Archive for: Pro Football

9 Reasons You’re Thankful You Aren’t A Bears Fan

9 Reasons You’re Thankful You Aren’t A Bears Fan

Thanksgiving is in a week.   I’ll let that sink in. We’re coming off a bye, we are 6-3 and one game behind the Bears. One game ahead of the Viqueens. If you had told me the NFC North would be the powerhouse this year, I probably... read more »

 

NFL Europe: London’s Calling

NFL Europe: London’s Calling

Toward the end of the National Football League season, there was a bit of speculation on the league locating a franchise in London, England as well as on the international future of the NFL.  English Packers’ fan Stephen Kilbey wrote... read more »

 

PD Sunday Sampler 1/15/12: Character Matters

PD Sunday Sampler 1/15/12: Character Matters

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 »

 

PD Saturday Sampler 1/8/12: One Happy Return

PD Saturday Sampler 1/8/12: One Happy Return

(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 »

 

PD Saturday Sampler 12/31/11: #1 Underdog?

PD Saturday Sampler 12/31/11: #1 Underdog?

(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 »

 

Fortune Favors the (Green and) Gold

Fortune Favors the (Green and) Gold

Photo Credit: CheeseheadTV How many Packers fans can honestly say that they predicted that the Packers would be 14-1 after 15 weeks of this season? I personally predicted this team would go 12-4 and I would’ve been greatly surprised if the... read more »

 

Sailing the Seas of Cheese: Surrender Dorothy

Sailing the Seas of Cheese: Surrender Dorothy

…or wherein Kelly officially becomes a Merchant of Doom. Lots going on in the world today. It’s hotter than balls in Wisconsin. Not surprising even though there was a hard frost only last week. The WIAA State Track and Field Meet... read more »

 

Sailing the Seas of Cheese: We need the wood elsewhere!

The NFL Lock Out has been going on, what, a whole month now? So much for riding that warm fuzzy from the Super Bowl all the way until September. Show us the books, one side demands. You guys are a bunch of whiny little children*, the NFL counters. The... read more »

 

Slavery? REALLY?!!

I fully intended to stay away from the current collective bargaining dispute between NFL owners and players because the entire concept of a dispute involving so much money holds very little resonance for me as an average fan.  But I just... read more »

 

PD Saturday Sampler

Some Packers-related items to get you through the ‘bye’ week………. Many years ago, my then-fiance and I were out in the San Francisco area to attend the wedding of a cousin of mine.  As it happened, the night after... read more »