As speculated, the NFL released the 2012 season schedule today, and it can be seen above as presented on the Packers’ website. All preseason games are on Thursday nights, there is one Monday Night game (on ESPN), one Thursday night game (on the NFL Network), three Sunday night games (on NBC), nine Sunday Noon games (the way God intended football to be played), and two 3:15 p.m. Sunday games. Of course, with the “flex scheduling,” some of the Packers’ Noon games will be made late games for national network coverage. We ended up with the Browns (in the preseason), the Bears’ game (on a Thursday) in September and the Cardinals game (Sunday Noon) in November, and always hope to be offered tickets to other games. The schedule came out a few seconds before the 6:00 p.m. release time, and seconds later we were on the phone with our long-time hotel partner in Green Bay, securing lodging for three weekends this Fall. Now, if we can just get over the 15-1 expectations that built last year only to crash in the first playoff game.