Bears - Eagles Musings

Wow, I just realized that I wrote this up during the game a few weeks back and never posted it. I bet I was just so pissed at the end of the game that I just went bed as soon as the clock hit 0:00. Anyways, here it is, with an some additions at the end.

I wasn't going to do this, but I really need an outlet to vent...

So here's what I learned during the 1st quarter of play:
Faith Hill is hot when dressed up in a tight outfit with thigh-high boots and singing a rockish song.
The Bears defense has officially jumped the shark. They just can't stop anyone. Can't stop the run, can't stop the pass, can't stop Vick when he comes in at QB for 3rd-and-1 and everyone in the world knows he's not going to throw it. They still have some talented guys, but it's just not working.
We can't run the ball for shit. Everyone puts it on Forte, but it really does appear to the be the o-line. He's not Barry Sanders; you have to give him a hole to run through once in awhile. I think the RB is doing an admirable job given the garbage he has to work with. Plus, with as bad as Cutler's been everyone is playing run. No need to keep extra guys back in coverage.
Speaking of Cutler...he's not good. I'm not saying he can't get good, but he's not good right now. He just missed 2 wide-open guys for TDs to go with some additional poor throws. On the plus side we're mid-way into the 2nd-quarter and he hasn't throw a pick yet...knock on wood! And unless he suddenly gets good again, I'll never understand why he's any different from Grossman. High-risk QB is just not the right guy for this offense.
Okay, I feel better. Time to put the laptop away for a bit and re-focus on the game, my chips and salsa, and my tasty adult beverage(s).

Flash-forward to middle of the 4th...
Just watched Tillman force his 3rd fumble of the game; 2 of which the Bears recovered. The man is an absolute machine. And he's literally punching the ball out. Closed fist, throwing knuckles at the ball. It's horribly fun to watch.
Cutler is still pretty unfun to watch. Yeah, he was good on the TD drive, but he's been pretty bad every other time. He's just flat-out missing open guys, not hitting guys in stride so they can run after the catch, throwing into triple-covered receivers, etc. Same shit I used to watch with Grossman, just with the knowledge that he's been better with his former team. On the plus side, I have a whole bag of chips and a jar of hot salsa in my belly. My colon has taken quite the beating this weekend. Quite literally a trial by fire before the 3-day T-Day event.


And begin new material from 12/20:
So I think my PC has a bad hardware component. The last couple months it's been spontaneously rebooting itself when idle, and the last week or so it's been doing it even when you're using it. I could spend some time trying to figure out what's bad; probably a RAM module, but since I already wanted to rebuild it as a low-power machine I'll probably just do that. New processor, maybe a solid-state hard-drive, low-power video card, do it right. I just don't know if I want to put the time, effort, and $$ into that right now. I can reuse some of the parts, but not many. The case and disk drive will stay. I could just wipe the current hard-drive and use it again, but that would work against the low-power goal. Video card will be tricky. I need to figure out how much juice it's using and compare it to a newer one before I know if it can stay or go. But the motherboard, CPU, and RAM are all out.
If anyone has some experience building for low-power, let me know. You will be rewarded with beer and junk food for any help and/or advice you can give.
Okay, time to get ready for hockey. Should be a really good grudge match tonight b/t 2 teams that are developing some bad blood b/t them.
PEACE!!