Friday, September 10, 2010

R.E.S.P.E.C.T. - Gettin' Some From Fox TV

Good news, fellow Bears fans - Fox Sports doesn't think our team sucks! Well, maybe they do, but at least they think our season-opening clash against the similarly putrid Lions isn't the most unappetizing matchup this Sunday.

As proof, they'll be sending Thom Brennaman and Brian Billick to cover Sunday's game. As you can see from this chart, there are three crews below Thommy and Billick in their pecking order. The #7 crew is off this week (there are only six games on Fox this Sunday), and the #5 and #6 crews are both covering the NFC West intra-division matchups. So we have that going for us for now, but I have a feeling we'll be getting a steady diet of Kurt Warner with Chris Myers or Chris Rose by the end of the season.

Oh, and some sympathy is in order for poor Thommy. Instead of enjoying his beloved Reds battling for their first division title in 15 years, he'll be stuck with this stink-bomb of a football game. I suspect he'll at least be keeping an eye on the baseball scoreboard and trying to work in references to the Reds game as often as he can. If there's an over-under on how many times he mentions the Reds during this game, take the over.

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