Are all football fans as funny as are Bear's Fans?

[XNASA]

I hadn't been to a Bear's game in a long time. It's been about 12 or 13 years I guess.

But what a hilarious time, and all I had to drink was 1/2 cup of coffee with Bailey's.

First thing I notice at the game is that whenever the referee calls a time-out for a commercial break, it goes something like this:

PA Announcer: "There's a Time-Out...."

20,000 Bear's Fans: "Where?!?!?"

PA Announcer: "....On the Field."

20,000 Bear's Fans: "Ohhhhhh........"

This happened about 10 times and it was funny everytime. At least to me. Do fans do this at other NFL games?

Add that to the hilarious banter in the Men's Room. I mean, some choice stuff that I really can't repeat and the T-Shirt hawkers outside Soldier Field with some of the funniest anti-Packer slogans I've ever seen.

I was laughing my ass off from start to finish.

Are all fans this funny?

[underpants]

1. I don't know but that was actually a fun game yesterday

Chicago starts
completion fumble lost
Fumble (recovered)
off sides Washington
off sides Chicago
interception.

BTW the Fox broadcast was really funny. They showed the horrible kicking by Hall (wsah.) and backwards boy (Chi.) set to U2's "You've got to get yourself together you got stuck in the moment....and you can't get out of it..." tune

Then they showd Urlacher's highlights with "Stuck in the middle with you" in the background.

For two sorry ass teams it was very fun to watch. For a minute there I didn't think Hasselback could hit the uprights but I was wrong. :bounce:

Grossman comes as advertised "The era has begun" said the color commentator when he threw his first TD in Chicago.

[XNASA]

3. I was impressed with the experience frankly.

The tickets were comped to me, so I might have a different opinion had I ponied up the $$$ for the seats, but be that as it may.

Comfy padded seats on the 40, bright sunshine (I actually had to unzip my coat and take off my gloves at one point because I was getting too warm) and lot's of ammenities that were unheard of at the old stadium.

And even the music selection during the breaks was decent.

Afterward my wife and I cabbed it into the Loop and finished up our shopping on State Street. We still managed to catch the 4:30 train and were home by 5:15.

Good weather, great game, nice seats. All in all, a very pleasant day.

[bearfan454]

4. Did you and your wife eat pizza at Gino's East ?

I love that place especially since I live in Tx now.

[XNASA]

6. We had a couple of Buono Dogs at the game.

They were delicious too.

But we skedaddled home before we ate dinner. If we wouldn't have been able to catch the 4:30 we would have had to wait until 6:30 to catch the next one. In that case, we were going to go to Miller's on Wabash. I love the Lamb Stew there.

Besides, as much as you miss the pizza now, you have to admit that going out for pizza in Chicago is something that tourists do mostly.

Leona's just opened up a huge, and I mean HUGH, restaurant close to home. I need to wear that place out first. Great 'za there.

[GOPisEvil]

8. Ya bearfan! Come to Austin...we'll have pizza at Mangia.

It's not the real thing but Chicagoer flush_bush likes it. It's pretty good stuff. :9

[ProfessorGAC]

5. Where'd You Sit?

You had a good weather day for a December game, that's for sure.

The last time i went to a December game (probably 5 years ago), it was raining at the beginning of the game, and then the wind picked up and the temperature dropped. Everything froze into a glaze of ice. Took us 4+ hours to get home.

The weather didn't bother me. We were in a skybox, looking down our noses at the plebes in the stands. (Just kidding.) But, i couldn't help thinking what a drag it would have been to be at the game, outside, that day.

Then a 4+ hour ride home. At least you saw a win, too!
The Professor

BTW: Saw the picture post. Funny stuff.

[XNASA]

9. East side. 40 yard line. About 10 rows under the Skyboxes.

Great seats. Perfect really. Just about the same angle that the TV cameras were at.

It's funny though because the seating on the East Side is mostly corporate Club and Box and Skybox.

The West Side is more for the true fans.

They should have signs outside the North and South ends of Soldier Field dividing the crowd into "Proletariat" and "Horsey Set".

Glad you enjoyed to pic. It's that 'stache, man.


4+ hours?? It took us 45 minutes from the Calumet station at 175th Street. We got off at 18th and it was about a 2 block walk to our seats.

Public transportation. Can't beat it.

[bearfan454]

2. It was the desperation bowl.

I still love my Bears no matter what !

[Catshrink]

7. Me too!

Bears fan forever here...

Packers --- boooooo forever! (Sorry to hear about Brett Favre's dad though).

[Catshrink]

10. What a great day!

And not only that, the Bears won! The game wasn't on here so I couldn't watch it -- the best I could do was check the score online. Sigh. I was planning to get a dish so I could watch it but, since Murdoch bought DirecTV, that ain't gonna happen.

[omshanti]

11. Panthers fans might as well have been asleep yesterday.

It was so quiet in there, you could hear an ant fart a mile away!
I understand that it probably had something to do with a) having clinched the division already, b) the opponents (the Lions) just not arousing much interest.
But the pre-game tailgating stuff was hilarious - one group of people had this crazy van with a gigantic panther on the top, and it was eating a lion.

[XNASA]

12. So they don't do the "Where?!?!" and "Ohhhhhhh...." ....

..thing during the timeouts?

I swear, it was hilarious.

[omshanti]

13. I wish they did! I swear, 90% of the stadium was in a coma or something.

Maybe the playoff game will be better?
I'm going!

[Blue-Jay]

14. Bears Fans are a little...umm...different.

I know some guys in Chicago that (to this day) will have parties at their places where the focus is watching a tape of the 1985 Superbowl. I was invited to a few when I still lived there, and it was just scary and sad.

That said, Bears and Packers fans are probably the best fans in the world of American football. I miss going to Soldier Field for games; never a dull moment, regardless of the game.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. Ummmm!

Even those of us in Chicagoland feel the pathos for those who can't let 1985 go. So, it's not Bear fans, as a collective. It's the Bear fans you know.

There aren't that many of us that watch '85 Superbowl tapes. Trust me on that.
The Professor

[Blue-Jay]

16. yeah, but you know a few.

CONFESS!

:D

[ProfessorGAC]

17. Actually, I Don't

No kidding. I know they're out there, but i don't know a single Bear fan that has watched the tapes of the '85 game.

They (or i for that matter) might watch the '85 highlights on ESPN during that weekend of the Superbowl where they run all of them in order. But, i watch a lot of those highlight shows, not just the '85 game. That's how the folks i know would be likely to behave.

I never even had a tape of the '85 Superbowl. Nobody i've ever met around here had one.

Now, there's more to my life than watching a football team, i'll admit. But, i think that makes me part of the vast majority, rather than one of a few.

I don't doubt there are folks like you're friends. But, really, it's not that high a proportion. Sports talk radio in Chicago pretty much bears (pun intended) that out.
The Professor

[gpandas]

18. football fans

they are in Pittsburgh

[XNASA]

19. It's true. Pittsburgh has great fans.

But I don't think they're as funny and Bears fans. You really have to have a sense of humor to be any kind of Chicago sports fan.



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