FOX hates Bears, America

September 10th, 2007 | Posted by PostmanE

Sunday’s Bears game was bad enough for the season opening loss and the likely game-ending injury to safety Mike Brown — whose impassioned post-game interview brought the dust into my apartment, I’m not afraid to say — but not only that, it turns out a key turning point was caused by … FOX?

According to Mike Scifres, his short third-quarter punt that set up the Chargers’ go-ahead touchdown might have glanced off a wire on which a TV camera hovers above the field. The punt hit an unsuspecting Chicago blocker (Brandon McGowan) and was recovered by the Chargers’ Matt Wilhelm at the Bears’ 29-yard line.

Scifres said he wasn’t sure if the punt hit the wire, but a Chargers official watching the game from the field confirmed it did. Nate Kaeding’s first kickoff of the day also hit the wire.

“The rotation the ball had when it left my foot – when it came down it was spinning the other way,” Scifres said. “So I don’t know if it hit the cable or what, but either way it came out good for us. It was one of those freak things.”

I would whine here if I wasn’t constantly bitching about not having enough top-down, behind the play shots, the kind that actually let you see the whole field, in place of the standard side view. Can’t have one without the other, I suppose.

So I’ll grant that this is the nature of the game, sure, but I’m still confused at what, exactly, Rupert Murdoch has against Bears fans. We love freedom, promise! Anyone have any ideas?

(HT: Sergeant T-Forn’s Lonely Foul Balls Band. He’d like to take you home with him; he’d love to take you home.)