Carolina Panthers' Smith Undoes Bears.

The Chicago Bears had no answer to the Carolina Panthers' Steve Smith who finished tonight with twelve catches for 218 yards and two great touchdowns, to take the game 29-21. They had to Seattle next and are only the third No. 5 seed since 1990 to advance to the championship game.

Grossman, the Bears quarterback has missed most the season through injury did a good job overall and rallied his team in the second half - but late in the fourth quarter, trailing 29-21, he was intercepted by Ken Lucas with a little over two minutes to play.

There more or less ended the Bears first return to the play-offs in four years. Ironically their good run included a 13-3 victory over Carolina in November. This time around, the Panthers used Smith to great effect to kill off a Bears challenge that still needs some honing.

The Bears never really recovered from Smith's first score, where he left a couple of Bears players flailing, to give the Panthers 7-0 lead.

The game next week promises to be a fantastic game from a football betting and spectator standpoint.