Admit it.  Just like everyone else you drank the Bears were terrible kool-aid.  You, and most others like you, believed with every breath in your body that the Bears couldn't block, tackle, run, pass or catch well enough to beat Northwestern let alone an elite NFL level team.  Admit it.

Now admit we were all wrong, at least for one night.

Admit that none of us could predict that Matt Forte would have the best first game rushing than any Chicago bear in history.  Better than Sayers.  Better than Sweetness.  In fact, Forte probably had Cedric Benson's career last night.

Admit you thought Kyle Orton would do something stupid.  Admit that after the first exchange from center where Orton went one way and Olin Kruetz went the other you thought loudly and profanely "Here we go again."

Admit that you thought the Bears offense line couldn't stop the Colts front four, let alone Bob Sanders.  Admit you thought Dwight Feeny would list his legal residence as the Bears backfield. Admit that you thought that by halftime, Orton would be removed from the field in a body bag after being taken off the turf with a paint scraper and that Rex Grossman would be back under center dropping snaps and throwing picks.

Admit that you thought the Bears defense was slow and washed up and that Peyton Manning would be able to tape commercials in the time that he would have in the pocket.  Admit that you thought Tommie Harris' knee would act up and he'd be back on the bench, giving a rookie the vital "A technique" role on the defensive line.

Admit that even on one knee and with no pre-season, you thought that Peyton Manning would surgically shred the Bears into little pieces the Bears up like Emeril carving a Thanksgiving turkey or a fancy roast.

Admit that you thought the motley crew of Bears receivers, a group of has beens, never wases and may never bes couldn't catch a cold let alone a pass.

We were wrong.  We were all wrong.  And when I say "we", I mean "we" because if you actually saw this coming and your name isn't Lovie Smith, then you and I need to go to Las Vegas right now.

The Bears did everything right as opposed to last year when they did everything wrong.  And like the 2008 White Sox, from whom little was expected, the Bears, at least for four quarters last night showed us that yes, they can stand toe to toe with one of the best teams in football and beat them.

Whether they can sustain this next Sunday against Carolina, a team that engineered an improbable comeback against San Diego yesterday, remains to be seen.  But at this point what we do know is that with Indy and San Diego beaten by two teams that were supposed to be weak sisters in the NFC and Tom Brady shredding his knee, perhaps the balance of power will begin to shift back to the NFC. 

What we also know, that at least for one Sunday, the Bears are the talk of the NFL, right up there with Brady's knee and the Elderly Hillbilly's debut in Jet green.

Admit it, you didn't see that coming.