This weekend is occupied. Every other year I travel with a few friends to a mecca, not the Mecca. Green Bay, Wisconsin, home of the Packers. Lambeau Field. The legendary Vince Lombardi. This year's game features the visiting Dallas Cowboys (y'all can boo now).
The Packers became "my" team, even though I grew up in Connecticut, in the mid-sixties. I was becoming interested in football at 6 or 7 years old, and the Green Bay was the in the middle of the Lombardi championship years. Bart Starr, Willie Davis, Ray Nitschke, Jim Taylor, and all the other Packer greats were the players I followed. Bart Starr's biography was one of the first real books I read. Yesterday we visited Fuzzy's 63 just a short distance from Lambeau Field, and Fuzzy Thurston himself was there, greeting guests and signing autographs.
That said, this year has been disappointing, particularly in watching how the clearly-not-washed-up Brett Favre has led the Vikings so ably, including two wins over Green Bay. And last week's loss to Tampa Bay was even more of a sour note. I'd like to see a little redemption today, and frankly they need a little redemption.
As a result, I haven't been in tune with events, or doing really any blogging. I do have a little time this morning, so scroll down and see what's up.
And Go, Pack, Go!!
