Pundits Paradise!
Surprisingly, this was the original title song for the film "Dangerous Minds," but it didn't test well. I recycle it here as a name for what's been created by the Bears' first loss of the season- an open forum for an endless supply of blow-hardiness (my own word, you like?).
About 8 times today so far (and it's only 10:13), I've been asked what happened against Miami. I HAVE NO IDEA!! They lost. The other team played better. Can't a team just lose every now and then??? Maybe it sounds like I'm oversimplifying things a bit, but let's not make things bigger than they are. We're not talking about disarming North Korea here. A 7 and 0 football team lost a game. You'd think another cruise ship hit an iceberg. Experts are jumping for the lifeboats!!
One guy on TV shared his new NFL rankings. He dropped the Bears to fifth. Fifth! Behind the Giants! The Giants got crushed by the Seahawks, who were in turn crushed by the Bears the following week. Even the knuckleheads who vote on college football couldn't screw up with that kind of information!
I'm light-headed from all of this expertise being shared, on TV, on the radio, in the newspapers. One close road win and a home loss, and suddenly the Bears are a flawed team. They're 7 and 1!!! The Patriots are so much better? They nearly lost to the Bills and the Jets! The Giants are the class of the NFC? They were destroyed by Seattle. DESTROYED!
It's one loss, everybody, and they're gonna lose another, probably 2! Who cares? Be like me- remove yourself from the fray, float above it and listen to everyone else argue about 'em. They've beaten teams 26-0, 34-7, 37-6, 40-7 and 41-10. I can't even win so many lop-sided games in a season of Madden . . on rookie . . with the All-Madden team!
They're gonna be fine . . . unless Urlacher's out a while.