Archive for January 16th, 2008
January 16th, 2008
The Packers are getting the pub, as they say in the business.
Favre, McCarthy, Grant, Driver and Jennings all met with the media for at least 10 minutes each Wednesday. Thursday, it will be McCarthy, both coordinators and special teams coach plus Barnett, Clifton, Hawk and Pickett.
The nation can watch McCarthy, Favre, Driver, Harris and Kampman live this Friday at 2:40 p.m. CST on the NFL Network.
FYI — I’ve got a motel room for $61 tonight on Oneida St. It will cost more than $200 per night this weekend, with a two-night minimum.
January 16th, 2008
Below is one of my favorite interviews with Favre. Not because of what he said (though he talks about my favorite wide reciever, Donald Driver). Brett got goosed twice. Once at the beginning of the interview and once as he’s walking away. Donald Driver got him on the second one. Not sure who the culprit was on the first one.
January 16th, 2008
We have heard from the Packer players, and now we know — Charles Woodson did not want to come here.
He said so.
He hoped Jacksonville or Tampa Bay showed interest. Only Green Bay did, so here he is.
He quite frankly said he heard from other players this was not a town for a black player. He said he would tell other players now that that is not the case.
Interesting stuff.
Also was fun hearing Brett Favre talking about the need to be believable for head coaches. He said he didn’t hear Mike McCarthy talk about the Super Bowl until late last year, while McCarthy said he has been preaching it since he took the job three years ago.
Donald Driver, of course, said he throws better snowballs than Favre. The Packers are loose, and that’s a good thing.
Ryan Grant seems to be such a genuine person. People tried to get him to say something about his former team, the Giants, but all he kept saying is he was happy for them. He says he stays on an even keel — I believe he is as good at it as any athlete I’ve met.
January 16th, 2008
this week we told you about how the packers web site is giving away playoff tickets (last time, there were more than 276,000 entries).
so go for it again (time is running out!). and also try the contest from associated bank.
but only if you’re ready to brave the cold… the high sunday is supposed to be 4 degrees.
January 16th, 2008
Not surprising but national non-sports media is taking interest in “America’s smallest pro sports town.”
January 16th, 2008
You may have seen Sister Sean Marie Tobin at mid field Saturday for the coin toss before the Packers-Seahawks game. Wondering why she was there? Well, through an essay contest, she won the opportunity to participate in the coin toss.
And she had some words for Seahawks QB Matt Hasselbeck (who famously called out at a coin toss four years ago that the Seahawks would get the ball and score): “I just said today the ball is ours. You’re not going to get it, Matt,” she said. “That tickled Favre, and he got this big grin.”
Read more in Jim Stingl’s column or on the Franciscan Sisters blog. Pictures of Sister Sean Marie are there, too.
ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO
Sister Sean Marie Tobin of the Holy Family Convent in Manitowoc, Wis., stands near Lambeau Field for the Green Bay Packers game, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008. The sister won an essay contest that put her at midfield for the coin toss for that day’s game.
January 16th, 2008
we have about 2 dozen packer fan photos in our gallery so far, and i know there are more “in the hopper.”
keep ‘em coming. click here to see the photos and how to send them in.
above are my daughters syd and cass in their cheerleader outfits from 2006. found it in my “my pictures” folder at work today when i was looking for something else. of course, this isn’t as nice as the professional portrait, but hey, it’s real life, messy couch and all.
January 16th, 2008
Here’s a guy giving up his Packer tickets to raise money for MS. It got me thinking. How many of us would do something like this?
