1) Glorified Scrimmage #3 (aka Operation Do NOT Get Injured) against the Bears is later today. For some reason this is being billed as a revenge game. It's absolutely ridiculous to think that even if we win 84-0 that we will have exacted any measure of retribution - the unadulterated ass-whipping we took at Soldier Field last year was the lowest point of 2006. In any case, the starters are going to get their longest (and hopefully last) taste of the preseason. There isn't going to be a lot of insight to be gained from this game, but the two things I would like to see are the D-line backups continue to step up (especially Sopoaga) and the LBs/secondary continue to gel. Oh, and NO INJURIES!!!
2) Thankfully Coach Nolan is applying the LT Rule to Frank Gore, as we won't be seeing The Inconvenient Truth (when in doubt, go with Chris Berman) until the regular season. I love this decision and continue to believe the broken hand was actually a blessing in disguise. Gore runs like a freaking battering ram and is guaranteed to take punishment. Saving him from even the 10-20 hits he would have taken in the preseason ensures he's that much fresher toward the end of the year, and dare I say it, for the playoffs.
3) Now let's go south of the equator to recognize The Faithful...in Brazil?! Here's to hoping the author can convert the capoeira-fighting, samba-listening, soccer-crazed nation to real football. As Faithful-in-Chief, I volunteer to take on the difficult task of recruiting the 2008 Gold Rush Girls from Ipanema and/or Copacabana. Something along the lines of this should work:
2007 Brazilian SI Swimsuit contingent, 2008 Gold Rush girls, and ex-Mrs. BrownMagic #1-7 (in no particular order) 
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