Sue Rhein, Bears Super Fan



As much as I love putting that "W" in our winning column, I have to admit it that that was one UGLY win. I couldn't believe all the missed tackles by our beloved Defense and then all the missed routes by our heart pounding Offense. I was sitting in my living room watching the game with my family and I was getting so frustrated that I would have to leave the room and go outside in order to stay calm. I can honestly say that I was glad that I missed that fourth quarter interception thrown by Rex because otherwise my neighbors may have called the police.
Yes I am a very aggressive fan when either watching the game at home or in the stadium and when Tommie Harris stripped that ball and Adewale Ogunleye recovered it I started jumping up and down in my living room out of excitement knowing that the Bears had been given one last chance to win the game. After I stopped jumping up and down I noticed that my two year old nephew and nine month old niece were staring at me with this look on their face that said "she's nuts" and then they both laughed. As it is my two year old nephew has trouble pronouncing my name so instead of calling me Susie it sounds more like ZuZu and after I noticed that they were both laughing at me I started putting my hands in the air like gold posts and saying touchdown and then my two year old nephew started yelling my name and he would say touchdown and put his hands in the air just like mine. My nine month old niece looked first at her older brother and then at me and then she started shaking her hands in the air and let out a very loud ear piercing scream and I looked at both my sister and my nephew and niece's mom and told them I guess that was her way of cheering and saying touchdown too. Then with the next play or two Rex threw the bomb to Davis for the winning touchdown and I started jumping up and down again and the kids just laughed.

As exciting as this game was to watch and to take home the win, I was still very disappointed in the way the Bears didn't capitalize more on points when in the red zone. I thought we had worked past those problems in week two against the Lions but I see we still have more room for improvement which I guess in one sense, that can be a good thing. I wouldn't want our Bears getting overly confident in themselves this early and then blowing the rest of the season. The Bears still have thirteen more games to play and three of those thirteen are going to be against the very same divisional teams that we just beat in weeks one, two and three.

Well now it's on to Seattle and the Bears have to start the learning process all over again to see how they can break down Seattle's Offense and Defense in order to continue to hold on to their title as the "Undefeated Monsters of the Midway."

GO BEARS