In the fall of 1985 the Chicago Bears, a team that some of us consider the greatest to ever play anything, a team that included four future Hall of Famers—five, counting coach Mike Ditka—a team that was in the midst of one of the most dominating seasons in NFL history and on its way to what would be a crushing victory in Super Bowl XX, courted a jinx in the grandest and most brazen way imaginable.
It was the morning following what would be the team’s only loss—just a few hours after the team plane touched down from Miami—that the Bears shot the video for the “Super Bowl Shuffle.