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If the Bears open next season playing in Green Bay …
PT: … expect a lot of bragging from Green Bay and a lot of gagging from Chicago.
SB: … TMZ will probably catch Jay Cutler not limping at a Piggly Wiggly.
JR: … let’s hope Jay Cutler’s knee, ego and brain are all healed and working properly.
CK: … it had better be the biggest win since drugs and hookers over Charlie Sheen.
AM: … I’ll open next season inebriated and angry.
Did the Super Bowl live up to the hype in your book?
PT: No. Not once did Fergie drive her glittery shoulder pads into Aaron Rodgers’ sternum.
SB: I’m currently writing “Harry Potter and the Long and Disappointing Super Bowl.” So amazingly, yes.
JR: Of course not. The Packers won and have bragging rights for the next year.
CK: No matter who plays, it’s about drowning yourself in chicken wings and bagel dogs.
AM: Yes, but the Puppy Bowl didn’t quite deliver. Kittens at halftime? Again?!?
Whom would you book to play the halftime show at the Super Bowl?
PT: Dame Judi Dench! And now, a dramatic reading of “Wuthering Heights” …
SB: That dude who did the GN’R karaoke at this halftime show deserves another shot. He can’t really be that bad.
JR: The Victoria’s Secret models. Who cares what they sound like.
CK: Boy George and Will Smith duet.
AM: Kanye West and Taylor Swift doing a Sonny and Cher tribute.
Now we can focus on the Bulls and Blackhawks. Tell us about them.
PT: Let’s make them one team, the Bullhawks, featuring ice-cold Boozer.
SB: Lots of injuries, little controversy.
JR: They’re heading in opposite directions. Bulls up, Hawks down. Go figure.
CK: Hmmm … when’s that trade deadline again?
AM: The Bulls own the United Center. The Blackhawks would lose to “Toy Story 3 on Ice.”
Next huge sporting event is the NCAA tourney. Thoughts?
PT: What has happened to Michigan State, and can we give it to Duke?
SB: You’ve got to like Yale’s chances to make the Frozen Four.
JR: Your 2011 NCAA champs: the Ohio State Buckeyes. Go Bucks!
CK: I go to DePaul, that’s just teasing again, unless we’re talking about the women’s team.
AM: Money will be lost. I need to stop picking DePaul.
