Sunday Morning Musings
All the people gripping over Wisconsin’s early exit from the Big(11)Ten basketball tournament should feel a little better this morning after seeing Minnesota beat Purdue and Illinois take Ohio State to the limit before losing in double overtime. The Big(11)Ten is a highly competitive conference and the Gophers and Illini probably played themselves into [...]
Sunday Morning Musings
The first weekend of the NFL free agency period is almost over and the big news around Packerland is that 8 year veteran Aaron Kampman is set to leave Green Bay to join the Jacksonville Jaguars. Kampman reportedly agreed to a four year deal with the Jags that should return him to his customary [...]
This Week in ‘Re(ar)view’
It seems University of Wisconsin basketball coach Bo Ryan has finally figured out what virtually everyone else in the state already knew; that he should put his 5 best players on the floor to start the game……….and that Tim Jarmusz isn’t one of them.
Ryan reinserted recently returned forward Jon Leuer into the starting lineup at [...]
An Open Letter to the National Media
I was listening to ESPN radio Sportscenter Saturday with Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel as a guest promoting his fine new book about Super Bowl history. Right before the segment concluded, the host asked McGinn why quarterback Brett Favre continues to be held in contempt by many Packer fans. McGinn, being the arrogant ass [...]
PD Packer Review: Week 13/Ravens
I went to Lambeau Field on Monday night and a flag football game broke out.
The Green Bay Packers defeated the Baltimore Ravens 27-14 in a sluggish affair in which the teams combined for 310 yards of penalties on 23 infractions. Since the Packers and Ravens are two of the more penalized teams in the league, we [...]