The Bears have been lucky all year, and that continued in the post-season, only having to beat a 7-9 Seattle team at home before getting another home game against their chief rivals.
As far as rivalries are concerned, it does not get better than Chicago against Green Bay in football. It is the best and most historic rivalry in all of sports. And there has never been a bigger Bears-Packers game than the one that will take place at Soldier Field in Chicago this Sunday. The winner pretty much has bragging rights forever. The loser will be wishing the game never took place. This is as close as it gets to a Cubs-White Sox World Series in terms of bragging rights.
The Packers are coming in hot, having just dismantled the NFC's top-seeded Atlanta Falcons. But they have struggled against this Bears defense in both of the team's previous meetings, losing at Chicago and winning a narrow one in the season finale at Lambeau Field.
People are saying there has not been a bigger event in Chicago Bears history - and I can;t argue with that. With New England losing to the Jets yesterday, the Bears have a legitamate shot to win their second Super Bowl and first since 1986. But if they do win this one, it will be a much sweeter run than the '85 team because the 2010 bunch will have to beat the Packers in order to get there.
The winner on Sunday wins the Halas Trophy, named for the Bear's most famous coach and team founder. The winner on Sunday will also play for the Lombardi Trophy, the famed Packers coach that won the first two Super Bowls in 1967 and 1968.
Go Bears. I can't think of anything better than this. So Chicago and Green Bay, enjoy this, because this is truly a rarity.
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