FOX Killed the Bears

If you're still angry about the Bears loss to San Diego, and the loss of Mike Brown, well then I've got some news that will only serve to piss you off even more. The turning point in the game was obviously the muffed punt that bounced off of Brandon McGowan, and resulted in the Chargers taking the lead.

It wasn't McGowan's fault. It wasn't even the punters fault for making a bad kick. Nope. Turns out it was FOX's fault.

According to Mike Scifres, his short third-quarter punt that set up the Chargers' go-ahead touchdown might have glanced off a wire on which a TV camera hovers above the field. The punt hit an unsuspecting Chicago blocker (Brandon McGowan) and was recovered by the Chargers' Matt Wilhelm at the Bears' 29-yard line.

Scifres said he wasn't sure if the punt hit the wire, but a Chargers official watching the game from the field confirmed it did. Nate Kaeding's first kickoff of the day also hit the wire.

“The rotation the ball had when it left my foot – when it came down it was spinning the other way,” Scifres said. “So I don't know if it hit the cable or what, but either way it came out good for us. It was one of those freak things.”

Wow. What a craptastic way to lose a football game.

Ever since the television networks started using those cameras above the field, I wondered how they could avoid being hit by a football. Yeah, they're pretty high up there, but a lot of kicks and punts get up there as well.

Now we find out it happened not once, but twice during the Bears game. Sure, the angle the camera provides is pretty sweet, but it's not worth losing a game for.