Why the Bears will win, straight from the heart of the Hopeful Bears Fan...

It seems like YEARS since the Bears have played a meaningful game (in fact, I was there when the Bears took out the Jets at Soldier Field the day after Christmas.  So, there's been enough talk, it's time to play the game.  As such, I'll keep this brief--Bears 31 Seahawks 13.  Here's why (forgive me, my reasons below are my own and aren't really based in any "fact"--straight from heart (which is what the playoffs are all about) here it is:

• I get this feeling from the Bears, and more specifically their veterans, that this is their time.  And they seem to know it.  Guys like Brian Urlacher, Lance Briggs, Julius Peppers, Chris Harris, Olin Kreutz, Chester Taylor, Anthony Adams, Charles Tillman, and yes, Jay Cutler are primed to take advantage of this opportunity.  For some, it may be their last.
• The running game is clicking right now, and it seems like the Bears almost wanted to hide the success that their having in this area in their last game against the Packers. Matt Forte was running wild but they didn't seem to want to put it on film.  They've saved him for this game and he is ready to go into "beast mode".
• Home field advantage.  I like that this game will be at 10:00 am for the Seahawks, and that they will be in weather they aren't used to in a hostile environment.  The playoffs make the environment that much more hostile, as the Seahawks showed the Saints last week.  Get up Bears fans!
• Jay Cutler (aka the Wild Card).  I think he has the personality to excel in his first playoff game.  If he plays above average the Bears can't lose, and he has that in him, if not more.
• Julius Peppers was shut out last game by Russell Okung, the rookie.  Expect the vet to show the rookie a thing or two in the rematch.

Only 108 hours to go... let's make some history.