MNF - Bears/Vikes

Abe and I got hooked up with MNF tix for Christmas.  Big surprise.  We thought all our gift receiving was done after our 'pre-Illinois' family Christmas.  Was very pumped to get to head to Soldier Field for MNF.

The tix that we got were great.  They were my cousins season tickets.  Outstanding seats about halfway up in the south end zone.  Soldier Field is different from any stadium I have ever been to.  They revamped the stadium in 2003 building onto the existing architecture.  It is a more modern design built on top of the old colonnaded Roman looking structure.  It looks a little strange from the outside but inside the stadium and the seating is really cool.  It was definitely Bears weather.  Very cold.  The announced temp in the second half was 16 degrees.

The game was outstanding.  The Bears played the best that they have in a month or two.  Offense moved the ball decently and the D did enough to get the job done.  Still a very ugly year for the Bears but I'm glad I got to see a great win against the Vikes.  The Bears got out to a 16-0 lead at half before the Vikes came back and tied it 30-30 with 15 seconds left in the game to push it to overtime.  I hate Brett Favre.  Somehow Robbie good as Gould missed a FG on the first possession in OT.  I thought the Bears were doomed at this point giving the Vikings a short field to get within FG distance but the Bears D stepped up huge sacking Favre twice.  Cutler then made a big pass for his fourth TD pass of the day on the following possession to win the game 36-30 (I'm not gonna lie, I cringed every time Cutler threw a pass but he ended up playing a great game).  Soldier Field went nuts.  It was a great time.

Great game, great experience.  Thanks Mom & Pops!

Side rant:  There were easily more Favre Vikings jerseys in the stadium than any of Vikings player.  Are these people serious?  Who is dumb enough to pay $100 for a jersey of a player who is only gonna be on the team for a year????  Especially a guy who has been on a rival team the last 15 years.  I even saw a couple Jets #4 jerseys.  Really??  Favre please go away, you are ancient.