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Bears-Packers: Offensive and Defensive Match-ups

Posted: 12th September 2009 by Gene Chamberlain in NFL
Sunday Night Football, Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wis. The line: Packers by 3 ¢. Over/under: 46 ¢. This is the 178th meeting in the NFLÆs primordial rivalry. They started throwing punches in this series in the 1920s and it has seen everything from William ôThe Refrigeratorö Perry to Brett Favre beating the Bears in a driving ice storm on Halloween Night at Soldier Field when Chicago retired the jersey numbers of Gale ...

Raiders of the Lost Games: Week One Of The Weakly NFL Forecast

Posted: 10th September 2009 by Gene Chamberlain in NFL
Ahhh, they're saving the best for last on this opening week of NFL action. On national TV Monday night, coach Tom Cable gets to show off the juggernaut he has assembled when he wasn't busy beating up his assistant coaches. The Oakland Raiders used to go by the slogan "Commitment to Excellence." Now they should all just be committed. That Saints preseason game the Raiders lost 45-0 was the dress rehearsal for this season. They ...