[CBFF] 2008 Bears Schedule

[Tom Shannon]

Victor Waldron wrote:
>
>>   While I can't understand why the last game of the year isn't a division game, the
>>   schedule allows Chicago time to rest starters in that game if they can close out home
>>   field advantage, or a division title after finishing their conference schedule the week before
>>   in a Monday night contest with Green Bay.
>>     
>
> I am very curious about this, especially since the league was
> supposedly going to make a concerted effort to make the final week's
> games "interesting" by scheduling division games, etc. I haven't
> looked closely enough at the rest of the team's schedules, but each
> division has 4 teams so this could easily be done for everyone. Then
> again the league has been liking the second Bears-Packers game the
> weekend on/before Christmas, which honestly makes it easy for me to
> make a combined Bears and family trip to Chicago during the holidays.
>
>   
Chances are that they had the Bear-Packer on that date but the networks 
wanted it moved to prime time.  So a different week was chosen.

Just a guess.

Tom S.