Bears Off to Good Start Before They Even Begin

September 5, 2014 @ admin → No Comments

Well, what do you know. The Chicago Bears are undefeated and ahead of the Green Bay Packers. OK, so the Packers lost Thursday night at Seattle in the 2014 NFL season opener 36-16, and the Bears don’t play till Sunday at Soldier Field against the Buffalo Bills. Optimism reigns until further notice (meaning the first time the Bears lose a game).

Throwback Thursday had Jaime Edmondson picking Seattle to win.

*With Cincinnati losing at Baltimore on Thursday, the Chicago Cubs find themselves a mere two games out of fourth place in the National League Central. Meaning the Sept. 15-17 Cubs-Reds series at Wrigley Field could be key to any hopes of avoiding last place. See, there is something to look forward to in the world of September baseball for the Cubs after all.

* Speaking of the Cubs, they are raising ticket prices in 2015 for some of their seats. In case anyone was wondering what the price of optimism is. And to think the club had the actual audacity to charge big-league prices for the team it put on the field this season. Pretty sure this qualifies as laughable.

* Speaking of laughs, comedian Joan Rivers provided more than her fair share in an incredible career. She died Thursday at age 81. Once upon a time (OK, more like a few decades ago), your humble correspondent and The Wife saw her in New York. Not performing but on an escalator in a Georg Jensen store. If memory serves (which it occasionally does), she was dressed fashionably in slacks and a light brown-and-white fur jacket. Everybody has a Joan Rivers story. Or so it seems. This is the best that I could come up with. And as I ponder her mortality and that non-meeting that day long ago, all I can say is I sure miss ~~that Georg Jensen store.~~ the humor and laughs she provided in her early years (if things go right, there will be a sample of that in today’s video section). And I do miss that Georg Jensen store, too.

* Thanks to the fine folks at Bovada, (www.Bovada.lv, Twitter: @BovadaLV), here are some NFL odds (let the record show the odds were issued before the Packers lost their season opener to the Seahawks):

Odds to win the 2015 Super Bowl XLIX

Maybe this will work as a consolation prize for Packers fans.

Denver Broncos 11/2
Seattle Seahawks 6/1
New England Patriots 8/1
San Francisco 49ers 15/2
Green Bay Packers 9/1
New Orleans Saints 9/1
Philadelphia Eagles 25/1
Chicago Bears 22/1
Indianapolis Colts 22/1
Detroit Lions 33/1
Arizona Cardinals 40/1
Atlanta Falcons 40/1
Baltimore Ravens 40/1
Cincinnati Bengals 40/1
Pittsburgh Steelers 40/1
San Diego Chargers 40/1
Carolina Panthers 50/1
Kansas City Chiefs 50/1
Dallas Cowboys 50/1
Houston Texans 66/1
Miami Dolphins 66/1
New York Giants 66/1
St. Louis Rams 66/1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 66/1
Washington Redskins 50/1
Cleveland Browns 75/1
Minnesota Vikings 75/1
New York Jets 75/1
Buffalo Bills 100/1
Tennessee Titans 100/1
Oakland Raiders 100/1
Jacksonville Jaguars 250/1

Odds to win the 2015 AFC Conference
Denver Broncos 2/1
New England Patriots 3/1
Indianapolis Colts 8/1
Cincinnati Bengals 14/1
San Diego Chargers 14/1
Baltimore Ravens 16/1
Pittsburgh Steelers 16/1
Kansas City Chiefs 20/1
Houston Texans 28/1
Miami Dolphins 28/1
Cleveland Browns 33/1
New York Jets 33/1
Buffalo Bills 40/1
Tennessee Titans 40/1
Oakland Raiders 75/1
Jacksonville Jaguars 100/1

Odds to win the 2015 NFC Conference
Seattle Seahawks 17/4 15/4
San Francisco 49ers 9/2 5/1
Green Bay Packers 11/2
New Orleans Saints 6/1
Chicago Bears 11/1
Philadelphia Eagles 11/1
Detroit Lions 18/1
Arizona Cardinals 20/1
Atlanta Falcons 22/1
Carolina Panthers 25/1
Dallas Cowboys 33/1
New York Giants 33/1
St. Louis Rams 33/1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 33/1
Washington Redskins 33/1
Minnesota Vikings 40/1

Odds to Win the 2014 NFC North
Green Bay Packers 5/8
Chicago Bears 7/2
Detroit Lions 9/2
Minnesota Vikings 10/1

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