Packers Leaping into Faithful...Nice Touch
Keith Moore
read a report from today's Toronto Star newspaper...
"Packers leaping into faithful nice touch"
"There's a new sporting tradition (okay, maybe it's only a fad) and, for
a change, it's a good one. It involves members of the Green Bay Packers
hurling themselves into the outstretched arms of their fans.
What a twist, eh? Most pro athletes these days would do anything to
avoid contact with the great unwashed, ticket buying masses. They
cultivate an up-yours aloofness, off in a world of their own.
We're told the over-the-top and into-the-crowd thing might have started
in Cleveland, where once upon a time there was a special affinity between
the Browns and the endzone Dawg Pound fans. These days, Browns owner Art
Modell won't even show his face in public in Ohio, let alone embrace a
Dawg, for fear it might get chewed off.
But the Green Bay Packers throw themselves into the arms of the
cheeseheads, apparently unconcerned for life or limb or the franchise
leaving town. It's like a throwback to another era, when the Packers
were the scourge of the NFl, when Forrest Gregg was better known than
Forrest Gump, when Vince Lombardi dined with presidents and corn-fed
Wisconsin represented all that was good about football and America. Real
men played football in Green Bay in December and, usually, January.
Watching them launch themselves into the bleachers after scoring
touchdowns yesterday, the Packers seemed to be actually enjoying
themselves, acting like crazy kids instead of highly paid professionals.
As for the fans, they appeared to be utterly and completely out of their
minds with pleasure, promting one to think that this is the sort of thing
that might catch on all over through this newly minted year. Either that
or it will be banned. Or, Commissioner Paul Tagliabue will strike a
committee to find out how the league might licence such proceedings. If
so, Jerry Jones will outfit all of his Cowboys' endzone fans in matching
sponsor-friendly outfits.
..Anyway, wouldn't it be a treat to see Olerud (Blue Jays First Baseman)
crank a line-drive home run, round the bases with fists pumping in the
air, then run right past the Jays' dugout and dive into the waiting arms
of Skydome fans - just like the Packers do? But that's football and
that's Green Bay; baseball players wouldn't do something so
inter-personally rash unless by doing so they'd activate some bonus in
their contracts"
Well I hope you like that. I've been a Packer fan since the early 80's
when I lived in England and the Pack were the first team I saw play on
British TV. Now living in Toronto, perhaps I can say that the Packers
are not only America's Team but also Canada and England's too!!!
My strongest wish for 1996 is to visit Green Bay and saa a game LIVE!
Can anyone tell me what the home schedule is for 1996 and how I would go
about getting tickets?? Many thanks!
Two more wins and we're there. See you on the 28th!
Mark Potochnik
: My strongest wish for 1996 is to visit Green Bay and saa a game LIVE!
: Can anyone tell me what the home schedule is for 1996 and how I would go
: about getting tickets?? Many thanks!
Getting tickets is hard, unless you get tickets from a ticket broker and
pay big dollars......
Go Pack !!!!!!!1
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Dubear Kroening
Not sure that anyone is interested, but tailgating outside Lambeau at
the K-Mart parking lot before the game, tickets were going for $50
apiece. Yes, that's right, only $5 more than face value. I'd heard
upwards of $250 for real good seats (would that be in the EZ where the
packer players jump into the stands after TDs?) just the night before.
I was amazed tix could be had so cheaply, and am seriously thinking
that it wouldn't be a problem getting tix to any of the games.
Also got to meet Favre's and Jervey's girlfriends the night before the
game. My bro-in-law proposed to Favre's girl (all in jest, of
course). And if anyone happened to catch the interview with Irvin
Favre (Brett's Dad) on Sat. night, my bro-in-law was the guy doing the
dance right behind him. BTW, does anyone know if it is possible to
get tapes of newscasts? I'd love to have that one.
The game was awesome! Snowing, foggy, cold - great football weather.
The stands were absolutely rocking, loudest I've ever heard (although
I wasn't at the Steeler game). Great fans. And, to top it off,
partying with Frank Winters and Mark Chmura at the 50-yd Line Bar
afterwards (they both signed our packer hats). What a trip! Here's
hoping they can take out the 49ers next weekend.
Dubear
GO PACK!
Vincent Chao
I am a faithful Packers' fan who lives in central Ohio. Even though I am constantly jamed by
the other 2 NFL teams around here (the Browns and the Bangels), I still love the old Packers!!
Thanks for your wonderful posting on the net...the article is really a treat for me. As you can
imagine, I can't get too many good articles from where I live so that this article is an extra treat.
I see that you are a truly well-educated individual. It's great to see another Pack fan as
well-educated and with class like you are. Please keep up the great work and best of luck to
you. GO PACKERS!!!!!
Vincent Chao
John G. Heim
> Hi, I'm writing from Toronto and as a Packer fan I thought you'd like to
> read a report from today's Toronto Star newspaper...
>
> "Packers leaping into faithful nice touch"
>
> "There's a new sporting tradition (okay, maybe it's only a fad) and, for
> a change, it's a good one. It involves members of the Green Bay Packers
> hurling themselves into the outstretched arms of their fans.
There's more to it than this. I've been going to Packer games for about
25 years now and I've never seen anything like the relationship between
the fans and the players this season. It's really something.
After the games, the fans don't just pick up their stuff and leave. It's
become a tradition for the players to congradulate the fans after the
game in some way and for the fans to hang around waiting for the players
to leave the field.
People have said the atmosphere is like a college game but it's closer
than that even. It's like a highschool game where some of the players are
your own friends and relatives. I mean, you wouldn't just pack up and
leave if your kid or your best friend just scored the winning touchdown to
win state would you?
That's what it's like this year.
As great as seeing a game in Green Bay has always been, this year, it's
absolutely awesome.
Greg Hirt
>
> Hi, I'm writing from Toronto and as a Packer fan I thought you'd like to
> read a report from today's Toronto Star newspaper...
>
> "Packers leaping into faithful nice touch"
>
> "There's a new sporting tradition (okay, maybe it's only a fad) and, for
> a change, it's a good one. It involves members of the Green Bay Packers
> hurling themselves into the outstretched arms of their fans.
>
> Can anyone tell me what the home schedule is for 1996 and how I would go
> about getting tickets?? Many thanks!
>
The schedules will be widely available in the next couple months. There are
a few WWW pages that will list this information. Just search under "Green
Bay Packers" to find these sites.
As far as tickets go, Lambeau is sold out for the next 30-40 years, so you
will need to either call a ticket broker in Green Bay or Milwaukee or show up
during game day with some extra cash in your pocket. Tickets will be scalped
from face value on up depending on the seats and who is playing.
Inter-division games especially against the Bears and Vikings will be fairly
high priced ($50-100). Playoff tickets will go from $125-250.
Great article...thanks for sharing it with us. As John Madden said, "if
there is ever a shrine built for pro football it should be located in Green
Bay." The fans and stadium are the best in the world. I have personally been
to several games in Lambeau, recently against the Steelers for the division
crown. It is a blast to be in the stands and I recommend that you come for a
visit.
Nick Healey
> when I lived in England and the Pack were the first team I saw play on
> British TV. Now living in Toronto, perhaps I can say that the Packers
> are not only America's Team but also Canada and England's too!!!
It wasn't 83 was it - vs Washington? That was my introduction. :-))
I watched the Packers vs Atlanta in the Sports Cafe in London. Whenever
Atlanta scored (they did, didn't they?) about 3 people cheered. When the
Pack scored, about - well, about the rest of the entire bar cheered.
America's Team. The World's Team.
Dubear Kroening
>As far as tickets go, Lambeau is sold out for the next 30-40 years,
so you
>will need to either call a ticket broker in Green Bay or Milwaukee or
show up
>during game day with some extra cash in your pocket. Tickets will be
scalped
>from face value on up depending on the seats and who is playing.
>Inter-division games especially against the Bears and Vikings will be
fairly
>high priced ($50-100). Playoff tickets will go from $125-250.
You know, all my life I would've agreed with you, but as I wrote
earlier, I was at the game and the tix were going for about $50 each
an hour before game time. I'm not at all sure why, but I really don't
think that it's *that* much of a problem (or expense) to get tix to
any game. I'll let you know for sure next year, as I plan on
attending more games without having tix in advance (need a ride,
JGH?).
Dubear
GO PACK!!
Dubear Kroening
Greetings from Green Bay, where it is turning cold again, with wind chills
and overnight temps dipping below zero:
-- QB Brett Favre was voted the NFL's MVP by the Associated Press on Monday.
No contest. The voting: Favre 69 of 88 votes from sportswriters and
broadcasters, 49ers WR Jerry Rice 10, Cowboys HB Emmitt Smith 7 and Colts QB
Jim Harbaugh 2. Favre, who set an NFC record with 38 TD passes and threw for
4,413 yards, was thrilled.
He found out about it Saturday when the AP did an advance interview, but the
news wasn't released until Monday. He bolted into his house on Saturday,
dying to tell someone. Here's how his girlfriend, Deanna Tynes, describes it:
"He was just like a kid winning his 1st trophy ever. He said, 'Do you know
how big this is?' I said, 'Yes, I do.' He said, 'No, you don't You can't,
because I don't know.'"
Despite a cold, he smiled throughout Monday afternoon's press conference. A
quote from him: "This is great. ... It means everything. It's like winning
the Super Bowl, except it's an individual honor. It's the National Football
League, which means it's the best player in the whole world. And that's
awesome. Think about all the great players you play with and play against.
It's overwhelming. It's hard to even explain how much that means to win that
and say, 'Wow, MVP of the league!'"
One of Favre's old pals credits his maturity. Bryant Medders, who lives in
Birmingham, Ala., was one of Favre's college teammates: "He never knew where
the weight room was at Southern Miss. Now on Tuesdays (the players' day off),
he goes in and rides the bike and does the treadmill. I thought, 'That
doesn't sound like Brett.' But it is now."
Even so, Favre still likes to have fun. Medders recalls a trip to Green Bay
for a December game a couple of years ago: "So we step out of the apartment
on our way to the game and what does he do? He comes up behind me and stuffs
2 handfuls of snow right down the back of my shirt. That started my day out
right." Consider this from Clark Henegan, another college pal who's now
Favre's personal assistant: "He's the biggest prankster there is. If you're
not careful, he'll pull your pants down on the tee box. Trust me." Favre did
just that to QB coach Steve Mariucci. At practice. A quote from Mariucci:
"The worst part was they had it on film. That's just how he is. He's the
funniest human being I have ever been around. To be witty, you have to be
intelligent, and he's very witty. Not that I ever want him to do that again."
Favre is in the 2nd year of a 5-year, $19 million contract. He and the
Packers already have talked about extending it into a lifetime deal. How
Favre sees a new contract: "I don't want to do it unless it can help the
team. If we can do a long-term deal and get me more money but have it be less
under the cap to sign other players, that'd be great. I'd say, 'Let's do it
right now.' I don't want to make all the money and not have a good team.
That's just not right. I'm in this thing to win first."
The big turnaround for Favre came last season, after being knocked out of the
game against the Vikings at the Metrodome and being replaced by Mark Brunell.
The Packers lost that game and fell to 3-4. Since then, in his last 25
regular-season games, Favre has thrown 62 TDs and only 20 interceptions. In
those games, the Packers are 17-8.
Favre is the 4th Packers player to be named MVP. The others: Paul Hornung in
1961, Jim Taylor in 1962 and Bart Starr in 1966.
-- Of course, the Packers (12-5) play the 49ers (11-5) at San Francisco's
Candlestick Park in the 2nd round of the NFC playoffs on Saturday afternoon.
It's a 3 p.m. Central kickoff, and will be nationally televised on Fox and
nationally aired on CBS radio.
-- GM Ron Wolf says this year's team is better than the last 2 playoff teams.
Still, he says: "We've accomplished a lot in 4 years, but the 1 thing we
haven't done is go into somebody's place that was a real good team and won a
big game. We have to reach that level."
-- Yes, he said it. Coach Mike Holmgren, in his postgame news conference
after Sunday's win over the Falcons: ''We're going to win it all. Why not? We
know that San Francisco and Dallas, until they are beaten in the NFC, are the
best teams. But I'm sure (Eagles Coach) Ray (Rhodes) is talking to his group
in Philadelphia, and I'm going to talk to my group. We both believe we're
going to win.''
-- How 49ers QB Steve Young took that: ''Was that a guarantee? We'll hang it
up. It'll be up on the bulletin board. We'll enjoy it. That doesn't seem his
style, but you've got to be confident to go into the playoffs. I'm sure we
won't make too much of that, (but) we'll make as much as we can.''
-- Favre's message to the 49ers after the Falcons game: ''If they were
watching today, they know not to take us lightly.''
-- How 49ers coach George Seifert took that: ''This is probably the toughest
first-game playoff team we've played since I've been here. I know their QB
said something about we better not overlook them, and I promise you we will
not take them lightly. They have our attention.''
-- Seifert, on the similarities between the Packers and 49ers: ''You can hear
them on television using the same audibles that we have. We'll both spend all
week falsifying something. We'll all be very secretive with our hand signals,
because we all have the same hand signals for what the plays are. ...
Hopefully, the phones don't go out, or we'll both be paranoid people.''
-- Hey, it's all in the family, George. Holmgren was the 49ers' QB coach from
1986 to 1988 and offensive coordinator from 1989 to 1991. Packers offensive
coordinator Sherman Lewis, was the 49ers' RB coach from 1983 to 1988 and WR
coach from 1989 to 1991. Packers RB coach Harry Sydney was a 49ers RB for 5
seasons.
-- The 49ers lead the series, 25-21-1, but the teams haven't met since Nov.
4, 1990, when the 49ers won 24-20 at Lambeau Field. Since 1981, the 49ers
have won 4 of their 5 games against the Packers.
-- Remember this, though: The 49ers have won their past 6 opening playoff
openers -- all at Candlestick Park -- by a combined score of 211-63. Since
the NFL went to 3 wild cards in 1990, 1st-round winners are 2-18 in the next
round.
-- Falcons personnel are divided on whether the Packers can beat the 49ers.
Tommy Nobis, the former LB who's now the Falcons' director of player
personnel, says: "I don't see why not. Green Bay is really on a roll right
now and the 49ers are beatable. We showed that." Nobis says Young's shoulder
isn't healed. He also says the 49ers' defense is "vulnerable" and that the
secondary "can be picked on." Coach June Jones likes the 49ers' home-field
advantage. QB Bobby Hebert says the Packers have to "control the tempo of the
game to keep the 49ers' offense off the field" and warns that Favre will have
to be more cautious when improvising against the 49ers' defense. DT Jumpy
Geathers thinks the 49ers will win, and says they'll try to take advantage of
rookie Adam Timmerman at LG.
-- Timmerman will take Aaron Taylor's place in the starting lineup. He held
his own in the 2nd half of Sunday's game after Taylor was injured. The
Packers think he'll eventually be a starter anyway. A quote from Wolf: "He
has the size, the speed, the athletic ability and the temperament. Plus he's
a fighter. All that should help him."
-- Taylor had surgery Tuesday to repair the torn patellar tendon in his left
knee. He's likely to miss most or all of the 1996 season. It's the same
injury he sustained in the June 1994 training camp and the rehabilitation on
his right knee took a year. Even though he raised a fist and shouted to his
teammates as he was carted off the field and urged Timmerman to "play your
ass off," Taylor was understandably distraught in the locker room.
-- The loss of Taylor hurts also because he was the Packers' best backup T.
Had LT Ken Ruettgers or RT Earl Dotson gotten hurt, Taylor would have moved
over, and Timmerman would have stepped in at RG. Now, the Packers are a
little thinner at T, with Gary Brown the top backup. He's played mostly on
special teams.
-- Dotson has signed a contract extension through the 1998 season. He'll get
between $1 million and $1.1 million a year. The Packers have been happy with
his play this year, but want to make sure he keeps his weight down. Dotson
had trouble when he was over 330 pounds, but has played at or just below 310
for the past 2 months. His new contract requires him to report to training
camp at 315 or less, but no word on what kind of bonus he gets for doing so.
-- Interesting comment from TE Keith Jackson, who tells the Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel that he and TE Mark Chmura are sort of managing their own playing
time: ''Sometimes it's my series to play, but Chewy's hot so I tell him to go
in and play, and I'll just play in two-TE (formations). If I see that him and
Brett are hot and the offense is moving the ball and clicking, there's no
sense me going in there. Nobody ever says anything. We just kind of do our
own thing.''
Jackson also says he didn't want to disrupt the offense by asking for more
playing time: ''I talked to coach (Holmgren) about it. I said, 'We're
winning. Don't try to change the offense to get me more involved.''' Even so,
Jackson isn't likely to return to the Packers if they re-sign Chmura. Jackson
wants to play for a team that will give him 60 passes a year.
Now for the recap of the playoff opener, a 37-20 victory over the Falcons at
a jam-packed, rocking Lambeau Field.
How they scored
First quarter
-- Falcons 7-0 on WR Eric Metcalf's 65-yard TD pass from QB Jeff George with
12:01 left. 64 yards in 2 plays in 51 seconds. Set up when Packers K Chris
Jacke missed a 46-yard FG attempt, giving Falcons the ball on their own 36.
When George was chased out of the pocket right by DE Matt LaBounty, Metcalf
broke off his pattern and went long, beating LCB Craig Newsome.
-- Tied 7-7 on HB Edgar Bennett's 8-yard TD run over RG behind a huge block
by FB William Henderson with 8:17 left. 48 yards in 8 plays in 3:44, set up
by Antonio Freeman's 42-yard kickoff return and kept alive by Favre's passes
of 13 yards to Chmura to Falcons 35 and 7 yards over the middle to WR Robert
Brooks on 3rd-and-5 to Falcons 8.
-- Packers 14-7 on Brooks' 14-yard TD pass from Favre on a slant-and-go to
the right corner of the end zone with 3:25 left. 78 yards in 5 plays in 2:47,
helped greatly by CB Ron Davis' 35-yard pass interference penalty against
Brooks and kept alive by Favre's 9-yard pass to Brooks to Falcons 28 and a
pair of 7-yard runs by Bennett to Falcons 14.
Second quarter
-- Packers 14-10 on K Morten Andersen's 31-yard FG with 14:53 left. 60 yards
in 7 plays in 3:32, set up by George's 55-yard pass to WR Terance Mathis,
another breakaway bomb after George is chased out of the pocket right. Mathis
was covered by LOLB Wayne Simmons, who didn't get any help from the DBs.
-- Packers 20-10 on Freeman's 76-yard punt return down the left sideline with
8:37 left. Jacke never got a chance to kick the PAT because of a high snap by
C Frank Winters. A quote from Freeman: "It's just 10 seconds of pure effort
on special teams. I had a huge alley and when I saw only the punter left I
felt I just couldn't be denied." Matthew Dorsett and Terry Mickens opened the
way with a lengthy tag-team block on outside wing man Alton Montgomery.
-- Packers 27-10 on Chmura's 2-yard TD pass from Favre with 49 seconds left.
85 yards in 14 plays in 5:22, set up by Favre's passes 9 yards to Jackson on
3rd-and-1 to Packers 33 and 11 yards to Brooks to Packers 44; Bennett's runs
of 11 and 15 yards to Falcons 30; Favre's 14-yard pass to Freeman to Falcons
6; and a defensive holding penalty on RCB D.J. Johnson on 3rd-and-goal. Two
plays earlier, Chmura dropped what seemed like a sure TD pass from the 6.
Fourth quarter
-- Packers 27-17 on WR J.J. Birden's 27-yard TD pass from George against a
blitz, breaking a tackle by CB Lenny McGill and getting clear with 14:07
left. 80 yards in 11 plays in 5:34, set up by George's passes of 9 yards to
WR Bert Emanuel, 8 yards to Metcalf and 13 yards to Mathis, all from the
shotgun. A quote from McGill on the TD: "I took a bad angle and he just
slipped through the tackle."
-- Packers 34-17 on FB Dorsey Levens' 18-yard TD pass from Favre, lofted over
the top between 2 defenders to the near corner of the southwest end zone with
7:45 left. 70 yards in 12 plays 6:22, set up by Favre's passes of 10 yards to
WR Anthony Morgan on 3rd-and-8 to Falcons 47 and 20 yards to Brooks on
3rd-and-8 to Falcons 45. The pass to Morgan was the biggie, for he was ruled
to have been forced out of bounds by Johnson. The Falcons didn't think so,
and said it robbed them of momentum. Levens also was forced out on his TD,
which came on a jump-ball play the Packers practice often but rarely use. A
quote from Favre: "Mike finally had the you-know-what to call it."
-- Packers 34-20 on Andersen's 22-yard FG with 4:06 left. 64 yards in 10
plays in 3:39, set up by George's passes of15 yards to Emanuel, 14 yards to
WR Tyrone Brown to Packers 23 and 15 yards to FB Craig Heyward to Packers 8.
-- Packers 37-20 on Jacke's 25-yard FG with 1:56 left. 26 yards in 6 plays in
2:10, set up by Marcus Wilson's recovery of Falcons' onside kick at Falcons
33 and kept alive by DT Pierce Holt's 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty
to Falcons 14.
By the numbers
The running game: An outstanding game for Bennett on a wet, muddy field. He
had 24 carries for 108 yards, setting a Packers playoff record. The old
record was 105 yards by Hornung in 1966 and Taylor in 1960. A quote from
Bennett: "It's a great accomplishment, but right now my eyes are set on the
Super Bowl. Until I get that, everything else is secondary." Levens had 2 for
12 yards and Favre 3 for a loss of 3.
The passing game: Not big numbers, but effective. Favre was 24 of 35 passing
for 199 yards, 3 TDs and no interceptions. A quote from Favre: ''You don't
have to throw for 400 yards to be successful. ... We were precise when we had
to be." Among the receivers, Brooks led with 7 catches for 73 yards, followed
by Morgan 4 for 36, Jackson 3 for 23, Bennett 3 for 11, Levens 2 for 19,
Chmura 2 for 15, Freeman 1 for 14, Henderson 1 for 4 and WR Mark Ingram 1 for
4.
The defense: A much better showing than against the Steelers, even though
George was 30 of 54 passing for 366 yards. SS LeRoy Butler led with 7 solo
tackles and 3 assists (although he did miss 2 possible interceptions),
followed by Newsome with 6 solos and 2 passes defensed, Simmons and S Mike
Prior 4 solos and an assist each, RCB Doug Evans and FS George Teague 4 solos
and an interception each and 3 passes defensed between them, LaBounty 3
solos, an assist and a sack and DE Sean Jones 2 solos and 2 sacks.
The special teams: Freeman was terrific, with the punt return for a TD and a
42-yard kickoff return. Good job by the hands team to cover the onside kick
before it went 10 yards, though it did bounce off someone before Wilson got
the ball. Apparently the missed snap on the PAT was so ugly that Fox never
bothered to show it. Craig Hentrich averaged 42.5 yards on 4 punts, including
a 51-yarder.
Postgame notes and quotes
-- The Packers stopped the Falcons with an unusual 3-3-5 defense, taking away
the Falcons' running game and providing lots of coverage against the
run-and-shoot passing offense. MLB Fred Strickland was a pass rusher and run
defender on 18 plays. Butler and Prior switched positions in the nickel, with
the quicker, more aggressive Butler coming up in the slot and Prior dropping
deep.
-- DE Reggie White was in on 19 plays and said he could have played more. He
said his partially torn left hamstring felt better after the game than it had
after the last 2 games. He had 1 solo tackle.
-- The Packers are 9-0 in playoff games at Lambeau Field.
-- Attendance was a Lambeau Field record 60,790, with only 337 no-shows. The
latter includes our friend Jim from Atlanta, who was looking forward to his
1st trip to Lambeau. His charter flight never left, never even landed in
Atlanta, because of fog, leaving 120 people out of luck. Most of the 120 were
Falcons coaches' wives and staffers and Falcons fans, but there were a
handful of Packers fans.
-- Those who made it to Lambeau Field were well behaved as usual. Only 11
folks arrested, 10 of them for disorderly conduct. One woman who ran into the
north end zone after the game chanted "Brett Favre, Brett Favre" as she was
handcuffed and led away. About 50 people were thrown out for disorderly
conduct. That's average for a Packers game.
-- Bennett made it into the stands after his TD, and was followed by Brooks,
Freeman and Levens after theirs. Only Chmura passed. A quote from an amused
Holmgren: "It's kind of a contagious thing. Now we've got everyone going up
there. Heaven help a big lineman if he ever returns a fumble. People in the
front row, look out!"
-- Bennett and Butler gave Holmgren the ritual bath with the water bucket as
the game ended. It had more ice than they expected, and Butler immediately
gave Holmgren a towel to use.
-- All of the Falcons' last 29 plays were passes. Teague's interception came
on George's 2nd pass of the game and Evans' pick came on his last pass of the
game. Teague returned his interception 30 yards to the Falcons 22.
-- The temperature was in the 20s during the game, and Favre is 14-0 in games
colder than 34 degrees. In those games, he's 305 of 454 passing for 3,472
yards, 34 TDs and 7 interceptions. A quote from Favre: ''I can't explain it.
I hate the cold. Today wasn't so bad. I've played in worse.''
-- The Packers' inactive players were QB Doug Pederson, CB Roderick Mullen,
WRs Bucky Brooks and Charles Jordan, LB Joe Kelly, T Lindsay Knapp, DE
Darius
Holland and DT Bob Kuberski. The Packers activated CB Matthew Dorsett and DE
Shannon Clavelle, who hadn't seen much action all year. The coaches say much
of it depends on how well players practiced during the week, and what the
particular needs are for each week's game. Clavelle was activated because of
his speed. In Holland's case, he started strong, but has tired as the season
wears on. In Jordan's case, Freeman has simply become the man.
-- Henderson did more against the Falcons' blitz by doing less. Last week
against the Steelers, he got knocked off balance by LB Kevin Green while
trying to block for Favre. Against the Falcons, he tried to be calmer and
more in control and succeeded.
-- Jones was hot at Heyward, whom he accused of trying to cut block him at
the knees late in the game. Jones escaped, but had this to say: "I respect
him as a football player, but he's a cheap son of a bitch. There's just some
etiquette in this game. It's not Wimbledon, but there is some etiquette."
This week's sources: Green Bay Press-Gazette, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, San
Jose Mercury News, Associated Press, Chicago Tribune, NFL Web page.
This week's soundtrack: Dr. John, "Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack;" The
Ramones, "All The Stuff And More, Vol. 1;" and "Love Gets Strange: The Songs
of John Hiatt," featuring covers by Dave Edmunds, Nick Lowe, Rosanne Cash,
Mitch Ryder, Jeff Healey and others.
That's it. Hope to be back Friday with another update. If not, enjoy the game
if you're able to catch it.
Last call for stories from those of you who are Packers fans in 49ers
territory. What's it like this week? What do you have planned for game day?
Let me know ASAP. We're doing a story for the Press-Gazette this week.
Thanks, Jeff
Marc Goff
>
> Keith Moore (kee...@io.org) wrote:
>
> : My strongest wish for 1996 is to visit Green Bay and saa a game LIVE!
> : Can anyone tell me what the home schedule is for 1996 and how I would go
> : about getting tickets?? Many thanks!
>
> pay big dollars......
> Go Pack !!!!!!!1
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Now the above comment is completely untrue... There are always tickets
available around the Stadium and at a bar Called Shenanigan's. Usually
you will pay 10-20 dollars more a ticket but isn't it worth it???
I was at Chicago-Green Bay game and they were selling those at face
value up to 2 hours before game.
Mike Brown
mail since I am in 49er country but, as you can see, your E-mail
address will not work as is.
Thanks,
Mike B.
> dubear@offroad (Dubear Kroening)
Todd Kevin Goehring
In article <DKIs4...@wchat.on.ca>, Keith Moore <kee...@io.org> writes:
|> Hi, I'm writing from Toronto and as a Packer fan I thought you'd like to
|> read a report from today's Toronto Star newspaper...
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|> My strongest wish for 1996 is to visit Green Bay and saa a game LIVE!
|> Can anyone tell me what the home schedule is for 1996 and how I would go
|> about getting tickets?? Many thanks!
Next years schedule dates have not been set although each teams
opponents for the next year are set, and which ganes are home and away,
since these are set by formula based on regular season finish.
It's easier to see the Pack when they are on the road.
They do not play in Buffalo next year, the closest game to you
would be the Detroit game as far as I can tell.
If you really want to see the team at Lambeau, well, if your not
afraid to travel North late in the year, you could wait for really
cold weather and hope you can pick up tickets at the game.
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TG
Bill Kellam
>Hi, I'm writing from Toronto and as a Packer fan I thought you'd like to
>read a report from today's Toronto Star newspaper...
>"Packers leaping into faithful nice touch"
I remember as a young boy that my uncle had season tickets in the
middle of the endzone down near field level. He used to joke he saw
nothing but a**holes. That must be an exciting place to sit these
days.
Now if they will just stop that ridiculous "not-quite tradition" of
dumping the jug of Gatorade on the coach, I'll be happy...:)
Never mind...I'll be happy anyway.
Bill.
Jeff Long
mcr...@lewiston.com (Mike Crane) wrote:
>
>There was on the team for a short time a guy whose name now escapes me.
>He played LB and was named Fred ------? In the game (which, BTW, I could
>have seen uninterrupted at home), he picked up a fumble (maybe it was an
>INT?) and ran more than half the field for a TD. I saw him walking
>through the stadium after the game, and I was excited to see him, and
>exclaimed to my dad who he was. I don't think that players from other
>teams would have stopped and waved at some kid (i.e., me) 2000 miles or
>so from his home park. I've remembered that day for all the years since.
drive thru...
>
>
Mike Crane
<Pine.A32.3.91.960102...@rufus.macc.wisc.edu>,
j...@rufus.macc.wisc.edu says...
>
>On Mon, 1 Jan 1996, Keith Moore wrote:
>
>> Hi, I'm writing from Toronto and as a Packer fan I thought you'd like
to
>> read a report from today's Toronto Star newspaper...
>>
>> "Packers leaping into faithful nice touch"
>>
for
>> a change, it's a good one. It involves members of the Green Bay
Packers
>> hurling themselves into the outstretched arms of their fans.
>
>25 years now and I've never seen anything like the relationship between
>the fans and the players this season. It's really something.
>
>After the games, the fans don't just pick up their stuff and leave. It's
>become a tradition for the players to congradulate the fans after the
>game in some way and for the fans to hang around waiting for the players
>to leave the field.
>
I have only seen the Packers play twice, both times against Oakland in
the 1970s (I was a CA kid). The first time was in 1970 and Oakland was
heavily favored to win an exhibition game. Starr and all my heroes were
there. Most of the time I couldn't see 'cause we were in row 4 on the
10, and all the action in the game happened in the first quarter. But
there was some left for later.
There was on the team for a short time a guy whose name now escapes me.
He played LB and was named Fred ------? In the game (which, BTW, I could
have seen uninterrupted at home), he picked up a fumble (maybe it was an
INT?) and ran more than half the field for a TD. I saw him walking
through the stadium after the game, and I was excited to see him, and
exclaimed to my dad who he was. I don't think that players from other
teams would have stopped and waved at some kid (i.e., me) 2000 miles or
so from his home park. I've remembered that day for all the years since.
I noticed that the 49er fans were leaving in droves barely 4 minutes into
the 4th quarter today. That would never happen at Lambeau, I'm sure.
I'm not fond of snow, but someday, I'm going to go to a game there, if
it's the last thing I do.
I've waited 28 years for today... I can't wait for next week. I'm
starting to believe. I never thought the Cowboys were anything but
presumptuous by expropriating for themselves the name "America's team."
I doubt they understand the meaning. Great cheerleaders, and that's it.
No character, at least not anymore. As Matt Millen put it, "I haven't
seen a single idiot (the strongest word he could use on nat'l TV) on the
[Packers]." I said two weeks ago they had character. SO did Lombardi's
teams. I think he'd have liked these boys.
Stream of conciousness over.
Mike
100 miles or so south of Sandpoint, ID; waiting for JK to drive thru...
Mike Crane
Fred's last name (Carr)?
I'm starting to have to look up 'phone numbers too...
Mike