Getting ready to join the rest of the "Blugold Boosters" that meet at the Quality Inn every Tuesday following football games, this time to discuss the close loss to River Falls at River Falls last Saturday.
What is with all this rain lately? I am having difficulty getting my stove started in the mornings as my wood pile is soaked through and through.
However, last Sunday's Packer/Redskin game was a good trial run for inclement weather as we were under a pretty steady mist all afternoon and the rain gear (thanks Farm and Fleet) held up really well.
I am a bit apprehensive about our second trip to Lambeau on November 18, but I figure layering is the way to go.
The 18th is the trip in which I introduce my radio pal jay Moore to the wonders of Lambeau Field. Being a Carolinian, he has never had the pleasure to set foot in the holy edifice and I am all too happy to be his guide. The third party involved in the trip is my long suffering friend, Tom Johnson, lately of New York City, who got me started going to games way back in the year 1999.
We will be leaving Eau Claire on Saturday morning, November 17, picking Jay up on our way by his house just off Highway 29, and making our way to our hotel in the Fox Valley (Neenah) just off Highway 41.
It will be "Boys Night Out" in Appleton on Saturday night with the obligatory Sammy's Pizza for dinner, chased with a few brews before bedding down. The room has two beds and there are three of us. Gonna have to draw straws.
We will want to be up fairly early on game day so that we can find a parking place within walking distance of Lambeau before we head to The Stadium View and knock back a couple of breakfast bloody Marys, then trek down the boulevard past the Hudson Center.
I had been thinking that with Jake Delhomme lost for the season, the Panthers might be easy prey, but then this morning I read that third string quarterback, VINNIE TESTAVERDE, (isn't he dead???) led the team to an unlikely victory!
I am hoping that the Pack has figured out a running game by the time we play the Panthers. It is nothing short of amazing that this team is 5-1 at this juncture.
Still in all, even if we lose games, to be there in person, to see the spectacle. the pomp, the circumstance, the pure excitement that pours forth from every Wisconsin Packer fan, makes it well worth the trip.
I am so very proud to live in a state that owns its professional football team and bleeds green and gold!
Last Sunday, the PA announcer introduced Lynn Dickey who was standing next to the team on the sidelines and 72,630 people rose to their feet and gave him a thunderous ovation.
Green Bay Packer fans are the greatest fans in the world! Just ask John Madden.
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