Remember in college when you and friends would stay up late in a smoky room filled with pizza boxes and conceive of the coolest things ever, writing them down in mad scribbles so as not to lose these epiphanies of pure genius, each one more mind-blowingly awesome than the last, with some other English major adding a complicated layer of observation that totally connected EVERYTHING?

That was about five minutes before tonight’s game started.

Remember waking up the next morning, avoiding stepping on pizza crusts and your roommate’s arm only to slip into a puddle of puke, then re-reading all that was so important to be recorded for posterity and realizing that it was completely stupid and embarrassing and crumpling it up and throwing it away?

That was the end of the first quarter, and the rest of the game was the rest of the day drinking Gatorade and eating out of an Arby’s bag in kind of a mental purgatory. It was a good time, but not all real.

The Bears are kinda good, but not that good. We knew that.

We’ve been waiting all day for Sunday night, and we’re dealing with it the next morning.

I don't remember any of that in college.

And we were kind of smart.

Why is vomit present?

Why is vomit present?

And I've never heard of needing Gatorade after a what he may be describing as a marathon smoke sesh. I was never a pot smoker so maybe I don't have all the info.

Oh, before I forget: this is a friendly reminder that about a year ago, Prof. Football told us that Chip Kelly's offense "couldn't work in the NFL."

Clearly you were listening to your imaginary radio.

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Oh, before I forget: this is a friendly reminder that about a year ago, Prof. Football told us that Chip Kelly's offense "couldn't work in the NFL."

Just because you are a writer, doesnt make you a good or even average person on radio, or even someone I want to listen to.

Just because you are on the radio, doesnt make you a writer. Or even if your wife writes your thoughts (LIGHT EM UP!)

I have read very few things or heard very few, who I enjoy both listening and reading their thoughts.

Simmons, is a great example of a great writer I could care less to hear from.

Simmons is no better than Dan. They're both capable of nuggets of great writing, but more often than not just roll out garbage. The difference is that Dan approaches his writing in a fairly old-school manner, relatively speaking. Simmons is thoroughly of the internet age, and has never had to think about word count or column inches, so he labors under the idea that every thought that crosses his mind is fit to print. Dan kinda has this tendency, but for him it's manifested in those rambling frankensentences where he has to throw in two parentheticals, a cultural allusion, and a semicolon to reassure his faithful readers that don't worry, it all occurred to him before it occurred to you. Simmons is just unchecked wordbarf.

Simmons is no better than Dan. They're both capable of nuggets of great writing, but more often than not just roll out garbage. The difference is that Dan approaches his writing in a fairly old-school manner, relatively speaking. Simmons is thoroughly of the internet age, and has never had to think about word count or column inches, so he labors under the idea that every thought that crosses his mind is fit to print. Dan kinda has this tendency, but for him it's manifested in those rambling frankensentences where he has to throw in two parentheticals, a cultural allusion, and a semicolon to reassure his faithful readers that don't worry, it all occurred to him before it occurred to you. Simmons is just unchecked wordbarf.

Oh, before I forget: this is a friendly reminder that about a year ago, Prof. Football told us that Chip Kelly's offense "couldn't work in the NFL."

No actually he didn't.

He said he was intrigued by Kelly's offensive style. He was worried that after the debacle of other college coaches coming in with magic offenses that Kelly would not work out in the NFL. But he thought Kelly might be different than some of those others, but he did not think the Bears would take a gamble on someone like that.

By the way, Foles is a pretty good replacement level quarterback, isn't he?

Foles and McCown are similar in many ways, except for their age. If you flipped scenarios, would Foles now be the Bears starter (due to his age and potential) and would the Eagles have McCown on the bench behind Vick (due to McCown's age and perceived ceiling)?

Comparing foles to mccown is weak.. first off age does matter.... secondly Foles has an NFL arm and has played exceptionally well and has done a great job at protecting the football... vick was playing terribly and was a TO machine before his injury/benching happened... Cutler on the other hand was having his best season as a bear before getting hurt.

Foles and McCown are similar in many ways, except for their age. If you flipped scenarios, would Foles now be the Bears starter (due to his age and potential) and would the Eagles have McCown on the bench behind Vick (due to McCown's age and perceived ceiling)?

After McCown threw up 45 points against the Cowboys all we heard all week from these two knuckleheads was how it was meaningless since Dallas allows 400+ yards per game. But the Great Jay Cutler can only put up 11 against a team that allows 390 yards a game? I guarantee you're going to hear all day that this loss wasn't Cutler's fault and if a caller disagrees he will be browbeaten and called football retarded.

By the way, Foles is a pretty good replacement level quarterback, isn't he?