Poor Chicago. Despite getting thoroughly outplayed all afternoon by the Falcons, there they were at their own 23 with 2:39 to play, down only 19-13 after Jason Elam badly biffed a straight-on 33-yard field goal try for Atlanta. And then Kyle Orton went to work.

(No, Orton did not do this on Sunday, though considering what transpired, he may as well have.)

Displaying the sort of two-minute mastery normally reserved for good quarterbacks, Orton led the Bears down the field in methodical fashion, throwing 10-yard strikes here and 17-yard passes there. Sure enough, with 17 seconds left, the Bears stood at the Atlanta 17-yard line facing third and 10. Then the fun started.

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The winner in the bitter, Kramer vs. Kramer style divorce between Rich Rodriguez and West Virginia? Despite the rough 1-2 start to Rich Rod’s tenure at Michigan, it appears that the Mountaineers are approaching total meltdown mode following their 17-14 overtime loss to Colorado on Thursday. When you go from national title contender to described as “just a mess” by Erin Andrews in the span of three games, things are bad.

But at least head coach Bill Stewart still has the support of the local press, such as THE CHARLESTON GAZETTE:

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