Chicago Football Chili

It's a big day at Fred M.'s house today, as his beloved Vikings take on  the Saints for a chance to spend two weeks in Miami.

And while I'm generally an advocate of getting to the Super Bowl (if you are a Bear), I would be remiss if I didn't remind folks that the Super Bowl is not really EVERYTHING it's cracked up to be if you're a player.

For instance, between possessions as you're rehydrating and getting taped up, you are missing all of the cool commercials.

Oh, and instead of just being able to check out alternate halftime entertainment (say maybe, the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet - the Chili Dogs are big fans) you're stuck watching the ever larger and yet somehow less substantial ACTUAL halftime show.

And, tourist season in Miami is busy enough without all the football activities, thank you very much. 

And those rings are just so dang bulky.

So, cheer on the Vikes if you must, but remember, if there are no Bears in the Super Bowl, then really, what's the point?

 CHILI DAN

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Wow!  What a game on Monday night!

I know, I know - the naysayers want to point to this as just an example of the December Favre-lessness of the past few years.  But Favre is one player.  We beat all of their players.

I'm going to have to rub it in to Fred M. - this was just plain sad, Fred - when I get back into town.  His Vikings are swooning, but as I'm sure he'll remind me, at least his team is in the playoffs.

To close the book on the last post - the Greg Olson touchdown put me over the top, as I finished seven points ahead of "The Shield" in my fantasy football championship game.  "Brody Loves Chili" wins!  So, for all of the grief I have given Sasquatch, I do have to to give him his props here.  Thanks, Greg, for the TD.  And also, don't think I didn't notice that you ran for several yards after your first catch - nice to see that you read part one of "My Bears Fan Christmas List."

Thanks also to the Lamborghini Lightning league for the annual invite.  I always have a lot of fun, even when I'm losing, losing, losing (as I have done for each of the last 10 years in their fantasy Baseball league).

For the record, I stunk so bad in my OTHER fantasy football league that my team "THE Spagghedster" failed to even make the playoffs.  Funny, but the team went south at the beginning of December when my starting QB (Brett Favre) all of a sudden couldn't find the endzone.  Go figure.

So, this Sunday, in an otherwise meaningless game, our Bears ride a Favre-beating high into a game against a puttering Detroit team.  As a result of that Vikings win, this Lions game may actually be fun to watch.

At any rate, even when things aren't going well, I still love watching the team.  And this is our last chance for several months.  Savor it (and, I recommend, some chili).

Go Bears!

 CHILI DAN

Posted by dawn2 at 08:52 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

It's been a hectic holiday season (as per usual), but finally some sanity is settling in.

Big on my mind today - my Fantasy Football season rests on tonight's game vs. the Vikings.  I have a one point lead over my gradeschool pal Mike "the Shield" R., and I have to somehow squeeze more points out of the Greg Olsen and Robbie Gould combo than he does out of Adrian Peterson (yes, the Minnesota one).

Gotta say I'm a little worried.

I haven't won the "Lamborghini Lightning" League (thanks to Lance Briggs for inspiring the title, by the way - try to take a cab this New Years, would you please, Lance?) since, gosh, was it 2007?  So the shame of failing two years in a row might be too much to bear.  So I go into the Monday Night game with more gusto then I could have otherwise anticipated, and am cheering for our Sasquatch Tight End with much zest. 

Team name, by the way, is "Brody Loves Chili", which honors both our Golden Retriever and a fine bowl of red, while at the same time harkening back to the "Happy Days" spinoff "Joanie Loves Chachi."  Not intentionally, of course, but there's just no denying the similarity.  For the record, I promise all of you that I never actually watched an episode of that Scott Baio / Erin Moran classic.  I swear.

One final note on this:  My opponent, "The Shield", was voted Most Likely to Succeed back in high school.  I finished 2nd.  This does not bode well for tonight's matchup.

At any rate, this is the final item on my Bears Fan Christmas List - the championship!

So, now more than ever - Go Bears!!

 CHILI DAN

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