Sports thoughts

As if I don't post enough about sports on here, I thought I'd try to organize some random sports thoughts that I've been thinking since Sundayish. And, when I say organize, I mean that they'll be slightly more organized than most random posts, but not much. And I'll stay away from anything I've posted on today (most likely).

The Bears continue to roll through the weak portions of the NFC. However, can you really take that much credit from them for rolling their opponents in the North in the first three weeks? Green Bay has won something like 4 games, the Vikings aren't terrible (although they were last night), and, well, the Lions suck. Big time. But the Vikings were the only team that gave the Bears a close game, and that was on the road, so you'd have to like the Bears winning that one at home. But I don't think you can consider the North weak. So I think the Bears deserve more credit for winning the North.

Also, I really hate Thomas Jones, but he's starting to run over teams. Which, I don't know if it's necessarily that he's improving, but the line definitely is.

Now, to this past game. It was literally painful to watch. And what about everyone thinking that Urlacher is the most overrated player in the game? Do you think anyone actually watches the Bears play? Or do you think they just don't see him on many highlights, so they think he sucks? I would have thought since he won DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR last year that that would put to rest all of those stupid overrated bullshit rumblings, but I guess people are dumber than that.

Now to the Bulls. Season opens against the Heat tonight in a rematch of what was the most difficult series for the Heat on their way to winning the championship last year. How can you not love this Bulls team? I really hated Skiles for a while, mainly because I hated how he used his players. And, I can't say that I still will like the rotations he uses, but I can appreciate how he gets his players ready. And the discipline.

But what's great about this team is that they got a lot better than they were last year. There are still questions about their size in the backcourt, and can Ben Gordon start quickly this year unlike the past two years? I saw one preview of the Bulls that said they got older and slower. This is semi-true, since Ben Wallace and Adrian Griffin (I hate him) are now with the team, as is P.J. Brown, but what did we lose? Tyson Chandler? Uh, he wasn't really fast anyways. So, upgrades all around. Plus we add do-it-all Tyrus Thomas (have you seen this?:

) who, while young, is still freakishly athletic, and Thabo Sefolosha, a tall athlete for the backcourt. Basically the only problem the Bulls have is that they have too many good players to be on the floor at one time. I like their chances a lot better than some people. Plus, they'll make the playoffs, so it doesn't really matter what their record is during the season; they're deep enough to be a tough team in the playoffs.

Finally, it is with deep regret that I bring up the topic of the World Series. Once again the gods of baseball have decided that the World Series is meaningless and has cancelled it. So, my apologies to both the Cardinals and the Tigers, but maybe next season we'll actually see a World Series play out and finally have a World Champ.