Schedule favors Bears' title shot (Chicago Tribune) - More difficult opponents await Vikings, Packers Of the three 3-3 teams tied for first place in the NFC North, the Bears have the best chance of winning the division with 10 games remaining. Dan Pompei: Vikings' Peterson a marked man
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Four Downs: Bears' losses coming the heartbreaking way (USA Today) - Either the glass is half full or its empty. Or it's cracked. As are the Chicago Bears when they most need to be solid. The 3-3 Bears find themselves in a three-way tie for first place in the NFC North. How painful to know they could be 6-0 if they'd finish what they start.
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Division series next for Bears; Vikings up first (Chicago Sun-Times) - Maybe it's because of the unnerving way the Bears lost Sunday at Atlanta, or perhaps it's because coach Lovie Smith realizes where the Bears stand, in a three-way tie atop the NFC North with little margin for error.
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Bears Get Defensive On Illinois State (KOLR - KSFX Ozarks) - The Missouri State Bears will hit the road Saturday after back to back home football games. The Bears have won two of their last three games and will go to Illinois State.
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Bears' Aucoin named Reebok/AHL Player of the Week (OurSports Central) - SPRINGFIELD, Mass. ... The American Hockey League announced today that Hershey Bears center Keith Aucoin has been named the Reebok/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Oct. 12, 2008. Aucoin recorded two goals and five assists for seven points to go with a plus-4 rating in three games to start the 2008-09 AHL season.
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Inside Slant (USA Today) - The Bears might be worse than the White Sox's bullpen when it comes to holding a lead, but at least they're not whining that they could be 6-0, considering their three losses are by a total of eight points.
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Bears are loaded for some payback (San Francisco Chronicle) - Coach Jeff Tedford rarely talks about the past, but Tuesday, he didn't even attempt to avoid questions about Cal's 2006 loss in Tucson that eventually cost the Bears a spot in the Rose Bowl. "It's absolutely something that's on our minds," Tedford said. "This...
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For wounded Bears, all signs point North (SouthtownStar) - Maybe it's because of the unnerving way in which the Bears lost Sunday at Atlanta, or perhaps it's because Lovie Smith flat-out realizes where the Bears stand, in a three-way tie atop the NFC North with little margin for error.
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Season-defining stretch awaits Bears (The Naperville Sun) - Bears: Maybe it's because of the unnerving way in which the Bears lost Sunday at Atlanta, or perhaps it's because Lovie Smith flat-out realizes where the Bears stand, in a three-way tie atop the NFC North with little margin for error. Whatever the case, Smith escaped the one-game-at-a-time mentality coaches cling to like their play charts.
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Important stretch ahead for Bears (The Courier News) - Bears: Maybe it is because of the unnerving way in which the Bears managed to lose Sunday at Atlanta, or perhaps it is because Lovie Smith flat out realizes where the Bears are at in a three-way tie atop the NFC North with little margin for error. Whatever the case, Smith escaped the one-game-at-a-time mentality coaches cling to like their play chart on the sideline.
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