In today's Chicago Sun-Times respected Journalist Don Pierson wrote that this coming Sunday's NFC championship game between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears is not the biggest game ever in the city of Chicago. He stated that the 1963 title game between the New York Football Giants and the Chicago Bears is the biggest game ever to be played because it was for the title.
I am no respected journalist and while millions have read your work Mr. Pierson the 3 people that read this blog will find that i respectfully disagree.
This game will be the 181st time the Packers and Bears will play each other. This is the longest rivalry in the history of football. During the previous 180 games they have only met once in the playoffs, 69 years ago. This isn't a wildcard game. This is for the right to represent the NFC in Super Bowl XLV.
The winner of Sunday's game will hoist the George S. Halas trophy which most likely will be presented to them by his daughter Virginia McCaskey. The winner will then play for the right to hoist the Vince T. Lombardi trophy on Sunday February 6, 2011.
I do not need to explain who the two men are that the trophies are named after. But if you do not understand the history and importance of this game then you do not know shit about this game we all love so much.
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