On Sept. 11, 2001, the world as we know it was changed. September 11 made us realize we are not untouchable. Because of Sept. 11, terrorism is no longer a foreign thought. We know it can happen on our own turf.

Two years ago today the whole world was put on hold, even sports.

I sure wish they would put this weekend’s Bears game on hold because if they play like they did last week, they couldn’t beat the little giants much less the Minnesota Vikings. But if this weekend’s Bears game was put on hold it would only prolong the inevitable. The inevitable being a Bears loss to the Vikings.

Last Sunday was the most pitiful display of football I have seen in quite some time. I am sure most Bears fans would agree.

Could this coming Sunday be any worse?

If you saw the Vikings beat up on the Green Bay Packers last Sunday you know as well as I do that the Bears are in for a beating. As if just losing wasn’t bad enough, the Bears are going to get beat in front of a national audience. No, you did not misread that last line. Some genius decided to schedule the Bears against the Vikings as the Sunday night game on ESPN. Now the whole world gets to turn off the game at halftime!

Let’s examine why the Bears lost the way they did in San Francisco last Sunday. We’ll start with the offense. John Shoop could be calling the plays for the NFC pro bowl team and even they wouldn’t put up more than 7 points. With guys like Anthony Thomas, Kordell Stewart, Marty Booker and the offensive line, 7 points is a mega outburst.

Lets get our heads out of the clouds. A cool 7 points isn’t going to beat the Bengals on their worst day.

Maybe the Bears need a new head coach. Considering Dick Jauron can’t motivate himself to breath, I would say the Bears definitely need a head coach.

If you didn’t get a good enough look at the defense, you did what I did. I turned the game off early in the third quarter. You either did that or you weren’t paying attention to the game because the defense was on the field all day. I thought the defense looked mediocre at best. It seems like the Bears already miss Roosevelt Colvin and Ted Washington. Lets just hope Urlacher doesn’t get hurt this year. He is the Bears.

I don’t even want to talk about the special teams. Let’s just say they’re um… they’re not good.

Besides the interception by Mike Brown and the raw ability of Urlacher I didn’t notice many bright spots in last Sunday’s game. Thank God for Chicago baseball.