Seahawks vs Bears, Sexy Rexy starting QB
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Oh you didn't know I was a bears fan?
I'm from Chicago and some of my earliest memories are bear related. 85 bears, superbowl, Walter Payton, Singletary, Richard Dent, etc. My school song in '86 was the Superbowl shuffle (seriously!). Everything in Chicago was about da bears during that time period.
After I moved to Seattle, I always remained a bears fan. But naturally I started watching the seahawks and became a fan in no time.
So basically my loyalty is to two cities. But when it comes down to it, as it did last year, I'm a bears fan first, seahawks 2nd, which I've mentioned several times on this board. It was a dream come true to have both teams play eachother in the playoffs and to go to overtime. That was amazing.
It's been tough though cuz the two teams I love both made it to the superbowl and lost, back to back seasons.
Sorry to disappoint you comrade but I thought you knew!
I'm from Chicago and some of my earliest memories are bear related. 85 bears, superbowl, Walter Payton, Singletary, Richard Dent, etc. My school song in '86 was the Superbowl shuffle (seriously!). Everything in Chicago was about da bears during that time period.
After I moved to Seattle, I always remained a bears fan. But naturally I started watching the seahawks and became a fan in no time.
So basically my loyalty is to two cities. But when it comes down to it, as it did last year, I'm a bears fan first, seahawks 2nd, which I've mentioned several times on this board. It was a dream come true to have both teams play eachother in the playoffs and to go to overtime. That was amazing.
It's been tough though cuz the two teams I love both made it to the superbowl and lost, back to back seasons.
Sorry to disappoint you comrade but I thought you knew!
No I knew you were a Bears fan. I call a lot of folks rooting for out of area teams horseshit fans b/c 90% of the time, they picked those teams b/c they're good, they're just followers, nothing more. You're clearly not in this category as you have a history in Chicago during your sports fan formative years. I had a buddy in Minnesota who was the same way, he was in Minnesota age 0-6, chicago age 6-10, Minnesota age 11-24, but he rolls with the Chicago teams b/c those 6-10 years are the formative ones for sports. He has since moved back to Chicago, teaches on the South Side and has Bears season tickets.
Anyways, I got to issue you a 'horseshit fan card' anyways, you can't have a favorite team and root against that team under any circumstances, c'mon man.
Anyways, I got to issue you a 'horseshit fan card' anyways, you can't have a favorite team and root against that team under any circumstances, c'mon man.
You can call it whatever you want, but this is a complicated issue. It’s not like I WANT da bears to lose, I want them to win all of their games, but I’m trying to think through this logically and I have to try and go for the team I think has a chance at going to the playoffs and doing well in the playoffs.
Da bears are a mess right now and I don’t think they have even a shot at the playoffs the way they’ve been playing. Now, lets say for example Grossman comes to Seattle and has a monster game, I will be stoked and very optimistic, and hell yeah I'll be cheering da bears on during the game, but I don’t see that happening. This is me trying to force myself to go for the hawks (thus me being torn).
Plus, I learned at a young age that there are times to go against your own team, albeit very rare. I remember watching a bears game with my pops and he wanted da bears to lose. Of course I was confused but he explained the circumstances - it was the last game of the season and da bears were not going to make the playoffs (I believe they finished that year with 3 or 4 wins total, they were horrible), and if the team playing the bears that day (don't remember who) beat chicago, that team would make the playoffs which meant the Packers would be out of the playoffs, however if da beards won, da Packers were in. So here you can see my fathers hatred for a rival team justified a single losing game for da bears, which meant absolutely nothing for them anyways.
This Sunday, I'm going to watch the game as a bears fan but with the understanding that a loss wont mean anything since they're not going to make the playoffs anyways (unless some miracle happens). Make sense?
Da bears are a mess right now and I don’t think they have even a shot at the playoffs the way they’ve been playing. Now, lets say for example Grossman comes to Seattle and has a monster game, I will be stoked and very optimistic, and hell yeah I'll be cheering da bears on during the game, but I don’t see that happening. This is me trying to force myself to go for the hawks (thus me being torn).
Plus, I learned at a young age that there are times to go against your own team, albeit very rare. I remember watching a bears game with my pops and he wanted da bears to lose. Of course I was confused but he explained the circumstances - it was the last game of the season and da bears were not going to make the playoffs (I believe they finished that year with 3 or 4 wins total, they were horrible), and if the team playing the bears that day (don't remember who) beat chicago, that team would make the playoffs which meant the Packers would be out of the playoffs, however if da beards won, da Packers were in. So here you can see my fathers hatred for a rival team justified a single losing game for da bears, which meant absolutely nothing for them anyways.
This Sunday, I'm going to watch the game as a bears fan but with the understanding that a loss wont mean anything since they're not going to make the playoffs anyways (unless some miracle happens). Make sense?
I'm the same Sixx. For the past week I've been trying to work out where our draft position is going to be and who would be available lol.
It's looking like a lot of work for the team over the next couple years. Right now, as much as I hate it, we're tied with the Vikings for worst team in the north.
I guess I'll just keep the hope that we'll end up with McNabb and McFadden next year haha
Funny side note- I almost got in a fight with Thomas Erak, the singer/guitarist of The Fall of Troy in February because after their concert we were all drinking at the bar and I was wearing a Bears beanie and since they're from Seattle and I wouldn't leave him alone about Da Bears beating the Seahawks twice
It's looking like a lot of work for the team over the next couple years. Right now, as much as I hate it, we're tied with the Vikings for worst team in the north.
I guess I'll just keep the hope that we'll end up with McNabb and McFadden next year haha
Funny side note- I almost got in a fight with Thomas Erak, the singer/guitarist of The Fall of Troy in February because after their concert we were all drinking at the bar and I was wearing a Bears beanie and since they're from Seattle and I wouldn't leave him alone about Da Bears beating the Seahawks twice
HAHAHA u call that expensive u should check patriots tickets its 600 for decent seats and like 1200 for sideline tickets for just one seat by itself but lucky me i got a couple tickets for a couple games early so got them 600$ tickets for like 400 so thats kinda str8.
just got my playoff tickets for both divisional and afc championship just incase they go it was 300 each for standing tickets but if u get there early u actually are closer to the action then most of the seating so why not
That is a better reason than the clowns who root against their team for draft purposes, when research has shown that for non-playoff teams, wins in year A and wins in year B are directly proportional (i.e. 8 win teams have a better winning pct the following year than 7 win teams, 7 win teams have a better winning pct the following year than 5 win teams, etc etc etc).
good game.
Grossman actually played a pretty good game, didn't make too many mistakes, but their offensive line did a pretty poor job which caused Grossman to get sacked a few times and was under constant pressure. The running game also did pretty poor, despite having early success. Doesn't look like they're going to make the playoffs this year
With Branch back in Seattle's offense is finally complete and looks like one of the best passing games in the league. Hackett, Branch, Engram, Burleson. I don't think any defense can stop them. And yes, they look much better without Alexander. The passing game opens up the running game for Morris, who is also a 10000X better receiver than Alexander. I don't think I want to see Alexander back in for the rest of the year. Also, Weaver had a huge game as FB
Grossman actually played a pretty good game, didn't make too many mistakes, but their offensive line did a pretty poor job which caused Grossman to get sacked a few times and was under constant pressure. The running game also did pretty poor, despite having early success. Doesn't look like they're going to make the playoffs this year
With Branch back in Seattle's offense is finally complete and looks like one of the best passing games in the league. Hackett, Branch, Engram, Burleson. I don't think any defense can stop them. And yes, they look much better without Alexander. The passing game opens up the running game for Morris, who is also a 10000X better receiver than Alexander. I don't think I want to see Alexander back in for the rest of the year. Also, Weaver had a huge game as FB
it was an omen that we would win, when kelly jennings broke up the fourth down pass from grossman to turn the ball over. how much time was left on the clock?? 2:06. shouldnt have even been this close though, brown missed a gimme field goal for him, dj hackett dropped a sure touchdown pass, etc. oh well, two weeks in a row now: its payback once again!!! all hail the victors! and how many false starts did the bears have? its so hard to play in qwest. and we have the most 3 and outs of any defense in the league, not to mention the second least points allowed by any team in the nfl coming into the week. we could easily be 8-2 versus 6-4. we had to keep pace this week with arizona winning against cincinatti tho. anyway, GO HAWKS!