# Packers v. Bears: NFC Championship Game. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 21, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packers-v-bears-nfc-championship-game/568478 "2011-01-21T18:18:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packers-v-bears-nfc-championship-game/568478/41 "2011-01-23T14:54:07Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Donald Driver is a wide receiver. He would not be on the field at the same time as Cutler. hehe… ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packers-v-bears-nfc-championship-game/568478/42 "2011-01-23T16:20:18Z")
I’m a Packer fan and I’m apprehensive. We lost to the Lions fer chrissakes, a meltdown is always a possibility. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packers-v-bears-nfc-championship-game/568478/43 "2011-01-23T16:22:20Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Donald Driver is a wide receiver. He would not be on the field at the same time as Cutler. Who knows, B.J. Raji makes a good Fullback. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packers-v-bears-nfc-championship-game/568478/44 "2011-01-23T16:23:09Z")
Alrighty. I’m off to the store to get an arugala salad, some ladyfingers, and a nice bottle of Reisling for the game. Oh, who am I kidding. I’m getting brats, cheese curds, chicken wings, and Leine’s. Gotta do it up right. 4 hours to go until the Packers begin their whuppin’ of the Bears. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packers-v-bears-nfc-championship-game/568478/45 "2011-01-23T16:43:13Z")
I’m really excited for this game. No vested interest in the outcome, no particular loathing for either team so I won’t mind if either wins, I like both QBs, and I’m expecting a great game with an exciting finish. So of course I won’t be home until 5:30EST, and will get to see only the fourth quarter. I’ll be home for the entire AFC Championship played by teams I despise, though. Ah, well. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packers-v-bears-nfc-championship-game/568478/46 "2011-01-23T16:50:52Z")
> [@storyteller0910](#): > > So of course I won’t be home until 5:30EST, and will get to see only the fourth quarter. You don’t look so good. You’re really pale. Man, your skin is burning up. As a pretend doctor, I’m telling you that you’re too sick to go do anything today. I order you to stay inside in your house, drink plenty of fluids, and watch as much television as possible. That’s a pretend doctor’s order. ---
**Author:** ![UncleNito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7cd45c/32.png) [@UncleNito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleNito)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packers-v-bears-nfc-championship-game/568478/47 "2011-01-23T19:22:29Z")
I’m starting to get really wound up. **MsNito** has instructed me to begin drinking. ---
**Author:** ![AshenLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@AshenLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AshenLady)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packers-v-bears-nfc-championship-game/568478/48 "2011-01-23T19:31:31Z")
I am going with the Packers in this one! ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packers-v-bears-nfc-championship-game/568478/49 "2011-01-23T19:56:02Z")
Up next. Kickoff! ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packers-v-bears-nfc-championship-game/568478/50 "2011-01-23T20:00:47Z")
> [@UncleNito](#): > > I’m starting to get really wound up. **MsNito** has instructed me to begin drinking. Well, you should probably listen to her then. I’d like to thank this thread for introducing me to the concept of a “ham and egger.” I’d never heard it used like that before. My only acquaintance with the term “ham and egger” was in relation to a Depression-era pension movement in California. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packers-v-bears-nfc-championship-game/568478/51 "2011-01-23T20:06:46Z")
And our first shitty sod, on the kickoff. Thanks Chicago Park District! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packers-v-bears-nfc-championship-game/568478/52 "2011-01-23T20:07:37Z")
While I have no dog in the fight, I think I am picking the Packers. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packers-v-bears-nfc-championship-game/568478/53 "2011-01-23T20:10:04Z")
Geez, Rogers is money so far… ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packers-v-bears-nfc-championship-game/568478/54 "2011-01-23T20:11:30Z")
By the by, a little C&P of my facebook status: In a coincidence that will have the pundits spewing over themselves for days, both of today’s games end with identical scores: NYJ 33 - PIT 27 GB 33 - CHI 27 ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packers-v-bears-nfc-championship-game/568478/55 "2011-01-23T20:11:48Z")
Well, that was all far too easy if you’re a Bears fan. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packers-v-bears-nfc-championship-game/568478/56 "2011-01-23T20:11:58Z")
I hope **Dio** is with us for live commentary. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packers-v-bears-nfc-championship-game/568478/57 "2011-01-23T20:12:43Z")
Oh yeah. Fantastic first drive, great mix of plays, Aaron is money, and no mistakes. Hot damn. Now, the biggest worries. Special teams. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packers-v-bears-nfc-championship-game/568478/58 "2011-01-23T20:14:02Z")
4-for-4 for 87, three 20+ yd. completions and a running TD. Not a bad way for your QB to start things out. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packers-v-bears-nfc-championship-game/568478/59 "2011-01-23T20:21:31Z")
Cutler missed him. I hate seeing Peprah in coverage, he’s a weak link, but thank heavens Jay couldn’t make the throw. ---
**Author:** ![UncleNito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7cd45c/32.png) [@UncleNito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleNito)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packers-v-bears-nfc-championship-game/568478/60 "2011-01-23T20:22:11Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Oh yeah. Fantastic first drive, great mix of plays, Aaron is money, and no mistakes. > Hot damn. > > Now, the biggest worries. Special teams. I know they’re trying to keep it away from Hester, but I’m not sure I like giving it to them at the 40 every time, either. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packers-v-bears-nfc-championship-game/568478.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/packers-v-bears-nfc-championship-game/568478.md?page=4)