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TODAY’S QUESTIONS
TOPIC 1: DID YOU WITNESS ANY CHRISTMAS MIRACLES?
Phillip Thompson: David Terrell, the ghost of past Bears drafts, made Mike Williams drop that TD pass.
Leo Ebersole: I’m the only one here not wearing a bag on my head. … Wait, what? That’s Phil’s face?
Bag Boy: It’s Christmas? Criminy! Excuse me, I have to run to the convenience store!
Bag Girl: I know SOMEBODY got me a fur coat! This makes up for all the holidays he forgot my gift.
Bag Dog: Man, it’s cold! I gotta hurry up and grow back this fur!
TOPIC 2: WHAT CHRISTMAS GIFT DID YOU GET THAT YOU DIDN’T WANT?
Phillip Thompson: A credit card bill.
Leo Ebersole: An authentic Allen Iverson 76ers jersey.
Bag Boy: A Bears game against Detroit. Win or no win, I thought we all agreed about the “D” word.
Bag Girl: You should have asked me that several Christmases ago. He’s the gift that keeps on taking.
Bag Dog: More fleas. Thanks a lot, Bag Boy.
TOPIC 3: WHAT COACH ARE YOU INVITING TO YOUR NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY?
Phillip Thompson: Dennis Green. Can you imagine him liquored up?
Leo Ebersole: Ron Zook. He attracts the top talent. He mismanages it. I step in.
Bag Boy: Lou Piniella, so I can tell him where the Cubs have gone wrong. Chapter 1 …
Bag Girl: Jon Gruden, are you married?
Bag Dog: Lovie Smith stuck by Rex Grossman for weeks, so clearly he loves dogs.
TOPIC 4: MIKE DITKA BLASTS THE BEARS FOR KEEPING TANK JOHNSON. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
Phillip Thompson: The Bears let Ditka make character judgements. Along with his chief advisor, Ricky Williams.
Leo Ebersole: The Bears gently remind him that he keeps company with Michael Irvin and Chris Berman.
Bag Boy: Coach? Against the Bears? Say it ain’t … whoa, I have to sit down.
Bag Girl: Oh, boy. Let me call Bag Boy’s imaginary job and tell them he won’t be in.
Bag Dog: Nothing much. The city just plunges into civil war.
TOPIC 5: WHO IS YOUR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AND WHY?
Phillip Thompson: Terrell Owens. He accounted for 82 percent of my offense.
Leo Ebersole: No one had a better 2006 than Vince Young. OK, maybe Skates from the Wolves.
Bag Boy: Ditka. No, no, he’s an analyst now. I’m going to go with Ditka.
Bag Girl: Beckham? I don’t even know him!
Bag Dog: That bull terrier from Westminster. Kid’s a beast.
