It's Personal

It’s not so much that I’m a Bears’ fan as it is the Bears are a way for me to get back at people. At least give me points for honesty. Bears beat the Raiders, Yea, big deal. White Sox beat the Diamondbacks, and I’m on top of the world. Ah, but the Bears beat the Vikings or Packers, oh, I’m a happy camper, indeed. Why? Because of certain people I know. For them, the Purple or the cheesy Green must always triumph, an attitude that grates after a while. There are certain other character flaws these people possess that I won’t go into detail here, but, trust me, those exist. Their team losing is my way of pointing out those flaws while keeping my mouth absolutely shut. So, yesterday, those Vikings’ fans I know must’ve been all agog as their team scored the go-ahead touchdown with 50 seconds left in the game. Too bad the Purple special-teams’ guys whiffed on bringing down the Bears’ Devin Duvernay before he ran the ensuing kickoff back 56 yards. Three subsequent running plays netted a few more yards before Cairo Santos booted a 48-yard field goal as time expired. Bears 19 Vikings 17. I still say this is a team more lucky than good. Five times in the last seven games, they’ve scored the winning points with less than two minutes left in the game. Maybe if they’re lucky enough long enough, they’ll starting getting good enough. Until then, better to be lucky than the opposite, which is how you lose.