Super Bowk Anti-Climatic

[The Shadow]

I suspect I am in the minority here, but beating the Bears - taking the HALAS Trophy - in THEIR HOUSE, and silencing the most obnoxious group of fans in the NFL.... was 'The Big Game' for me.
I don't hate the Steelers at all; the Super Bowl game against them just fails to boill my blood.
I treasure taking the Bears down - any time, any place - so Sunday's game capped the season for me.
Of course, a Super Bowl win would be great, but I've just seen my major goal for this team accomplished.

[gbgary]

anti-climatic??? not a chance!

[mraynrand]

Bowk, Bowk, Bowk! You sound like Jay Cutler!

[Bossman641]

Beating the Bears was huge but people won't look back 20 years from now and talk about winning the NFCG. They will talk about winning the Super Bowl.

[Joemailman]

It's understandable that some might see the Super Bowl as anticlimactic after a win over the Bears for the NFC Title. Still, I suspect come Super Bowl Sunday, they mostly won't feel that way.

[Deputy Nutz]

No, the Packers always beat the Bears, but being in the Super Bowl is special. They play them twice a year anyways.

[VegasPackFan]

I know what you are saying, but I think it is just a difference of emotion. Of course the goal and the hope of all fans is to win the Super Bowl. But I dont have that deep-seeded hatred that says if we lose this game I will never be able to live with myself (and those obnoxious Bears fans). I have much more respect for the Steelers and their fans than I could ever have for those other guys.

[MadtownPacker]

Someone mentioned this at work today. For sure the excitement about the game is nothing like the Pack/bears game here in Cali.

[mraynrand]

I know what you are saying, but I think it is just a difference of emotion. Of course the goal and the hope of all fans is to win the Super Bowl. But I dont have that deep-seeded hatred that says if we lose this game I will never be able to live with myself (and those obnoxious Bears fans). I have much more respect for the Steelers and their fans than I could ever have for those other guys.

I loaded up my pistol on that last drive by Heiny. Geez they lose what effectively represents THE ONLY NFL CHAMPIONSHIP EVER between GB and Chicago and a third string QB pulls it off? That's it, game over. Try again next life. Superbowl XXXII was awful, but I lived through it OK.

[rbaloha1]

Yes in some ways. Rodgers is young along with majority of roster. Losing is not horrible since this is the start of a mini dynasty run.

[packers11]

losing in the superbowl is horrible... the superbowl hangover!!! lets just win it all then repeat

[deake]

I suspect I am in the minority here, but beating the Bears - taking the HALAS Trophy - in THEIR HOUSE, and silencing the most obnoxious group of fans in the NFL.... was 'The Big Game' for me.
I don't hate the Steelers at all; the Super Bowl game against them just fails to boill my blood.
I treasure taking the Bears down - any time, any place - so Sunday's game capped the season for me.
Of course, a Super Bowl win would be great, but I've just seen my major goal for this team accomplished.

As a Packer fan since the 50's and having lived most of those years in bear land I couldn't agree more.

[bobblehead]

Let me help motivate you guys then.

The steelers have 6 super bowl LOMBARDI Trophies. If they get to 7, its unlikely most of us get to see the packers overtake them in our lifetime. If we get to 4 and gain confidence we could regain the lead very soon. I wish to regain the "most storied franchise in the NFL" label. I wish to defeat the pittsburgh steelers and reclaim the glory that is rightfully ours.

[swede]

I suspect I am in the minority here, but beating the Bears - taking the HALAS Trophy - in THEIR HOUSE, and silencing the most obnoxious group of fans in the NFL.... was 'The Big Game' for me.
I don't hate the Steelers at all; the Super Bowl game against them just fails to boill my blood.
I treasure taking the Bears down - any time, any place - so Sunday's game capped the season for me.
Of course, a Super Bowl win would be great, but I've just seen my major goal for this team accomplished.

I think I know what you mean, Shadow.

For me, the victory over the Bears was a vindication, a mighty leap over a usurping rival that had caught every break a season could provide. Losing to the Bears would have been heartbreaking and many of us would have had to listen to five year's worth of nonsense from the stupidest fan base in all of professional football.

The Steelers are worthy, powerful, and consistently make plays in the playoffs...amazing plays.
Winning will be sweet.

Bretsky will explain why it would be no shame to lose to them. and he will be right. He''ll just have the final outcome wrong.

[Pugger]

I want to win this SB just to shut up those Steeler fans who dismiss most of our NFL Championships because we won them when their franchise was the laughing stock of the NFL. There are even a few of them who don't believe the 2 trophies we won before the merger are 'real' Super Bowl trophies because those games weren't called Super Bowls until after the fact!