The Vikings are waaaaayyyy more due than da Bears. I've been waiting for a Lombardi in Minnesota for too many years to count.
I had to put up with Ditka, that ridiculous Bears music video, Refrigerator Perry, "the eyes of Mike Singletary", and all the other Bears hype when they won it in '86.
Now, it's looking at the smug prick "Lovie" with his nose in the air on the sidelines and hearing about Urlacher non-stop. Being in the same division as da Bears is almost, not quite, but almost, as bad as being in the same division as the now gloriously inept Packers. God, how I hate those guys.
I think da Bears are definitely better than the Vikes this year (how can one argue with 60-7 through two games), but as far as who is "due", it's no contest. The Vikes are in a rebuild mode and I think it's the Bears time to shine in the NFC North. Watch out in 2008-9 though. We should be loaded and ready by then, and Tarvaris Jackson will hopefully be leading our offense with some experience under his belt.
I just hope Bill Maas is fired before Sunday so I don't have to listen to that moron gab all game.
With you on the overdue bit. It kind of irritates me in a small way that a couple of new teams can come join the league and within a couple of years be in the championship or the superbowl, while fans of teams like the Cardinals (if they have any fans) and Vikings have waited decades paying their dues.