Yes, it’s finally here. It might as well be a holiday for football fans, as that’s how we treat it

Having learned their lesson three years ago when the Colts won the Super Bowl, the Indianapolis Public School system has already decided on a two-hour delay for Monday morning . Back in 2007, after the Colts beat the Bears in Super Bowl XLI, Indianapolis was forced to cancel school all together on Monday, apparently, because the city’s bus drivers were too tired and/or hungover to get little Johnny to school on time. A spokeswoman for Indianapolis Public Schools is calling the two-hour delay a fair compromise.

With the news that Mike Martz has become the new offensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears , Chicago fans can expect a couple of things to change. First of all, the passing offense will become more explosive on a “no-matter-what” basis, and Jay Cutler (notes) will be running for his life — and frequently losing the protection battle

The Bears have finally hired someone to run their offense, as reports are the team has inked former Rams coach Mike Martz to try and right the ship that was a disaster last season in Chicago. Lovie Smith used to be Mike Martz’s defensive coordinator when the latter was head coach of the St.

Bernie Miklasz updates the Rams ownership situation today with some new nuggets and information to put together the information we have received from several other outlets. First and foremost, there are still 3 bids in play, contradicting Howard Balzer’s report from this week. Bernie names Dave Checketts as the St

Okay, I was over at ChicagoBears.com drinking the kool-aid today.

The end appears to have come for Cards QB Kurt Warner, who according to sources will have a press conference tomorrow to announce the end of his Hall of Fame career. Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner will announce his retirement at a news conference Friday, according to a report by David Kaplan of the Tribune and WGN. Citing a source close to the situation, Kaplan reports that the 38-year-old quarterback will call it a career despite having led the Cardinals to the Super Bowl last season and back to the playoffs again this season

Many people, media members and fans alike, denounced the promotions of Tom Lewand and Martin Mayhew after the 0-16 debacle. Why shouldn’t they?

It was a tough season for the Bears on offense and for running back Matt Forte, who rushed for just 929 and four touchdowns, this after a much better rookie season where he was one of the best young backs in the game. Now the running back had knee surgery according to this ESPN story , which says that he underwent the surgery at some point over the past two weeks: Chicago Bears running back Matt Forte underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee within the past two weeks, a source close to the player confirmed Thursday

• Jerry Jones has all but spelled this out before, but it looks like Wade Phillips will be back with the Cowboys next season . It’s the right decision