Life After Da Bears

At 5:39 p.m., when Bears head coach Lovie Smith punted on 4th-and-1 with the season basically in the balance, I came to the conclusion that he gave up on not just this game, but also on the entire team and the rest of the season.

Rather than suffer through what turned into an ol' fashioned butt-whippin', I announced tweeted that I would do other things with my life.  This is a summary of those other things.

5:45 p.m.:  Turned on the XBOX 360 and put in Madden 10

I loaded a franchise I had recently started with the team formerly known as the St. Louis Rams. Why not the Bears?  Because I wanted to move the Rams out of St. Louis, though if any city deserves a bad football team, it is St. Louis.

(Aside: Did you know the Rams are the only team in the NFL that has to travel two time zones to play road games in their own division.  No other NFL team has to do it.  Sure, they do so in private jets and are treated to the finest road beef San Francisco, Seattle and Arizona have to offer ... but those are some awful long flights for road beef.)

Eventually, I got around to playing my first game (I only play division opponents and playoff games so I'm not on the thing 24/7) and it was 45-0 win against the San Francisco 49ers.  Freeman threw for 114 yards on 8 of 13 passing (115.5 rating) with 1 TD pass.  Peterson (18 rushes, 110 yards, 2 TD) and Bush (8 rushes, 93 yards, 2 TDs) did the heavy lifting.  (P.S. I run out of the Wildcat formation.  Those two guys are unstoppable on the ground.)

After simulating five straight non-conference games, the Isotopes are 6-0.  Won a combined 7 games in two years as the St. Louis Rams.  They must have been playing scared.

6:44 p.m.: Had an 8 minute interview with a basketball coach for a story I'm doing for my real life job.  I've never been a big fan of calling coaches on Sunday night, seeing that for many of them it's their family time, so of course I'll appreciate what they do.

7:00 p.m.:  Updated the status on our TBDS Facebook page.  Click here and become a fan.

7:50 p.m.:  Just ended a 20 minute, 4 second call with another basketball coach who suffered a bitter defeat at the hands of a ranked rival on the road.  I'm sure he can't wait for the return game at home.

7:53 p.m.:  Ate a dinner roll that I made for brunch.  Sure, they've cooled off but they're still soft and buttery.

8:00 p.m.:  Turned on the TV to catch Family Guy rather than resuming the Madden franchise.  Also, scooped another dinner roll.

8:30 p.m.:  Watching American Dad.

8:32 p.m.:  Regretting the fact I'm watching American Dad

8:50 p.m.:  Just ate a piece of cheesecake I made the other day.  This is the third piece I've had today.  What can I say, I make good cheesecake.

8:55 p.m.:  Laughed at American Dad because they made a "make it rain" reference.

8:57 p.m.:  Realizing that if you look into things too much and have a mind centered on sports, Seth McFarlane's comedy shows made references to Donte Stallworth (DUI murder without consequence), Mike Vick (killing animals with consequence) and Adam "Pacman" Jones (making it rain).

9:06 p.m.:  Searching for something to watch on TV

9:08 p.m.:  Found Arrested Development on channel 233, IFC.

9:24 p.m.:  Finished a smoothie made by my roommate.  Apparently this stuff is supposed to meet my daily fruit intake and has no additives, no preservatives, no sugar.  Just fruit.  

9:41 p.m.:  Read Deadspin founder, best-selling author and life-long Cardinals fan William Leitch's column advocating the Yankees signing Matt Holliday.

10:13 p.m.:  Officially called it a night during a Family Guy episode on Adult Swim.