You remember from occasional posts during the season that one of my coping mechanisms for dealing with football disappointment is to think about other fans whose circumstances are worse. When being a Packer fan brings some pain, I take comfort in saying, "Well, at least I'm not a __________ fan!"
As I reflect back on the 2009 season, several teams come to mind to fill in that blank. We'll look at several of them after the Super Bowl. Leading up to the Saints-Colts tilt, however, we need to consider at least one...
I'm glad I'm not a Bears fan.
As the Colts return to the Big Game for the second time in four years, how is that not a bitter taste for Bears fans this Sunday?
In Super Bowl XLI, the Bears lost to the Colts 29-17. You remember the game: Tony Dungy vs. Lovie Smith, and all the talk about the first black head coach to win a Super Bowl. That wasn't that long ago that the Bears came so close. And now they are so far!
The Colts have remained competitive throughout those years between winning one Super Bowl and playing in another. The Bears, meanwhile, have gone from losing the Super Bowl to being also-rans in their own division. Heck, the only Bears talk during this Super Bowl lead-up has been about the old '85 team and their revisiting the Super Bowl Shuffle!
Chicago fans thought this was going to be the year for them to go back to the Big Game. You remember that, once the Jay Cutler trade went down, they thought they'd stamped their ticket to Miami.
What a joke!
Instead, while the Colts return to play for another Lombardi Trophy, the Bears have been mired down in coaching staff interviews and overhauls, reevaluating what they've got, and wondering if, in 2010, they'll be able to wake up from the Jay Cutler nightmare of 2009.
And so, as we prepare to watch the Colts and Saints in Super Bowl XLIV, I'm glad I'm not a Bears fan.
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