Random Thoughts During NFC Championship

Four drives in, and I’m not sure if it’s inept offenses or good defenses. Lots of punts. Looks cold.

Brees fumbled and 11 Bears seem to be around it, and New Orleans recovers. Hey, dummies, ever heard of falling on the ball.

Saints fumble. Good field position. Game over. Oh wait, it’s a field goal. Game on.

Another Saints fumble. Maybe. Ball was moving, but is trapping it against the body regaining possession? Need to clarify that rule in the offseason. Another field goal.

Another field goal. Hey, a touchdown. That’s one way to keep Grossman from screwing up. Run on every play. Bears up 16-0. Bet they go for a prevent defense because it worked so well at the end of the half by San Diego last week.

Damn, I’m psychic. Or NFL coaches are predictable. Touchdown New Orleans.

Wasn’t that cute the way Reggie Bush taunted the Bears after his 88 yard touchdown catch? Not sure that’s such a good idea especially since he was sprung by a blatantly illegal pick, no matter what the dumbasses in the booth thought (they also thought college basketball timeout rules applied earlier). Especially since some of those Bears defenders are a bit surly.

Why did it take so long to call intentional grounding in the end zone? He was in the tackle box, the ball didn’t make it back to the line of scrimmage and nobody was even close. Flag should have been automatic.

Wow, that was a great touchdown catch by Bernard Berrian. On Grossman’s worst pass of the drive. Nice to see Grossman respond with a quick drive down the field.

Those chumps in the booth suck. The ball was almost snapped before they figured out Ogunleye (I think that’s Latvian) had stripped the ball and was down by contact (three guys were touching him in a non-sexual way, well, maybe not Jeff Faine since he played at Notre Dame).

Ooh, they just showed personal Chicago deep dish pizzas. Good stuff there. Another Chicago touchdown for a little breathing room.

Bears defense was reeling a bit, but starting to pick it up. Interception and three and out. And Chicago scores again to go up 25 with under 5 minutes left. Game over.

Let’s see. Since Bush taunted the Bears, the Saints have been outscored 23-0 and only crossed midfield once. That was a good idea.

Well, now it’s official. Guess what? Lovie Smith will be the first black head coach to make the Super Bowl. I’m sure we won’t hear any more of that the next two weeks. Now, if Tony Dungy joins him, that’s all we’ll hear about. Apparently this is important.

Interesting game. The veteran Pro Bowl quarterback (that would be Brees) had two turnovers and made some bad decisions. The much maligned quarterback (that would be Rex Grossman) threw some bad passes, but he didn’t screw up in a way to hurt his team. And he made plays when he needed to. In fact, the whole Bears team found a way to win, just like I said they would. And just like all eight ESPN.com experts said they wouldn’t.