Moments in the rivalry
Scroll through all 13 pictures and read the captions. Some good history in there
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Some ugly ones in there for us. Hopefully we can at least even the record someday.
Martin was suspended for two games for the body slam on McMahon. Ugly doesn't begin to describe it.
Martin was a scumbag.
There's no place for plays like that in football.
There's no place for plays like that in football.
I still vividly remember sitting in my room watching MNF I think the year after the Bears won SB XX (or maybe it was the same year). Anyway, the commercials leading up to the game are going and there's all this anxiety for the broadcast to start.....then MNF launches into that song "Tough Enough" by I can't remeber who, and Gifford is narrating how the Packers nearly pulled off a huge upset the time the teams played before (I think Butler beat the Pack on a last second FG). During the game they're interviewing Ditka and Gregg about their hatred for each other. I remember Gregg's exact quote "I don't dislike Mike...I see him at team meetings, and we converse."
Words obviously don't do this story justice, but man was I primed for that game as a 13 year old kid at the time. Now everytime that song comes on, I immediately think Monday Night Football, Packers/Bears 1985 or 1986.
I should probably Google this and get my facts straight. I do remember the Bears greased one out that night.
Words obviously don't do this story justice, but man was I primed for that game as a 13 year old kid at the time. Now everytime that song comes on, I immediately think Monday Night Football, Packers/Bears 1985 or 1986.
I should probably Google this and get my facts straight. I do remember the Bears greased one out that night.
quote:Originally posted by Orlando Wolf:
then MNF launches into that song "Tough Enough" by I can't remeber who
The Fabulous Thunderbirds?
I hope the Bears play all their starters, with Cutler leading the charge.
I pray for them.
Nothing better than that, they would tempting the Ghosts of Packers Past at that point. Good Stuff.
Bears v. Packers, at Lambeau, January, Players with chips on their shoulders, 1 team playing for a berth, the other with nothing to play for except a dagger into the collective souls of the other franchise/fans.
Excellent Rivalry, I live for what Sunday brings ...
I pray for them.
Nothing better than that, they would tempting the Ghosts of Packers Past at that point. Good Stuff.
Bears v. Packers, at Lambeau, January, Players with chips on their shoulders, 1 team playing for a berth, the other with nothing to play for except a dagger into the collective souls of the other franchise/fans.
Excellent Rivalry, I live for what Sunday brings ...
Fab T-Birds.. excellent band. Leader Kim Wilson is a personal fave. Just prior to moving to Austin and co-founding the T-Birds, he was playing right here in Mpls for awhile.
Wow - good stuff. I attended several of those games.
Alot of x4ers will probably say that we had a feeling that Packers were gonna squish da Bears.
Walter Payton blocked a field goal after he was dead.
He was lined up in the neutral zone
Boy, you guys remember how hot the chat room was when Voss got ejected from that game in '24. We had to kick Half Empty's grandpa out of chat
Thank goodness Goalline's grandpappy wasn't allowed to have freedom of speech during that Free Kick game. He wouldn't shut up about how it screwed his fantasy standings.
quote:Originally posted by chickenboy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EviIu2YqVyg
That'd be it. Thanks
Good Bud Lea article about the rivalry.. (Insider Membership)
http://www.jsonline.com/packerinsider/112555464.html
Lots more inside.
http://www.jsonline.com/packerinsider/112555464.html
quote:Curly Lambeau and George Halas never shaking hands after a game. Never!
quote:It's coach Bart Starr refusing to shake hands with Bears coach Neill Armstrong
quote:They don't like us, and we don't like them," former Bears coach Mike Ditka said.
Lots more inside.
I'm sure most of you are aware of this but here it is anyway.
From: http://www.joefan.com/PACKHIST/LEGEND.HTM
quote:Some historians subscribe to this tale:
Curly Lambeau used some college players in a non-league contest in Milwaukee against the Racine Legion in early December that was billed as the Wisconsin State Championship game. A Chicago sportswriter found out about it and blew the whistle on the Packers. Incensed by this infraction of the rules, the NFL moguls demanded the forfeiture of the Green Bay franchise, and the Clairs complied.
Now the truth.
Lambeau used college players all right, but it was in Green Bay's game against the Decatur Staleys. George Halas's collegiate ringers spotted Lambeau's collegiate ringers, and Halas told the Chicago newspapers about it. The NFL demanded the forfeiture of the franchise, and the Clairs complied.
Why is the latter story true? Lets go back to 1921 and find out.
Most sportswriters, those in Chicago in particular, were opposed to professional football. Only those in small towns, such as Green Bay, bothered to attend games and write about the local team. When the big city scribes wrote about the pro game, they did so as a way of degrading the pros. The alleged game was held in Milwaukee. Why would a Chicago sportswriter be in the Cream City covering a game that didn't have a Chicago team in it? Why would a Chicago sportswriter care about a game in Milwaukee between two small town teams such as Green Bay and Racine? Why would the NFL care about the Packers using college players in a non-league game, especially since the circuit's rules didn't forbid such use of college players? One of the players used by Lambeau was Notre Dame's Heartley "Hunk" Anderson, a former teammate of Lambeau's and a native of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. George Halas coveted Anderson's services, and if Green Bay was in the league, Anderson would more than likely sign with Green Bay to play in '22. Therefore, Green Bay had to be removed from the NFL. Halas blew the whistle to the Chicago press, and the NFL gave in to their pressure to get rid of Green Bay from the loop.
From: http://www.joefan.com/PACKHIST/LEGEND.HTM