Miasmatic Review

Mad Hate for the Bears.

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. It’s all over the radio, and it even was a headline in the local Newspaper. I’ll admit that I’ve even had this conversation with fellow Packer, Viking, Lions, Bear and even Rams fans, and I’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, I’m a Packer fan as you may all have realized by now. I have been since the early 80’s. They are my team of choice and I support them. The thought of picking a different favorite team has never crossed my mind.

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

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