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Mike Singletary, 24 years ago:
Mike Singletary, today:
I do too, Samurai. I do, too.
That is why I pick the Bears to beat the 49ers tonight! History be damned. In 1985, on their phenomenal Super Bowl run (yes, we in Chicago do still hang our hats on it!), the Bears beat the then Joe Montana-led 49ers at Candlestick Park, 26-10. The game was a revenge match for Bears coach Mike Ditka, whose team lost the NFC Championship Game in San Francisco the previous season.
If revenge is a bitter pill to swallow, the Bears choked on it, over the course of the next 23 years. During that period, eight trips to San Francisco have resulted in eight losses for the Bears, by a combined score of 229 to 36.
All this changes tonight, babes. OK, I'm making this prediction during the 2nd quarter, and the Niners are up by a touchdown. Still, I have hope. Both teams are playing up (or down) to one another's capabilities.
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And now, to the game. At the half, the score has tightened to a 7-3 Niners lead, courtesy of a Robbie Gould field goal to wind up the first half.
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