41 things that have changed from the last time

[whitem0nkey]

In honor of the Chicago Bears going to Super Bowl 41. Here are 41 things

that have changed from the last time the Chicago Bears played in the Super

Bowl (which was Super Bowl 20 in 1986):

 

 

1. Brian Urlacher was in 2nd grade. Rex Grossman was in kindergarten.

 

2. Peyton Manning was 10 years old. Eli Manning was 5 years old. Their dad,

Archie, had just retired from the NFL two years earlier.

 

3. Lovie Smith was in his first college coaching job at University of

Tulsa.

 

4. Ronald Reagan was the President, and Harold Washington was the Mayor.

James R. Thompson was the Governor running for re-election and his office

was in the new State of Illinois Center, which is now called the James R.

Thompson Center.

 

5. George W. Bush wa s 39 years old and still drinking. His father would run

for President two years later.

 

6. Rod Blagojevich was jus t out of law school and was a low-level

prosecutor

working for the Cook County State's Attorney, Richard M. Daley.

 

7. Barack Obama had just moved to Illinois, and Osama bin Laden was

fighting

the Soviets in Afghanistan.

 

8. Red Grange and Sid Luckman were still alive.

 

9. The Colts had just moved to Indianapolis from Baltimore and were the

doormat of the AFC EAST. The Bears were the champions of the NFC CENTRAL.

 

10. Property in Wicker Park and Bucktown was cheap because they were really

bad neighborhoods.

 

11. CD players, cellular phones and fax machines were expensive, cutting

edge technology and only a few people used them.

 

12. "Surfing the net" meant a volleyball game at the beach, and virtually

no

one used the "@" key on their TYPEWRITER.

 

13. Sam Walton was still ali ve and was wealthier than Bill Gates. Windows

were panes of glass...not a computer operating system that was a pain in

something that rhymes with glass.

 

14. The Soviet Union was our main enemy, and Saddam Hussein was our ally.

 

15. There were no lights at Wrigley Field, and the oldest park in baseball

belonged to the White Sox.

 

16. Michael Jordan and Ozzie Guillen had just finished their "Rookie of the

Year" seasons. Jordan's coach was Stan Albeck and Guillen's manager was

Tony

LaRussa. (Three out of four of those guys are now wearing championship

rings, but what ever happened to Stan Albeck???)

 

17. Soldier Field had AstroTurf. The Houston Oilers played in the

AstroDome.

 

18. The Fox TV Network didn't exist, and ESPN had yet to air a single live

pro football, baseball, or basketball game.

 

19. MTV played music and so did some AM radio stations.

 

20. Lindsay Lohan and Hilary Duff weren't born yet ; Jackie Gleason and

Richard Nixon were still alive.

 

21. Hillary Clinton had dark hair and was the First Lady..... .of Arkansas!

 

22. "The Love Boat" and "Diff'rent Strokes" were still on network TV every

week.

 

23. Martin Luther King Day was about to be celebrated as a National Holiday

for the first time. "9-11" was a phone number many cities were just

adopting

for emergency calls - not a date of terror.

 

24. I-88 was called "Illinois Rt. 5" and I-355 hadn't been built yet.

 

25. What the CTA now calls "The Blue Line" had just been extended to

O'Hare,

and the Orange Line to Midway hadn't been built yet.

 

26. Q101 played adult contemporary music and most teenagers listened to

WLS.

Music from the 70s and 80s wasn't "retro" yet.

 

27. Tiger Woods hadn't won an amateur golf tournament yet.

 

28. Most people knew Seattle just as a city in the Northwest U.S. - not the

home of grunge or Starbuck s.

 

29. Only Southerners went to NASCAR races and only Northerners went to NHL

games.

 

30. The Chicago area h ad no Wal-Marts, Targets or Home Depots, and

Walgreen's was only in the Midwest.

 

31. Depending on your bank, your ATM card was good at only "Cash Station"

machines or only at "Money Network" machines, but there were no fees.

 

32. "The Phone Company" was Illinois Bell.

 

33. They still sold leaded gasoline and you couldn't pay for your gas at

the

pump.

 

34. Discover Card hadn't been discovered yet, and Miller Genuine Draft

hadn't been brewed yet.

 

35. Stereo TVs were the rage that HDTVs are now. 8-track tapes were still

being made.

 

36. All of the Blockbuster Video stores that are now closing hadn't opened

yet. Betamax was still competing with VHS.

 

37. You paid cash for your groceries and fast food, and you used a travel

agent to book airline flights.

 

38. Bowl games di dn't have corporate sponsors, and if the #1 ranked team

was

in a conference that played in one bowl game and the #2 rank ed team was in

a

conference that played in another bowl game, then so be it! They let the

sportswriters vote on the national champion. (and no college football games

were played after New Year's Day)

 

39. The Baltimore Ravens were the Cleveland Browns. The Tennessee Titans

were the Houston Oilers. The Oakland Raiders were the Los Angeles Raiders

that had just left Oakland. The Arizona Cardinals (the former Phoenix

Cardinals) were the St. Louis Cardinals, and the St. Louis Rams were the

Los

Angeles Rams. The Jacksonville Jaguars, Carolina Panthers, Houston Texans,

and the Cleveland Browns (not to be confused with the Cleveland Browns that

are now the Baltimore Ravens) didn't exist. The Seattle Seahawks (last

year's NFC Champions) played in the AFC.

 

40. Number 9 on the Bears was their Punky QB.. .not their perky field goal

kicker.

 

41. There were no iPods - just Sony Walkmen - so if you said something

about a "shuffle" on your Walkman, they assumed you were listening to "The Super

Bowl Shuffle"

Edited February 1, 2007 by whitem0nkey

[rocknrobn26]

Good stuff, but I question a few. One being the Discover Card. It was originally run by Sears and I believe it came out in 84-85.

[Pope Flick]

Good stuff, but I question a few. One being the Discover Card. It was originally run by Sears and I believe it came out in 84-85.

 

 

 

Yeah, and 911 was in place WELL before the mid-80 across the country.

[whitem0nkey]

stupid forwards.

 

I did not check any of this stuff to see how accurate it is. So sorry for passing bad info.

 

But I know this is true, " George W. Bush was s 39 years old and still drinking."

[rocknrobn26]

stupid forwards.

 

I did not check any of this stuff to see how accurate it is. So sorry for passing bad info.

 

But I know this is true, " George W. Bush was s 39 years old and still drinking."

 

 

Don't punish yourself,man! Most was accurate and very interesting.

[Pope Flick]

Don't punish yourself,man! Most was accurate and very interesting.

 

 

 

I had forgotten that Comiskey was older than Wrigley.

[gilthorp]

Ginger Lynn...was....well, Ginger Lynn.

[HowboutthemCowboys]

Broncosn05 was born.

[Randall]

Mike Ditka drafted Ricky Williams.

[HowboutthemCowboys]

Dallas won 3.

[Randall]

I haven't seen this again.

[CarryTheRock]

CarryTheRock was a long haired guitar player, not a bald guy who listens to Hair Nation on Sirius.

edit spelling

Edited February 2, 2007 by CarryTheRock

[Big John]

 

Posted yesterday

 

[Big John]

Broncosn05 was born.

 

Minus 5 years

[charty]

After embarrassing the Pats in Superbowl XX, the Patriots have gone on to appear in 4 Superbowls, winning 3, and the Bears have not returned until now.

[CarryTheRock]

After embarrassing the Pats in Superbowl XX, the Patriots have gone on to appear in 4 Superbowls, winning 3, and the Bears have not returned until now.

OOOOooooooo Good one....