LombardiChick
Win or lose, I love this team.
I searched and didn't see this - I hope I didn't miss it somehow. (Mods, please delete if I've screwed up here.)
I think a lot of you guys will find this piece speaks to you the way it did to me. PackerForum.com is mentioned, too. (It's well worth reading the rest at the link.) [On edit, I'm not sure where this vid came from; it's tied to the link somehow. The article is called "Pack Mentality" on ESPN, and the forum even inserted different text, because that's what I typed and now it says something completely different. So anyway, I don't know how to fix it, but if you want to find the rest of the article, it shouldn't be too hard. : ) ]
The Green Bay Packers need to win - ESPN
You root for the Packers in this Super Bowl because it's more than just Green Bay's football team. It's the blood in their veins and the asphalt under their tires. They drive down Lombardi Avenue. They speed down Holmgren Way. They park on Reggie White Way. They learn at Vince Lombardi Elementary and daydream of starring at Lambeau Field. And if they lose Sunday, there will be a line to jump off Ray Nitschke Bridge.
You root for the Packers in this Super Bowl for guys like the one on PackerForum.com writing about hearing his mom shriek downstairs and thinking she's in trouble and running down to find her in her robe and slippers shrieking in delight at the man standing in the doorway, Packers god Bart Starr, who had stopped by to drop off some gifts as thanks for the guy cutting Starr's lawn and shoveling his sidewalk this year.
You root for the Packers in this Super Bowl because being a Steelers fan is a sickness but being a Packers fan is incurable. In Green Bay, Packers gas up where you gas up, pray where you pray, eat where you eat. The players are like family, which means they get yelled at a lot. "That's the thing that's a little different here," says All-Pro Packers linebacker Clay Matthews. "If you mess up here, the lady at the grocery store will let you know."
I think a lot of you guys will find this piece speaks to you the way it did to me. PackerForum.com is mentioned, too. (It's well worth reading the rest at the link.) [On edit, I'm not sure where this vid came from; it's tied to the link somehow. The article is called "Pack Mentality" on ESPN, and the forum even inserted different text, because that's what I typed and now it says something completely different. So anyway, I don't know how to fix it, but if you want to find the rest of the article, it shouldn't be too hard. : ) ]
The Green Bay Packers need to win - ESPN
You root for the Packers in this Super Bowl because it's more than just Green Bay's football team. It's the blood in their veins and the asphalt under their tires. They drive down Lombardi Avenue. They speed down Holmgren Way. They park on Reggie White Way. They learn at Vince Lombardi Elementary and daydream of starring at Lambeau Field. And if they lose Sunday, there will be a line to jump off Ray Nitschke Bridge.
You root for the Packers in this Super Bowl for guys like the one on PackerForum.com writing about hearing his mom shriek downstairs and thinking she's in trouble and running down to find her in her robe and slippers shrieking in delight at the man standing in the doorway, Packers god Bart Starr, who had stopped by to drop off some gifts as thanks for the guy cutting Starr's lawn and shoveling his sidewalk this year.
You root for the Packers in this Super Bowl because being a Steelers fan is a sickness but being a Packers fan is incurable. In Green Bay, Packers gas up where you gas up, pray where you pray, eat where you eat. The players are like family, which means they get yelled at a lot. "That's the thing that's a little different here," says All-Pro Packers linebacker Clay Matthews. "If you mess up here, the lady at the grocery store will let you know."
it's a great read for all Packer fans
