Why Green Bay Packers Fans Hate the Bears

During the Bears' championship years in the 1980s, the Packers were not intimidated. In the first game of our yearly series back then, we had the Bears where we wanted them. We had the lead late in the game. We were stopping them at the goal line.

But then, desperately needing a touchdown to win, Mike Ditka pulled out the Fridge card. He moved 800-lb. tackle William 'The Refrigerator' Perry into the backfield. Nobody could believe it. They called signals, the ball was snapped—and sure enough they gave the ball to the Fridge. All he did was lean forward which tilted the earth just enough for him to get into the end zone. The Bears dodged a bullet, while Packer fans had to swallow a very bitter pill.

Well, the next time we met later in that season, the teams faced an identical situation in the final moments of the game. We had the lead. They had the ball on our one-inch line. But they couldn't get it in; they couldn't score.

So what does Ditka do? Well, the huddle breaks, and there he is lined up in the backfield again—Refrigerator Perry. So the Packers tighten up, figuring they are not going to get burned twice on this. Everybody knows who the ball will be handed to, right? Sure enough the ball is snapped, McMahon goes over to hand the ball to Fridge, but instead of handing him the ball, he FAKES it to him! McMahon then passes the ball into the end zone for an easy score, the win, and another bitter pill for cheeseheads to swallow.

Well, that pill is still there.

5. The '85 Bears

Granted, the 1985 Bears were a good football team. In fact I would bet Dick Butkus' mother's leg that there hasn't been a better team suited up since then—and that includes any team Emmit Smith played on or anything the Nor-Easter blow-hards up in New England misinterpret as the Second Coming.

The '85 Bears had it all. Plus, they had Walter Peyton. There were no weaknesses on that team. McMahon had as fine and impactful of a season that a quarterback can have. He looked like Terry Bradshaw and John Elway rolled into one. The offense was unstoppable and the defense was unrelenting. Certainly one of the best teams ever.

But they were still the Chicago Bears.

The Bears were so good that they even put out a music video about how good they were. Wisconsin responded and put out their own song. About the Bears. A polka, no less. It is called, "The Bears Still Suck." It goes something like this: "The Bears still suck. The Bears still suck. They really, really, really, really, really, really, really suck."

No matter if they get to the Super Bowl and fall on their faces to the Colts, or just plain fall on their faces during the season, all Packer fans know this sentiment is constant.

Indeed, the song remains forever true in that, no matter what, "The Bears Still Suck."

SMACK!

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