UP AT 6.... YOU'VE MADE A FALSE IDOL OF THIS REX GROSSMAN

• To any Chicago Bears fans who saw their season go up in smoke last night, remember, you were warned.
• Something that should be kept in mind with regard to the New England Patriots: How much has playing three straight games in Prime Time (two Sunday nighters before this week's Monday nighter) tired them out? NFL teams are conditioned for 1 p.m. on Sunday and in many cases, being home and R&Ring by 6 or 7 that night. That hasn't happened.
• Must be hell being the oldest: Anthony Parker is the Raptors starting shooting guard and his sister Candace might be the best women's basketball player in the world. Their brother Marcus is merely going to be a doctor.

Much obliged to pal Trevor Stewart for the shout-out in his Sudbury Star blog yesterday -- not that N. Sager knows anything about blogging for the MSM.

(Expect light blogging this weekend... someone felt that a trip west would do him good, see some old friends, good for the soul.)