Early this morning, I felt it time to break from political blogging and focus on other interests. On Sunday, we worship, we watch football, we ride Harleys, and we rant less about politics.Today, the mighty Tampa Bay Buccaneers rolled into the windy city to face the Chicago Bears. The Buccaneers fell behind early with two Bears field goals, but struck back with an Ike Hilliard four yard touchdown reception from Brian Griese. The Buccaneers increased their lead to 14-6 when Gaines Adams picked off Kyle Orton for a 45 yard return for a touchdown. The Bears faked a punt with a direct snap to Garrett Wolfe for a 38 yard run to set up a 28 yard Robbie Gould field goal before time expired at the half.
A punting battle ensued well into the third quarter until broken by an Orton to Forte touchdown pass followed by a two point conversion allowing the Bears to reclaim the lead 17-14 late in the third quarter. The Bears followed with an unanswered TD pass from Orton to Brandon Lloyd midway through the fourth quarter to aparently clinch the game. But no, the never out Bucs struck back with a Matt Bryant field goal and a Brian Griese to Jerramy Stevens pass for a touchdown to tie the game and take it into overtime.
Halfway through the overtime period, the Bears' Charles Tillman gets flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct deep in their own territory to infuse new life into the Bucs drive and an eventual Matt Bryant field goal to cap the game. Brian Griese passed for over 400 yards for the first time in his career to carry the Bucs into their second consecutive win.
No comments:
Post a Comment