Apologies from the SpeedyWillie.org editorial staff for the delay in recapping the September 28th events leading up to and following the Chicago Bears contest v. the Philadelphia Eagles.
Over the course of the last ten days, the physical servers holding SpeedyWillie.org (and all related data, pictures, etc.) were being held in escrow while a decision was pending by the United States Library of Congress. Many thanks to the US Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives for nominating our humble website for
inclusion. Thank you Acting Director Medefind for your efforts, unfortunately since SpeedyWillie.org does not fit neatly into the Dewey Decimal System, the odds were never in our favor. (Actually, the delay is because I've been busy watching White Sox baseball...)
At the same time, The Chicago Bears and Speedy Willie have not stopped winning. The season's first night game featured an outstanding gathering in the south lot, one of the largest of the season. There was anywhere from 35 (on the more accurate side) up to 200 (on the ridiculously over exaggerated side,) tailgaters mingling around Speedy Willie. Guests included visitors from Philadelphia and Abu Dhabi!
With the 3:00 game on TV, the Speedy Willie playlist rocking the brand new exterior speakers, the grill fired up and the perpetually open cooler, there was plenty of excitement to keep all of your senses busy. Speaking of the speakers, I'm removing Party Like A Rockstar from the playlist as it was extremely overplayed last week.
In fact, I've decided to make some major renovations. ABBA'S Dancing Queen is really only shocking the first time, right? So expect an updated playlist for the next game. More techno music, for sure.
Anyways, the Bears played well enough to lose, but the Eagles didn't try hard enough to take home the victory. Rex would have had the bears up by at least 17 points at the end of the game. (Did you know that we have to be Rex fans because somehow Mrs. Grossman looked at Speedy Willie and thought it was pretty great? Yeah, Ask Chris about it sometime. Or, maybe Chris can give us the story in the comments below?)
During the game there were a group of Eagles fans that didn't understand that Soldier Field promotes a family atmosphere, and were decidedly unfriendly. In fact, there were at least 3 instances where cooler heads prevailed when there could have very possibly been a fist fight! Wouldn't that have been great? A bunch of dirtbags from out of town manage to start a fight with a group of peace loving young men, and we would be the ones to have the season tickets revoked? Could have happened, but didn't. Thank Gods the Bears won. (Did you know that SpeedyWillie.org welcomes all religions? Hence the plural Gods.)
Lets wrap this up... Bears then headed East to Detroit, won. Next week in Atlanta, likely another victory. Keep it up, huh?
Update: Purchase of orange and blue vinyl has been made for the seats. Seat covers may be ready for next home game. Shelving installation yet to be scheduled. Hitch installation yet to be scheduled. Hitch basket yet to be purchased. Bus renovation completion date: TBD.
Guy... how do you even operate on Monday mornings?
Posted by: Manny | 2008.10.08 at 08:16