The University of New Mexico has named their football practice facility after the legendary former Lobo Brian Urlacher, shown here just pre-STD. The decision to appropriately christen Brian Urlacher Field was spurred by “Urlacher’s accomplishments and a recent $500,000 gift to the school.”
Presumably, Urlacher outbid fellow alum Neil Patrick Harris, who could only come up with $500, for naming rights.
Newly-acquired Bears linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa sure is glad to be a part of a winning team for a change. But, he seems most excited about working with the legendary, Brian Urlacher.
“When I came to my visit he said [hello] to me and he knew my name, I was like, ‘Wow, that’s Brian Urlacher. He called me by my first name.”
Tinoisamoa went on to say that Urlacher signed his jersey after practice and recorded the outgoing message on his cell.
Whoa, whoa, wait a minute; Hold the phone. Brian Urlacher, who has often unwarrantably been linked with the term “overrated” while in his prime, is now being called the best inside linebacker in pro football. It’s important to note that his prime was two years ago.
The Sporting News has Urlacher ranked numero uno in their list of the top 20 NFL inside linebackers, citing the lackluster play of the defensive line last season as to why he made fewer impact plays than usual. True, but I also don’t recall him being engulfed by the opponent’s O-line as much as I do his inability to run sideline to sideline with his previous effectiveness. (more…)
If you stayed ’til the very end of the Cavs-Hawks obliteration last night, you might have seen LeBron James walk to half court and hand his game-worn sneakers–gross!–to an all-too-welcoming and brawny bald guy.
But that wasn’t just any bald guy, that was Brian Urlacher. He’s just another in a growing list of Bears who can’t get enough of the league MVP.
Photo: NFL Juice
It started when Julia Allison tweeted of Jay Cutler’s partiality to her headband, and now, we get another scoop courtesy of the still far-too-underutilized, Twitter: Brian Urlacher likes his Chile Con Queso.
See what I’ve done here? Using the title as a channel, I’ve insinuated officials have feathers. As do Falcons. Wait. A. Minute.
No, no, no. I refuse to suggest officials in Sunday’s game at Atlanta were working in conjuction with the Falcons. I only scribed the above introduction because A) I am still extremely bitter and B) I noticed how the title might be indicative of an unintended point and if said point was intended – well, then I would be deemed as having wit.
If neither of this make sense to you or you frankly do not give a shit, continue after the jump to read the story you very damned well thought you would be done reading by now. (more…)
Raise your hand if you saw that coming. Oh, you did? Well, either you’re a freakin’ psychic or a big liar McLiar pants.
Rookie running back Matt Forte proved he isn’t Cedric Benson and quarterback Kyle Orton showed off his aerodynamically engineered mustache as the Bears upped the Colts 29-13 at Lucas Oil Stadium.
Impressive in his pro debut, Forte ran for 123 yards on 23 carries, including a 50-yard scamper to the endzone midway through the first quarter.
Orton played more than just adequately even if his stats (13-21, 150, 0-0) don’t reflect it. He made throws I thought only Good Rex could make and even showed some wiggle in his scramble, spinning out of linebacker Gary Brackett’s would-be tackle. He didn’t say it but you know his neckbeard was thinking, “You ain’t got shit on me, beeeeeeeyotch!” (more…)