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LAKE FOREST, Ill. – The Bears will open the 2007 season Sept. 9 with a nationally-televised Sunday afternoon showdown against the Chargers in San Diego, the NFL announced Monday.

Rashied Davis and the Bears will open defense of their NFC title Sept. 9 against the Chargers in San Diego.

The game, which is scheduled to kick off at 3:15 p.m. (CT) on Fox, will pit defending division champions that finished the 2006 campaign with the best records in their respective conferences.

The Bears (13-3) advanced to Super Bowl XLI by defeating the Seahawks and Saints in the NFC playoffs, but the Chargers (14-2) were eliminated in the AFC divisional round by the Patriots.

The contest will be the first as Chargers head coach for Norv Turner, brother of Bears offensive coordinator Ron Turner. It'll also mark the debut of former Bears defensive coordinator Ron Rivera as a Chargers defensive assistant.

The Bears-Chargers game was part of a partial list of the league’s TV schedule that was disclosed at the annual NFL owners meetings in Phoenix. The rest of the Bears’ regular-season slate is expected to be revealed in mid-April.

In addition to facing NFC North rivals Detroit, Green Bay and Minnesota at home and on the road, the Bears are slated to host the Broncos, Chiefs, Cowboys, Giants and Saints while visiting the Eagles, Raiders, Redskins and Seahawks.

In other Week 1 games, the Colts will host the Saints on Thursday night, Sept. 6 in Indianapolis and the Giants will visit the Cowboys in the Sunday night opener on NBC. The first week of action will conclude with a Monday Night Football doubleheader on ESPN featuring the Ravens at the Bengals and the Cardinals at the 49ers.

A Thanksgiving tripleheader will feature the Packers at Lions (Fox), Jets at Cowboys in a game pitting Thomas Jones against his brother (CBS), and the Colts at the Falcons (NFL Network).

What the hell do you have to do to get a 1st week, home opener in this league?

They win the division last year and they got to go to Green Bay for opening day. They get to the Superbowl this year, and they get to go to San Diego.

WTF?

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It's baseball season. I'm still footballed out until the draft.

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Bears prediction: 0-1

I was hoping SD would be in December, making it a possible road-trip game. Cross that one off the list.

Juiced:

Is that the chick from "Without A Trace?"

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I don't know.....