There has been a lot of speculation and opinion in the local media lately regarding the upcoming Super Bowl. It’s not what you are thinking it’s for either. Sure the local team, the Chicago Bears, made it to the Super Bowl. They aren’t talking about “Are the Bears going to win”, nope it’s all “The Bears are going to win”. What they are spending all this time discussing is, “Can a true Packer Fan cheer for the Bears to win the Super Bowl.” Yea, our local media is really on top of those important issues.

This topic has made it on the evening news a couple of times. ItÂ’s all over the radio, and it even was a headline in the local Newspaper. IÂ’ll admit that IÂ’ve even had this conversation with fellow Packer, Viking, Lions, Bear and even Rams fans, and IÂ’ve discovered one thing. There is a lot of hate between fans of a team and opposing teams in their division/region. Before I go any further, IÂ’m a Packer fan as you may all have realized by now. I have been since the early 80Â’s. They are my team of choice and I support them. The thought of picking a different favorite team has never crossed my mind.

IÂ’m rooting for the Bears this Sunday, GO BEARS!

Why? Because they are from the same division the Packers are. They are part of the NFC North, the once NFC Central, the true Black and Blue division. The one that has two of the most historic teams in the NFL, the Packers and the Bears. Once the Packers were eliminated from the playoffs, (which honestly should have been long before the last weekend of the seasonÂ… what right does an 8-8 team have being in the playoffs?) I started pulling for the Bears. They represent the division my team is in. They carry with them the honor and the tradition that both my beloved Packers and the Bears have so valiantly fought for over the years. I have no animosity toward the team, and since my team is obviously not in the big game, why shouldnÂ’t I root for them?

Well, apparently I am the only person in the whole damned country that feels that way. Every Packer, Lion, Viking and Ram fan I talked to said, “Hell no I’m not rooting for the Bears, I’m pulling for the Colts!” Some of them used much stronger language then that. Every Bear fan I talked to made a comment along the lines, “When the Packers went to the Super Bowl I rooted for New England and/or Denver.” Again some used much stronger language then that. Okay, a lot of them used much stronger language then that. There was a lot of hate there. Which, I just can’t understand.

I love my team, but damn… they aren’t there! I’d rather see a respected rival win it then some AFC team with a media whore QB that will put his likeness or image on anything for a buck (And also has a tendency to choke in the big games). Yea the Bears handed the Pack their arses opening weekend, but we returned the favor on New Years… maybe not as bad, but we still did. Plus if the Bears win I can always hold onto, “Yea the Bears won the Super Bowl, but even the Packers could beat them that year.”

I just canÂ’t understand how my fellow Packer fans canÂ’t be magnanimous about this like myself. If the Packers arenÂ’t in the Super Bowl and another team from the NFC north makes it, I shall cheer for them.

Unless itÂ’s the Vikings, then they can burn in hell those rotten sons of goats!

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1 Thanks! I have done the same thing when the Packers were there.

Posted by: Raging Mom at January 31, 2007 08:18 AM (l+Chn)

2 Being the *cough* loyal *cough* Lions fan that I am I am rooting for the Bears ..

One, because the NFL Bandwagon simulation told me I should ...

Two, Because they are like the Lions (except the Bears win) and they are in our Division. If you Division wins the big one it makes everyone else in the Division a little better.

Posted by: Quality Weenie at January 31, 2007 09:43 AM (BksWB)

3 Until that last line I was getting worried...

Nobody should burden themselves with rooting for the Vikings

Posted by: graumagus at January 31, 2007 12:05 PM (LV+mK)

4 I'll be rootin' for the Bears from here!

Posted by: Richmond at January 31, 2007 01:45 PM (e8QFP)

5 I rooted for the Bears because I'll be damned if I'm going to root for a bunch of pansy-ass dome-babies.

Posted by: Harvey at February 05, 2007 03:36 PM (L7a63)

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