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TODAY’S QUESTIONS
TOPIC 1: IT’S TIME TO STOP WAFFLING: WILL THE BEARS GO TO THE SUPER BOWL?
Jimmy Greenfield: It’s a very sorry year for the NFC. So, no, they’ll lose to the Giants in the NFC title game.
Leo Ebersole: Yes. Why? Because they’re the best the Big 12–er, NFC has to offer.
Brian Moore: Yes.
Adam Caldarelli: Waffles? Love waffles. What was the question again?
Bag Boy: They will. Now go ahead and ask me what year.
TOPIC 2: WHY ISN’T BEN WALLACE MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR THE BULLS SO FAR?
Jimmy Greenfield: He still thinks it’s the exhibition season.
Leo Ebersole: You mean his 5.7 points a game aren’t turning the tide?
Brian Moore: He’s made his millions, won his title, what’s he got left to play for?
Adam Caldarelli: Because Chauncey Billups and Rip Hamilton don’t play for the Bulls.
Bag Boy: He’s just one Ben. He can’t score for the other one, too. It’s a team game, folks.
TOPIC 3: HOW MUCH OF MARK DEROSA’S $13 MILLION CONTRACT IS HE REALLY WORTH?
Jimmy Greenfield: About $1 million, the approximate cost of Ryan Theriot playing second base the next three years.
Leo Ebersole: $1 million per home run seems a little steep even by Chicago standards.
Brian Moore: In theory, much of it. But after spending most of the year on DL, none of it.
Adam Caldarelli: Zip. On the lame-O-meter, this signing ranks just below that of Jacque Jones.
Bag Boy: All of it as long as he’s being paid in Linden dollars within the creepy world of Second Life.
TOPIC 4: THE NCAA THINKS IT DESERVES TAX-FREE STATUS. WHAT ELSE DOES IT DESERVE?
Jimmy Greenfield: A good spanking.
Leo Ebersole: A football postseason structure that works.
Brian Moore: Players who finally stand up for themselves and demand to be paid–legally.
Adam Caldarelli: Bobby Knight going all Michael Prince on Myles Brand.
Bag Boy: Oh, at least half of DeRosa’s salary, maybe more.
TOPIC 5: IF YOU CREATED A SPORTS SITCOM WHO WOULD IT BE ABOUT AND WHAT WOULD THE TITLE BE?
Jimmy Greenfield: Kerry Wood — “CSI: Kerry Wood.”
Leo Ebersole: “The Boosters”: It’s “Blue Chips” meets “Deal or No Deal.”
Brian Moore: Pro pool players, with the title “Ball in Hand.”
Adam Caldarelli: Just roll tape of the 2006 Cubs, titled “I got it, you take it.”
Bag Boy: “Not My Friend.” Six wacky N.Y. Giants fans just met their cranky landlord. And he’s from Chicago.
