The Fog of War, and Bears' Football

They just can’t help themselves. Members of the Chicago sports’ media are treating today’s Bears-Saints’ game like it were the Moon landing. Come to think of it, Drew Brees could in fact put up some astronomical numbers a few hours from now. I seem to remember that both the Cubs and White Sox made the playoffs way back in late September. Combined, Chicago playoff baseball didn’t generate this kind of coverage. Heck, there never would’ve been a Chicago Fire had the Bears been around in 1871. The Munsters would’ve sucked all the air out Chicago, Cook County and points beyond. Oh, sports’ people are sounding appropriately skeptical, but that skepticism gets aired and printed day after day after day. On Friday, WGN-TV ran an hour-long preview of a wildcard game. This was separate from the Bears’ coverage you could expect on the sports’ segment of WGN nightly news and the half-hour sports’ program that follows. What did Roberto Duran say, No Mas? Anything less than a win, and the McCaskeys should clean house. My prediction? The Saints keep marching into the end zone to the tune of a 41-17 win. I’ll be happy to be proven wrong.