Definitely the most memorable game for me too. Fog bowl against the Eagles is second.

and my buddy (hapless rams fan who tagged along) runs out screaming that the bears scored… and i just knew we were gonna win then

It separated the TRUE fans from the fake ass ones. Throughout the first half the “I told you soers” ,that had been waiting for weeks on end to disprove the Super Bears Super Bowl Theory that I had been spewing wherever I could, finally were coming out of the woodwork. There were like 12 of us watching the game in my Sports Den waiting for the tides to turn but to no avail during the first half. And since it was a Monday Night, 9 people departed at halftime in disgust.

And then there were 3. The first thing I said to the “Believers” (as we call us now) is that the karma has switched, the football gods are watching and are going to punish the non-believers for their mistake. It was said mostly in jest but in the back of my head I truly do believe in that superstition crap, like wearing a certain undershirt with my jersey and some other nonsense superstition moves. So as the second half transpired the belief in that karma tide was starting come to fruition.

After the first defensive TD, I think we all wanted to “Believe” but were still not seeing any signs of life on offense to help those beliefs but after the second TD it wasnt a matter of IF it was a matter of WHEN. My mom even came down to see what we were freaking out about, because she had also turned off the game. It was literally a pack of rabid dogs watching this transpire because we just knew it was going to happen and we were dead set on willing it to happen.

Then a light hit me, right after the defense was coming off the field, with about 3 minutes left in the game, one of the “Believers” said “Alright Rex, heres you chance to redeem yourself from this crap performance all with one drive.” As the Monday Night cameras were directed solely at him, I turned to him and said “Its going to be irrelevant cause here comes Devin For 7, as long as they dont kick it out of bounds this is going down.” Mind you Im wasted at this point, pretty pissed everyone left, and since that season had started I was singing Hesters praises to anyone that would listen. Little did I know that his coming out party was about to happen.

I can still remember the call like it was yesterday. Tirico – "Devin gets a BLOCK into the open field, and picks up another block, DEVIN HESTER WITH THE PUNTER TO BEAT, HE BEAT HIM, THE CHICAGO BEARS TAKE THE LEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! An absolute eruption among 3 guys just hammered, I really didnt even see him get in the end zone. My buddy jumped up hit his head on the short part of my ceiling, Im slamming my hands down on the floor right in front of the TV, almost in tears Im soo jacked up, just screaming I dont believe it, I dont believe it.

It felt like a lifetime between Hesters TD and the ensuing kickoff back to the Cardinals, it was pretty sobering watching the Cardinals drive back down the field. You just didnt want this fairytale to end with Arizona kicking a Field Goal to win it, even though they probably deserved the win. But it made it that much better when he missed the kick, because all the pandemonium that ensued just minutes ago erupted yet again twice as bad as the last time.

I immediately started calling the Non-Believers that had left and the 3 that didnt pick up we went over to their houses woke them up and gave them the news ourselves, just terrorizing the neighborhood. My one friend, who is not a Bears fan, was there and left he thought we lost and was fast asleep. I went in, smacked him right across the face, and said SUPER BEARS SUPER BOWL and he was like let me guess the Bears won on some luck sh*t. And I just ran out the house laughing hysterically.

BEAR DOWN ON SOME GOOD MEMORIES!!!!!!!!

GOD I WANT SUNDAY TO BE HERE NOW, IM JACKED UP JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS!

Got pulled over on the way home from work to watch it.

Had trouble putting my new dining room set together while watching it.

Suffered through 3 quarters.

And then my Bears made the whole night worth it. :)

That is the most memorable Bears game of my life. Do you guys remember before the game ESPN was hyping the Bears defense as good as the 85 Bears? They did a big thing all week on how the Bears were back and dominating the NFL.

Then the Cardinal completely kicked the Bears asses.

I remember the next morning I couldn’t talk my voice was shot. That was the best punt return by Hester IMO. So clutch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFeONtTintw&feature=related

I had class the next morning and my dad was yelling at me to just go to bed the game was over.

And I kept saying no. I knew we were gonna come back.

And the rest is history.

Best football game I’ve ever seen.
I wish I could find a way to download such an amazing game.

just like everyone else i was catching hell from everyone saying the bears werent legit i told them the game wasnt over i just kept saying. down 20-0 then 23-3 is not easy to win after being down 20 is a story in it self. but to do to it with NO OFFENSE was spectacular. i didnt sleep that night i was in shock i watch highlights all night long. i remember the turning point in that game to me was when urlacher ripped the ball from james and peanut took it to the house. watching that play you saw his detirmination to bring his team back. i think that game the bears credited him with an unoffical 20-25 tackles or so he was spectacular to watch. and then theres devin hester……legend born

It’s why I love to watch football. Like ANYTIME said, this game to me signaled the desire and attitude that defined the ‘06 Bears and would propel them to the Super Bowl. It is exactly the lack of this aura or attitude the ’09 Bears are showing that makes it so difficult to get excited about the direction the team is headed. Wouldn’t it be great for deja vu to visit the Bears this weekend. I am currently in the unbelievers camp when it comes to this team as i feel they have simply not shown the slightest spark of desire or urgency or intensity. So I’m going all in on this game; I expect the Bears to not only win this game, but to use it as a rallying cry to vault them into the playoffs. This time it will have to be the players who make the move and not the coaches. So get to it dammit!

As I already said in the Ask Revenge of the Birds post I’m a fan of the Cardinals and the Bears because I live in Arizona and a lot of people in my family are from Chicago.

Part of me was angry that the Cardinals blew it again [that loss basically ruined their season, even though they weren’t playing well before that anyway], and part of me was happy that the Bears pulled off such an amazing win.

If only Sexy Rexy didn’t **** up in the Superbowl during the second half it would have been a perfect season for the Bears.

But beginning of the end of Rex Grossman.

as my ringtone lol

In a friends room, screaming all first half and getting razzed by Colts fans. I was pissed, especially because I had talked pretty big before the game and knew I probably deserved some of the crap I was taking. Then in that second half you could see the determination in Urlacher to win that game. He just carried that defense, everywhere making tackles and forcing the one fumble. Crazy. Then that Hester punt. I just stood up screaming so loud running up and down the hallway, then getting yelled by my RA because it was like 11:30 EST and it was quiet hours on the dorm floor. I had forgotten that by this point me and like one other guy on the floor were the only ones watching.
We shouldn’t forget how clutch Hester is, that big punt return against AZ and that TD catch and run against Seattle this year. Also his kick returns against St Louis in ’06 and Denver in ’07 were also super clutch.

Man, he was pissed! That’s about as mad as I’ve ever seen a coach, other than maybe Bobby Knight when he used to go crazy and start swearing at the media…

lol!

Just noticed that you have had a name change and apparent promotion to HC/GM, congrats.

To answer the question. Trying to think which games I remember the most, right now. Charles Martin, dirty player that he was, slamming Jim McMahon to the ground well after the play. Super Bowl XX, of course, same year the loss to Miami, broke my heart still throw up in my mouth a little every time I hear Dan Marino’s name.

2006 game against Arizona, was a special game. It was Rex Grossman’s first disaster of a game if I am remembering correctly. Before that people were considering him, premature though it was, for MVP. Also, though Mike Brown, Tillman and Hester (great return) all scored points. I remember Urlacher in that game, in my mind that was the day he became one of the greats. He single handedly, psychologically and physically, took charge of that game in the second half.

It was a day of truths, Rex Grossman and Matt Lienart a little bit too, were exposed as QB’s, Brian Urlacher became a great, Devin Hester showed promise that he could one day be a great, something he did again running back the opening kick-off in the super bowl (pray Bears coaches don’t stunt his growth), Mike Brown and Charles Tillman did what they do. Our defense was spectacular. To top it all off, succumbing to the moment, Dennis Green had a complete break down on national TV.

It was one of the best days ever for a Bears Fan. :)))

most memorable for me as well.

After the Hester return, I ran down stairs screaming (with the dog biting at my heels the whole way) and scared the sh*t out of my sleeping wife. She thought the house was on fire or someone had broken in. She was so pissed and then she got up to watch the replay.

Yes, one of the most memorable games ever and probably the most memorable of this decade, well other than Brown’s back-to-back pick 6 games, but I would argue this game was better and had more at stake.

my most memorable was the Bears-Vikings MNF game during the ‘85 season when Jim McMahon came in during the 3rd quarter, after Steve Fuller started. We were getting pummeled by Minnesota and on his first play threw a long TD pass to Willie Gault because of the best block I’ve ever seen a RB ever throw by Sweetness. Jimmy Mac went on to throw 2 more TD passes and the Bears came from behind to win 33-24. That was the game that told everyone, there was no way we weren’t winning the Super Bowl that year.