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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 381877" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000000">It depends on how far back in history you want to go. From 2000 through last year the Packers are 3-1 on Thanksgiving, but I still don't like the Packers playing on that particular holiday. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000000">Of course I love NFL football on Thanksgiving but I agree with Vince Lombardi on this subject. From 1959 through 1963 his great Packer teams were 2-2-1 against the Lions, including the 1962 game in which Bart Starr was sacked 11 times. After the 1963 13-13 tie, Lombardi had enough pull in the league to call the NFL front office and say "ENOUGH!" The Packers didn't play on Thanksgiving again until 1970. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000000">As an old Packers fan I have a great appreciation for NFL traditions, but not bad ones. I consider a tradition which provides an annual advantage exclusively to two franchises a bad tradition. Of course Thanksgiving games are played on a short week and home teams IMO have an added advantage (more than the normal home field advantage because of the short week). The Lions have been playing this game at home consecutively since 1945 (WWII interrupted the series). Luckily they've mostly stunk over vast periods of time since then so it hasn't been a big deal for them or the rest of the league. OTOH, the Cowboys started getting these games at home in 1966 (for some reason they skipped '75 and '77) and their record on Thanksgiving is 27-15-1. NFL games on Thanksgiving is a great tradition, but IMO the league should spread the wealth - and the advantage - around. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://www.profootballhof.com/history/stats/thanksgiving.aspx" target="_blank">Here</a>'s a listing of "NFL" games played on Thanksgiving going back to 1920. Note the Packers first played on Thanksgiving in 1923. They hosted the Hammond Pros and <em>killed 'em</em> 19-0. How 'bout the Packers hosting the game again?</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 381877, member: 4300"] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia] [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#000000]It depends on how far back in history you want to go. From 2000 through last year the Packers are 3-1 on Thanksgiving, but I still don't like the Packers playing on that particular holiday. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#000000]Of course I love NFL football on Thanksgiving but I agree with Vince Lombardi on this subject. From 1959 through 1963 his great Packer teams were 2-2-1 against the Lions, including the 1962 game in which Bart Starr was sacked 11 times. After the 1963 13-13 tie, Lombardi had enough pull in the league to call the NFL front office and say "ENOUGH!" The Packers didn't play on Thanksgiving again until 1970. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#000000]As an old Packers fan I have a great appreciation for NFL traditions, but not bad ones. I consider a tradition which provides an annual advantage exclusively to two franchises a bad tradition. Of course Thanksgiving games are played on a short week and home teams IMO have an added advantage (more than the normal home field advantage because of the short week). The Lions have been playing this game at home consecutively since 1945 (WWII interrupted the series). Luckily they've mostly stunk over vast periods of time since then so it hasn't been a big deal for them or the rest of the league. OTOH, the Cowboys started getting these games at home in 1966 (for some reason they skipped '75 and '77) and their record on Thanksgiving is 27-15-1. NFL games on Thanksgiving is a great tradition, but IMO the league should spread the wealth - and the advantage - around. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#000000][URL='http://www.profootballhof.com/history/stats/thanksgiving.aspx']Here[/URL]'s a listing of "NFL" games played on Thanksgiving going back to 1920. Note the Packers first played on Thanksgiving in 1923. They hosted the Hammond Pros and [I]killed 'em[/I] 19-0. How 'bout the Packers hosting the game again?[/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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