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A Rivalry Game At Its Finest: Bears vs Packers

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So our season was for all sane people over a few weeks ago, and Kathy Griffin has a better shot at becoming a leading lady than we do of making the playoffs. So what are the reasons to keep watching the games other than being a fan of the game and your team? To see how some of the young players look? To see if you're improving on anything going into next year? We're lucky enough to be one of the few teams with a deep seeded hate filled rivalry like few others. We have the Packers coming up this Sunday and we have a great reason to want to win this game other than pride.

Star-divide

That's right folks, the Vikings may have locked up the division already barring some kind of implosion of unheard of proportions, but there are still wild cards to be had and our most hated foe is eyeing one like a cheese head eyeing a wheel of cheddar to shove on their melon before a game.

The Packers are currently sitting at 8 and 4, and a loss to us would really set them back in their final rush to grab a wild card, and to be honest is there anything better that we can get out of this year? Seriously, we lost the first game against the Pack this year, and man after the season we've endured it'd be a nice salve to not only split the series for the year, but categorically keep the Packers fans silent until next year.

So what do you say, win one against our arch rival and fire a shot across the bow for next year? Who is in?


Poll
Is this our 'Super Bowl' for the 2009 season?
Yes, I always love beating the Packers.
176 votes
Yes, I'd love to knock someone in our division out of the playoffs.
64 votes
No, this season is a complete waste and no single win is going to make me feel any better about it.
142 votes
Playoffs? You're talking about playoffs?
44 votes
But, Lovie said we still have a shot...
52 votes

478 votes | Poll has closed

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All we need is

2 wins a year to keep me happy. But i guess i will settle for 1-1 and knock them out of the playoffs.

by GtM on Dec 10, 2009 10:01 PM CST reply actions  

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by David Taylor on Dec 11, 2009 9:07 AM CST up reply actions   2 recs

No matter where the Bears

stand, I always root for them to win. So of course I would like them to beat the Packers. I do like it though that the NFC North is getting better.

My father, the man who taught me about football, was a transplanted Dolphins fan who became a Bears fan after we moved to Chicago when I was five. He always used to tell me, and I guess it was one of the few things that stuck, to root for the division in the play-offs. When our division is strong we will benefit from better competition.

So while I always root for the Bears to win every game that they play. I have no problem watching the Pack or Viqueens advance through the play-offs, in fact I’ll most likely be rooting for them. I’ll have a little conflict this year as I was born in Slidell, La and am a Purdue alum. Definitely makes it hard for me to not root for Brees and the Saints this year.

by Fridge72 on Dec 10, 2009 10:44 PM CST reply actions  

I'm from LA too fella,

and I don’t mind admitting that I hope the Saints do well. Seeing how they bounced back after the storm is an awesome thing.

Now, rooting for the Vikes… yikes. Never in eleventy billion years.

You are all gentlemen (and ladies) and good judges of cheap whiskey.

by Dane Noble on Dec 11, 2009 8:41 AM CST up reply actions  

Rooting for the Vikes

is not a natural sensation. Fortunately it is only ever an issue once or twice a decade. For some reason, even though GB seems like our bigger, more consistently relevant rival. I don’t hate them as much as the Viqueens.

by Fridge72 on Dec 11, 2009 10:54 AM CST up reply actions  

I think most Packer fans feel the same way, or at least I do! I actually don’t mind seeing you guys win all that much.

by packallday555 on Dec 11, 2009 3:22 PM CST up reply actions  

Maybe it

is because of all the travel back and forth between our two states. I know Sunday I’m driving to Milwaukee for a Bear Packers party at a buddy from colleges house. We’ll give each other a bunch of crap as always, and really you guys are looking a little better this year, but it will all be good natured and fun.

by Fridge72 on Dec 11, 2009 5:56 PM CST up reply actions  

Totally off the Bears subject

but did anyone catch the post-game interview by Josh Cribbs? Prime asked him what he thought of not being approached by his team to get a lucrative extension. He basically said we haven’t done anything, and until we do, I won’t be talking about money. Wow….love to have him on the Bears!

We're not scaremongering (nightmare of a season continues), this is really happening (Bears are more than done) - Radiohead

by propheteer on Dec 10, 2009 10:45 PM CST reply actions  

It looked live and unedited

We're not scaremongering (nightmare of a season continues), this is really happening (Bears are more than done) - Radiohead

by propheteer on Dec 10, 2009 11:09 PM CST up reply actions  

I was just playin

It is hard to imagine a NFL WR saying something like that.

by Fridge72 on Dec 10, 2009 11:23 PM CST up reply actions  

I'd be utterly shocked

if the Bears manage to upset the Pack. The defense has to play its best game of the year to have any chance. I have very vivid dreams of Jennings and Driver carving up our secondary like a hot knife through butter.

My prediction- GB 33 CHI 17

We're not scaremongering (nightmare of a season continues), this is really happening (Bears are more than done) - Radiohead

by propheteer on Dec 10, 2009 11:14 PM CST reply actions  

17 points

might be hard for our offense to get unless they pick up their game a lot too. GB defense looks better every week.

by Fridge72 on Dec 10, 2009 11:24 PM CST up reply actions  

Might be a stretch

They only scored 17 against the hapless Rams. I figure they won’t be conservative considering the Packers put up a lot of points.

We're not scaremongering (nightmare of a season continues), this is really happening (Bears are more than done) - Radiohead

by propheteer on Dec 11, 2009 1:00 AM CST up reply actions  

Hope they play

a lot of young guys. They still have something to prove even if some of the vets have given up on the season. IMHO probably gives us the best chance to win. Which is what Lovie says he wants. Just look at what Jamar William did last week.

It would be incredibly satisfying to see Gilbert, Aromashadu, Payne, or Bell have a similar experience against the Pack.

by Fridge72 on Dec 11, 2009 2:21 AM CST up reply actions  

What!!!

Cut threw 4 picks against them, we hung in til the last play.

Bears by 35, Aaron Rodgers benched due to turnovers….i thought this was a bears site

"Hey, the offensive linemen are the biggest guys on the field, they're bigger than everybody else, and that's what make them the biggest guys on the field." -Madden

by BearNecessities on Dec 11, 2009 4:48 AM CST up reply actions  

BEARS 38 pack 17

ok so maybe this is from my madden league but still i will pretend to believe the bears will pull one out this sunday in convincing form

by reefermadness3 on Dec 10, 2009 11:29 PM CST reply actions  

The best thing about Madden.

Hate how the real life game turned out? Rewrite history to your liking.

by SJS_illini on Dec 11, 2009 7:29 AM CST up reply actions  

I'm very conflicted

I dislike the Packers and want us to pick up a win against either GB, Min, or Baltimore so we hit a 7-9 record and I think GB at home is the most likely win. But I’d hate for Lovie and JA to have a win against GB to point to as a reason why they’re not doing that bad of a job. Because Phillips is just football-stupid and penny-pinching enough to let himself believe that. And for the long term health of the team we need a house cleaning.

by SaintCee on Dec 11, 2009 12:09 AM CST reply actions  

Just curious,

you think we have a better chance of beating GB at home than the Lions on the road?

by Fridge72 on Dec 11, 2009 12:20 AM CST up reply actions  

No

I was including a win against the Lions as a given. So we’d need one win from Minnesota, Baltimore, or GB to hit 7-9. GB at home is the most likely win of those three.

by SaintCee on Dec 11, 2009 1:55 AM CST up reply actions  

GB and/or Minnesota,

both at home would be very satisfying.

by Fridge72 on Dec 11, 2009 2:11 AM CST up reply actions  

just for the sake of seeing major changes this off season, I would like to see losses the rest of the way

but beating the pack and hurting their chances of the playoffs is always a nice parting gift. However, the bears dont stand a chance of beating them, so its all for naught.

"All they do is mock me, just like they did the fat fellow. All the time mocking, mocking, mocking, mocking all the time! Now, it is Babu's turn to mock "---Babu Bhatt in the Seinfeld Finale Part 2

P.S.
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by chi_till_eye_die on Dec 11, 2009 1:46 AM CST reply actions  

It's Bears vs Packers

that alone gives us a chance to beat them

"Hey, the offensive linemen are the biggest guys on the field, they're bigger than everybody else, and that's what make them the biggest guys on the field." -Madden

by BearNecessities on Dec 11, 2009 4:49 AM CST up reply actions  

Rodgers

Driver, Jennings, and their #1 defense think a little differently. It’s up to the veteran pass-rushers to win this game. Our secondary doesn’t match up well against a streaking offense, or a non-streaking offense.

We're not scaremongering (nightmare of a season continues), this is really happening (Bears are more than done) - Radiohead

by propheteer on Dec 11, 2009 10:13 AM CST up reply actions  

You need to add

“Very bad man…”

" Former Original WCG Power Poster!"

by tfrabotta on Dec 11, 2009 10:18 AM CST up reply actions  

But, Lovie said we still have a shot!

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." - Bertrand Russell
"F*** everybody outside of Halas Hall. BEARDOWN" - WavyGravy

by Spongie on Dec 11, 2009 5:41 AM CST reply actions  

Hate the Fudge Packers

Chicago is a First rate city we demand a 1st rate team and if we dont get what it is that we need atleast give us what we want and thats always to beat the most hated Fudge Packers Please GO BEARS KNOCK’EM OUT OF THE PLAYOFF

by BearsNum1Fan on Dec 11, 2009 8:53 AM CST reply actions  

I sense yahoo speak here...

You are all gentlemen (and ladies) and good judges of cheap whiskey.

by Dane Noble on Dec 11, 2009 8:54 AM CST up reply actions  

2 wins not enough

Green Bay is a Football city, Chicago has become a whiny liberal yuppie Cub losing loving city.
 2 wins is all we need is the reason the McCaskeys have done nothing since 1985, just like the Cubs. Slam the Packers all you want, but that town does not tolerate losers like the Monsters of the Midgets does. Just ask Ray Rhodes, one 8-8 season, FIRED!!!! We let fools like Smith have a bunch of bad seaons, 5-11, 7-9, 9-7 and now another 5-11 season and the McMorons give him an extension, what a joke!

What did Lovie sat last year after the 37-3 loss, the “packers had a purpose today”, what is is the Bears purpose Lovie? oh yeah, to take up space.

 I got news for all you Bear Fan weenies, the Packers WILL spank the Bears this Sunday, book it! But don’t worry Bear Fans, they don’t give out NFL Championships in December, Lovie says you still got lots of “football” to play.

by Brett Bear on Dec 11, 2009 9:55 AM CST reply actions  

Can you tell us how you really feel?
but that town does not tolerate losers like the Monsters of the Midgets does

There are only a select few that don’t care a lot about the Bears winning. Unfortunately, they’re the ones that matter (McCaskey/Philips). The fans are just as passionate and knowledgeable as the cheese faithful, just less bloated and pasty white.

We're not scaremongering (nightmare of a season continues), this is really happening (Bears are more than done) - Radiohead

by propheteer on Dec 11, 2009 10:17 AM CST up reply actions  

Yeah but it's green bay!!

The whole town is losers…One of the most fun I ever had was when I was in Lambeau and after the game a brawl broke out in the stands and I was throwing people with cheese on their heads down the bleachers that were jumping on me!

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by tfrabotta on Dec 11, 2009 10:20 AM CST up reply actions  

Well the bears looked like crap last year at home

and pulled it out with the blocked FG so anything can happen. That was the best drive home from a game ever with my Packer fan brother with me and riding his ass about the game all the way. Hopefully I can duplicate some magic for all of you this year again..

" Former Original WCG Power Poster!"

by tfrabotta on Dec 11, 2009 10:15 AM CST reply actions  

That was formerly powerful.

Ditka Avenger and Original WCG Power Poster!!!!

Want to be a blood donor? Insult Chuck Norris.

by Ditkavsworld on Dec 12, 2009 9:38 AM CST up reply actions  

I can't take being depressed all week long

that is why I am taking time off from posting and the threads…

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by tfrabotta on Dec 13, 2009 7:05 PM CST up reply actions  

I voted for beating the Packers.

And unless the Vikes lose to the Pack in the playoffs, I consider this season a win. Rivalry games should always be the most important on the schedule and they can determine the tone of the season.

Regarding rooting for teams in the off-season, I can’t root for the Packers. Period. They could’ve played against the 2007 Pats and I still wouldn’t have been able to root for them.

When you go to somebody's house, you don't crap on their floor. Being a fan of one team does NOT give you license to be a dick to fans of another.

Corollary: When people are visiting your house and behaving themselves, them being a fan of a different team is NOT a reason for you to piss in their beer.

Brought to you by Carl's Jr.

by Robert Rence on Dec 11, 2009 11:36 AM CST reply actions  

Not even against the 07 Pats?

Dude, that’s hardcore…

You are all gentlemen (and ladies) and good judges of cheap whiskey.

by Dane Noble on Dec 11, 2009 11:56 AM CST up reply actions  

The Pack is back baby!

hmm…hasn’t the bear’s season pretty much been a slope downhill all season..from the first loss of the season? (Oh yeah..that was to the Packers!). Still, Bears-Packers has always been a great lovefest! Its always the most enjoyable game..with my father from Chicago and my mother from Madison throwing things at each other! Good luck this weekend Bear Fans! Oh yeah..looking at that post by Smudger…I think the song goes “The Bears Still Suck, they really really suck!”

by evilcheesehead on Dec 11, 2009 12:23 PM CST reply actions  

Lol...

The Pack ain’t back yet, but they sure are getting close.

You are all gentlemen (and ladies) and good judges of cheap whiskey.

by Dane Noble on Dec 11, 2009 12:29 PM CST up reply actions  

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