Bears' Madness 2nd Round

by Mike Mueller on Mar 19, 2010 3:57 PM CDT in Events Comment 13 comments

Bears' Madness 2nd Round voting in process. 1st round results posted.

Links to matchups below:

Bears' Madness 2nd Rd East: (1) Walter Payton vs (9) Jay Cutler
Bears' Madness 2nd rd East: (4) Lance Briggs vs (5) Bill George
Bears' Madness 2nd rd Midwest: (1) George Halas vs (8) Willie Gault
Bears' Madness 2nd rd Midwest: (4) Jim McMahon vs (5) Bronko Nagurski

Bears' Madness 2nd rd: South (4) Covert vs (5) Grange

Bears' Madness 2nd rd: Midwest (3) Luckman vs (6) Blanda

Bears' Madness 2nd rd: South (3) Fencik vs (11) Piccolo

Bears' Madness 2nd rd: West (3) Marshall vs (11) Butler

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it will

come down to Ditka and Payton.

by MAY on Mar 19, 2010 6:10 PM CDT reply actions

Nah i believe Halas and Payton

by BEARSFAN19 on Mar 19, 2010 6:29 PM CDT reply actions

This was tough enough

without the founding father. Ditka vs. Payton, Payton vs. Butkis, Butkis vs. Ditka. Any one of the aforementioned vs. Halas. One thing’s for sure, The winner is open for debate.

by Big Ike on Mar 19, 2010 7:59 PM CDT reply actions

I have to hold out hope that people remember the greatness that was/is Gale Sayers.

The man was amazing and set the bar for all Bears running backs to come. If medical technology was anywhere near what it is today there is no doubt in my mind Sayers would hold most major rushing/returning records. He was Barry Sanders before there was a Barry Sanders and he had moves Sanders only dreamed of. Lightening in a bottle. Payton was a great, great man but Sayers was phenomenal.

If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.

by Just Dave on Mar 19, 2010 8:17 PM CDT reply actions

Want a visual?

I hope this helps my campaign for Sayers to win this thing. Talk about amazing.
“18 inches of daylight, that’s all I need”

If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.

by Just Dave on Mar 19, 2010 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions

Plus to all the Piccolo voters...

You realize “Brian’s Song” was based on the book Sayers helped write called “I am Third.” This refers to Sayers belief that in life, God came first, then family and friends and then he himself came third. He inspired people not only because of his great play, but because he was a great man. Check out the book Bear’s fans and then read “Never Die Easy” by Sweetness and you’ll see that Sayer’s example definitely inspired Walter.

If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.

by Just Dave on Mar 19, 2010 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions

Yep...I saw that before.

I wish I could have seen him play. He had to be truly amazing from the little bit of footage that I have seen. I will definitely check out the reading material sometime. I get into reading stuff like that.

Walter Payton lives on!!!

by monsterman34 on Mar 19, 2010 11:13 PM CDT up reply actions

That is about the only footage I have seen of him...

Good Stuff!!!

Walter Payton lives on!!!

by monsterman34 on Mar 19, 2010 11:16 PM CDT up reply actions

I miss the mud.

And those weren’t exactly crappy defenses he was dancin’ through.

"More cowbell" - Bruce Dickinson
"More bell cow" - Lovie Smith

by spleensplitter on Mar 22, 2010 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions

Damned medical technology,

or lack there of in the 50s or was it 60s.

by Big Ike on Mar 19, 2010 8:37 PM CDT reply actions

Really loving this thing...

Gotta admit, I’m not really a college basketball fan, so this has given me a bracket to follow during this time.

Will also admit I’m one of the folks that helped Butler move onto the next round. Not a better player than Atkins, but the guy means way more to me, as I grew up watching him kick. You can’t beat a guy with a nickname like “Butthead.” And let’s not forget, he is the ONLY kicker in the College Football HOF. And still holds the record for most points by a rookie, for a certain team that was kinda successful… also, dude used to get into it with the opposing players. I’ll never forget the game where he’s exchanging choice words with Hardy Nickerson. I hope to see him pull off another upset.

Just one criticism… where the hell are Jim Flanigan and Jim Harbaugh? They seem like better picks than players like Anthony Thomas and Ogunleye.

by some_dude on Mar 19, 2010 8:59 PM CDT reply actions

True that

and butthead moved his wedding cause it was going to be on super bowl XX.

by chiguy8506 on Mar 19, 2010 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions

I admit to leaving a lot of deserving Bears off the list.

In order to add some comedy, I put grossman & mccaskey in there vs Payton & Halas. Not exactly a fair fight. About a dozen hall of famers were excluded. Harbaugh & suhey were the last guys out.

by Mike Mueller on Mar 20, 2010 9:11 AM CDT up reply actions