Sports Illustrated took it upon themselves to grade every Super Bowl ever played using a standard letter grading system. The Chicago Bears' 46-10 thumping of the New England Patriots garnered an F, and that F angered "A certain Navy and Orange-clad group of men, that happen to cheer for that other Navy and Orange clad group of men, that play all home games in the greatest city on the planet. That city is of course Chicago, that second group of men is of course Da Bears, and that initial group of men that started us off on this little quote is of course us Superfans."

You can check out the entire SI list by clicking the link above. Then after the jump you can take a look at the Super Bowl grades as handed out by the Superfans. Bill Swerski and the gang you can take it away...

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Bill - Welcome one and all to this special edition of The Superfans, where we'll delve into some little knows truths about one of the most iconic men in all of sports.
Carl - I'm having Déjà vu.
Pat - Something does seem oddly familiar about this open.
Bill - I think Todd grabbed the cue cards from last years Superfans show where we first made the world aware of some momentous...

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I'll file this under Things I Didn't Know... Bob Odenkirk (one of my all-time favorite comedians) contributed to Bill Swerski's Superfans.  Enjoy this interview from Robert Smigel, aka Carl Wallarski.

Robert Smigel: Writer of "Da Bears" SNL's Super Fans (via thecomicscomic)

If you need to catch up on the predictions so far then click here for part 1.  If you need to catch up on who the Superfans are then tsk, tsk, tsk...  On with part 2!

Bill - Welcome back to our 2011 Prediction Show, live from Ditka's restaurant in Chicago, Illinois.  Before we get started we'd like to do a couple a things.  One, we'd like to take to task all the prognosticators and so called experts out there that failed to live up to our stellar Bears predictions for 2010. 
Carl - We did come closer than any other analysts out there.
Pat - I must say I cleaned house with my monetary wagering throughout the year.
Bill - Perhaps we'll get our national due for our clairvoyancy this season, as we once again no doubtedly will be the '85 Bears of predictors.
Todd - That means we will be the best!

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For the third straight year, we at Windy City Gridiron will be blessed with a season prediction special from the Superfans.  The Iconic Chicago legends will be taking a look at the entire upcoming season on a game by game basis and will be offering up their forecast for 2011.  We've been fortunate to have them jump on WCG from time to time to provide their always spot on analysis, and we even have a Section dedicated to their not frequent enough posts, which can be found here.

On with the show...

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Some of you may not realize that I have a working relationship with the Superfans.  Yeah, I'm kind of a big deal.  I've been fortunate enough to host a couple Q&A sessions between them and the fine members of Windy City Gridiron.  And I've had them give their season predictions the last couple of years.  This time out I received a fax from them, yes a fax, and in the spirit of the classic top 10 lists of David Letterman, we present for your reading pleasure...

From the Superfans Home Office in Joliet, Illinois, the Top Ten Things for Chicago Bears fans to do this off-season.

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A couple weeks back the Superfans were gracious enough with some of their valuable time and stopped by Windy City Gridiron during lunch time to answer a few questions.  You can find that Q&A right here.  (Link will pop like Da Coach's eyes on this post) 

(And that link will pop like the buttons on Todd's Husky Levi Button Fly jeans after he gorges himself on this incredible sausage recipe) 

(And that link will pop like Michael Vick's shoulder after Julius Peppers and Israel Idonije meet somewhere in the Eagles backfield Sunday afternoon, sandwiching the comeback player of the year candidate between their mammoth selves, thus ending any chance Vick has in winning the aforementioned award, and ensuring the honor will be bestowed on the #1 tackler in the history of the Chicago Bears, Brian Urlacher.) 

I feel as though I took that whole "link will pop" thing one too far...  Anyway...  Just Leave your questions in the comment section and Bill Swerski and the gang will be by around lunch time with their unique Bears insights.

With no Bears last weekend, we thought it would be an opportune time to get our latest special special guest some face time on WCG.  You've seen them from time to time dropping by on my posts, giving us their wisdom, with their unique way of looking at our favorite team.  Some would say it's a look through orange and navy colored glasses.  And some would be right.  But as sure as Walter Payton is the greatest football player that ever lived, these guys are the Greatest Bears fans in the universe.  For the love of Ditka I present to you, The Superfans.

But you can't deny some of their prognostication expertise.  They wanted me to point out they correctly predicted the Packer and Cowboy win.  And they even predicted the big game from Israel Idonije against the Panthers.

So as with other Inside Scoops, just leave your questions for The Superfans in the comments section, and sometime around lunchtime they'll jump on with their answers.