Your 2011-12 NFL Thread: Lock Out Fever, Catch It!

[J. Walter Weatherman]

http://www.csnchicago.com/03/26/11/Bears-should-be-proud-of-their-books/landing_moon_v3.html?blockID=491256&feedID=626

Bears President Ted Phillips has aligned the Bears with the Dallas Cowboys (and the already publicly owned Green Bay Packers, plus the Denver Broncos potentially) as teams open to the idea of open books, something demanded by the players' side as long as owners are asking for a $1 billion giveback to help teams with operating expenses.

"If the league feels to get a deal done, they need to release [financials], we're on board," Phillips told the Chicago Sun-Times. "I'm actually proud of how we operate our club. We think we do a good job, revenue-wise and expense-wise."

Open financial records? I think Chuck just creamed his Sunday slacks.

[Quality Start Machine]

http://www.csnchicago.com/03/26/11/Bears-should-be-proud-of-their-books/landing_moon_v3.html?blockID=491256&feedID=626

Bears President Ted Phillips has aligned the Bears with the Dallas Cowboys (and the already publicly owned Green Bay Packers, plus the Denver Broncos potentially) as teams open to the idea of open books, something demanded by the players' side as long as owners are asking for a $1 billion giveback to help teams with operating expenses.

"If the league feels to get a deal done, they need to release [financials], we're on board," Phillips told the Chicago Sun-Times. "I'm actually proud of how we operate our club. We think we do a good job, revenue-wise and expense-wise."

Open financial records? I think Chuck just creamed his Sunday slacks.

Fortunately, the splooge got lost in the plaid.

[Chuck to Chuck]

[Internet Apex]

Jews jizz in their jeans on Sunday.

[Yeti]

I see chuck and I share a similar fashion sense

[BH]

I see chuck and I share a similar fashion sense

In much different sizes no doubt.

[PenPho]

I see chuck and I share a similar fashion sense

Argyle?

[Yeti]

I see chuck and I share a similar fashion sense

Argyle?

Tag on IDITO

[BC]

That's the thinnest I've ever looked. Thanks.

[Gilgamesh]

That's the thinnest I've ever looked. Thanks.

Don't sell yourself Oleg.

[Eli]

Did BC just call Yeti fat?

[Quality Start Machine]

Did BC just call Yeti fat?

I think he insulted him a little bit.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Did BC just call Yeti fat?

I think he insulted him a little bit.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

SPORTS!

Big Ben is marrying his best friend and the whole world wants to know: what kind of flowers will they pick out and where are they getting their cake and who will the bride be wearing and what's it like to be so gosh darn happy?!?!?!

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6303407

PITTSBURGH -- Ben Roethlisberger will marry a 26-year-old physician's assistant whom he said he met during training camp in 2005 and has been friends with ever since, the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for a story in Thursday's editions.

...

Roethlisberger said he was surprised by how much media attention his engagement to Ashley Harlan received when news of it leaked out earlier this year to news media.

"I was surprised at how much media attention it was getting -- it's just an engagement," he told the newspaper. "I never expected it to be on the front pages of all the papers and websites. There was speculation what our invitations would look like and who is coming! It almost seemed surreal, it was like a movie or something, it was weird."

...

He said he has received correspondence from fans telling him there was something different about him -- even before reports of his engagement became public.

He said they would write: " 'Ben, you look like something's different with you. You look like a happier person, you play happy, you smile more on the field.' Part of that is because I'm a happier person, I'm in a happy place, but a lot of that has to do with her, too," he told the newspaper.

Roethlisberger's PR people clearly have some strong stomachs.

He said he tries to shield his fiance the best he can from fans and the media. He said some people have shown up at her parents' house and have done "some things."

[Quality Start Machine]

They met while she was getting a DNA sample from him.