Friday, November 21, 2014

It’s That Time of Year...

The invoices for Packers Playoff tickets arrived in the e-inbox yesterday, right on schedule for teams who will likely be playing in the NFL postseason. Yet to be determined is whether or not Green Bay will indeed have any home playoff games. Of well, we weren’t going to do anything with that extra cash we had lying around anyway.

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Vikings Coming Up...

We must apologize yet again for the lack of activity here in Packerville, U.S.A. Work has continued with 14+ hour days for weeks, leaving little time for anything else but sleeping and eating. Fortunately, we were still able to get away to the Eagles game last weekend. This Sunday, Green Bay heads over to Minneapolis to take on the Minnesota Vikings — outdoors for the first time since 1981. Above, QB Fran Tarkenton gets sacked for a 20-yard loss by DE Bob Barber. LB Fred Carr (No. 53) is also there to make sure the QB didn’t get away.

Here are a few shots of the old Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minn. that the Vikings shared with baseball‘s Minnesota Twins. Above, much like Milwaukee‘s County Stadium, the field ran along the first base line.

A nice photo from the kind of day that one would imagine when thinking of a late season football game in Minneapolis.

1970’s Packers-Vikings action at The Met. 

A 1980’s image of the closed, abandoned, and decaying Met Stadium. The Mall of America stands on that location now. 

At least the Vikings will not have to deal with this anymore when they move into their new stadium. 

TCF Bank Stadium, where the University of Minnesota football team plays, is the home of the Vikings through 2015. It is where the game will be played this Sunday. Outside.

Friday, November 14, 2014

Week 11 TV Map UPDATE

There have been a few TV markets added for Sunday’s Green Bay-Philadelphia game on FOX at 3:25 p.m. We’ll wave from the North end zone... see if you can spot us. We’ll be the ones wearing Packers gear.
Map courtesy of 506 Sports

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Packers vs. Bears

Before we head North again tomorrow night, we thought we’d post some photos of last Sunday night’s game against the Chicago Bears. We got to town mid-afternoon on Saturday, and made the obligatory stop at the Packers Pro Shop.

A couple of shots of Lambeau Field as the November sun goes down. 


Oh, by the way, lunch was at Kroll’s West, right across Ridge Road from the stadium. A Green Bay supper club classic.

Nice billboard in the Lambeau Field Atrium. 

Coach Vince Lombardi’s house on Sunday morning. We think we saw him grabbing the newspaper on the front porch. 

Sunday night, here was our view walking to Lambeau from the West. 

We saw former Packers’ QB Don Majkowski on the sideline before the game. When we said, “The Majik Man,” he gave us a nod and a wink. 

November is “Salute to Service” month in the NFL, and there were some troops in attendance, as guests of the Packers.  

The Lambeau concourse before the game. 

 Your view as you walk into the “bowl” through one of the entrance tunnels.

WR Randall Cobb warming up before going into the locker room to get his equipment on. 

The “big show” comes to Lambeau.

Packers Radio Network play-by-play announcer Wayne Larrivee on the pre-game sideline. 

Defensive Coordinator Dom Capers talks with a member of the Bears’ staff. 

RB DuJuan Harris was out catching some kicks. 

Players come out for pre-game warm-ups. 

Team huddle. 

QB Aaron Rodgers jogs to the sideline. 

“The Man.” 

The NBC “Sunday Night Football” crew broadcasts from the Bears’ sideline. 

A couple of the NBC cameramen making sure their equipment works. 


Rodgers at work with the offense. 

A fake hand-off to RB Eddie Lacy

The “Packerville, U.S.A.” view. 

Always nice to see a lot of this graphic on the scoreboard. 

Cobb waits for a Chicago punt. 

Three V.I.P.’s (Very Important Packers) after another Green Bay touchdown. 

Is anybody else happy that Jay Cutler is not our QB? 

Packers fans had a lot to keep them in a great mood all night. 

 Rodgers moves out of the pocket before getting a pass off.

S Morgan Burnett gets a sack of Cutler. If he didn’t get him, LB Clay Matthews most likely would have. 

Head Coach Mike McCarthy on the Packers’ sideline. 

There was a fair number of Bears fans there, but they had nothing to cheer about all night.

Cobb lined up for the snap. 

QB Matt Flynn played most of the second half. 

Flynn hands off to Harris. 

Flynn back to throw. 

One of the greatest final scores... ever. 

Somebody has a lot of work to do on Monday...