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Too bad Josh will be at the game, would have loved to read his minute-by-minute analysis of them getting killed by my Colts haha

Yeah, you won't get my minute by minute...instead you'll get my drunken post game excitement or suicidal rant...I think this has the chance ot be a great game...and win or lose, I'm just pumped that the Bears are going to be in the SB I'm going to ....dream come true...

Arthur: do you plan to show the winning submissions?

Depends if it's yours Al. No seriously, that's in the plans. Get writing!

Al, if you're wondering if including a pic of you in full body paint, naked with a Bears Helmet over your naughty bits will help...or get shown...well...just don't submit the pic.

What about me in my Sayers jersey, cowboy boots, and blue blockers surrounded by an army of ice cold cans of Tecate?

Since history is being made, let's make some more. If a Black wins this contest, I bet that would be a first!

Change that to a Steve Fuller jersey, and you're on. And you've got to show the name on the back of the jersey, so that it's not just a Harbaugh jersey in disguise.

I'm guessing that you meant "If a Black Head Coach wins...", right Dream?

Al, you as a Bears fan should be surrounded by Dos Equis, XX, a particularly good year for Bears fans.
Tecate? that's just NVTS.

Arthur: Tecate is the beer of champions, and my personal favorite during the summer-filled softball days. Not sure what NVTS means, but I will take a guess that you are imply it's not very tasty... which would be false in this beer drinker's opinion.

Josh: have the Bears had a better QB since Harbaugh? Just wondering, b/c I'd love to see more #4's in the stands.

No not a comment on Tecate, which I'm pleased to sip on occasion. It's a reference from a Mel Brooks 'History of the World' ...Latin for nuts.

Ah... not familiar w/ the history of the world. The movie & the world.

See the movie,; the world, yeah, see that, too.

Wasn't a comment on Harabaugh, just that finding a Steve Fuller jersey would be a LOT harder than finding a Harbaugh jersey...and I wanted to challenge you.

And yeah, I'd have to agree that Harbaugh has been the best Bears QB since McMahon. But Really, that's like talking about good Eddie Murphy movies in the last 10 years...there just hasn't been much there.

Statistically speaking, wasn't Kramer about as good as Harbaugh was as a Bear?

(BTW, Harbaugh is an interesting topic to discuss now considering his Bears/Colts ties...)

Being one of the few Bears fans who's stood behind Rex pretty much all year, I'd also like to (perhaps prematurely) throw his name in the hat too. But that's a work in progress.

Kramer only had 1 good year, Harbaugh had a couple. Plus, I believe it is Harbaugh that actually holds a couple passing records for the Bears.

And yeah, Rex would be premature, although if he adds the Lombardi trophy to his resume, well that would be a step in the right direction.

SeekerOfTruth: I don't know how Grossman merits to be included in this conversation of sub-par QBs. That said, if you do choose to include Grossman than I think Kyle Orton should be included.

If you honestly think Rex would be 15-3 (or whatever he is) as a starter WITHOUT this defense/special teams then you are wrong. Kramer actually had a few good statistical seasons... and Kramer's best year came under Ron Turner (great OC, awful recruiter).

As for Harbaugh, can we agree that he had very little to work with? Not to mention they weren't quite the Monsters of the Midway during his tenure.

Josh - Doing a quick search in the Team recordbook @ http://www.chicagobears.com/docs/2005_records_individual.pdf Kramer's name appears 21 times, Harbaugh only 12.

Al - Harbaugh still had a defense led by Singletary, and Neal Anderson in the backfield. Granted, not the Shufflin Crew, but still not too shabby.

And I guess you stated my point for me: Harbaugh and Kramer were no spectacular QB's by any stretch, but the best since the Punky QB. I think Rex's numbers, sporadic as they have been may measure up to those "subpar" guys at least.

SeekerOfTruth: Your stats are scewed; While Kramer's name appears more, Harbaugh holds more lifetime Bears records. Most of EK's records are from 1995. Hardly substantial argument, although your point is taken.

Harbaugh had nothing. Kramer had more. Grossman has the most to work with. And i don't believe that Grossman's one season as a starter warrants him as one of the Best QBs since McMahon--who in this fan's opinion wasn't even THAT good. This is not to say that he won't eventually be the best QB in Bears history, which wouldn't require too much. The fact remains that the Bears don't have a very strong history @ QB. Certainly not like we do at RB or LB.

First, since I will be "MIA" for the first Super bowl for the Nation, and won't be able to partake in the fun of the Gameday experience...I need 2 things from the rest of the nation...

1. I need a diehard Bears fan to properly represent the Monsters of the Midway....I'll check in after the game to make sure you did a good job.

2. I need a Colts fan to step up to the plate. Listen, you get a break, you won't have me as an "opponent"...unless, well, you're just not man enough to sit down and be honest with yourself and your team while the Bears smack them around in Miami.