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Opponent Series History Week 6: ATL vs CHI

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I've got two Bears fans talking smack to me at the office. I've got a Bears fan who's talking smack to me in my own email inbox. Suffice to say, I've heard enough Bears smack to last a lifetime. The Falcons have met the Bears twenty three times and have won 11 of those games. The Bears have won 12. Guess what that means: if the Falcons win this Sunday night, the series will be dead even. 

The Facts:

  • Current Series Record against Da Bears: 11-12 (23 total)
  • Score-to-Score Totals: Chicago has scored a total of 427 points against Atlanta's 401 points for a difference of 26 points. That's three TDs, one FG, and one Safety in game terms.
  • There From the Start: We played the Bears in our first year as a team, 1966.
  • Keeping Things Balanced: Both teams have held a 5-game winning streak in this series. The Bears' is more recent with a string of wins in 85, 86, 90, 92, and 93. The Falcons streak occurred in 72, 73, 74, 76, 77.
  • Running Away with It: The largest point differential belongs to Atlanta. The Falcons held the Bears to two field goals while running up their own score to 46 points on Sunday October 14th, 1973.
  • Keeping it Close: 57% of these contests have been decided by 9 points or less.
  • Like Fish in a Barrel: The Bears have scored more than 40 points on 1 occasion in this series. The Falcons have done so twice.
  • Nail Biters: Six of these contests ended up with a victory margin of a field goal or less.
  • Shut Out: Both teams have shut the other out once.

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I imagine Bears smack talk goes like this

Bears Fan: Question. Who is better, Cutler or God?
tloz: I don’t know that that’s an apples-to-apples compari….
Bears Fan: Trick question! Cutler is God!
tloz: What?
Bears Fan: messily devours entire pizza

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by Dave the Falconer on Oct 16, 2009 3:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

It's more like

Bears Fan: WARRADGHGBBLBEBLLE CUTLER BEAT ATL
Me: That was with the Broncos
Bears Fan: BIBBBLYDEEDOODAH WE WANT REVENGE!
Me: Our D is better. Our O is better. Kyle Orton left.
Bears Fan: [cries]

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by tlozwarlock on Oct 16, 2009 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

And also...

…here’s hoping we started a six game winning streak last season.

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by Dave the Falconer on Oct 16, 2009 4:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Gizflam the Bears

Gizflam the Bears, their fans and their stupid faces.

Or to paraphrase Tupac:
Gizflam Cutler, Gizflam Forte, Gizflam Lovie, and Gizflam Chicago, as a city, as a franchise and a gizflaming team. And if you wanna be down with Chicago, than gizflam you too.

Seriously. I’m attending GT v VT with my girl (GT student) and seriously considering not cheering as loudly so I can truly let slip the dogs of war Sunday night without rupturing vocal chords.

Maybe there is no Heaven. Or maybe this is all pure gibberish — a product of the demented imagination of a lazy drunken hillbilly with a heart full of hate who has found a way to live out where the real winds blow — to sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whisky, and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind except falling in love and not getting arrested...Res ipsa loquitur. Let the good times roll.

by iRonin on Oct 16, 2009 7:56 PM EDT via mobile reply actions   0 recs

I’m hoping not to embarrass tloz too badly :-)

Maybe there is no Heaven. Or maybe this is all pure gibberish — a product of the demented imagination of a lazy drunken hillbilly with a heart full of hate who has found a way to live out where the real winds blow — to sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whisky, and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind except falling in love and not getting arrested...Res ipsa loquitur. Let the good times roll.

by iRonin on Oct 16, 2009 7:57 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

OBLITERATION!!

Thats what I see happening to the bears on Sunday night!! Falcons at HOME in front of a NATIONAL television audience equals, the falcons playing 2 consecutive games as a complete team with all phases of the game clicking and scoring 40+ points!!!!
 I think the bears will score with us for the first half but the second half we leave them in the dust, scoring 17 unanswered points, thus making the final score 41-21, falcons annihilate the bears in atlanta to go to 4-1 on this young season and move into a tie in the NFC South due to a Saints loss to the Giants 20-17.
LETS GO FALCONS
L-DAWG

by ATLsince1972 on Oct 16, 2009 8:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

This guy...

I like the cut of your gib.

Maybe there is no Heaven. Or maybe this is all pure gibberish — a product of the demented imagination of a lazy drunken hillbilly with a heart full of hate who has found a way to live out where the real winds blow — to sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whisky, and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind except falling in love and not getting arrested...Res ipsa loquitur. Let the good times roll.

by iRonin on Oct 16, 2009 10:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

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