[CBFF] Project Calendar

[Tom Shannon]

The first thing I noticed was that its front loaded.  3 playoff teams then 2
NFC North road games.  I'm not thrilled.

Tom S.

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> bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Madsen
> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 11:59 AM
> To: CBFF; BoersandBernstein at 670thescore.com
> Subject: [CBFF] Project Calendar
> 
> In my office, I have one of those 'Year-a-glance' project calendars.
> It's the kind whereby they layout each month in a straight line.
> (What can I say?  I'm a 2-D, linear thinker).  Today I pulled-up the
> Bears schedule and sharpie'd in their games.  Seeing the schedule like
> this, it was a little easier for me to make a few obersavations that
> most of you probably made the first time you saw it:
> 
> 1 - We'll know pretty early in the season if the Bears match-up well
> against a supposedly improved Lions team.  We'll have both of our
> games against them over by the end of October.
> 
> 2 - Not only do we have three games ON the west coast (SD, Oak, Sea),
> they'll be in three of the more hostile environments in the league.
> 
> 3 - Only two games in domes.
> 
> 4 - In the first 8 games (prior to the Bye) only one team, IMHO,
> doesn't have a decent run game (GB).
> 
> 5 - Four of the last six games are at home; nice way to end the season.
> 
> 6 - However, that last stretch of games includes a Thursday night game
> on the road in Washington.
> 
> 7 - However, after that Thursday night game, we won't see the Bears
> for 11 days when they play at Minnesota on MNF.
> 
> 8 - This is only the second year since the Bears were moved to the NFC
> North and Tampa was moved to the NFC South, that we haven't played the
> Bucs.  Which means it is only the second year since the Bucs came into
> the league that we haven't played them.
> 
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