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Purdy: 49ers vs. Bears an underrated rivalry

(MCT) — SAN FRANCISCO — Rivalries are often overrated. A few, though, are very underrated.

Example of an overrated rivalry: Twinkies vs. Ho Ho’s. It made no sense. Both were made by the same company—which is now dissolving into a pile of gooey sugar debt. That will never happen with Apple vs. Microsoft, or Ohio State vs. Michigan.

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