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The Bears: Who'd A Thunk It
 What a pleasant surprise this football season is turning out to be. Charlie Weiss has got the Fighting Irish immediately back in the thick of things. Notre Dame is already playing at such a high level and with such efficiency that I found it rather boring to watch this weekend's Notre Dame / Syracuse match-up. The Irish easily took care of the Orangemen 34 - 10. Provided the Irish continue to win, they will most assuredly be playing in a BCS bowl game this January.
The bigger surprise has been the emergence of the Chicago Bears. With an offense that makes few mistakes and a defense that is playing better than anyone else in the league, the Bears have put themselves on top of the NFC North division. While for the first half of the season it felt like the Bears were the division leaders by default, after yesterday's win over the Carolina Panthers I think the Bears can claim they are one of the better teams in the league.
Sure, some of the teams Chicago had played up to this point are not the cream of the NFL crop this season and they did lose to Cleveland. Carolina is good team. They had been picked by some to be Super Bowl contenders and had played as such this season. Yesterday, however, the Bears dominated and controlled on both sides of the ball. The offense was without error and efficient. The defense was simply awesome.
The Bears do have a tough stretch through the rest of the season. They have to play Pittsburgh, Atlanta, and next week Tampa Bay. Only one of those games is a home game. They Bears also have to play the Packers twice. While the Packers have struggled this season, a Bears / Packers match-up is always a good battle. And with Favre sitting behind center, the Pack is always a threat in my opinion.
The 2005 Bears season is really starting to get exciting. It could be a great December worth of football.
posted by Brendan | 1:37 PM | permanent link
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