The Median Sib

I don’t keep up with football much, but I THINK the last time the Chicago Bears were in the Super Bowl was back in 1986 when RT and I lived in a Chicago Suburb.  Not that our living in Chicago had anything to do with it, but I was glad that it happened while we were there.  It was so much fun to get into the enthusiasm of such an exciting event.  All of the greater Chicago area was at a manic pitch of excitement for week leading up to the Super Bowl.  The Super Bowl Shuffle played practically non-stop on TV. 

By the way, it is obvious I don’t keep up with football much because until I was watching the pre-game festivities on TV about 30 minutes before the Super Bowl started, I didn’t even know the Chicago Bears were in it this year.   Since Peyton Manning is an ex-University of Tennessee player, I knew that Indianapolis was in it, but I didn’t know who they were playing.

Do you remember “The Super Bowl Shuffle”?    Really, who could forget the “Super Bowl Shuffle”?  I admit - I loved it.  It was all part of the team loyalty fun time of that Super Bowl winter of ‘86.  Somewhere, deep in one of my storage rooms is a tape of the Bears doing The Super Bowl Shuffle.  I remember our son, Joey, had the song memorized.   Actually, we all did.  He idolized Refrigerator Perry and McMahon and Walter Payton.  (Did I get all the names right?)

So I’m conflicted.  I really like Peyton Manning - but I have residual loyalty for the Bears.  So who to cheer during the game?  As I type this, it’s the first quarter, and Chicago is leading 14 to 6.  I think I want the Bears to win.  After all, no other team has ever done a Super Bowl Shuffle. . . have they?