RANDOM THOUGHTS:
The following were on my mind between Thursday, January 20th and Monday, January 24th:
- A few more thoughts on the Bears loss to the Packers last night that I didn't already give last night:
a. Outside of the Packers cornerbacks Charles Woodson and Tramon Williams (cue the unoriginal "Tramon man!" here), the MVP of the game has to be Packers punter Tim Masthay. That man was brilliant during the game, punting it eight times inside the Bears own 20 yard line and helped the rest of the below average Packers special teams stop Devin Hester with his great ball placement and hangtime.
b. If Hanie actually tied things up late in the 4th quarter, this game would easily rank as one of the most impressive wins in Bears history and one of the most improbable ever along with the Monday Night Miracle in Arizona four seasons ago and those crazy wins in 2006. The Packers were up 21-7 with six minutes to go, with Green Bay fans already planning their Super Bowl dreams. But then Hanie leads another unexpected TD drive to cut this game to 21-14, the defense stopped Aaron Rodgers like they did throughout the second half, and the Bears were once again able to get the ball back with about four minutes left on the clock. Now, imagine if the Bears offense ends up tying things and eventually win in OT. It would have easily ranked among my three favorite moments as a Chicago sports fan. Its too bad that Lovie Smith played Todd Collins first, especially if you consider how horrible he played in the Panthers game earlier in this season.
c. If it wasn't for the great first quarter from Aaron Rodgers and the Packers offense in that game, the Bears probably would have won it. Unfortunately, Rodgers just ended up treating them like a cancer patient in that quarter.
d. The Jay Cutler leaving the game in the second half thing: the guy had an MCL fracture (a injury that could make a player miss about 4-5 games). He is also coming off a season in which he was sacked 50 or so times (including nine in one half against New York in week 4!) while only missing one game and never complaining in the process. It was also the team coaches that made him leave the game, not him. Besides, what was he supposed to do? Go the Deion Sanders route and make four offensive linemen drag him off the field to prove his toughness? Is that what was needed to be done? I think we shold stop with the questioning of his toughness, and put the goat tag on to the real people who deserve it: Todd Collins and , especially, everyone who thought that replacing Cutler with Collins first instead of just Hanie, even though they knew how horrible he played this season against the Panthers and that Hanie was younger and more noble.
- Can we all just agree that Stanley Kubrick is the greatest film director of all-time? He made eleven movies from 1956-1999, all of them classics and/or widely praised. These movies include "Dr. Strangelove," the greatest dark comedy of all-time and "The Shining," one of the greatest horror movies of all-time along with "A Clockwork Orange" and "2001: A Space Odyssey," one of the greatest movies of all-time period. All eleven of these movies from this time period have all either won or have been nominated for awards (including a Best Director Oscar nomination four years in a row) and, unlike other great directors like Hitchcock and Scorsese, never sticks to the same genre. One moment he did a comedy film, then a suspense thriller, than a war movie, than a space epic, than a horror movie than...well, you know the drill, and all of them he did it wonderfully. It's just a shame that he actually never won an Oscar for his work, just an Oscar for best special effects in "2001" and a Razzie for Worst Director (what were those voters thinking!).
- When is Visa going to finish with that "Super Bowl for Life" campaign so I don't have to see those dummies from the "Never Missed a Super Bowl Club" ever again?
- I take it that Laurence Maroney has not recovered from being released by the Patriots.
(http://www.tmz.com/2011/01/18/laurence-maroney-nfl-denver-broncos-arrested-mugshot-weapon-st-louis-permit-jail/)
- I hope that Rahm Emanuel gets back on the Chicago mayoral ballot. After all, its not like the other candidates are much better. Carol Mosley Braun? Please! Gery Chico? Eh, maybe. Anyways, first the Bears losing and now this? I sure hope that "The Chicago Code" is as good as the commercials are, because this is going to be a pretty disappointing winter in the city.
- Friday and Saturday have brought some of my happiest news in the TV ratings department in a long time. First, there was the news that "Parks and Recreations" debuted season three with their highest ratings ever (a 3.2 demo in the 18-49 range and over 6 million viewers) and that "Community" had their highest ratings all season despite facing "The Big Bang Theory" and "American Idol" in that timeslot. Then came the news that "Fringe," which has struggled in the ratings for the past season and a half, debuted in their new Friday night timeslot with a 1.9 in the 18-49 demo! Granted, a 1.9 isn't that great Sundays-Thursdays on network TV. But on Friday nights these days, where show like "Kitchen Nightmare" is consider a ratings threat, its the equivalent of something like a 3.4 demo (it also led the 9 p.m./ET hour, too)! Its good to know that the prospect of three of my favorite shows on TV coming back for next season has improved dramatically.
More random thoughts to come on Thursday! Until then, enjoy the start of your week.
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
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