Welcome to the Bears Game Day Season Finale.  Like any season finale, I expect there to be plenty of drama, wrapping up a few story lines and a clifhanger or two to hook you in for next season.. 

Sadly, a lot of what's going on in the Bears' universe has more to do with what's going on off the field with respect to the head coach and front office than what is going on between the white lines, but we all still tune in to see what happens between the white lines.

I've heard a growing trend that Lovie Smith saved his job with the effort the team put forth against the Vikings on Monday night.  I completely disagree.  Despite the entertaining game, did anyone notice that the Bears allowed 30 second half points?  Did anyone ask where this effort has been all season?

In case you're new to the party, I guess my fist question is, where the heck have you been all season?   We've been doing this for 15 games already!!!  Here's how Bears Game Day works.  I'll be providing a running commentary/game coverage as the action unfolds live in the Comments section below.    After the jump, I'll be providing a Scoring Summary to help you catch up if you're jumping in late. 

What makes this the most fun is for you to sign up and join the discussion.  As there are breaks in the action, I'll try to respond to comments and questions and pull in info from Twitter or other sources around the interwebs. 

Join me back before kickoff for game day inactives, injury updates and any breaking news. 

Welcome to Bears Game Day.  If you're checking in at 12 Noon expecting kickoff, you've missed the news - kickoff has been pushed back to 3:15 Central.  (At least that's the latest info I have as of the writing of this intro.  There is a possibility of pushing back to Monday night, but no confirmation of that and frankly, we don't need another national TV embarrassment).

In typical Bears fashion (at least this season), the Bears' flight on Friday night did not get out of O'Hare and they missed their window to fly to Baltimore before the storm hit, so they aren't expected to arrive there until very late on Saturday night/Sunday morning.  I guess they've already got their excuse for getting blown out already set up nicely.

In case you missed it, I put together my Bears All-Decade Team earlier this week.  It was nice to take a little stroll down memory lane and remember some of the great Bears players this past decade.  I'll say this - it's WAY better than what they had going in the 90's, which I consider the Dark Ages of Football here in Chicago.  But I digress.

So Bears - Ravens, huh?  I'm not all that excited either, but these are still our Bears and no matter what, I'm faithful until the bitter end. 

The Bears are left trying to scramble to save some jobs and try to make themselves look respectable while the Ravens are in control of their own playoff destiny.  That coupled with the Bears travels woes and an unmotivated and demoralized team could make for an ugly game. 

That's OK - more fun for us.  Snide comments work much better when they're not playing well.  Plus, it gives me more fodder for my new blog here on ChicagoNow - FIRE LOVIE SMITH! 

If any updates pop up before kickoff, I'll post an update, otherwise I'll see you back around 3 PM Central with pre-game updates, injury news and plenty of weather updates.   

I'll be posting a scoring summary after the jump and plenty of comments as the action unfolds in the Comments section.  Sign up to join in the fun. 

Welcome to the Bears vs Packers: The Drinking Game, er, Bears Game Day.  My name is Mike Burzawa and I'll be pouring today, I mean, I'll be your tour guide for this (in my best John Facenda voice), the 179th meeting between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears.  For those of you keeping score at home, the Bears lead the all-time series 91-81-6, so we've got that going for us. 

When they last met during Week 1, there were such high hopes for the Bears.  They were unveiling their new toy in Jay Cutler and the playoffs were the goal. 

A funny thing happened on the way to the playoffs.  The once-vaunted Bears defense was exposed as having more holes than a slice of Lorraine Swiss and Jay Cutler and the offense figured out that what they do best is throw interceptions.  

All that's left to play for in Chicago is pride and trying to save a few jobs.  (Actually, it might be too late for that, but that's another story). 

As much as things have changed for the Bears, they've also changed here at Game Day.  No, I haven't thrown 20 interceptions, but I've witnessed them all.  When we first started this little project, we had a guest blogger representing the opponent's point of view. 

We quickly realized that we don't care about when the opponents have to say and they weren't bringing much to the party.  This is about the Bears and our reactions, so we cut that out and moved from a true play-by-play in the body of the post to a discussion and running commentary in the Comments sections.

That's where you can jump in and make this more fun.  Sign up and throw your $0.02 in as the action unfolds.  Don't leave it bottled up - get it out of your system ASAP. 

I'll see you back before kickoff with updates, inactives and any final thoughts.  I'll post a Scoring Summary after the jump to help you catch up.