Jason obviated the need for a discussion by explaining the greater sociological forces that precipitated the shooting before they could even get everyone in the room.

I look forward to Dan fighting off strawmen to absolve every high-ranking Bears official of any responsibility.

"People think Virginia McCaskey is issuing business directives through her knitting work like a football Madame Defarge. Well, I have some news for you!"

every game seems to have enough inherent randomness to keep optimists’ hopes alive until time and every last chance have been exhausted, even in some apparent mismatches

their overly-professed enemy

You could argue, in fact, that it was almost stereotype.

the Bears played like the recent Bears against the Packers as if recording a Greatest Hits video of how they’ve lost before

all of that bad and stupid boiled down into a thick, yellow syrup noxious enough to make your eyes water and your stomach lurch while still eyeing the shot-glass

using athleticism that always seems to be something beyond what your brain had registered previously

These are actual excerpts from Bernstein's column. In other words, he thought it was acceptable to write them, and some editor thought it was acceptable to publish them.

The editor is Adam Hoge!

Should be a really good show tomorrow.

The editor is Adam Hoge, who is a fill-in for fill-ins and, having graduated from Wisconsin, *The Score's Big Ten Expert* whenever a segment needs to be spent on the latest victim of Big Ten Manifest Destiny. Somehow I do not think that he and Dan Bernstein have a traditional editor/columnist relationship!

I think Bernsie gives Hogue the column with the unspoken implication that if Hogue changes so much as a syllable, Dan will emasculate him on the air.

Curious Hair, just stop.

You've already won Poster of the Year.

Now you're just running up the score.

I'm hearing people blame Ted Phillips. What does Ted Phillips have to do with this. And Phil Emery. He. Is. Not. The. One. Who. Isn't. Firing. Lovie. But this isn't on Ted Phillips or Virginia McCaskey. But he won't fire Lovie and shouldn't. Why should they fire Lovie? How does punitively firing him guarantee that the next coach is better? And I really don't want to hear anyone blame Jay Cutler. Jay's arm is periodically controlled by an alien from outer space named Fanarbuprax who makes him throw untimely interceptions.

I heard a little of Adam Hoge yesterday with either Connor McKnight or Joe Ostrowski. I'm not sure which one it was and it probably doesn't matter. I listened for a few minutes on two different occasions and each time it sounded like they were having a contest to see who could do the poorest job of expressing a thought. Somehow, even though he hasn't worked at WSCR in years, Jessie Rogers won.

Handily.

I think Bernsie gives Hogue the column with the unspoken implication that if Hogue changes so much as a syllable, Dan will emasculate him on the air.

Hester and Bennett hurt and they weren't any damn good anyway

someone should call in and ask with the current collapse if there is any reason Emery would bring back Lovie for another season. If they say no, then I'd love to see their response when Lovie inevitably is brought back for one more try with the current cast.

They wouldn't say no. That's too absolute. You'd just get "you can't say with certainty that there's no reason, I mean, this is Emery's choice, but it's not. Emery's. choice."

Leery doesn't think Urlacher should blame the fans. He'll change his tune once Dan comes in with "of course he should blame the fans. They're idiots. They cheer on offense! Why would you go to a game to boo? And if you pay to go to NFL games, you're already a bad fan because you could have used all that money to buy Sunday Ticket exclusively from DirecTV, which a real football fan would do. Matt Bowen."