http://www.windycitizen.com/taxonomy/term/4472 The latest reader-recommended stories from Chicago. en http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Emonitorofthemidway/2008/12/07/the-bcs-sports-greatest-buzz-kill-and-how-to-fix-it <p><!--paging_filter-->I wasn't really sure about writing this article because there are thousands out there tonight and tomorrow and really all season long, lauding or loathing the <a href="http://www.bcsfootball.org/bcsfo</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/blogs/monitorofthemidway" class="og_links">Monitor of the Midway</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Emonitorofthemidway/2008/12/07/the-bcs-sports-greatest-buzz-kill-and-how-to-fix-it">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Emonitorofthemidway/2008/12/07/the-bcs-sports-greatest-buzz-kill-and-how-to-fix-it#comments Oak Forest Sports bcs college football ncaa national champion championship rose bowl fiesta bowl cotton bowl playoff system 16 team 8 team conference champion big ten acc sec big east big 12 pac 10 usc ohio state oklahoma florida tim tebow fox espn Monitor of the Midway Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:04:08 -0600 3737 at http://www.windycitizen.com http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Emonitor-of-the-midway/2008/10/19/orton-changes-his-mo <p><!--paging_filter--> <p> <img src="http://assets.espn.go.com/media/apphoto/b1ae56ee-c19a-442c-bb18-2b198c27dca0.jpg" /> </p> <p> <i><img src="http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/photos?photoId=2065051&amp;gameId=281019003" alt="Bears QB Kyle Orton winds up for a pass against the Vikings on Sunday." /> </i> (Photo: <a href="http://www.espn.com" target="_blank">ESPN.com</a>) </p> <p> Prior to the season, I was one of those Bears fans that was<br /> happy <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=8520" target="_blank">Kyle Orton</a> chose &quot;heads&quot; in the pre-season coin toss to become the Bears'<br /> starter. At this point, the Orton-backers look right. However, I can say that I<br /> was dead wrong in <i>how </i>I wanted Kyle<br /> Orton to be the starter: </p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/blogs/monitorofthemidway" class="og_links">Monitor of the Midway</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Emonitor-of-the-midway/2008/10/19/orton-changes-his-mo">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Emonitor-of-the-midway/2008/10/19/orton-changes-his-mo#comments Oak Forest Bears chicago bears minnesota vikings orton forte adrian peterson nfl soldier field Monitor of the Midway Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:34:39 -0500 3221 at http://www.windycitizen.com http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Emonitorofthemidway/2008/08/27/settle-down-cubs-fans-obama-has-it-right <p><!--paging_filter--> <p> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/25/56970194_963d5c13bc.jpg" alt="Barack Obama signs an autograph during the White Sox World Series celebration downtown in 2005. (Photo courtesy of Therese Flanagan via flickr)" width="500" height="375" /> </p> <p> <i>Barack Obama signs an autograph at the 2005 White Sox Championship rally downtown. (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/therese/360551591/">Flickr - Therese Flanagan</a>)</i> </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/blogs/monitorofthemidway" class="og_links">Monitor of the Midway</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Emonitorofthemidway/2008/08/27/settle-down-cubs-fans-obama-has-it-right">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/%7Emonitorofthemidway/2008/08/27/settle-down-cubs-fans-obama-has-it-right#comments Oak Forest Cubs cubs white sox chicago president baseball obama barack wrigley field rivalry presidential campaign Monitor of the Midway Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:43:31 -0500 2677 at http://www.windycitizen.com http://www.windycitizen.com/blogs/monitor-of-the-midway/2008/08/07/favre-finally-ascends-to-new-york-city <p><!--paging_filter--> <p> <img src="http://tommcmahon.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/12/09/gbstained2.jpg" alt="Green Bay fans viewed Favre in a God-like fashion. (Photo by Tommcmahon.net)" align="texttop" height="400" width="339" /> </p> <p> <i>Green Bay fans viewed Favre in a God-like fashion. (Photo by <a href="http://www.tommcmahon.com" target="_blank">Tommcmahon.com</a>)</i> </p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/blogs/monitorofthemidway" class="og_links">Monitor of the Midway</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/blogs/monitor-of-the-midway/2008/08/07/favre-finally-ascends-to-new-york-city">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/blogs/monitor-of-the-midway/2008/08/07/favre-finally-ascends-to-new-york-city#comments Oak Forest Brett Favre Favre green bay mike mcarthy New York Jets Packers ted thompson trade Monitor of the Midway Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:57:49 -0500 2374 at http://www.windycitizen.com