1 Happy St

- That American Idol guy is pretty good.

- I bet if I repeatedly punch the grill on the front of a Dodge truck, I could dent it.

- Watching Reggie Bush dance in the endzone after his touchdown, I couldn’t help but wish that some drunken fan would throw something at him from the stands. Then someone did and I was happy again.

- I have a fun drinking game for you to try if Joe Buck is announcing the game. You have to drink every time he says the word "clearly" as in "clearly his knee was down before the ball came out" or "he clearly got both feet down before falling out of bounds". Guaranteed to get you drunk by the 2nd quarter.

- I make fun of Joe Buck and clearly he annoys me, but in all honesty, I recognize it’s a bigger game whenever he’s involved, and I would have felt cheated yesterday if he wasn’t there. Sometimes I just wish Fox would remember that they’re broadcasting a sporting event and not filming a dramatic movie. Clearly.

- I can't see a "D-Fense" sign in the stands anymore without laughing hysterically. Then I have to explain why I'm laughing to people who don't know. So Alex's wife, I'm sorry.

- I’d hate to be one of those photographers whose job it is to take pictures of the winning coach as he runs to mid-field to shake hands with the losing coach. It seems like that guy is always a few seconds away from being trampled, especially since he has to hold his camera above his head while running backwards.

- I can't believe it took the Coors Light people until now to use the Jim Mora "playoffs" press conference. That's the one I would have started with. Also, they could have done a lot better with the Mike Ditka version. I can think of 2 or 3 press conference clips of Mike Ditka off the top of my head that are better than the one's they're using.

- Knowing what I know about the end of Sunday’s game, I’m now setting the over/under at 5 for the number of text messages I get in 2 weeks if the Bears win again, and I feel extremely confident taking the over.

- Don’t you hate the guy who scribbles his name in his square so badly that you can’t read it? I hate not knowing who won.

- Speaking of squares, I was told to "root for the Bears, not for the squares". While I’m glad the Bears won, it would have been even better if I was collecting money today.

- We got our Rexy back, yeah! Those motha-Colts won’t know how to act, yeah!

- Sorry ‘bout that. Go Bears!

Here's an exerpt from Joe Buck's Diary from yesterday, July 11th, 2006...

6:30 am - My alarm clock goes off awaking me to the relaxing sounds of Yanni. I got out of bed and opened the curtains to a gorgeous view of Pittsburgh. Our room looks right out over the Allegheny River. I heated up some water in the hotel room microwave and brewed an herbal tea. It was about this time that Tim woke up and yelled, "How can you listen to that crap?!" and hit the snooze button and covered his head with his pillow. Just give it a chance, Tim!

7:15 am - After reading the complimentary USA Today left outside our hotel room and eating a bran muffin from the continental breakfast, I began my morning Yoga routine.

7:25 am - Tim got out of bed, turned off my "Sounds of Nature" CD and said, "Someone ought to shoot that ****ing bullfrog!" Then Tim went back to bed.

8:06 am - I put on my running clothes and go out for a jog. I left the room but waited by the door to see if Tim made any noise after I left and sure enough... He turned on the TV. Sounded like he was watching Fairly Odd Parents. He loves that show. If there's one thing Tim McCarver loves, its little fairies.

8:38 am - I love the shuffle function on my iPod. When else would you ever hear "Lose Yourself" by Eminem followed by "Meet Me in St. Louis" by Judy Garland?

9:25 am - I just got back to the hotel. Tim's in the shower. It looks like he ordered up some breakfast. Looked like bacon and eggs. I keep warning him that if he keeps eating like that, I'll be doing play-by-play at the World Series with Lou Piniella... and nobody wants that.

9:53 am - Tim's FINALLY out of the shower. Time for some sight-seeing around Pittsburgh. I'm trying to talk Tim into taking me to the Andy Warhol Museum.