special Packers' trivia...

this is a special blogpost with a footnote in Packers' history... what day was Vince Lombardi hired to be head coach of the Green Bay Packers??? answer:January 28,1959... he took a team that was 1-10-1,in 1958,and made the team an immediate winner with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses... he never had a losing season,even in Washington,with the Redskins... the Packers won the first three games,then lost five in a row,and then finished the 1959 season,with four straight wins...

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like i said last night,i am taking a few days off,until February 1st,to recuperate and get mentally ready for the off-season,NFL Draft,NFL combine,and free agency,which should happen in the next few months... i will be going to the movies Super Bowl Sunday... probably will see "Star Wars-The Force Awakens",that day in IMAX,if it is still downtown...

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i am taking a few more days off before i blog again... mentally tired,and seem honestly not to give a crap about it,right now... will be back around the first of February... note:you want honesty... well,you got it... be back shortly...

correction...

oops,i forgot to name Richard Rodgers,as the receiver who caught the "Hail Mary" pass,against the Detroit Lions,in the 27-23 win,over the Lions... i corrected the post... note:i was too happy thinking about that game winning play to give out his first name....

play of the year...

unfortunately,for the Packers,the season ended with an unbelievable pass and run by Cardinals' wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald(a 75 yard lob and run,when Carson Palmer was flushed out of the pocket,and found Fitzgerald all alone on a broken coverage,and Fitzgerald ran like a deer through the Packers' defense,on the very first play of overtime),it set up a five yard shovel pass to Fitzgerald(they had not run that play all season,until that point),to end the game,and season,26-20,for the Packers...

top three plays of the Packers' season...

number three:on 4th and twenty,in the NFC Divisional game,against the Arizona Cardinals,Aaron Rodgers hit Jeff Janis for a 60 yard bomb,to set up play number two... number two:Rodgers hit Janis for a 41 yard "Hail Mary" to tie game,at 20,and send game into overtime,against the Cardinals... unfortunately,that set up the play of the year,and to end the season,for the Packers... now for number one play of the season,for the Packers:Detroit 23,Green Bay 21,game over,except for an untimed play,for the Packers:Rodgers scrambled around and heaved the football over 65 yards,and hit a leaping (hi-pointed)Richard Rodgers(for his first "Hail Mary" of the season),in the end zone,for six points,and an unbelievable win over the Lions,27-23...

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simply said,i will not watch Super Bowl 50,because i "hate" both teams... (laughing)... actually,i do hope Peyton Manning wins his second Super Bowl,but when i lived in Denver(a short time),i just enjoyed the weather,even in the winter... i even have a funny story about being snowed in for four days in Denver...  will talk about that in future blogpost,in a few days...

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i am listening to Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975...i have slight pain in my lower back,massaging it softly,and gently as i type this,so i am taking it very easy(knot in muscle near the spinal column,and kidney,but it is slowly ebbing in intensity,so i will be fine... recently,i have had small nagging injuries,and they have annoyed me,but i will be alright... what a day!!! (laughing)... back to Miles,folks...

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today,i really did have other plans,but i woke up this morning with a slight sore throat,and right now,i feel very tired... i will be alright,but fatigue has set in,and i am going back to bed for a few hours... i even have a slight headache,so i guess it may be my time to get ill... even though,i only really need a ton of sleep... folks,i feel pretty well except for being tired... i did go to the store,yesterday,so i do have food in the house... just maybe the fact that i have not slept well in the last seven days has caught up with my body... as a precaution,i am staying away from everyone,and will not answer the phone until tonight...

people who i dearly miss...

i really miss my uncle Bob(UNC)... he was a true character,with true character... he would pull some of the most strange pranks,and stunts on me,that would absolutely make me laugh out loud... i do wish that i could tell you some of the things that he would pull on me,but they were so funny that every once in a while i would laugh so hard,and that i would have no noise to my laugh... i still do it when my brother cracks me up,too,but i still deeply miss dear departed uncle Bob(UNC),more than i can say,because he was my idol(in many ways),and i loved him deeply... we were two of a kind,and i still feel his spirit and presence every day... DAMN,UNC,you passed away way too soon,and i miss you... next:my mother...

WWE and the Royal Rumble...

Triple H became a fourteen time WWE World Heavyweight Champion last night,by outlasting 30 wrestlers,but to be fair,he came into the Royal Rumble last... he eliminated now former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns... apparently,storyline indicates that it will be Reigns versus Triple H,at Wrestlemania 32,with a possibility of a triple threat match including former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar,but after how the Wyatt Family screwed Lesnar in the Rumble,last night,he may be very busy destroying them... (laughing)...

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i actually still have a comfortable pair of pants from when i was "on the road"... in fact,i am wearing them today... amazing isn't it...

WWE Royal Rumble history... is it tonight???

strangely,this particular blogpost has nothing to do with NFL football,but has to do with the WWE... people may think that it is fake... it is not,but it is scripted,and,at times,can be cheesy,and stupid... however,history will be made in tonight's Royal Rumble... the WWE World Heavyweight Title will be defended in the Rumble itself,and Roman Reigns(current champion)will be number one in the ring... only twice has the number one person in the ring have won a Royal Rumble... WWE Hall of Fame member Shawn Michaels is one of the two people,who has won the Royal Rumble from position number one... Reigns won it last year,but it has been eighteen years since "Stone Cold" Steve Austin won it in 1997 and 1998...

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i am going to bed very early,tonight,because i got absolutely no sleep,last night... did have a four hour nap,however...

response to my father...

i wrote a blogpost a couple of days ago that my father said was sad,but honestly it was not meant to be... it was about victory of my character over some very,very hard and tough obstacles that seemed to me to be impossible to overcome,at that time... i am standing upright,and on two feet over some things that almost killed me,but i am still here fighting for a life(my own)that honestly was,at times,that seemed to be a mountain as tall as Mount Everest,and i climbed it,in my own way... that was the way that i wrote that blogpost...

a story that was hard to forget...

one day in the spring of 1989(a Sunday),i was at my soulmate's apartment,so i had to sprint for the bus(about ten blocks),and i missed the bus by ten seconds,nonetheless... i had no money,and no way home... i lived with UNC,in South Natomas,and i was in Carmichael,at the time... how in the world did i get home??? walk about twelve miles across North Sacramento... it was 6:30 pm,and i had to walk home,so i did... i was in tip top condition from my training for a marathon,so it was not too difficult,and so i thought... i was dead wrong!!! getting to Arden Fair Mall was not too difficult,but i shortly after passing Arden Fair Mall,i had both hips dislocate,and then i popped them back into place... the last five miles was simply torture,and when i got home at 2:15 am,i stupidly realized that i had run out of my soulmate's apartment without my house key,so i laid down on the cement slab outside the back sliding glass door,for a few seconds... did not to wake up UNC,at that time of night(he would have "killed" me),but then realized i had left my bedroom window unlocked,but shut,so i crawled into the bedroom,and went to bed... what a night!!!!

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i do have a story of walking across Sacramento,one Sunday night... however,i need sleep,before i tell it... will tell it tomorrow... train leaves for Snoozeville,very shortly...

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computer has been down this afternoon,so i am not in a good mood... have a headache,so i will be watching NHL hockey tonight,then bedtime...

blog statement...

day off... "Idaho Spud" time...

an odd end to a day...

honestly,this has been a very strange day for yours truly... i started this day by having this computer off for most of the day... ever type with three fingers??? i do,and type rather fast,because i have memorized the keyboard... right now,i am listening to Billy Joel,on his limited engagement channel on Sirius XM... i remember his music during high school,and shortly after that time,and i am just relaxing... my last two years of high school,and the time into my 20's were simply miserable for me,because there was not a day during that time that i did not want to die... i fought those feelings with a great deal of music... drove my parents crazy with the nightly music,but honestly,it simply got through the misery of that time... my running of the roads almost every day(ten miles a day,or more)tired me out,so i would spend as little time as possible thinking about my life... the roads around "the Big House" were almost perfect for training... this is odd,because i really have never talked about that time,until now... i spent a total of over twenty years simply surviving,and,in my own way,growing up... i was depressed for about twelve and a half years,and then the real adventure of my entire life,ten years "on the road",the last seven years traveling almost every day,with small breaks of living with friends and relatives... i have traveled over 50,000 miles on my thumb... people may have their own opinions of why i did it that way,but this is my reason:i simply had to grow up,and to remain sane,i had to travel almost every day... one story:my UNC wanted to argue with me over something,was pissed,and just wanted to fight someone... well,this night,i simply refused,and told him that i was going to read some Tom Clancy in my room,and walked away... about two hours later,he knocked on my door and simply said that he was very proud of me,and that i had grown up,and then went to bed... i tell that story not to belittle anyone,but to simply show you how much growth i went through,in that time... people have their opinions of me,and i honestly do not care a whit about what they think,because i have been through so much crud that it does not matter... i have done some things that i simply am ashamed of,during that time,but the major thing is that i survived "my own personal hell",and that is what you have to do,in the end... i have lost friends and other people that i really cared for during that time,but i had to survive,so i had to do what i had to do... my family had no idea why i did what i did,and at that particular time,i really did not care,but honestly i loved them all,but could not explain anything... to them,i deeply apologize,but under the exact circumstances of that time,the same things would happen,with a little difference(would have stayed in touch with them),but nothing would have changed that much... strangely,i am very grateful for that time "on the road",because it taught me more than i can explain to myself,or could ever explain to you... in my own unique way,i really miss it,if you can believe that... simply said,not knowing where i was going to be at night was exciting,because i totally changed my mind almost every day,like starting in Carson City/Reno,one morning,and being in Salt Lake,Denver,Albuquerque,or Las Vegas,that night,or even being a trucker(for four days)going through Nevada,Utah,Idaho,and Wyoming,like a trucking buddy took me on that trip,in 1998... what a trip that was,folks...

a defense of Aaron...

many pundits have said that the Packers' quarterback(Aaron Rodgers)has been figured out by the team defenses of the teams that "we" played,this season... how many games did the Packers lose??? seven,but at least five of the games went down to the very last play of the game(Carolina Panthers,DA BEARS,Detroit Lions,Minnesota Vikings(all three division games were at Lambeau Field),and Arizona Cardinals)... one major fact:they had offensive line woes throughout the season(injuries),and by the end of the NFC divisional game,against Arizona,they had lost their top four wide receivers to major injuries,and their top running back(Eddie Lacy)scored only three rushing touchdowns,all season,and Aaron Rodgers was sacked over forty times(eight times by Arizona,week sixteen,alone)... the defense was wracked with injury,in the defensive backfield,and defensive line,all season,but only gave up an average of just about 21 points/per game,and the Packers lost in overtime,in the NFC divisional game,on a great play by Larry Fitzgerald,after having completed their second Hail Mary,of the season,from a basically crushed Aaron Rodgers,who was smashed,as he let go of the football,as the clock hit double zero... no other quarterback could have carried this Packers' team on his back,like he did,all season... to those pundits,they can kiss both sides of my backsides,because this season may have a disappointment,but i am very,very proud of this team... there is not a quarterback that i would trade for,and Aaron Rodgers would be in my foxhole,as the best quarterback in the NFL,BECAUSE HE DOES NOT QUIT!!!! note:he epitomizes Packer greatness,when an anonymous Packers' player said in the 60's,"we do not lose,but we run out of time..."*  *quote is in the book,"Instant Replay",by Jerry Kramer...

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since i had to re-install my Sirius XM app on my cell phone,i had to reset my passcode,so i turned on the computer and i have decided to say something that honestly has to be said... more later...

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hello,folks... i am watching television and doing other things today... i will be off and on over the next few days,but major blogging will be sometime this week... i am enjoying my break from blogging... be back shortly...

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i can not be prouder of "my" team... i am going into the off-season holding my head straight up,and with a rock chin... as i am taking a few days off from any major blogging,i will say that this is the proudest moment of my public ownership of the Packers... anyone who is going to criticize the team,the head coach,or the quarterback will not escaped unscathed from a verbal beatdown by me,period... see you shortly,folks...

Packers' game score,and comments...

Cardinals 26,Packers 20,overtime... a great play by Aaron Rodgers to send game into overtime,but a better play by Cardinals' wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald ended game,and the season for the Packers... a hat tip to the "better team"-Arizona Cardinals... note:i am taking a few days off to decompress from the season... i will not watch football tomorrow...

brass balls award...

the former(drunk)Taco Bell executive (Matthew Golden)who assaulted the UBER driver is suing the guy for $5.0 million,for filming his assault of the guy... what gall!!!

Packers/Cardinals game notes...

i usually talk about the upcoming game every week,but this week has been strange... both the Packers and Cardinals are very good,and simply if both teams play up to their potentials,it will be a great game... the Packers have been an enigma all season... they have been up and down on offense,and the defense has been very good most of the season,allowing very few points in their games,but the offense has been spotty all season... the numbers for Aaron Rodgers are the worst of his career,but most of the slippage in the numbers are due to two factors:1)youth in the passing corps,and 2)major injuries to the offensive line,and to the receiving corps... every pundit has said at one time or another that maybe they have figured out Aaron Rodgers... BULL!!! when you have injuries to key people,i do not care if you have SUPERMAN under center,you are going to struggle with a team that may have won six in a row,lost their division(the NFC North),to the Minnesota Vikings,but even in the midst of that opening six game winning streak,i honestly noticed that they were just a little off on team offense,and even though the defense was,at the time,leading the NFL,in scoring defense(about 17 points allowed/game),they would have trouble if injuries to key people piled up,and BINGO,they did... so,they face a very,very good and favored Cardinals' team,today... they can win if they do not turn over the football,force the Cardinals into mistakes,get an early lead,and play Packers' football...

my lousy day(laughing)...

i am not happy with a lot of things that are going on today... just small things are irritating me,but with a nasal migraine headache today,it is not a pleasant day for me... i have a big toenail halfway off on my right foot,so i have a white sock on my foot to protect the toe,and i look like a hobo,with pajamas on... what a look!!! (laughing)... on top of that,i have a sore spot in-between my big toe,and the pad of my right foot,a small crack of the skin... OUCH!!! so i am limping,slightly.... thought you needed a chuckle to make fun of me today... i will be all right,but you would get a big laugh out of the way that i look today... someone has to make fun of me,today... i guess it is me...

Packers/Cardinals game notes...

the Arizona Cardinals are favored against the Packers,every pundit believes that the Packers have little,or no,chance to beat after the 38-8 stomping they received at the hands of the Cardinals,in week sixteen,and i can see where they are right,but i also know that if the Packers have two weeks to prepare(but you say they have had only one week to prepare)... to tell you honestly,they started to prepare,when the week sixteen game ended,or the day after,because they knew that they would have a chance to face them,in Arizona,again,even if they won their division(the NFC North),which they did not win it,against Minnesota... the Packers may not win the game,but it will be a closer game than 38-8,and the Packers will have a shot to win,if they start off fast,score points,keep the Cardinals' offense off the field as much as possible,and keep Aaron Rodgers upright,as much as possible... if not,it will be an ugly game like last time... do not bet on it!!!!

a story that i had to tell...

this is strange that i am up at this time,not because of the time,but because i honestly was dead asleep,and all of a sudden,the eyes popped open like an alarm clock going off... i usually wake up slowly... at 2:52 am,i woke up like a Jack in a Box... so here i am... i talk about people who i deeply miss(not to change minds or attitudes),but to tell about those people,who honestly had a very deep effect on my life... my soulmate was a lady of strange temperaments... one time,she was a sweetheart,the next time,she was a cobra,and honestly,i called her a cobra a few times to her face,and she would call me names that i can not mention on here... it honestly got much worse towards the end of her oh very short life,because of the real extreme pain that she was in... i was rather blind to that fact,and i am very remorseful about it... Mike and Diana reminded me of something:i was "on the road",by choice,but honestly,it was not,because every time,i stepped out of her apartment,i did wish silently to remain,even when i was very angry... both of us were very difficult to live with,and sometimes near impossible... it is a fact that when i was in town,i shopped for her.. i knew every small fact about her... in fact,i can still go into any store,and with a blindfold,and pick out things that she loved down to her undergarments,hair color,and makeup... a funny story is that the very last time we shopped together,we came out with three separate food baskets filled to the brim,and me $350- poorer... i could not believe it... she hated to shop,but when she did,oh boy,did she shop!!!! when she a sweetheart,she cooked,and was a good cook... i still remember her lasagna... i even cooked her my famous spaghetti recipe,and her kids ate it up like they were on a IV,and it took days,because i cooked a ton of it... she called me,"her miracle man",because sometimes i absolutely did some things that were impossible to do,but somehow things that she absolutely needed to have done were done... it was amazing to me that some things got done,because some days i had absolutely no way to do those things,but things got done... at the end of her life,we sorted through some very difficult subjects,talked everything out,and she was the very same loving lady that i honestly fell in love,on that very first day that we met,so long ago... now for the final thing that i will mention happened four days,before she passed away,we had an intimate "wedding ceremony"(no priest),in which she and i stood next to her bed,got down to brass tacks,and finally said the things that we both wanted to say for the thirteen and a half years that we knew each other... it will remain private,and in my heart,but in her memory,i will say,"Remember the 31st...",and i do every day...

commentary...

i am very tired of every pundit,who does not how to play NFL football,and it is apparent that nobody believes that the Packers can win,against the Cardinals... they degrade the offensive team,especially Aaron Rodgers(right,Gil Brandt:you should retire,and go back to Dallas!!!)... well,i am not saying that the Packers will not win,but that it will be closer,and if it is close,that the Packers will have a chance to win... hyping the Cardinals is their job(i understand),but to give the Packers no chance,makes me absolutely angry... the NFL Network is running a replay of the 51-45,2009 playoff win,that the Cardinals had over the Packers,but honestly watch the last play of that game,when the referees missed a violent facemark on Aaron Rodgers,which directly led to his fumble,and to the winning touchdown(a fumble return),and then they are running a hour of highlights of week sixteen,this year,in which the Packers lose,38-8,and then they are showing a replay of Super Bowl I,on Friday... they are showing bias,folks,and is that fair??? NO!!!! they can kiss my backsides,folks...

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before i preview Saturday night's game between the Packers and the Arizona Cardinals,i will say this:the Cardinals can not play any better,and the Packers can not stink up the joint any worse... nine sacks,and four turnovers,including two fumbles returned for a touchdown marred the game,but if anyone believes that the Packers will play that bad again,you will be surprised by the Packers and the way that they will play Saturday night... i am not saying that the Packers will win,but honestly,in my opinion,i will not be surprised,if they did win game...

quote of the week...

"the season can't end like that"-Minnesota Vikings' radio broadcast,as kicker Blair Walsh missed 27 yard field goal,with 26 seconds left,and the Vikings lose 10-9,to the Seattle Seahawks,in their NFC wild card game... to reply:YES IT CAN!!!

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will preview tomorrow the Packers/Cardinals rematch from week sixteen,in which the Packers got blasted 38-8... if you believe the Packers do not have a chance in this game,you are dead wrong!!!! no one team can be that bad again... the Packers may lose,but it should be more interesting than week sixteen... it is Saturday night...

commentary...

folks,honestly,i do not feel any sympathy for the NFC North Champion Minnesota Vikings(hate to admit that),but after last week,with a gift fumble return for a touchdown,by the referees,to beat the Packers,i have absolutely no sympathy for the Vikings... Karma bites,doesn't it,boys!!!! you win a game that you have a gift given to you,last week,and then you screw up a 27 yard field goal,to lose a playoff game??? guess you want to relive the Gary Anderson screw up,in the 1998 NFC Championship game,when he missed a game-clinching field goal,and then you lose to the Atlanta Falcons,in overtime,who honestly had no right going to the Super Bowl(Super Bowl XXXIII),against the Denver Broncos... remember that you were 15-1,in the regular season,and you bulldozed through everyone in that year's playoffs,until Anderson missed that field goal(and it was his only miss-field goal,or PAT)... Deja vu really sucks... chomp on that manure sandwich...  Tastes good,doesn't it!!!! YUM!!!! will live in infamy,for your team history... as a shareholder/owner,of the Packers,i am still smiling!!!! (laughing)... note:i know that i am being so cold about this,but i do not care a whit,period... BRRRR!!!!

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i am not saying that the Packers are going to win next week,against the Arizona Cardinals,but honestly,the game will be closer than two weeks ago,when the Packers got blasted,38-8,and nine sacks,and four turnovers,in my opinion,will not happen again... Arizona should,and will,be favored,but the Packers,and Aaron Rodgers and company,will show up in a big way... the embarrassment of that loss to Arizona,will be a big chip on the Packers' collective shoulders... like i said,the Packers will play better,and things will be closer,score-wise,but again,honestly,if the Cardinals put the hammer down on the Packers,again,i will honestly tip my hat to "the better team",and yet,i would love another crack at the Cardinals,Seattle Seahawks(for last year's NFC Championship loss),or the Carolina Panthers,again,because those losses are very sore with me,and the Packers,PERIOD...

Packers' game score,and comments...

Packers 35,Redskins 17... Packers' team offense finally wake up,and the team defense really shined,stopping the Redskins three times,on fourth down,and sacking Redskins' quarterback Kirk Cousins six times... Packers scored on five straight possessions,and six of seven possessions,in second half to blow open a tight game and cruised to an easy win,over the Redskins... note:it is the first time in recent playoff history that all four road teams won,on a playoff weekend...

NFC North division game score...

Seattle Seahawks 10,Minnesota Vikings 9... VIKINGS CHOKE BIG TIME!!!!

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the Packers' team motto for this year's playoffs appears to be,"just win one game"... very proper,it is!!!

Packers/Redskins game notes,and the Packers win,if...

i am mystified by the Packers this season... the team defense has been very good most of the year... in fact,the last time the Packers had a better team defense than a team offense,numbers-wise,was 2010(remember what happened then:the Packers became the only team in NFL history to return a interception for a touchdown in every playoff game that they played;all four games,and won Super Bowl XLV)... the Washington Redskins have won their last four games,and have had the lead in the last three games,going into the fourth quarter each time... if the Packers do not score early,hold the lead going into the fourth quarter,they are in deep trouble... the Packers have lost four games in the last minute,this season,but honestly had a legitimate chance to win two of those games,even though sending games into overtime,against Carolina,and Minnesota,last week,would have been a toss up,in overtime,but,alas,that did not happen... (in that game,against the Carolina Panthers,even though Carolina won the game,i honestly noticed a real chink in the Panthers' armor,also against the New York Giants,they gave up a big lead(23 points,against the Packers,in the fourth quarter,and 28 points against the Giants;they won by eight points(37-29),against the Packers(a lame duck interception by Rodgers ended the game on 4th and goal),and 38-35,against the Giants,after being up by 28 with 3:30 left in third period,with a last second field goal,more on that,perhaps)... the Redskins have a very good defensive line,and with the Packers given up fourteen sacks in last two games,it could be ugly for Aaron Rodgers and company,Sunday,but again,the Packers had two starters out for the last two games,and with backups in,that is what you get,most of the time... both starters should play... the only mystery to me is,unlike 2010,what Packers' team offense is going to show up??? the one that won six games in a row to start the season,or the one that has had trouble scoring points in first three quarters of a game,and have only won four of the last ten games,while the Packers' team defense has carried the team into the playoffs... question: is the Packers' team offense ever to wake up,and play Packers' football??? i have hope,but again,what has happened to the Packers,this season??? note:i combined both blogposts this week,because  "the Packers win,if..." has been the same formula for weeks,and nothing has worked... so i am crossing my fingers,tomorrow...

Packers' trivia...

here is a trivia question for you,folks:how many points have the Packers' team defense given up,in the fourth quarter,in the last four games??? a)twelve,b)eighteen,c)six,or d)sixteen... drumroll,please... the answer is c)six points...

possible NFC divisional opponents,involving the Packers...

if the Packers win,over the Washington Redskins,and the Seattle Seahawks win,over the Minnesota Vikings,the Packers will play the Arizona Cardinals,again,next week... if the Packers win,and the Vikings win,the Packers will play the Carolina Panthers,again,next week...

quote of the week...

this is a quote a little late:"i think as you grow older,your Christmas list gets shorter,because things that you want can't be bought"...-Chris Rock...

blog statement...

day off... very tired... sorry,folks,have had a real nasty week,and finally will preview Packers/Washington Redskins playoff game,most likely,early tomorrow morning,after some rest,tonight... "Idaho Spud" time...

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will preview Packers/Redskins playoff game tomorrow... sorry,folks...

trivia...

here is an odd trivia question:how many home games did the New York Yankees have at "old" Yankee Stadium in its history,before it was demolished??? answer:6,581 games*... *got answer from Baseball Hall of Fame...

a present to myself...

just went shopping on way home from a physical therapy appointment,and bought me a four time Super Bowl champion Packers' jacket... it was a late Christmas present to myself... so i am very happy,and smiling,folks...

blog statement...

day off... "Idaho Spud" time... note:will preview the Packers/Redskins playoff game,later today,or tomorrow...

commentary...

this has been the most frustrating season,for me,as a shareholder/owner of the Packers... it has appeared to me,at least,this season,that we are finding ways to lose games that we should have won,and even the games that we have won have not been "pretty",but they are "ugly" games... for example,to lose to DA BEARS,the Detroit Lions(at home),and especially last night,to the Minnesota Vikings is basically frustrating,and heartbreaking,and in all three games,we waste great defensive efforts,by looking like The Three Stooges,on offense,and making really dumb mistakes to allow even the referees to cost us a game,as in last night... to tell me,for example,that Rodgers' incomplete pass that was turned into a 55 yard fumble return,by the referees,was simply fair,well,folks,you simply can kiss my backside on the 50 yard line inside Lambeau Field,because the referees looked like Manny,Moe,and Jack(the Pep Boys),and whoever else looked at it... we wuz robbed!!!! i accept the loss,but we wuz robbed!!!! PERIOD!!!!

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simply said,i do not want to talk about the Vikings/Packers game until i really calm down,and it will take a few days... i am totally disgusted with the overall effort of the Packers(for the first three quarters),and one point:the refereeing tonight was pathetic,and it appeared that the referees were simply bad,tonight,especially on the so-called winning touchdown by the Vikings,when it appeared that Rodgers' arm was coming forward,with the football,and the referees simply blew the call,with a fumble return for a touchdown... that is what pisses me off the most... i will not talk about the game for a few days,and i simply mean that... be back sometime this week...

Packers' game score,and simple comment...

Vikings 20,Packers 13... totally disgusted... note:going to bed shortly...

notable game...

San Francisco 49ers 19,St. Louis Rams 16,overtime... do not mention the 49ers too much,but they fought the Rams like scrappy dogs,and deserve a mention for their team effort...

beatdown of the week...

Seattle Seahawks 36,Arizona Cardinals 6...

NFC North division game score...

Detroit Lions 24,Chicago Bears 20... note:how much does DA BEARS really SUCK!!! they were 1-7,at Soldier Field,and they finish last in the NFC North division,at 6-10... for the final time,this season,repeat people,in unison:DA BEARS SUCK!!!! DA BEARS SUCK!!!! DA BEARS SUCK!!!!

stories of time "on the road"...

i am up with a slight upset stomach,but will be just fine... i believe eating some oatmeal turned my stomach... way to go,oatmeal!!!! (laughing)... i am listening to "My Guy",by Mary Wells... a great rendition,by Whoopi Goldberg,in the movie,"Sister Act",by the way... funny thing is that the opening was done at Fitzgerald's,in Reno,at the casino bar stage... yours truly had spent so much time there that i could still remember every inch of that casino bar and casino at the very time of the production of the movie,even though,i was not there at the time... am thinking about people who i dearly miss,and listening to 60's music,which makes me very calm,and i am tapping the table in rhythm to certain songs... the last time i was in Fitzgerald's in Las Vegas,i got tossed out "for sleeping,and being drunk"... unfortunately,it was 2:30 in the afternoon,and i was just listening to music played on a piano,sipping Dr Pepper,in a Big Gulp cup,and i had been gambling off and on,that afternoon... i was waiting for the Reno bus,at 7:30.. well,a security guard i knew from Reno,saw me,and simply tossed me out... their absolute right to do so,but i cursed her out backward and forward,as i left,but then i got pissed,and walked in back a hour later,and explained the situation to her supervisor,who really did understood my situation,and just asked me politely to leave,after talking to me... i told her that i had a bus ticket,to Reno,so i was leaving town,so no problem... i even had the Big Gulp cup in my hand when i talked to her... that was my last time in Las Vegas,so it was memorable... hope you get a chuckle from this... now,for the very first time i was in Vegas:i tried to hitchhike for five days out of Las Vegas,and EVERY TIME,i got a ride,the person drove me back to the Horseshoe Casino,within ten feet from where i started... after five miserable days in 105+ degree heat,i finally got out of town by walking down the Strip,and finding the last on-ramp going south to Orange County,and Los Angeles,so there was no way to circle back into town... that started the adventure in Marina Del Rey,but i already have talked about that,on this blog... now for the train to Snoozeville,folks...

the Packers win if,and playoff seedings...

the Packers win if they score early,play good defense,and Aaron Rodgers plays like his usual MVP form,which has been very fleeting,this season... note:if they win,and Arizona beats Seattle,they will face the Seahawks at Lambeau Field... if they win,and Seattle beats Arizona,they will face the Vikings next week,at Lambeau Field... if they lose,they will face the Washington Redskins,in Washington,next week...

Vikings/Packers game notes,part two...

being honest about the Packers' chances against the Vikings,Sunday night,is not easy... bravado says that "we" are going to "bury" them Sunday night... however,looking at the raw data,the Packers may be at Lambeau Field,but in the Vikings,they are facing a team that has scored 30+ points in their last two games,and they are brewing with confidence,and they are denigrating the Packers' chances by giving them bulletin board material... Bad mistake!!!! (keep your mouth shut,Vikings!!!!)... Aaron Rodgers has not had a passer rating over 100,in the last nine games,and in the last four games,his passer rating has been around 75... the passing game is simply erratic,and,at times,the running game has been non-existent down by the goal line... the offensive line gave up nine sacks,two huge strip sacks,against Arizona,but honestly they had injuries to two starters on the offensive line during the game... Rodgers is trying to force the football down the field to wide receivers who simply have a very hard time getting open against their opponents(the effect of the injury to Jordy Nelson)... on defense,one starter(Sam Shields-out this week,too,most likely-concussion)was out,and B.J. Raji suffered a concussion early in the game(he should play this week)... Raji is big and talented enough to clog up the middle,and chase down running backs,and Clay Matthews has done very little in the past two games,but,folks,he is pissed about his play,so watch out Teddy,he will chase you all day... interesting game,Sunday...

Vikings/Packers game notes...

stopping Adrian Peterson is priority number one,and having Teddy Bridgewater "beat" you is supposed to be the formula to beating the Vikings,but the passer rating for Bridgewater has been over 120,since the last Packers' game,so he has improved throughout the season... Peterson ran for very few yards,against the Packers,the last time they played in Minnesota... do not expect that again... he has averaged over 110 yards/per game,against the NFC North division,in his career,and just under 100 yards a game,overall... those numbers indicate an very improving team... the Packers,last week,scored eight points(that's right,folks),had four turnovers,and looked like a third rate expansion team,in execution... Aaron Rodgers' passer rating,for the season,is just under 100,but was just over 80,last week,and was 68.8 two weeks ago,against the Oakland Raiders,in a 30-20 win... so he has not had a stellar season,passer rating wise,but his numbers are not too bad,overall... the running of James Starks,and an improving Eddie Lacy(his game last week was not so bad-earlier blog post)may help Sunday night... the critical key may be turnovers,on both teams... stop them and the game may be a very good one,Sunday night... note:i predict a shootout,and yet,it could be a "bloody" slugfest... (laughing)...

comments...

honestly,had to finally watch the NFL highlights(or lowlights)of last week's Arizona Cardinals 38-8 stomping of the Packers to release some anger... because of the score,only one player played well for the Packers,scored the only touchdown,had a reasonable day running the ball,and that was running back Eddie Lacy,but when you get crushed 38-8,no one deserves a passing grade but Lacy(a C-,and everyone else got a F,including coaches),and that is nothing to be proud of,last week,period... note:now,i can go on,and focus on the NFC North Division title game,with the Minnesota Vikings,Sunday night...

blog statement...

i will preview the Minnesota Vikings/Packers game,either today,or early tomorrow morning... folks,sorry for the delay... it has been very cold here,and i want to spend as little time typing in the chair...

Happy New Year!!!!