The career of a legend is over. I used to think that I hated hearing what a QB he was, but I respect him and believe he was a great QB. He refused to quit for so long, and it's finally over. It will be a lot different looking out onto the Packers team and seeing no sight of Favre.
Being a fan of his rival, I must bring up negatives of his career.
-He was addicted to pain killers.
-He finished his career with two straight losses to the Chicago Bears and and 0-9 record vs. the Dallas Cowboys.
-He leaves with the interception record, although many other good records.
Thanks, Brett. Many Packer fans across the country became Packer fans because of you. Maybe now they'll be Bear fans.
Tha Packers will be different, but always the same hatred Packers. And now, even easier to hate with you off the team.
Now we are going to be hearing about how you were the greatest to ever play, a modest, kind player. We'll stop hearing Bear fand say: "He's a great player but ob the wrong team." No it's all rivalry twords the Packers.
You divided the Packers vs. Bears rivalry for a while. It becamse not much of a rivalry for a while. But you've finally retired.
On February 14, 2008, Valentine's Day, a gunman broke into an assembly lecture hall at Northern Illinois University and opened fire, injuring 18, and killing 7 including himself. In these weeks this country and state is in mourning.
Let us all keep the university and it's families in our prayers.
How do you get a restraining order in Wisconsin? This is how:
It all started when Mathew Kowald asked his son to wear a Packers jersey for the Packers-Seahawks playoff game and his son said he didn't want to. This angered Kowald. Some people would handle this situation lightly and shrug it off. Instead, this Packers fan decided to force his son to wear a Packers jersey. Kowald taped his son to a chair, and made sure to tape the Packers jersey to him, too. His wife took pictures and called the cops The cops put Kowald under arrest, and his wife filed a restraining order.
Yes, a true story. Sometimes Packer fans go a little overboard, but we forgive them, we just laugh a little bit in the process.
I expect a lot of comments in defense of this man and in criticism (and in laughs). Bring them on. I love to hear it.
Well, the Packers season is over. They lost it in classic fashion and it was exactly what we see every time they have gone to the playoffs since 1998. A Favre interception ruins it, remind you of a Packers-Eagles game from a few years ago? Well, that's all I have to say.
Look at 'em over there: Packers fans Right here in Illinois --annoying, like those Wisconsin mosquitoes
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They'll start showing up for work this week in those green and yellow getups. They think they're wearing green-and-gold, but then again, they still think the moon is made of string cheese.
You know who I'm talking about.
They still think Nitschke was better than Butkus. They'd give Hornung the start over Payton.
They don't even know it's an insult when you call them a Cheesehead.
They are geography-challenged Illinois Packers fans. They are lost.
Some of you will find this hypocritical, coming from a St. Louis Cardinals' baseball fan residing on Page 2 of a major Chicago daily newspaper, but I don't care. My Bears credentials are solid.
And I've never been able to understand the phenomenon ...
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Just gives you the idea of what an Illinoisan thinks of a Wisconsinite.
Mike Downey, a funny columnist and the Chicago Tribune were all about the Illinois Fighting Illini on Tuesday morning before their match with USC that sadly ended with a routing of the Illini. Mike Downey is a funny columnist and is creative. These are some questions that he thought USC fans wanted answered:
"PASADENA, Calif. -- OK, you USC'ans, this is game day, and I know what you want to know.
Why do so many Illinois fans going to the Rose Bowl plan to chant, "Go, Juice, go! "?
Because they intend to cheer for quarterback Juice Williams, and they also expect to see a different Juice in a car chase on their way to the game.
What ever happened to that mascot of yours the NCAA banned, Chief Illiniwek?
I hear he now lives up near Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch, where he runs a casino.
Why did you start a rumor that Pete Carroll doesn't have a clue what to say to his team before Tuesday's game?
His writers are on strike.
Don't you believe a lot of USC's players will play in the NFL next season?
Not in Los Angeles, they won't.
Why do you Midwest hicks keep calling us "Southern Cal" when you know we can't stand that?
That's why.
Aren't you a big, fat media liar when you claim USC's distinguished president, Dr. Steven Sample, is a graduate of the University of Illinois?
I cannot tell a lie. Be sure to look for ol' Doc Sample at the game, holding a Trojan sword in one hand and a foam-rubber Illini tomahawk in the other.
Downey, you miserable Illinois-born traitor, isn't it true that your own daughter attends USC?
No comment.
So what is Illini superstar J Leman's real first name?
Jennifer, but he goes by J-Lem.
What advice did #### Butkus give the team in his pep talk?
Something like: "Go hit those Trojans as hard as you can, then go up into the stands and hit their parents."
OK, smart guy, why don't you remind everybody now how USC has beaten Illinois 10 of the last 11 times they have met?
Glad to. Why don't you remind everybody how USC lost the 1989 game to Illinois 14-13 at the L.A. Coliseum without a single TD being scored by your offense, which was quarterbacked by Todd "Just Say No" Marinovich?
Wasn't that 1989 USC-Illinois game originally scheduled to be played in Moscow?
That is correct. I believe they planned to call it the Rose Bowl Preseason Game Presented by Stolichnaya Vodka.
I've heard that Ron Zook's grandfather came from Russia to America with a last name that was 26 letters long and that U.S. immigration officials at Ellis Island shortened it to Zook. Did this really happen?
It did. The coach's family name is actually Zookeeper-zoom-zoom-zoolander.
How do you pronounce the name of Illinois tight end Michael Hoomanawanui?
For a lot of you L.A. people, the hard part seems to be how to pronounce "Illi-noy."
Is it true that Illini defensive back Bo Flowers is 24 years old and used to play professional baseball in the Cubs' minors?
Every man has a skeleton in his closet. Besides, being with the Cubs, that's not professional baseball.
So how did Zook persuade your backup tailback, Daniel Dufrene, to leave College of the Sequoias and choose Illinois over his second choice, UCLA?
By telling him Illinois' football program is better than UCLA's. And also that College of the Sequoias' football program is better than UCLA's.
Couldn't that running back Rashard Mendenhall take home a Heisman Trophy if he stays in school one more year?
He could, if O.J. doesn't steal it first.
Is it true Illini linebacker Antonio Steele's big brother Markus once played for USC?
Any young man named Markus or Marcus is obligated under a California law to grab a shield and sword and perform in the Coliseum.
I see where the 2005 season ended with Illinois getting beat 35-20 by California, 61-14 by Michigan State, 35-7 by Iowa, 36-13 by Indiana, 63-10 by Penn State, 31-24 by Wisconsin, 40-2 by Ohio State, 37-3 by Purdue and 38-21 by Northwestern. How in the heck did the Illini become so much bigger and better since then?
Man, I don't care, as long as none of their names show up in Jose Canseco's next book.
OK, we know this Illinois team beat No. 1-ranked Ohio State, but how?
Oh, no, you don't. I know you USC dudes have Ohio State on your schedule for Sept. 13, 2008, but you get no tips from us."
-Chicago Tribune Mike Downey in the Monday January 1, 2007 newspaper.
Sadly, this season ended with a crash for the Illini. But this year was so great for the program. They went from nothing to something in a year. Three years ago, Ron Zook came to the U of I and had great recruiting years. Everybody was wondering where these great recruits were. Well, here they are. The recruiting is paying off. This football program is back on the map, and next year, the goal is even higher.
The Chicago Bears are 2-0 in their "new season" that Lovie Smith told them started at the Packers game. The Bears are seeing signs within these last two games.
One sign is that Kyle Orton is better than Grossman or Griese. I am not saying that Da Bears won't go out and get a new QB, I am simply saying that Kyle Orton is the better QB on the team. WHERE HAS HE BEEN ALL SEASON?
I also think that either the team has more confidence with him at QB, or for some reason the defense is playing A LOT better than the rest of the season.
The Bears cannot ignore the downside to this season, though. Even though the team won their last two games against teams they shouldn't have, the Bears must still realize that this team needs help! We need a new LB (with Briggs leaving), we need a new QB (Yes, I said it. Orton really isn't a Super Bowl QB, but it depends how you define that because Rex went to the '06 SB), we need a new receiver that can make an impact on the offense. Berrian you keep and MAYBE Mushin, but Mushin can't run his route. We need a new RB (Peterson is a good RB, though).
Do you see how easy it is for the Bears to say "We're okay, we can lay off the heavy moves this offseason" BUT THEY CAN'T! It scares me so much that they would say this and here's why:
This is what they could say: "We'll find an LB but we've got Urlacher so he doesn't have to be a big move. Orton looked good and is the future of this team, so no help at QB. Some of our recievers came on twords the end with Orton in there, so maybe it was all Grossman and Griese's fault that they struggled. Peterson is a good RB and we'll have Benson back next year. We're okay with only a couple of minor moves."
PLEASE DON'T DO THIS BEARS! THIS TEAM IS IMPROVING AND WILL IMPROVE EVEN MORE IF YOU HAVE A GOOD OFFSEASON! DON'T BE AFRAID TO SPEND CASH, YOU'VE GOT IT!
Many people think that Brett Favre and the Packers always beats the Bears, and owns them in every category. Here are some stats to change your mind:
Brett Favre are 6-2 in their last 8 games against Chicago.
All of Chicago's 6 wins in the last 8 games against Green Bay have been by 7+ points.
Brett Favre's last four worst QB ratings have come against Chicago.
Green Bay is 89–79–6 in the overall series against Chicago.
Chicago has made more playoff appearences overall.
Chicago has more divison championships than Green Bay.
These shouls change your minds. The Bears own the Packers. We'll see what happens to the Packers in the playoffs, and next year when the rivals play!
Also, the Mill. Journal Sentinal is full of ####. Like saying half of SF was Packer fans Sunday, and that 6000 fans didn't show up at the Bears first playoff game last year. Don't listen to them!!!
Frozen Tundra, huh Packer fans? I think the Packers found out what Frozen Tundra really is. I am not here to brag, simply to review the game between this great rivalry game.
The Packers have currently lost three games. Two of those three losses were to DA BEARS. Sweep. The Bears looked like the Bears of last year. They handled the cold really well (and the Packers didn't), the defense played well, the offense did a little something, anf special teams did well, except Devin Hester.
Hester didn't have a great game because they didn't get the ball right to him at all.
Favre had two interceptions, no touchdowns, and in the neighborhood of 115 yrds. Sorry to anyone that had him in fantasy now that it's playoff season.
Other than Hester, the special teams did well. Two blocked punts, and a little luck from the Packers punter.
Some say: "Useless win." It mattered. This is a good win for this team. Lovie Smith said before the game, "We are thinking of these last two games as the begining of a new season. Well, the Bears are 1-0 going into this season. There is another reason that this game means something. History says the Bears future looks good.
Remember last year when the Packers beat the Bears and came back the next year and are having the season they're having? History says the Bears could do it, too.
The Bears lost the Super Bowl last year, and most teams that lose the SB have a bad year, and then come back. History has it.
Orton looks like the best QB on the team, but I still like Rex. How about Orton starting, Rex 2nd string, Greise 3rd string, but that's if the Bears don't make any offseason moves.
So, the Bears could do it. The Bears still need a lot more additions in the offseason, so let's not think that their set next year, but it feels good to sweep the Packers.
Lovie Smith 2 years ago, sporting the same goal today.
To me, the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers rivalry is the best in all of sports. No matter what the teams records are, both come out to play, and play hard. The intensity between the fans has been going on for over 80 years now, and is still very alive today. This post is NOT a tribute, but an explanation of the best rivalry in sports today, the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers.
Pride: Pride is what holds this rivalry together. Throughout history, it's been pride in your state. Illinois vs. Wisconsin. The people of these states have not been too friendly with eachother, making this a great rivalry. Especially in the 70s and 80s, when slogans, songs, t-shirts, and other things were made about those of the other state/team.
Tradition: Of course there is tradition in this rivalry. It goes back to when the teams became teams. George Halas, great former founder, owner, president, GM, manager, and player of the Bears, was coaching the Bears, recently moved from a small town in southern Illinois, where they were the Decatur Staleys. Vince Lombardi, great former Packers coach, was coaching GB. After each game is played, it is custom that the coaches shake hands, even today. The two went to shake hands, but they wouldn't shake eachother. They avoided eachother.
Excitement: There has been much excitement in this rivalry. Like when everybody was leaving Lambeau Field because the Packers were about to kick a short field goal to win the game. The kicker misses it! It is said that Walter Payton's ghost blocked the field goal, because it was right after his passing. What about when the Bears won the game, but the referees reveiwed the play and the Packers got the win? There are many more exciting moments, and many more to come.
Talent: There is much talent in the history of this rivalry, and I don't have time to explain all of them. Two of the most noteable are Walter Payton and Brett Favre. Walter "Sweetness" Payton led the Bears to the Super Bowl in 1985 and was one of the best RBs to ever run this earth. Brett Favre has all the records you could imagine when it comes to a QB (including INTs). He can throw all over the field. He has records at Soldier Field over the Bears QBs, and he only plays there once a year! Other noteable names are George Halas (chi), Vince Lombardi (gb), Curly Lambeau (gb), Bart Starr (gb), Mike Ditka (chi), Mike Singletary (chi), Red Grange (chi), Devin Hester (chi), Mike Holmgren (gb), Jim McMahon (chi), Reggie White (gb), Gale Sayers (chi), #### Butkus (chi), and many more.
Take a look at the current (as of December 23, 2007) poll on the FOX Sports home page. It says "Which game are you most excited for this weekend?" 1st place- Pats vs. Phins (28%) 2nd place- Pack vs. Bears (27%). Of course, everyone wants to watch the Pats play for a perfect season, but a meaningless game, Pack-Bears, get 2nd by 1%, you know it's something special. The players, the states, and the rest of the USA is excited for this, meaningless game, because it's for pride.
So this is why I think that the Packers and the Bears hold the greatest rivalry in all of sports.
The team that's out of it seems to come out on top often, and we'll see what happens.
My teams are: NFL: Chicago Bears MLB: Chicago Cubs NBA: Chicago Bulls College: Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Illinois Fighting Illini.
I hate: NFL: Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings MLB: Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers NBA: Detroit Pistons and Miami Heat College: USC Trojans and Michigan Wolveriens and Wisconsin Badgers and Ohio State Buckeyes and Indiana Hoosiers.
My other blogs: www.chicagobe arsfanblog.bl ogspot.com and www.truebluec ubsfanblog.bl ogspot.com
Lovie Smith 2 years ago, sporting the same goal today.
