# Pitting the Chicago Bears **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 2, 2003, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-chicago-bears/199155 "2003-09-02T16:16:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-chicago-bears/199155/41 "2003-09-07T23:17:07Z")
Well, the Bears only lost by \*_42 points!_ ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-chicago-bears/199155/42 "2003-09-07T23:26:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > \*\*It’s ugly, but I hear from the inside it’s one of the nicest places to see a game, and it has TWICE, TWICE I TELL YOU, the number of bathrooms the old Soldier Field had. Plus, this October, they’re opening it up for free and showing PSYCHO on the big screens! Should be fun 😃 \*\* It still looks like [aliens landed in Rome](http://www.soldierfield.net/images/SOUTH1_1.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-chicago-bears/199155/43 "2003-09-08T00:28:55Z")
I couldn’t care less about the Bears normally, however the Bears do need to be pitted. I was busy Thurday, and due to the comsuption of several tasty beverages last night I didn’t get up in time to see the early games. So after a long break away from real pro football I was so looking forward to seeing my first game of the season. And what do I get for all my anticipation? The Bears displaying a level of suckitude that could not be bested on the suckingest day of the year with an automated sucking machine operated by a panel of world class sucking experts holding a magic sword of suck +5. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-chicago-bears/199155/44 "2003-09-08T01:24:47Z")
I thought “the mistake by the lake” was Cleveland. I really thought the Bears would do a little better. The Pack, on the other hand, stunk up the place. GO VIKES!!! ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-chicago-bears/199155/45 "2003-09-08T06:49:02Z")
The NFL is due for a consolidation. Use all the players from the NFC central to form one decent, respectable team. Then move them to Milwaukee so they can all do the Chicken Dance in the end zone, if they ever get there. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-chicago-bears/199155/46 "2003-09-08T13:58:58Z")
So both teams lost and lost heartily…just like I said! I am clearly a football genius. Bears will also lose next week and the week after! Print it! B-lak can’t do it alone, Mr. Jauron. ---
**Author:** ![Beagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Beagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beagle)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-chicago-bears/199155/47 "2003-09-08T14:20:35Z")
That kind of a loss is like saying, “it wasn’t nice to have you coaching here. Bye.” Or, as **wolfman** noted: > [@](#): > > And what do I get for all my anticipation? The Bears displaying a level of suckitude that could not be bested on the suckingest day of the year with an automated sucking machine operated by a panel of world class sucking experts holding a magic sword of suck +5. Jauron’s job death pool? I give him two more games. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-chicago-bears/199155/48 "2003-09-08T14:30:33Z")
1. **"How about those Packers!"** Wait, I think Favre just threw another pick. 2. Jauron is gone by mid-season unless he starts the kid. Then he is gone one day after the last game. 3. At he didn’t lose to the Texans! Ouch! Goodbye Wanny, you sucked in Chicago, you sucked in Miami, and despite being exposed to Jimmy Johnson you still can’t coach. 4. News flash to the Lions, you can’t play Arizona (aka the extra Bye week) every week. 5. John Fox offensive genius- start the worst looking QB from pre-season, good idea. At least he pulled him (hint to Mike Martz). ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-chicago-bears/199155/49 "2003-09-08T14:41:28Z")
Thank God my husband is a die hard Broncos fan…at least I can live vicariously through his exaltation this year. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-chicago-bears/199155/50 "2003-09-08T15:01:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > \*\*Thank God my husband is a die hard Broncos fan…at least I can live vicariously through his exaltation this year. \*\* My wife is a Viking fan. Needless to say, this was not a fun Sunday in the Hamlet House, at least for Hamlet. For Mrs. Hamlet it was joy eternal. At least in two weeks the Pack have a sure win. Unless Favre wants to throw 4 picks again. In which case, we may only win by less than a touchdown. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-chicago-bears/199155/51 "2003-09-08T15:15:22Z")
%#^@^\*\*&@%&^@#^@^$$#^%@!#^\*@#^! ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-chicago-bears/199155/52 "2003-09-08T15:17:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gangster Octopus \* > **%#^@^** &@%&^@#^@^$$#^%@!#^\*@#^! \*\* 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-chicago-bears/199155/53 "2003-09-08T17:24:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gangster Octopus \* > **%#^@^** &@%&^@#^@^$$#^%@!#^\*@#^! \*\* Translated: I now realize the folly of my ways, the Pack suck and I am embarassed that I ever jumped on their bandwagon. Bret Favre is the devil incarnate, and should be smote with a rust pick-axe. Go Bears! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-chicago-bears/199155/54 "2003-09-08T20:33:19Z")
Yeah I thought the “Whoo Packers” was a BIT premature. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-chicago-bears/199155/55 "2003-09-08T20:56:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elf6c \* > \*\*Translated: I now realize the folly of my ways, the Pack suck and I am embarassed that I ever jumped on their bandwagon. Bret Favre is the devil incarnate, and should be smote with a rust pick-axe. Go Bears! > > 😉 \*\* Look I may be touched in the head a bit, being a Cheesehead and all that, but I certainly am not at the “Go Bears!” level of insanity. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-chicago-bears/199155/56 "2003-09-11T10:35:52Z")
Bear’s fans are just Blackhawk’s fans post-lobotomy. 09/14/03 CHI +8.5 at MIN -8.5 ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-chicago-bears/199155/57 "2003-09-11T11:03:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elf6c \* > 5. John Fox offensive genius- start the worst looking QB from pre-season, good idea. At least he pulled him (hint to Mike Martz). Whoever said [John Fox](http://www.nfl.com/teams/coaching/CAR) was an offensive genius? He was the _defensive_ coordinator for my beloved Giants before earning a head coaching position by coordinating the superbowl-losing defense of the Jints. [sub]You try getting to a Superbowl with Jason Sehorn as CB1[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-chicago-bears/199155/58 "2003-09-11T12:56:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ellis Dee \* > \*\*Whoever said [John Fox](http://www.nfl.com/teams/coaching/CAR) was an offensive genius? He was the _defensive_ coordinator for my beloved Giants before earning a head coaching position by coordinating the superbowl-losing defense of the Jints. > > \*\* Umm, that was meant sarcastically. As in, the knucklehead who picks the oldest and worst performing QB (over 2 much better performing QB’s) from pre-season as his starter sure is some offensive genius. Normally I would insert a joke about using subtitles for the Giants fans in the future- but as a Patriots fan I have lost the right to mock other fans for a week. Sigh. . . ☹ ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-chicago-bears/199155/59 "2003-09-11T14:36:55Z")
Hm… Vikings beat Packers, Detroit won, Chicago lost … Which means that since the MN/GB game was divisional, the Vikings are at the top of the NFC North and the Packers are at the bottom. Green Bay has the worst record in the NFC North. I’m just gonna savor that for another couple days. _Worst record in the NFC North! Say it loud and there’s music playing – Say it soft and it’s almost like praying – Worst record in the NFC North… I’ll never stop saying Worst record in the NFC North!_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-chicago-bears/199155.md?page=2)