Since
1921, The Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers have engaged
in a heated rivalry that is the league's longest. The two
sides have met 186 times with the Bears winning 92 of the
match ups. Close proximity, gritty battles and hated foes
are just a few of the reasons why a Bears fan hates the
Packers.
No
player haunts Bears fans more than Brett Favre. He was able
to win 11 consecutive times in Chicago but it was a meeting
at Green Bay back in 1995 that cemented hatred for him from
Bears fans.
In
the November meeting of that season the Bears were 6-4 and
on top of the division by one game over the Packers. Favre
was not supposed to play due to an ankle injury and had not
practiced all week. A loss for the Bears meant a tie in the
standings and a season sweep to Green Bay. Not only did
Favre play but he torched the Bears to the tune of 336 yards
and five touchdowns. The Packers went on the win the
division while the Bears finished third in the
division.
The
name Charles Martin brings up terrible memories for Jim
McMahon and the Bears. In a meeting the year after the
Bears' Super Bowl win Martin inexplicably picked up McMahon
and threw him to the ground causing McMahon to separate his
shoulder and miss the rest of the season. The Bears lost in
the divisional round of the playoffs that year and McMahon
was never the same again. Martin's action garnered a two
game suspension which was the longest in league history at
the time.
You
can credit the November 23, 1924 meeting between the two
teams as the first time the league ever saw an ejection. The
Bears' Frank Hanny and Packers' Walter Vosswere
tossed after a war of words turned into punches thrown. The
Bears won the game 3-0.
The
first playoff meeting between the two took place in December
of 1941. The Bears defeated the Packers 33-14 and went on to
win their fourth NFL Championship. The only other playoff
meeting between the two sides was the 2011 NFC Championship
Game where the Packers defeated the Bears 21-14.
Vince
Lombardi was a fantastic coach but who really uses the "Free
Kick" rule? He of course did back in 1964 to stun the Bears
into defeat. In case you don't know, if a player calls for a
fair catch then the team has the right to attempt a free
kick from the spot of the catch. It was not well known back
then when Paul Hornung attempted and made the kick.
The
game back in December 0f 2008 still remains the coldest game
on record at Soldier Field. With a game-time temperature of
two degrees and a wind chill of -13 the Bears had to rally
from a 14-3 halftime deficit to defeat the Packers in
overtime. Bears defensive end Alex Brown blocked Mason
Crosby's game winning attempt in regulation and Robbie Gould
hit a 38-yard field goal in overtime to win the game.
How
much do you cringe when you hear "Go Pack Go" chanted over
and over again in Lambeau Field? What about the feeling that
takes over your body when you see somebody in an orange
hunting jacket with a cheesehead hat on their head? Stop me
if you have heard this one: "What do you call a Packer fan
with half a brain? Gifted."
18 Comments
Bears still suck!
Not as much as you SUCK
such a fag!
So does your mom.
As a long time Bears fan, my hate for the Vikings and Lions has surpassed my hate for the Pack. I can deal with my team losing to perennial Super Bowl contenders, but when they lose to an inferior team like the Vikings or Lions, that really annoys the hell out of me. I respect the Pack, but I hate their guts
I hate how the vikings think the are so amazing after making the playoffs last year. They are so blind to the fact that AP ran that team to the playoffs on his back and there is no way he can repeat that again. It should have been the bear and packers in the playoffs like it always is. in my opinion these are the only true contenders in the division and also the ones who made the most improvement.
SO TRUE. For starters, there's no need to even mention the 4-12 team that got completly swept in the division last year and has still yet to even make it to superbowl in their history because they are just plain terrible. But, the vikings do get a little respect for making playoffs (thanks to AP). Although it won't happen again. It will be a long shot for AP to do what he did last year again. Historically, no RB has ever rushed for more than 2000 yards in consecutive seasons. Furthermore, Christain Ponder.....His numbers are being compared to Blaine Gabbert's (not a compliment). Ponder is several years away from being a super bowl quality QB. I honestly see the 4-12 team getting a SB victory before the Vikings (whom also have never won a SB).
Chase i have to say THAT WAS A PERFECT POST . Thanks.
I hate ALL Packers no if and or buts
I grew up in Wisconsin and have been a Packers fan for 50 years with the exception of the year and a half it took GB to fire Forrest Gregg as head coach after the Charles Martin incident. He might have been the "finest player" Vince Lombardi ever coached but he was the worst coach of the Packers during my lifetime because of dirty tactics he embraced. Vince was an honorable man and coach. You won with grace thanks to the work you put into the endeavor and you lost with even more grace because your opponent outperformed you that day. He would not have abided Charles Martin wearing the towel with McMahon's number on it with the promise before the game that he was going after him. Is it irony that when McMahon went to the White House after the Super Bowl XXX win as a GB Packer that he wore a Bears shirt under his outer shirt?
I lived 17 years in Chicago and count many Bears fans as close friends. I am definitely not a Bears hater and do not really understand why any Packers fan would hate the Bears. If not for George Halas' generosity over the years, the Packers frachise woud have folded long before Lombardi, Favre and Rodgers arrived to torment Da Bears.
Now the Vikings and Lions are a whole other story. Football is meant to be played outdoors. Is it any wonder that the glory days for those frachises were when their teams played outside?
As a Bears fan I don't dislike the Packers, Lions, or Vikings players, its more their fans and the Lions in particular. Man, after that 10-6 season you could see them on every board from ESPN to Bleacher Report complaining about like of respect or Stafford > Cutler. Now obviously there back in hibernation.
Holy crap I know its like he was gods gift to football. Stafford is so over rated his job is just to basiclly throw the ball to calvin johnson, without him stafford is at the bottom of the barrel.
As a Pack fan. I completely agree. Stafford is so incredibly overrated. He's lucky he has the best WR in the game today because there's no way he'd get an extension without him.
What bears fans needs a guide to hating the packers? Farve, the 2010 NFC Championship game, six straight loses to them, plenty of reason to hate.
I don't need a guide. I was bred to hate the Packers (and White Sox) from a very young age.
The Charles Martin moment really gets my blood boiling and I wasn't even born until 4 years later. I hate losing to the Packers more than I love beating any other team. Someday, we'll get over the hump. Hopefully, it'll be this year.
You cant have a great rivalry without some hate there is nothign wrong with that but if you dont respect these two teams you are a fool. This is the greatest rivalry in the nfl and maybe all of sports. I hate it when these east coast media fools talk about the patriots and steelers or whatever. packers bears have been battlign for 100 years and hopefully will be for 100 more. its never an easy game for either team despite the records which is what i love about it.
"No player haunts Bears fans more than Brett Favre."
Don't worry, we hate him too.
- Your neighbors to the north