Very Bad Week

Well I don't even know where to begin. It was a bad week. Very bad week. Especially for the Bears and the Cubs. Let's start with the Bears. Sunday night primetime in Green Bay and boy were Bears fans jacked up about this game. With a new head coach Matt Nagy, finally some weapons on offense, and a defense that has the making to be something special, this was the most excited I had been watching a Bears football game probably since 2013. It was nice to go into a game with expectations and the thought that we might actually do this. For the first half, Bears fans were on top of the football world. We were absolutely taking it to the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau field, something every Bears fan dreams of. The first drives on offense and defense spoke to me, The Packers got the ball first and did absolutely nothing with it—three and out. Then Mitchell Trubisky took control and, for the first time that I can remember, the Bears offense was flashy and it was fun to watch. There were so many playmakers on the field and they topped off the drive with a touchdown. Bears fans were feeling good. Khalil Mack, the prized pass rusher the Bears acquired only 8 days before this game, was going to be placed on a snap count to monitor his conditioning. Many people wondered if he would have that much of an impact on the game. Man, did he have an HUGE impact. He was all over Brian Boluga the Packers left tackle. In the first half, Mack forced a fumble and he recovered that ball, made a sack, and then made an interception that he returned for a touchdown. Last player to do that in the NFL was….. Khalil Mack. On top of all this, Aaron Rodgers was hurt in the second quarter and it didn't look good. He was taken by a cart to the locker room and Packer fans started to wonder if they would see him again this season. The halftime score was 20-0 Bears and we as Bears fans were loving life. The Packers were getting booed off the field and everything was perfect. Then the second half came and everything changed. Rodgers came back and ripped our hearts out again. Something that has happened way too many times before in my life. He was basically on one leg because he couldn't put any pressure on the injured leg. But I have to say something about the Bears’ play calling in the second half, it was TERRIBLE. Naggy was coaching not to lose in the second half. He should have had his team go out there and step on their throats and end them during the second half. He should have known, you can not give them any chance to come back in that game. Two times in the fourth quarter the Bears had 3 and 1 and both times they threw the ball. That's just inexcusable. You have to man up and run the ball and pick up that one yard—you just have to. The Bears went on to lose the game 24-23, but even with the heartbreaking loss there were positives to build on. The defense is very young, very talented, and will be a force to be reckoned with in the future. Same goes with the offense. They have many weapons and it just takes time to get into a rhythm. With that said, the Bears play Seattle on Monday night—another primetime game. I expect the Bears to come out and play very well for the entire game this time.

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Now onto Notre Dame, the #8 Irish played Ball State on Saturday in South Bend and to say it was disappointing would be an understatement. Yes, they won but they did not look good doing it. Brandon Wimbush looked very inconsistent at quarterback—yet again. This is something that is going to need to change for the Irish to compete this season. They really need him to get going. The defense looked good again, but still, it should not have been as close as it was against a team that has way less talent than Notre Dame. Even with the Irish only winning by 8 points, they keep their #8 ranking. Now all they have to do is keep winning and they will be fine. Another opponent this week in South Bend that the Irish should handle fairly easily is Vanderbilt.

Now the Cubs. Oh, the Cubs have had an awful week just all around from the playing, to the weather, it's just all been bad. They got a win in an extra inning last Thursday in Washington against the Nationals with David Bote having another big hit which turned out to be the winning run. Then Friday came and everyone knew the weather was going to be bad, but I don't think anyone expected it to be as bad as it was. Friday's game was delayed and MLB ended up making them start the game. It was an important one with Jon Lester on the hill. The game only got into the second inning before it started to rain again, and they ended up canceling the game. The Cubs were not happy about this at all because it burned Lester and they lost one of his starts. So on Saturday, there was a scheduled doubleheader with game one against Max Scherzer, one of the best pitchers in baseball. The Cubs got blasted in that game and lost 10-3. Then, Cole Hamels took the mound for the Cubs in game two and he looked good for most of the game. Victor Caratini hit a grand slam in the fourth and everything was looking good. The Nats ended up getting back into the game, but then in the 8th, with the Cubs winning by one, Justin Wilson came on the mound to face Bryce Harper and it was bad—real bad. Wilson threw an absolute meatball to Bryce and he deposited it over the center field fence. This hurt because you just can not throw that pitch to that guy in that spot. After that happened, I was probably the maddest I have been since the Cubs got good. To top it off, before the bottom of the eighth, the rains came again and caused a delay. The game didn't start again until after 1 A.M. in Washington D.C. The Cubs went on to lose that game as well, so they dropped both games of the doubleheader.  Sunday’s game was canceled and rescheduled for this Thursday, which extends the Cubs lengthy stretch of games to 30 games in 30 days. Milwaukee came to town on Monday night. This is a huge series for both teams. Before the game on Monday, the Cubs had a two-game lead in the division. The Brewers won on Monday night dropping the lead in the division to only one game going into last night’s game. Last night’s game was the biggest game of the year for both teams up to this point. Jose Quintana (Q) took the mound for the Cubs and absolutely owned the Brewers. This season, in his 10 career starts with 6 of them being this season, Q has a 1.67 ERA which is very, very good and he was terrific last night. Victor Caratini drove in two as the Cubs won 3-0 and brought the division lead back to two games.

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