Source: wgntv.com - Monday, December 31, 2018
CHICAGO – It’s fitting that it would be that opponent at this time for the team. The anniversary is just too fitting. Thanks to a Bears’ win over the Vikings and the Eagles’ victory over Washington on Sunday, the two squads will meet in the Wild Card round of the NFL playoffs this Sunday. It’s just their fourth-ever meeting in the postseason, and comes 17 years after the last one. But that’s not the anniversary that popped into mind once Bears’ fans thought of the opponent, the playoffs, or the anniversary that arrives Monday after the match-up was set. Mother Nature takes most of the credit for that. On December 31, 1988, the Bears and the Eagles took part in the famous “Fog Bowl” at Soldier Field. It was an NFC Divisional Playoff game like no others in the history of the league – where low-lying clouds moved across the lake and into the bowl. It both literally and figuratively overshadowed another match-up of Mike Ditka’s Bears with former defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan’s Eagles. The 20-12 victory by the home team put them into their first NFC Championship since 1985. Yet all of that took a back seat to the Windy City’s foggy day. Funny thing is that weather didn’t appear to be a factor early on, when bright sunshine greeted another full house at Soldier Field. The Bears entered as the No. 1 seed in the NFC, hoping to overcome back-to-back playoff exits in the divisional round after a Super Bowl XX title. Ryan took the Eagle
Source: Breaking News
CHICAGO – It’s fitting that it would be that opponent at this time for the team. The anniversary is just too fitting. Thanks to a Bears’ win over the Vikings and the Eagles’ victory over Washington on Sunday, the two squads will meet in the Wild Card round of the NFL playoffs this Sunday. It’s just their fourth-ever meeting in the postseason, and comes 17 years after the last one. But that’s not the anniversary that popped into mind once Bears’ fans thought of the opponent, the playoffs, or the anniversary that arrives Monday after the match-up was set. Mother Nature takes most of the credit for that. On December 31, 1988, the Bears and the Eagles took part in the famous “Fog Bowl” at Soldier Field. It was an NFC Divisional Playoff game like no others in the history of the league – where low-lying clouds moved across the lake and into the bowl. It both literally and figuratively overshadowed another match-up of Mike Ditka’s Bears with former defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan’s Eagles. The 20-12 victory by the home team put them into their first NFC Championship since 1985. Yet all of that took a back seat to the Windy City’s foggy day. Funny thing is that weather didn’t appear to be a factor early on, when bright sunshine greeted another full house at Soldier Field. The Bears entered as the No. 1 seed in the NFC, hoping to overcome back-to-back playoff exits in the divisional round after a Super Bowl XX title. Ryan took the Eagle
Source: Breaking News
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