16. DECATUR-- The Bears were originally named the Decatur Staleys for the semipro football team fielded by the A.E. Staley food starch company in 1919. George Halas took over the team in 1920 and founded it as an NFL franchise, moving it to Chicago in 1921.
Halas bought the rights to the team for $100, which was a lot of money then but wouldn't get you a regular season game ticket ticket today.
Fakers Gold: Halas adopted navy blue and orange team colors because of his alma mater, the University of Illinois.
17. PACKERS-- Hate them, that's the law. (O.K., so I break the law. I like Da Pack unless they play Da Bears.)
18. BEAR WEATHER-- Traditionally, the colder the better chance of da Bears winning. The cold-weather toughened Bears hosted the West Coast-based 49ers in the NFC Championship game in January 1989 in wind chills that dipped to minus-26 degrees in Soldier Field. The final score: 49ers 28, Bears 3. R.I.P. Bear Weather.
"Show the Way to Victory." --DaCoot
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