I covered SEC football for eight years. And when the Bears made Rex Grossman their first round draft pick in 2003, I was shocked, dismayed, agitated and appalled.  For having watched this guy play at Florida, I had no idea what Jerry Angelo saw in him.  Okay, maybe he was a third or fourth rounder, but a first rounder and the twenty second pick overall, nah.

Rex drove Darth Visor nuts.  He greased the skids for Ron Zook.  He constantly could not make the big play when it was needed but would try to force the ball into a tight spot that wasn't the right spot.  He was 1-2 in bowl games losing to Michigan and Miami and beating Maryland (who had no bowl experience.)  By his junior year, the Gators fell to 8-4.  Grossman threw career high 17 picks that year including four in a losses to Ole Miss and LSU.  Florida losing to Ole Miss is akin to the Bears losing to the current Raiders. 

Then of course, we could tell you chapter and verse about Super Bowl XLI, but I think you know how that turned out.

Last night, Rex was in mid season form with a pick and three fumbles in a little over a quarter of play.  Tony Kornheiser actually said it right, "Bears fans are at home hitting their heads with a hammer." 

Grossman said after the game that the fumbled snaps were unacceptable.  Duh. 

It's the simple fact he cannot execute the offense that drives me, as Kornheiser said, to find a hammer.  Brain Griese while rivaling Jerry Owens for the weakest arm in Chicago can at least execute the damned offense.  Who cares if you can throw the ball sixty yards if you are constantly putting the ball on the ground or throwing it to someone in a different uniform.  And poise in the pocket?  Did you see the happy feet last night.  Did you see how Rex literally tap dances until his receivers get open.  I can't stand it.  I just can't stand it.

Kids, if the Bears are going back to the Super Bowl, you better hope Rex is standing on the sideline in a leg splint.

Lighting Round

• After two days of rain and then a fog delay, the NASCAR race is finally underway in Michigan.
  
• Hey, look!  The Sox actually beat someone.  Not only that, but now they have company in the basement. They fight to get out of it tonight.
• Let me get this straight: the White Sox need bullpen help, a center fielder, a left fielder and a shortstop, yet Kenny Williams is convinced he's found the answer in an aging left handed relief pitcher who can't get lefties out?  Since when did Kenny Williams turn into Dave Wannstedt?
• " The Natural" takes out the Cubs while the Brewers finally get a big enough lead that they can't blow as we are tied atop the NL Central.
• It's nice to see that Raul Ibanez doesn't just torment the White Sox.
• If you don't recall the 1979 world series, the Orioles had a fan who would stand on top of the dugout and spell O-R-I-O-L-E-S.  Wild Bill Hagy is D-E-A-D  at 68.
• PETA says the Citizen's Bank Ballpark in Philly is the most vegetarian friendly ballpark in  the majors.  Excuse me, but if you and I ever go to a  ballgame and I order either a soy burger or a veggie dog, you have my permission to throw my sorry ass off the upper deck. In fact, I'll make it easy for you and hurl myself off.
  
• If you are a fan of the Nashville Predators who thinks your team has dodged a bullet and will stay in town, not so fast my friend.
• 
  Another piece is out of place for Davewood Bumstedt.
• Anna is now single.  This article is great because it tells us all what our chances of actually hooking up with her are.
• The "Queen of Mean" Leona Helmsley is dead at 87, ironically of heart failure.
• Just because you are a US Congressman doesn't give you the right to act like an ass, especially when the rest of commoners have to stand in line and are subjected to an occasional strip search.
• Today's list: Greatest Movie Tag Lines.