do-overs' in the games......unless you're the russian basketball team in 1972.

the BULLS are just dreadful because of the injury bug. i went to a game recently and they were missing NOAH, HEINRICH, DENG & JIMMY BUTLER, not to mention mr. rose which means that bench warmers 6 thru 9 joined CARLOS BOOZER and became their starting lineup. really sad to see this team crumble. the bright spot is that IF they don't break up the team, the rookies are getting an awful lot of valuable playing time

speaking of injuries, the BLACKHAWKS do need COREY CRAWFORD to get healthy but they're doing it the right way by allowing him all the time he needs to heal properly. of, course, it helps when you keep on winning with the backup goalies.

bowl games abound and i love it. doesn't matter when you turn on the tv, there's football!  35 bowl games, division 2 & 3 playoffs and of course, the nfl. wunderbar.

hope santa is good to you.  go bears!

FINALLY!

well, it took a while but NORTHERN ILLINOIS finally stumbled friday night which means we won't have to watch another snooze-fest like last year's orange bowl against FLORIDA STATE. niu has a cute program against mediocre competition but they don't belong in a major bowl. this is no different than the years we suffered with BOISE STATE.  how tenuous is the position of a mid-major team? well, after just one loss, the huskies dropped from the FIESTA BOWL in arizona against OKLAHOMA STATE on january 1st in prime time down to the POTATO BOWL on december 21st against UNLV played on the tundra in freaking boise, idaho, but it's EXACTLY where they belong. thank the football gods that we will NEVER have to see another mid-major in a big time bowl after this year when the BCS is dissolved and legitimate playoff teams are chosen by committee.

the BEARS check out of the playoff race last week with one of the dumbest coaching decisions in a long time but the fact of the matter is that they weren't going to the dance anyways. PLAYOFFS??? with a "defense" that allows almost 200 rushing yards per game??

i will have to say that JOSH McCOWN has been a pleasant surprise after cutler's injury a month ago.  you have to remember that he was coaching high school football last year after bouncing around the league for 10 years. if mccown doesn't desire a permanent starting qb job, he could have a very comfortable 4 or 5 years as cutler's backup and draw a very healthy paycheck.

DERRICK ROSE has now started down the same road as former nba stars PENNY HARDAWAY & DANNY MANNING. once you have that second surgery on the same knee, father time begins to run after you rather than walk. just a hair short with your jump shot, a 1/2 step behind on defense and sitting out every fifth or sixth game because your knee is swollen & achy. i hope not but we'll see.

where in the world did the blackhawks find backup goaltender ANTEE RANTAA? this guy is terrible! he constantly loses his stick when a crowd gathers around the net and flops like a fish during shootouts.  he's be perfect in rockford.

hey cub fans: feeling juiced now that RICK RENTERIA is on board as the new manager?? that's what i thought.

the WHITE SOX are keeping pace with the north siders. they 
re-sign PAUL KONERKO and now they have THREE guys to play first base. two of them can't hit and none of them can run and only one can field. swell,  just swell.

if we don't talk again, HAVE SAFE & HAPPY HOLIDAYS!