Will he or won’t he?

3 comments January 21st, 2008 08:36am Anna Voelker

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Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre at a news conference after his team’s 23-20 overtime loss to the New York Giants in the NFC Championship football game Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008, in Green Bay, Wis.

Somehow I managed to get out of bed this morning and show my face in the office. Thomas isn’t here yet, but I expect to hear from him once he gets here. He’ll get his cheese, I promise.

This morning, the talk on talk radio is whether Brett Favre will retire. I’ve said it every year since the first talk of retirement surfaced, and I’ll say it again. It’s not time for Brett to hang it up. And I don’t think he will. (By the looks of the picture above, he shed some tears after last night’s loss. I can say I didn’t cry. Just felt sick.)

Here’s what others are saying about the topic today …

Appleton Post-Crescent
Deadspin
Hattiesburg American
Houston Chronicle
New York Daily News
Orlando Sentinel
Philadelphia Inquirer
San Diego Union-Tribune
Washington Post

look who’s talking

Add comment January 21st, 2008 07:45am Jennie Pollock

the milwaukee journal sentinel’s packer blog has nice roundup of post-game analysis (it includes reed’s report card).

Let the good Tynes roll

Add comment January 20th, 2008 09:46pm Matt Trowbridge

I couldn’t resist either. Forget about that Lawrence comment. The team that deserved to win won. But do I really “deserve” to sit next to V Boy for the next two weeks? — Matt Trowbridge

there’s always next year

3 comments January 20th, 2008 09:39pm Jennie Pollock

as the fox announcers said in post-game coverage, the packers have a young team.

still, it’s going to be a sad day in wisconsin tomorrow.

What a year

1 comment January 20th, 2008 09:24pm Anna Voelker

A disappointing outcome for a team that surprised everyone this year. It’s too bad, but I have to give props to the New York Giants. The team, as Tom Coughlin said after accepting the George Halas trophy, had heart. I’ll be rooting for New York in the Super Bowl. Have to cheer for my conference and hope New York can hand New England its first loss of the season. Hey, it could happen. The unlikely happened today at Lambeau Field.

And, Thomas, I’ll be getting you some Wisconsin cheese. You’ll have to let me know what kinds you like best, and I’ll get some (yeah, it’ll be the good stuff) the next time I am in Cedarburg.

I won’t say much

Add comment January 20th, 2008 09:04pm Thomas V. Bona

Close, hard-fought game all around. Thanks for the great time blogging, folks. I look forward to the cheese, but that’s as close as I’ll get to gloating.

I need to go get my heart started again.

Stunned

2 comments January 20th, 2008 09:02pm Anna Voelker

That’s really all I can write right now. Unbelievable.

Third Tynes the charm?

Add comment January 20th, 2008 09:01pm Thomas V. Bona

Sorry, couldn’t help it.

No Tynes for losers

Add comment January 20th, 2008 09:00pm Matt Trowbridge

Packers escape to overtime after New York’s Lawrence Tynes misses two field goals in the last seven minutes. What do you expect for a football player named “Lawrence.” OK, there was LT, but he was mostly known as LT. Depend on a Lawrence if you are lost in Arabia, not if you want to win a football game in freezing weather.

Don’t want to see that

Add comment January 20th, 2008 08:59pm Anna Voelker

… an interception in OT by Brett Favre. Not good.