Yes it was dissapointing yesterday to watch my beloved Chicago Bears lose to the Cheeseheads in the NFC championship game. I must say though that I was impressed with Caleb Hanie, the third string quarterback who threw 2 interceptions including one returned for what proved to be the winning touchdown. But he also threw for 2 touchdowns and looked good in doing so. Backup Todd Collins was absolutley horrible in his brief stint in the game and Jay Cutler's knee had a torn MCL in it and Bears head coach Lovie Smith said today that he would have been questionable for the Super Bowl had Hanie and company pulled it out. And although they didn't, they did go down fighting and the Green Bay defense was left to have to pull it out in the end for Aaron Rogers who had 2 less touchdown passes in the game than Caleb Hanie I might point out. Aaron Rogers is a good quarterback, not great, not yet anyway. The Bears will be back. They were expected to finish third behind the Packers and the Vikings in the NFC North at the beginning the season. Let's see, oh, the Bears finished ahead of the Packers and then the Lions and then the Vikings. And the Bears have a nice mix of veterens, young veterens and young players. They'll be back before the Vikings are. As for the Super Bowl, I would like to root for a tie, but since that won't happen (somebody has to win with overtime rules you know) I can't root for the Packers and I won't root for the Steelers. So I will just sit and watch and try to enjoy the game although it will be tough because the Bears were so close.
By the way, this week is a big week for the Governor basketball team. They have road games at Huron tomorrow night and at Mitchell a week from tomorrow night. Sandwiched in between, home games against Spearfish and Sturgis. If the Governors can go 3 and 1 through this stretch, it would be a huge boost for this team. Pierre will have to play nearly mistake free tomorrow night in Huron, but a win would be a second win over the Tigers in the regular season and that would bode well in District tournament seeding. Sturgis is the best team out west it appears since they have wins over Rapid City Central and Stevens this season. Spearfish would have to be the weakest of the teams, but they only lost by 4 to Sturgis last Friday. And Mitchell is, well, Mitchell and at the Corn Palace they will be difficult to beat. And then after these four games, the Govs get ready to face the once beaten Sioux Falls O'Gorman in Pierre on February 6th. Who actually does do the scheduling?
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