So, during the third quarter of the first quarter of the show?

I've never quite gotten the Lovie bitter distaste many have for him. Certainly in light of what has followed in McCaskey land

Yeah buddy- that sound like some riveting radio I missed. I wonder if it's as good as that Minn coach. What was the point of that interview? Who the hell cares about University of Minnesota football?

I've never quite gotten the Lovie bitter distaste many have for him. Certainly in light of what has followed in McCaskey land

Too bad Trestman failed. He was interesting.

Lovie is the best HC the Bears have had since Halas. Nothing but fond memories of the man.

Ditka > Lovie

I think there is a sizable college football fan base in this city. No station cultivates it.

Overall, I agree. Lovie's teams always had speed, forced turnovers, and in years where the roster looked really questionable...they competed. I would also argue the same for Dick Jauron. As weird and entertaining is Dick Jauron was, those teams really overachieved.

After the SB appearance, it became clear that Lovie had more say in Personnel and we saw the addition of washed up zeros like Adam Artuletta.....not good. I also agree, after while he came as very smug, but he has company in that group.

Lovie as a coach clearly was not the problem....we've seen there are by far worse head coaching options and the organization was an absolutely CF. Honestly....Lovie > Trestman and Lovie > John Fox

If there is (and I don't believe there really is), it's too diffuse to do anything with. U of I sucks, Northwestern is whatever, and 670 may have a more toxic relationship with Notre Dame than it does with the Blackhawks and that's saying a lot, so that eliminates the local-ish teams. Any attention on the rest of the Big Ten or god forbid the SEC/ACC/Pac alienates more people than it interests, especially when it's concurrent with DUH BEARS and there's this apparent appetite for infinite Bears coverage, no matter how useless they've been the last decade.

Minnesota football? Raise your hand if you're a Gophers fan.

I think you're spot on CH. As a guy who went to UIUC, there just isn't the loyalty to that school from suburban kids that say everyone in Wisconsin feels toward the Badgers. I am an ND fan, and most of my classmates either cheered for Michigan or ND. No one talked about UIUC. In that way, the fan base is diffuse. Northwestern was an absolute door mat so it never built a local following except among its rich alums. Chicago has no real college football teams.

Most people view UIUC as downstate when in fact it is central Illinois. And even central Illinois is too far south for people that have regional tastes. As such, they feel no connection to the Illini. I never went to one game.

I think you're spot on CH. As a guy who went to UIUC, there just isn't the loyalty to that school from suburban kids that say everyone in Wisconsin feels toward the Badgers. I am an ND fan, and most of my classmates either cheered for Michigan or ND. No one talked about UIUC. In that way, the fan base is diffuse. Northwestern was an absolute door mat so it never built a local following except among its rich alums. Chicago has no real college football teams.

Most people view UIUC as downstate when in fact it is central Illinois. And even central Illinois is too far south for people that have regional tastes. As such, they feel no connection to the Illini. I never went to one game.

I've always been fans of Jauron's and Love's. They got the most out of what they had and they gave you hope. Nothing worse than watching football and you know your team doesn't have a chance

"Downstate" is just the appellation for anything outside Chicagoland to a lot of people. I've heard Rockford referred to as downstate, which I object to.

"Downstate" is just the appellation for anything outside Chicagoland to a lot of people. I've heard Rockford referred to as downstate, which I object to.