Led by stars like Walter Payton, Jim McMahon, Mike Singletary, William “Refrigerator” Perry, head coach Mike Ditka, and defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan, the Chicago Bears in the 1980s were an NFL powerhouse. As anyone who's seen "The Super Bowl Shuffle" surely knows, they were also an unforgettable group of characters. Otis Wilson, the Bears starting outside linebacker, was right in the center of the action, and in this book, Wilson provides a closer look at the great moments and personalities that made this era legendary. Readers will meet the players, coaches, and management and share in their moments of triumph and defeat. Be a fly on the wall as Wilson recounts stories from those days in Chicago, including the 1985 Super Bowl-winning season. If These Walls Could Talk: Chicago Bears will make fans a part of the team’s storied history. Chicago's first round draft pick in 1980 out of Louisville,  Otis Wilson  starred at outside linebacker for the feared 1980s Bears defenses. An intimidating pass rusher, Wilson had 10.5 sacks for the 1985 Super Bowl champions. The two-time Pro Bowler finished his career with the L.A. Raiders in 1989 and was named to the All-Madden Century Team.  Chet Coppock is an Emmy Award winning sportscaster who was inducted into the Chicago Sports Hall of Fame in 2014. If These Walls Could Talk: Chicago Bears By Otis Wilson, Chet Coppock Triumph Books LLC Copyright © 2017 Otis Wilson and Chet Coppock All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-1-62937-408-6 Contents Foreword by World B. Free, Preface, 1. Collision Time: Otis and the Blond-Haired Buckeye, 2. Otis vs. Da Coach — Da Fight Dat Shoulda Been!, 3. Is That You Out There Buddy Ryan?, 4. You're Being (Alan) Paged. Welcome to the Big Leagues, Kid!, 5. Jones and Cefalo Put the National TV Blade in Otis, 6. Mongo: Born to Be Outrageous, Born to Be a Bear, 7. Todd Bell: the Last Angry Man, 8. Bloodbath: Buddy's Boys Bulldoze Pride and Poise, 9. Hey, Singletary, Do You Remember Otis and Wilber?, 10. Welcome to Mayberry ... uh, Green Bay, 11. Big O Says Don't Go Punkin' the Punky QB!, 12. Baby Devin and the Dream Team Offensive Line, 13. Richard Dent: The Sack Man Cometh, 14. Tom Landry: Did He See the Car Coming?, 15. No. 55 — Solid as a Rock at 60, 16. The Collection Plate and the Burger Joint, 17. Moe Finkelstein: One Helluva Coach, One Helluva Man, 18. Shuffle Time: Who Says White Guys Can't Dance? We Do!, 19. Butthead vs. Robbie Gould, 20. On the Court, 21. Sweetness Just Couldn't Play Hoops, 22. The Badass Florida Gator, 23. Monsters of the Midway? Ya Gotta Be Kidding!, 24. Big O Does the Big Apple and Lives to Tell About It!, 25. That Moorehead Kid Was a Quiet Winner, 26. Down and Out vs. Dallas, 27. "Handsome" Otis Wilson vs. the Iron Sheik?!?, 28. The Bond: Otis and M.J., 29. From the Knockout in New Orleans to "Night Rangers", 30. Heart of Gold! Charity Champ!, 31. Bad, Bad Men: Otis, Hamp, and Mongo, 32. Dissecting the Enigma: Wake up, Jay Cutler!, 33. Calling Vince Evans, Michael McCaskey, and Maverick Al, 34. The Conditioning Gene Runs Nonstop, 35. NFL 2016 — Bears Crash and Burn Early, 36. 'Cuse and Louisville: The Road to Halas Hall, 37. Late Night, Clipboards, and Tranquilizers — the Coaching Crew, 38. The Dad and the Kid ... Learning the A-B-Cs at Halas Hall, 39. Willie Gault: Just How Much Did the Track Man Leave on the Field?, 40. The Doug Flutie Disaster, 41. Colin Kaepernick Dares to Be Different, 42. Defense: Intelligence Collides with the Neanderthal Mindset, 43. Good Night and Good Luck, Afterword, CHAPTER 1 Collision Time: Otis and the Blond-Haired Buckeye "I felt the full and complete wrath of Otis Wilson — and he was my teammate!" — Doug Plank Coppock: Doug Plank was a menacing, wicked, downhill hitter who joined the Bears in 1975 as an afterthought, a 12 round pick schooled by the Woody Hayes football machine at Ohio State. Doug had stylishly long blonde hair and a baby-face grin that told you he just had to be the kid who stole the ice cream bars from your refrigerator. He frequently passed up interception opportunities to lay the wood on opposing wide receivers. He just couldn't help himself. Doug never really had a so-called filter. He didn't see turnovers, he saw blood. True story: Plank loved to bang helmets at full speed with teammates while other guys stretched during pregame warm-ups. Doug frequently played nutcracker with former Channel 5 sportscaster Mike Adamle during Mike's brief tenure with the Bears. Actually, any player in a Bears jersey could be a helmet-knocker buddy for Plank. Who does that and retains all his marbles? Hey, Doug is as lucid as he can be. Go figure. Otis: Doug was Todd Bell before Todd Bell. That's the greatest compliment I can give him. My first year with the Bears, we were playing a Monday nighter against Tampa Bay. Doug Williams, the Bucs quarterback, threw downfield to Jimmie Giles, a terrific tigh