The "artist" formerly known as BigSnakeMan....Lifelong Wisconsin sports fan; grew up in Stevens Point during the '60s & '70s. Came of age as a sports fan following the Packers, Brewers & Badgers of that time so I'm conditioned to losing and disappointment. Found myself at home almost literally in the shadow of Lambeau Field. I try not to pretend to know more than I do but I may not always be successful. I tend not to take things very seriously so if you don't care for what I write on this site, blame my nephew Wally for roping me into this.
The end of a disappointing (for them) season for the New York Jets didn’t bring an end to the shenanigans surrounding the team. Since that time, 3rd string quarterback Greg McIlroy conducted a radio interview in which he spoke of the... read more »
January 15, 2012 9:35 am / 2 comments
(Editor’s Note: Since “Milwaukee Brian” has seen fit to usurp Sunday posts on this site, we will endeavor to get this feature out on Saturday for the foreseeable future.)
It was an eventful week in Badgerland. While much... read more »
January 7, 2012 12:11 pm / 4 comments
(Editor’s Note: Since everyone figures to be too hungover tomorrow morning to read, we’re posting this a day early this week.)
Has there ever been a number one playoff seed more lightly regarded than the 2011 Green Bay Packers?
For... read more »
December 31, 2011 11:10 am / 3 comments
Welcome to what may very well be the last PocketDoppler.com post of 2011 (unless someone sneaks one in there tomorrow). 2011 was a pretty good year here at PocketDoppler.com. We doubled the number of contributors to the site, the ‘Pocket... read more »
December 30, 2011 1:00 pm / 8 comments
Fans of the University of Wisconsin football team got a lump of coal in their “Chryst-mas” stockings with the news this week that Offensive Coordinator Paul Chryst will be leaving them after this season to assume the head coaching... read more »
December 25, 2011 7:00 am / 4 comments
The debate has been audible for much of the season, the decibel level increasing in correspondence with every win by the Green Bay Packers. This week, after losing starting wide receiver Greg Jennings to a (regular) season-ending knee injury,... read more »
December 18, 2011 7:02 am / 5 comments
Nothing like a good drug scandal to get everyone’s attention……..
At a time when the focus of sports fans in Wisconsin should be on the Green Bay Packers’ undefeated season, Badger running back Montee Ball’s Heisman... read more »
December 11, 2011 9:05 am / 7 comments
Saturday was a jumble of emotions for this fan of the Cardinal and White. I waited with grand anticipation for the Badgers to appear in the first ever Big(12)Ten Football Championship Game in the evening. But before that, in the afternoon,... read more »
December 4, 2011 9:44 am / 1 comment
This morning, I was all ready to bury the University of Wisconsin football team. Don’t get me wrong; the Badgers deserve every bit of scorn heaped upon them but reality intervened when I looked at the numbers. Not the numbers the... read more »
October 30, 2011 7:25 am / 5 comments
If the Milwaukee Brewers suffered from a confidence deficiency after being swept at home by the St. Louis Cardinals, they found the perfect prescription in the lowly Houston Astros. The Brewers completed their second consecutive series... read more »
September 4, 2011 4:48 pm / 2 comments