Tag: Brett Favre
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Getting Bretter
There’s new quarterback drama in Green Bay this season that will likely quicken the blood flow through the cheese-clogged arteries of Packers fans like me. We are lucky that it does not involve the health status of Aaron Rodgers, who looks yet again ready to conquer the league. Rather, it involves whether Brett Favre will…
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Last Day At Lambeau
And I thought Wisconsin’s long, state-wide nightmare was over. A new documentary called Last Day At Lambeau, which chronicles the Brett Favre “retirement” saga of 2008, is set to be released in Madison next week and is sure to re-trigger some dormant emotions among Packers fans about the Ol’ Gunslinger himself. I haven’t see the film…
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Happy First Win, Aaron – Here’s To Many More
I loved Brett, but he’s not the Packers’ quarterback any more. Congrats, Aaron Rodgers. I know you’ll do well.
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What’s Going On?
Haven’t been on much—camp is keeping me busy. It is nice, though, to be able to unplug from the world for a while and not be able to check your email and keep up on the news even if you want to. Here’s a few thoughts on random stuff: —The Dark Knight was just amazing. I’m…
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Favre’s Retirement Ends Golden Age Of Quarterbacks
Published in the North Central Chronicle on March 28, 2008. February 3, 1997. My first Super Bowl. It was so exciting; the first game I remember seeing on television and my team was playing. It was my Green Bay Packers. And it was my Brett Favre. My family hosted the party. I was decked out in my…
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On Brett Favre’s Retirement
My first memory of Brett Favre was watching him win Super Bowl XXXI. My family hosted a huge party in our basement. I watched as he threw a long shot down the middle on an audible to Andre Rison for the first score, then to Antonio Freeman down the right sideline for a score. I…
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Dear Packers Fans…
We had a fantastic year. It did not end so fantastically, but nobody could have predicted how well we did with such a young, inexperienced team led by a grizzled veteran quarterback who may or may not have had his best years pass him by. Sure, we shot ourselves in the foot with those penalties,…