1.  As one 49er team official said this week, when these two teams line up Monday night, "It could get ugly."

2.  As Packers defensive end Sean Jones put it, "Everybody wanted so badly for all these other teams to be in the Super Bowl.

3.  Do not be surprised if these two teams meet again in Super Bowl XXXI.

4.  Each of these eight teams will get between $11 million and $13 million for participating in what we now refer to as the Bowl Championship Series.

5.  Eight of the past nine meetings between these two teams have been decided by eight points or less.

6.  Even when it appeared Gagne might win his first major-league game he couldn't have realized what goes on between these two teams.

7.  Every year I have to watch these other teams in the playoffs, and I don't want to watch them.

8.  Even if these two teams are less dominant than in the past, emotion will not be lacking.

9.  Fire coach Bob Bradley admitted that these two teams bring out the best in each other.

10.  For the last 23 meetings between these two teams, McMichael had lined up at defensive tackle for the Bears.