I hear what your saying about SB's but its obvious Seattle is the better team here. If Carolina wins I believe it will be a big upset. Not that Carolina stinks, I think they are the second best in the NFC, but to say, as Golic and Salisbury said, that Smith is better than Alexander, Fox is better than Holmgren, Delhomme is better than Hasslebeck, and Caro's D is better than Seattles. Its just not so cut and dry.
Do I think Caro can win? Of course, they're a good team but Aikman is the only one I hear giving Seattle a chance, of course he picked them at the beginning to be in the Superbowl.
The Bears got respect because their defense was a wrecking crew for most of the year. And because they were expected to do nothing after Grossman went down. Cinderella teams always get attention and respect.
Unfortunately the coaching let the team down the last two games and the slow start by Grossman and the quick score by the Panthers made it almost impossible to recover.
But Bears' fans realize that this team played far better than anyone expected and, given its youth, will just get better particularly now that we have two promising young qbs. Most believe it a miracle that we had a qb actually last through fifteen games. That has not happened in well over a decade. Next year and the year after should be the Bears year.
Bears got respect because they lead the league in points allowed, they earned that respect. Going into the season Sports Illustrated had the Bears ranked as the WORST team#32 in the NFL.
I am not disaggreeing with you. I am rooting for Seattle. Especially if Aikman is picking them as well. He has developed a way of gaging a team to see if they have it or not, that bucks the usual talking sports heads theories.