Lawrence Holmes

I mean, Lovey Smith comes out on the first day and says, we want to beat the Packers.

No, no, we'd rather hear other stuff, right?

I don't.

to a certain segment of the Bears population, including my Aunt Rhonda.

They want to hear about the Bears beating the Packers, but this, Lawrence, this is genuine.

Who hurt you?

Who hurt you?

I mean, the whole experience was wonderful, Speaks.

I mean, I'm there hours before the game, obviously, and I went into the stadium and just kind of sat there.

We see the players start to come out and warm up, and I was just sort of staring at the field, watching them rehearse literally how much noise they're going to bring into the stadium, watching them rehearse.

rehearse the national anthem, just going through all of that.

And then, of course, the stuff that happened prior to the game that I was able to witness, and that is the snowfall.

I don't know how much of a big deal they made on television with that, but that was a thing of beauty.

And then watching the two teams converge at the middle of the field.

The push and the shove.

Honestly, that gave me goosebumps even.

I'm like, it's so...

Like the energy, unfortunately, the energy just like was zapped in that first half.

And it was like, it felt like the first quarter of a Bulls game at the United Center when all you could hear is the ball bouncing before everybody's actually settled into their seats.

I hate that sound.