I have been a big NFL fan my whole life, having been raised, sports wise, by my Milwaukee side of the family. They inculcated me in all things Packers in those days, so I was a Packer fan until about age 13 when I reverted to the Bears, who, though they sucked, had some of the most legendary players in NFL history - Sayers, Butkus and Ditka. The early Packer days were the glory years - the Ice Bowl and Lombardi. But except for '85, when the Bears were one of the greatest teams in NFL history, the Bear years have been mostly like Cub years. So this year is fun. And there is a very real possibility that the Bears will host the Packers in the NFL's oldest rivalry in the NFL championship, while the Pats will host the Steelers in one of the modern era's great rivalries. This is a lot of fun for us Bear fans. If they somehow lost to the Seahawks (which they won't), it would be up there as one of the worst losses in their history.
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