Week 10 TV Map

As we prepare to head North again for the Green Bay-Philadelphia game on Sunday, here’s a look at who can and cannot see the Packers on their local broadcast. If you are fortunate to reside within a red area (on the map above), you will see the game as FOX’s only offering this weekend (CBS has the “Doubleheader”). If you’re in another color, it’s time to make plans for the local sports bar, or “watch” it the old-fashioned way — on the radio.

Map source: 506 Sports

Looking Towards Sunday

Here’s a few images provided from practice today. Above, QB’s Seneca Wallace (#9), and Scott Tolzien (#16) are warming up.

Injured QB Aaron Rodgers (right) talks with Tolzien and Wallace. Hopefully, his advice and knowledge will help out these fellows on Sunday. 

Returning from the injured list is LB Clay Matthews (#52) — and look at that “club” on his right hand/wrist. According to Head Coach Mike McCarthy, they’re experimenting with the right “fit” for that broken thumb.

Source: Packers.com

This Explains It

In case you haven’t seen it, this photo provides the clearest indication of why QB Aaron Rodgers sustained a broken collar bone in the first quarter of the Bears game. All of that weight and force crashing down on an awkwardly-placed elbow/forearm. And now we all wait and hold our breath for the next 3-6(?) weeks.

Monday Night Disaster at Lambeau

Nobody was prepared for what transpired at Lambeau FIeld last night, as QB Aaron Rodgers went down on the first series and did not return. The back-up plan failed and the defense was worn out. Accordingly, the Packers lost 27-20 to their long-time rivals the Chicago Bears, in a game they were unanimously favored to win — under normal circumstances. It turned into the “Battle of the Back-Ups,” and a better-prepared Josh McCown prevailed over Seneca Wallace. Rodgers’ injury is to his non-throwing collar bone (a “significant injury”), and it’s the first time a Packers’ QB has been knocked out for multiple weeks since before many of the fans in attendance last night were born. 

And speaking of attendance, the number of Bear fans at Lambeau last night was APPALLING. We endorse a 1-strike policy for taking season tickets away from “fans” who sell to opposing fans of Chicago and Minnesota, whether they sold tickets to them knowingly or not. 

Being a night game, our own photography from the stands is challenged under those conditions, and we didn’t bring the good equipment, so we don’t have photos to share. Hopefully, we will be able to take some good photos this coming Sunday when we head back up for the Philadelphia Eagles game. All in all, it was just a miserable game experience last night, and a long drive back home with a 2:45 a.m. arrival.

NFL-AFL — Merger Part II

Here is Part II of our look back at the NFL-AFL merger, as it was covered at the time in Petersen’s Pro Football 1970.

The NFL and AFL Merge

We’re going to take a look back at the 1970 season, through the publication seen above — Petersen’s Pro Football. This was, you may recall, the year that the merger of the National Football League and the American Football League took effect. This first article takes a look at the state of the sport as the now unified leagues set off as one entity.

Look Kids!

This 1960’s fundraising redemption coupon entitled a kid to obtain a real cowhide football for only $3.95(!) Plus, the stub that remained with the youth gave him some valuable football pointers from “Green Bay Packers Professional Football Player Boyd Dowler.” And, on this ticket, you could learn all about “handling low passes.” Be sure to give the Chicken Waldorf Salad recipe to Mom.

Source: Mears Online Auctions

Happy Halloween

Some Halloween nonsense from the early Holmgren years.

Post-Vikings, Etc.

While we were in Minneapolis last weekend, we did not attend the last Packers-Vikings game at the Metrodome. That place cannot be torn down fast enough for us. We did attend an exciting NCAA Division III game on Saturday afternoon. Football played by guys that just love the game and have no dreams of millions of dollars. We got home in time to fully enjoy the Packers’ victory on Sunday night in beautiful HD. One of our Viking-fan business clients gave us the above graphic today during a meeting. It’s worth a good chuckle or two.

And we didn’t know if anyone caught the new Campbell’s soup ads featuring Clay Matthews. If not, here’s one shown above.

Work has been all-consuming, in case you’ve been wondering about the lack of blog posts. Hopefully, we’ll be posting more soon. We’ll be at the Packers-Bears game on Monday night, so we’ll share that experience afterwards as well.

Sleep Like A Packer

Green Bay’s Radisson Hotel and Conference Center

While there are numerous things we could focus on these days (head injuries, cancer awareness, re-naming teams with “insensitive” names, etc.), we thought we’d do a post on where the Green Bay Packers stay the night before home games at Lambeau Field. Yes, that’s right. Even before home games, the team stays together for various reasons, not the least of which involves the ease of team meetings and making sure they know where everybody is 12 hours before game time. From the Packer Fan Tours site: “The Radisson Hotel and Conference Center is connected to the Oneida Casino with 88,000 square feet of gaming and bingo, and located across the street from the Green Bay Airport (Austin Straubel International Airport). It offers the ambiance and amenities of a first-class resort with the convenience of nearby big-city services and attractions. And with the team staying at the hotel, you might even bump into a Packers player or two the night before the big game.”

2021 Update: For updated information on the Green Bay-Austin Straubel International Airport, please visit their WEBSITE.

A typical Radisson room.

We stayed at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee one time back in 1994 when the Packers stayed there before playing games at Milwaukee County Stadium. Sitting in the lobby on Sunday morning, we watched the players heading out to board the team buses, and got to say, “Good morning” to Reggie White. And we recall a young Brett Favre walking by in flip flops. We’re guessing things are bit tighter these days, security-wise, but you still might spot some players during a home game weekend stay at the Radisson. If you can get a room, that is.

We’re traveling to Minneapolis this weekend (ironically not for the Packers-Vikings game), and we’ll post anything we find up there that needs sharing.