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Article: Here Comes Dallas - And 8-8 // Monday Opener Just the Start Of Tough Road
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- April 25, 1996
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There is hope, sort of. The Dallas Cowboys, South America's
team, could come to Soldier Field and start snorting the hash marks.
But even then, such activity probably won't prevent a mean start for
a torturous Bears schedule that Homer Hub Arkush couldn't paint as
pretty.
So much for the backscratch theory, the one that says the NFL
is in bed with Halas Hall because it needs success in the No. 3 TV
market. In a crossroads year for the Dave Wannstedt regime, the
league has made the playoff gauntlet difficult, so brutal that our
most pollyanna prediction is 8-8 and home for the wild-card games.
Of all assignments, the Bears must open in their most
traditionally naked position - Monday ...