Case of the Mondays: Bears, Bears, Bears

November 13th, 2006 | Posted by PostmanE

Bears…phew

How about the Cardiac Bears? The Chi-town Stroke-Inducers? The team that either dominates or barely wins after a sustained period of seeming collapse?

None too catchy, I suppose.

We need to start brainstorming a name. Granted, last night’s 38-20 win wasn’t necessarily heart attack-worthy, but it did cause yours truly - and surely, a legion of Bears fans - to wonder why every year so much potential was squandered with relative mediocrity.

But, alas, the Bears pulled out a win, thanks to Devin Hester’s trickery and a resurgent second half offense. And do the Bears have a name for the 108 yard kickoff return play? Because, like us for them, they need a name for it.

NBA:

The Rockets - thanks to Yao’s surge (finally) - took down the Heat. Essential carbon copies of each other, perhaps the Rockets are the new blood. The Heat certainly look sluggish … old even.

Awkward. That’s the best way to describe Vince Carter’s overtime-forcing three that just sort of, um, fell in to the hoop last night. His quote, on whether the old ball would have gone in:

“If it would’ve hit like that? Heck no. No way.”

Well, that settles that. Thanks David Stern!

College Football

Check out that dateline. Stewart was in town this week! Anyway, he witnessed a Michigan beatdown that effectively set up Saturday’s OSU-UMICH Footballgasm. Until then, we can talk about the BCS, a strange beast if ever there was one.

Say peace to: Texas, California, Auburn, and any chance Tennessee had, which wasn’t much of a chance at all. Will it be Rutgers, or Arkansas, or someone else taking that Big Ten title game winner? Only time will tell.