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<blockquote data-quote="Jontycaster" data-source="post: 1026531" data-attributes="member: 18395"><p>I grew up in Alabama during the Packers' drought period of the 1970s and 1980s. The Packers were not a winning team in those years, and there were no regional ties, so I never had any fan interest in the Packers. I thought they were a boring team. I was aware of the great Packer teams in the 1960s, but to a child's perception, a previous decade may as well be a previous century. </p><p></p><p>I lived in Mississippi for a couple of years, and that just happened to be when Brett Favre played for Southern Miss. USM was never my favorite college team, but I always respected them, and I loved watching Favre play. When the Packers traded for Favre in 1992, the team entered my radar for the first time. When Reggie White came to GB in 1993 and persuaded several other players to join him there, the Packers became a relevant team to me. </p><p></p><p>My interest in the Packers grew as I watched the team in those early Favre years. The entire team was fun to watch; they were winning, and the team obviously had a unique relationship with its fans. This was about the time the Lambeau Leap was born. Leroy Butler started it, of course, but in my memory (right or wrong) it was Robert Brooks who really popularized it and made it a regular thing.</p><p></p><p>As the Packers continued to win, I learned more about the team, its structure, and its history. There isn't anything like it in all of sports. It wasn't long before I was hooked. The internet and podcasts have made it easy to follow the team day-to-day from a different region of the country, and I have loved the green and gold through good times and bad. I hated Favre for a while for the way he left GB, and I don't excuse his off the field antics after his retirement, but he probably is the gutsiest football player I have ever seen. He was a blast to watch, and he will always be my QB.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jontycaster, post: 1026531, member: 18395"] I grew up in Alabama during the Packers' drought period of the 1970s and 1980s. The Packers were not a winning team in those years, and there were no regional ties, so I never had any fan interest in the Packers. I thought they were a boring team. I was aware of the great Packer teams in the 1960s, but to a child's perception, a previous decade may as well be a previous century. I lived in Mississippi for a couple of years, and that just happened to be when Brett Favre played for Southern Miss. USM was never my favorite college team, but I always respected them, and I loved watching Favre play. When the Packers traded for Favre in 1992, the team entered my radar for the first time. When Reggie White came to GB in 1993 and persuaded several other players to join him there, the Packers became a relevant team to me. My interest in the Packers grew as I watched the team in those early Favre years. The entire team was fun to watch; they were winning, and the team obviously had a unique relationship with its fans. This was about the time the Lambeau Leap was born. Leroy Butler started it, of course, but in my memory (right or wrong) it was Robert Brooks who really popularized it and made it a regular thing. As the Packers continued to win, I learned more about the team, its structure, and its history. There isn't anything like it in all of sports. It wasn't long before I was hooked. The internet and podcasts have made it easy to follow the team day-to-day from a different region of the country, and I have loved the green and gold through good times and bad. I hated Favre for a while for the way he left GB, and I don't excuse his off the field antics after his retirement, but he probably is the gutsiest football player I have ever seen. He was a blast to watch, and he will always be my QB. [/QUOTE]
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