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Sweetriver - Ya need da job dat will keep da mind off of da Coach!

In 06, on a dare and bet from a friend, Da Coach entered a Chicago area Cadillac dealership to purchase a new Cadillac Escalade SUV. Upon entering into da final details to close da deal, Da Coach opened his brief case, to reveal dat it was filled with Monopoly money in da amount of da cost of da Escalade... Da dealership and da bank accepted Da Coach's offer along with free oil changes for da life of da vehicle. Da Coach is now da proud owner of a navy blue Cadillac Escalade SUV. Peace Billy Hollems

Ditka Dissed Sweetness.. An unforgable sin for which he should spend 1000 years in purgatory.

...and dat would be da one Royal Ditkaness himself, Da Coach. Ditka

Bears Inspire A City Still Reeling From Great Chicago Fire Of 1871 January 25, 2007 | CHICAGO—As Brian Urlacher triumphantly hoisted the George Halas Trophy Sunday, it was a symbol of more than just the Bears' 39-14 victory over New Orleans—it was a symbol of hope to the thousands of Chicagoans who are still struggling to resume normal lives after the fire that swept through a 2,000-acre swath of downtown, killed over 300 people, injured hundreds more, destroyed a third of Chicago's buildings, and left 100,000 residents homeless this past Oct. 8 through Oct. 10, 1871"No disrespect to the Saints," Urlacher said, "but as much as this victory would have meant for any team, after what our city has been through, it means much more to us. Hopefully, going to the Super Bowl will help the people of Chicago put the terrible events of 135 years ago behind them." Coach Lovie Smith knows that just going to the Super Bowl, or even winning it, will do little to help the city rebuild, but says he is "humbled" by the inspiration Chicago residents feel when his team wins. "We know winning the Super Bowl won't put up a single ravaged building or house a single displaced family," Smith said in a press conference after the NFC championship game. "At this point, there's little we can do for the victims. But as long as we can inspire the community to hold on and get past what the Great Fire has done to them, we'll have done our job." "Everywhere I go, people are like, 'Thank you for what you're doing. Thank you for giving us hope.' And some of them are people whose families lost everything—homes, livestock, wagons, everything," said quarterback Rex Grossman, who has donated every game check of the postseason to the Chicago Fire Historical Society. "And I tell them, 'No, thank you. After what you've been through over the past century or so, you give us a lot of hope.'" Chicago had an uphill battle for recovery from the devastating blaze, a struggle made more difficult by drought, economic collapse, civil unrest between the city's Protestants, Catholics, and many recently freed slaves, and the apparent indifference to the city's plight by uncharismatic and unpopular Republican president Ulysses S. Grant. Still, the townspeople's imagination was captured by the successful rebuilding of the Chicago Bears, a task once seen as impossible. "In the days after the fire, there basically were no Chicago Bears," said Mayor Richard Daley. "It took men of vision to found the team in nearby Decatur in 1919, move them to Chicago in 1921, and hire George Halas to coach them. The Bears made a huge effort to attract such great players such as Red Grange, Sid Luckman, *** Butkus, Walter Payton, and Brian Urlacher. Basically, since the fire, they've turned the team from a total nonentity to a championship contender." "The people of Chicago see that and think, hey, if the Bears can do that, we can make this city great again," he added. Schaumburg resident Tom Berry, a clothing salesman who bought Bears tickets as soon after the fire as he could afford them, knows what the team means to the area. "People lost great-great-grandfathers in the fire. Great-great-great grandfathers lost children in that fire. I think unless you were there, you wouldn't understand," Berry said. "You walk around downtown, look around at the historical sites of all that devastation, and it kind of brings you down." "Except on Sundays," Berry added. "On Sundays, you sit down and watch the Bears and somehow you just forget about all that, if only for a while

Of course this is also Da Same Coach who snubbed Da Sweetness in Da Super Bowl.

"It might burn out." Somehow I doubt it (saw the thread and appreciate the laughter seeing as how I'm posting from work thereby NEEDING it). lol

Thanks! I started a Forum that I think I will add a new Ditka story each day until the Super Bowl...Well maybe I wll... 🙂 It might burn out. Sweet

Dis I heard from a very reliable source: Once, back in 1992, Da one we all know as, Da Coach, was on a vacation trip to Pamplona, Spain for da Running Da Bullz. Along with many of da men attending da festival, Coach Ditka himself, had decided to participate in da event of da Running Of The Bullz. As da ceremony began to commence, Da Coach was off and running at da head of da pack like an Alaskan Brown Bear in pursuit of some idiot who was sneaking up on him in da wild to take his picture...It was a beautiful sight to see my friend...I gotta tell ya, it had to look like he was shot out of a cannon...dat goofy bastard. In any event, as you know, Da Coach has a hip dat has been reconstructed out of granite, concrete, and Elmer's Wood Glue...and to top it off, it is all brought together by a couple, two, tree dozen titanium screws.........Now this part of da story I find a bit hard to believe, but rumor has it dat just for good measure, a small piece of da original Astro Turf from da old Soldier Field playing field, has been added as a bushing between da joints of his hip. Whatever...Astro Turf, or no Astro Turf...Da Coach was running like he had 0.9 seconds to get into da end zone from forty yards out. Oh yes, I forgot to mention, dat as he was running ahead of da bulllz, he was also eating a Mr. Beef, Combo Sammy, dipped wet and hot. Dis my friends he had shipped in from Chicago special for da event. Anyways, as Da Coach was running with da bullz, he felt as if his hip was slipping, so he decided to stop to check out if everything was okay. Upon doing so, he turned around and held his handd up to da on coming bullz and said, "Hey! slow it down, and walk around." Much to da surprise of all da other participants and all of da on looking festival goers, da bulls slowed down, held their heads down low and calmly walked around Da Coach...All but one ambitious bull dat continued to move toward Da Coach on a full out sprint ready to impale Da Coach with it's bull horns. Well, as you could imagine, Da Coach didn't take to lightly to da behavior of dis one ambitious bull, and as da bull was about impale Da Coach, da Royal Dikaness, pulled back and delivered an upper cut blow to da bulls jaw followed by a round house kick to da other side of da bulls head...Get dis, it was da bad hip dat Da Coach used to pivot off of on da round house kick. Alright then...da upper cut was a devastating blow that had busted da jaw of da bull, but it was the shame of da bull that hurt da bull the most. Da bull then humbly came to rest beside Da Coach allowing for Da Coach to climb aboard the back of da bull, whereas, Da Coach rode da bull da rest of da way into da bull fighting arena to da screams and cheers of thousands. As Da Coach dismounted da bull, he turned to da bull, smacked it on the ass, and told da bull to go home. Da Bearz Bearz 119 Colts 7 Ditka 227 Peace Billy Hollems