Hey everyone, I'm JJ Snankovits and welcome in to another edition of the Undercenter podcast brought to you by Sprinkler Fitter's Union Local 281.

We're trying something new today. It's our first edition of Bears Classics. These stories were documentaries on our network over the past decade, and were turning

them into podcast episodes to take you behind the scenes of some of the greatest moments in

franchise history. Considering its Thanksgiving week against the Lions, we'd thought we'd start

with the Bears' greatest Thanksgiving moment in Detroit, the 23 to 17 comeback win on November 27th, 1980 at the old Pontiac

Silverdome. You'll hear the story of this game from those who are there, including quarterback

Vince Evans, linebacker Otis Wilson, offensive lineman Dan Jiggetts, defensive lineman

Dan Hampton, and many, many more. You'll hear me introduce each person the first time they speak

so you can

recognize them throughout the podcast. And I'll start with our narrator, legendary Hall

Fame linebacker Dick Buttkiss. He'll be chiming in throughout to set the stage for various

segments. But we begin with NFL commentator and broadcaster Hub Arkish, who gives us some history

of the NFL tradition of playing on Thanksgiving.

This is Bears Classics, the Feast of Pontiac. Enjoy.

What it means to me to be a Chicago bear, it's an easy question. It means everything to me.

That means rich tradition, black and blue division, defense, legends, linebackers.

The history of it, I mean, I'm a big history guy, so understanding this was one of the first

franchise is just kind of blows my mind, honestly, that was able to be a part of that.

The city, just the nostalgia of playing for a story franchise, the story franchise of the running back

position with guys like Gail Sayers and Walter Payton and being able to follow in those footsteps.

So being a bear means everything.

I mean, what more can you say?

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