William World News William F. Yurasko's blog v.14 – Nats, Redskins, Capitals, D.C. life, transportation, not so much Penn State anymore,

Today was the 75th anniversary of the Washington Redskins first NFL Championship which concluded their first season in D.C. As always, Dan Steinberg looked back at how The Post covered it on DC Sports Bog. Here is the lede:
“In a wild, frenzied battle for points on the frozen turf of Wrigley Field, the deft arm [...]

I don’t know that it is a consensus, but yesterday’s Washington Redskins vs. Chicago Bears game thoroughly entertained me. Once again, the Redskins won by a slim margin, but atypically (for this season at least) the game was not decided on the final play. It was decided a few plays earlier. The Redskins have been [...]

I don’t have a guest prognosticator this week, but next week I think I’m set. For this week, I’m barely getting the prediction in, but I think the Washington Redskins will beat the Chicago Bears. The Redskins defense should be able to get to Bears QB Jay Cutler enough to force him to throw a [...]

PREGAME
Audio/Video problems — must be the weather
Billy Joel didn’t butcher the anthem which is saying a lot since its Billy Joel.
This year’s Jessica Simpson ad for Pizza Hut is not as annoying.
More later
COIN TOSS
Too many captains for the Bears.
Why would you let the kicker call the toss?
KICKOFF
Gee, where have we seen this before? Hopefully, it’ll [...]

I have not decided if I am going to live-blog the Super Bowl. It was fun last year, so we’ll see if I do an encore.
I was not able to go to a party we had been invited to for reasons I may mention later in the week, but the upside is I won’t have [...]

As much as I would like to pick the Bears, I fear they will fall short against Indy. Peyton Manning has made a career out of choking in big games, but every now and then people like him get lucky. I would not be surprised to see da Bears win since they have been dismissed [...]