Man, am I happy about the Bears getting into the Super Bowl. If you know me you know I am a Bears/Packers fan. Yes a strange combination but as always say, a perfect football season is the Bears 16-0, the Packers 14-2 (I have lived in Chicagoland all my life, The Pack has to lose those two games).

I started the season making a effort to watch every game. Yes, I missed the Minneasota game because I was fishing with Phil and Josh. Apparently Wisconsin does not broadcast Chicago sports too often, and I don’t think Phil and Josh would have wanted to listen to the Bears game while the Packers were playing.

At 6-0 I asked Ralf if he was watching, he said we was going to wait until they were 8-0. I figured they could make it dispite Grossman after that Arizona win. However, Ralf cursed the Bears when he watched earlier because they never got to 8-0 with their first loss to Miami. That cost Bill a dozen donuts and allowed Dave to dance in the IS aisles for weeks.

The worst was watching their final game up north with my in-laws. Not that they were mean or anything. But everyone loves to see the team on the top brought down – especially The Packers.

Sorry, Grossman isn’t great. He maybe some day but he isn’t now. You’ve got to give it to the Defense but even they have faultered (remember Tampa Bay’s come back? way too close).

Have they won games they shouldn’t have? Of course. I’ve heard the called the worst 14-2 team ever. But when it is all said and done, they have had a great year. The ball has bounced their way but its does for many teams – at least half of them. Please do not compare them to the ’85 team. That was a magical year and even that year wasn’t perfect.

The 2006 Bears are a great football. Outstanding? no; Record-setting, a little; Historic? no way. I think too many people forget the drought we’ve been in for an actual ‘great team’. That’s why its paid off to be a Bears-Packers fan because I had The Pack in the 90’s while the Bears were really terrible. Thank you for a great year gentlemen. One more game to prove a few more doubters wrong.