Official Bears @ Packers Game Thread

[gbgary]

good

[Lurker64]

Well, to be fair on most of the successful running plays the OL was controlling the line of scrimmage. On the 3rd and 1? Not so much. The pleasant surprise here is that the OL is capable of controlling the line of scrimmage at least some of the time.

[Packers4Glory]

guess they should stick to throwing on 3rd & 1... sigh.

well shit..you could see it was going nowhere..the bears were stacked at the line. No threat of a run = everyone in the box. it was a looooong 1 yd. more like 2

[Harlan Huckleby]

Well, to be fair on most of the successful running plays the OL was controlling the line of scrimmage. On the 3rd and 1? Not so much.

It was more like 3rd and 2. And the Bears brought 8 men into line. Doomed. As Madden said, should have checked out fo the play.

[The Shadow]

and it's too bad that Dan Devine is dead, or he'd undoubtedly get another shot, too.

Uhh, actually he did. Went on to be head coach of Notre Dame after Packers dropped him. Not exactly a chump job.

And he made still more good decisions there.....?

[GrnBay007]

madden = 17

He needs to start showing the love....this is unacceptable!!

[Harlan Huckleby]

and it's too bad that Dan Devine is dead, or he'd undoubtedly get another shot, too.

Uhh, actually he did. Went on to be head coach of Notre Dame after Packers dropped him. Not exactly a chump job.

And he made still more good decisions there.....?

'll check my old game tapes tonight.

but he hung out there for 5 or 6 years. I think he was pretty successful.

edit: SHADOW, did you poisen dan devine's dog?

[OS PA]

PPLLLLEASE kick the ball through the endzone a few times?

[Maxie the Taxi]

2 or 3 first downs and field goal range.

[Rastak]

Madden was pretty funny for once......saying "you kinda wonder where those boots have been".....

[OS PA]

Also can we start running some stunts? Our sack numbers are WAYYYY down.

[Lurker64]

Okay D, let's get a 3 and out here. A larger lead and/or the ball would make me enjoy this game a lot more.

[Maxie the Taxi]

Football is still a field position game. I don't care how good Hester is. Kick it deep.

[Packers4Glory]

i've fucking had it w/ these kickoffs

[Harlan Huckleby]

Interestingly enough, Devine had been a leading candidate for the head coaching job at Notre Dame in 1964 when Ara Parseghian was hired. When he was approached for the job when Parseghian resigned, Devine accepted immediately, joking that it was probably the shortest job interview in history. Over the next six years, despite facing much of the same pressure at Notre Dame that he had endured in Green Bay, Devine compiled a 53-16-1 mark. His most lasting achievement came midway through this run, when the Fighting Irish won the 1977 national championship with a squad led by future Hall of Famer Joe Montana. Before that season's annual game against the University of Southern California on October 22, Devine changed the team's uniforms to bright green and gold, a status that would remain for the rest of his time at the school. He also added names to the players' jerseys on a permanent basis when he took over at Notre Dame. Prior to that, names had been included on jerseys only during bowl games. His teams won three bowl games, most notably the 1979 Cotton Bowl in which the Irish, trailing 34-12 with 7:27 remaining in the game, rallied behind quarterback Joe Montana for an incredible 35-34 victory.