"Gale Sayers on the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers- Part 1" and related posts

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I had the honor of interviewing Chicago Bear legend and Hall of� Famer Gale Sayers.� He is helping Van Heusen and JCPenney with their Fan Choice vote for the Hall of Fame this year.� Over the coming week, I'll be sharing some of the thoughts he has on a myriad of topics.

Funny story before we get started. They gave me a direct line to him... while I was expecting to get a go between, instead he answered, which threw me off for a moment.� I've heard him speak before, but I didn't think�he'd be absolutely recognizable, and I got a bit star struck.

First up is the NFC Championship between the Green�Bay Packers and your Chicago Bears.

Note: this was done over the telephone, and I tried to transcribe it as accurately as possible.� �

WCG: The Bears are set to face the Green Bay Packers.� Much has been made about the QBs, Green Bay's defense and even the condition of Soldier Field.� How do you see this game playing out?

Gale Sayers: The key to the game will be the quarterbacks. Both have to be outstanding games for their team to win.� Cutler has done a decent job, especially recently.� Aaron Rodgers for Green Bay has been outstanding for most of the year.� It will be cold weather, but I don't think that will be much of a factor.� Both of the teams play in cold weather, so that will even out.

WCG: So you don't expect to see much slippage or any real impact from the field conditions?

GS: I don't think the field matters much, both play on same type fields.�

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For the record, Green Bay actually has a mixed surface if I am not mistaken.� It is partly synthetic, mostly real.�� So there may be some getting used to for some players, but this is not the first time the Packers have played here, so they are familiar with the conditions.� Obviously, Green Bay can get as cold as Chicago, so that should matter none.� I don't know how much of a difference the hardness of a frozen field is when it is all real versus only partially.

We'll have Part Two of the interview coming soon!

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