Bears Fan in Kansas

Being a Bears fan in Kansas is tough. Apparently, there are only 3 teams in the NFL that CBS and Fox feel Kansans want to follow: the Kansas City Chiefs, Denver Broncos, and Dallas Cowboys.

Really?

So I've had to become a little creative in following my Bears come gameday. I go to WBBM online, home of Bears Radio in Chicago, to listen to the play-by-play, then go to NFL.com to pull up the game center to "watch" the action. The NFL game center is interesting, including statistics, a diagram of a football field with arrows showing the field direction of each team, first down markers, play-by-plays, and an exciting "TOUCHDOWN" or "FIELD GOAL" celebratory screen.

No, it isn't HD. Yes, the radio feed and the online gamecenter feed are not synchronized, so there's usually a 30 second delay, but at least I can follow the game. Much better than the old days when I was tormented into actually watching a Broncos or Cowboys or Chiefs game (oh my) just to follow the ticker along the bottom to see how the Bears were doing. Sad, really.

And so I sit in the chair in our study, feet propped on the ottoman, popcorn ready, maybe a beer, maybe a Dr. Pepper, and listen intently to Jeff Joniak and Tom Thayer while the tiny football moves down the virtual field.

I know what some of you are thinking. Is she crazy?

I'm a Bears fan in Kansas. What do you think?