Groomin' His Way to a Loss

Yeah, eh? What was wit dat Carr guy? Sure, sure, he wantsta' be Brett Favre. What QB in his right mind wouldn't?! But with all the coiffin' goin' on betwixt da plays and such, I 'spected maybe he was aimin' more at a endorsement deal from da folks at Prell than at a victory agin' our Pack. Someone get da kid a barrette. Seriously: I thought removin' one's helmet on da field a play was a personal-foul-type-15-yard-penalty/automatic-touchdown-for-the-opponent kinda' thing. Guess the officiatin' crew was too mesmerized by Carr's gleamin' locks to bodder grabbin' der flags and such. Course, dey certainly didn't have too much trouble wit dat where da Packers were concerned. Cripes, I ain't seen so much unecessary yellow on da field since da last time da Rams came to Lambeau over 7 years ago, when dey were still wearin' dose distractingly bright pants a der's.

And wit dat in mind, we look ahead to da next time da Rams come to Lambeau: Dis Monday night. You can 'spect ta see tons a media coverage, thanks ta 1) da Pack's 5-game win streak followin' dat 4-game losing streak, 2) our last 2 consecutive wins on last-minute scores off da foot of a Mr. Ryan Longwell, 3) Mr. Favre's 200th consecutive regular season start, and 4) da sports world's general fairweather fannedness. So soak it up, Packers fans!

Hey, me and Bob had dis conversation da other day:

Me: Say, Bob...
Bob: Yep?
Me: Just wonderin', how many days is it dat der are in a calendar year?
Bob: Hm. Number seems significant some ways or another... Could it be da same as da number of TD passes Brett's thrown in his regular season career?
Me: Yep, you got it!
Both: 365!!! [High 5]

Now, speakin' a Prell, Bob, dat and your mention of da Emporium reminds me it about time for me ta stop by Mel's for a snip. Lookin' forward to sharing another page in da annals a Packers history wit ya next Monday night! Don't forget ta bring over somma' Margie's leftover turducken.

Happy Turkey Day!

Looking Forward into History

So's, Bob didn't appreciate my backhanded compliment. I'll try ta pick myself up, shake it off, and move on wit' this post.

It is time, as my buddy Bob pointed out, to look back and look forward. Best of all, for now, the Pack is looking down on the rest of the teams in da NFC North Division! Everyone's real tight, a' course, all bunched in there like a can a' sardines. Having knocked off the team that was so hot early on makes it much better, though -- more like sardines n' peanut butter!

I'm feelin' a little of that French thing you feel when you're feeling like you've felt something before. Whatssat, day-job voodoo, er somethin', right? Anyhoo, I seem to recollectionize a similar-type situation from, oh, I dunno', a year ago or so? The first half of the season really didn't live up ta our justifiably-high expectations, but we came back real strong in the stretch. Same time, aiding the Viqueens in another mid-season slide is always our pleasure! After the game dis past Sunday, I admit I still have some worry about me, but I'm feelin' a might proud of our boys in the Green and Gold right about now. I am in agreement with Bob-o on the performance of our "D" -- except I have to admit that this year's Gills girls flag football team is pretty hot... I mean, they're streakin'... I MEAN, they're doin' a darn good job on the field and winnin' a lotta' games. (Crie, I hope this doesn't get back to Doreen outta' context!)

This Sunday night's game is gonna' be a fun one. We do good work on Sunday nights in general. In fact, me and Bob haven't seen the Pack lose a Sunday night game in almost nine years. (as I recall, the Bucs stole an overtime victory back in December 1995 that made us wait a extra week or two ta' clinch the Playoffs.) I expect this game to help us add ta dat win streak. Course, as I see it, we'll be showin' up at Reliant Stadium about nine months late, since we shoulda' been there in February. But I also wonder if we might be able to claim home field advantage this week, what with Javon's family living so close and all -- if all his second cousins once removed show up, that's a entire end zone section right der!

Watch Bubba on the slant. Pack by 17.

Poker night tonight, Bob! Jeff by several million.

-Jeff

Not-So-Frozen (Yet) Tundra

I gotta' say I'm really proud of my best buddy, Bob. I was wonderin' if this was even gonna' work at all. Bob's the kinda' guy who strikes you like he wouldn't know a computer from the hole in his head (long story -- ask him sometime). Like, last week, if you'da' asked me, "Hey, der, Jeff, does Bob know how ta log on to the internet?" I'da been like, "Bob? You say 'log on' ta Bob, he's thinkin' it's time to stoke the fire!"

But, apparantly not so. He may be adepter at this than me!

So's, since I'm speaking of puttin' a log on the fire, I gotta' say, what's with the weather?! Cripes, it's mid-November and it was 63° yesterday! At this rate, the lake ain't even gonna' freeze until after the Playoffs! It's gonna' be right tough for me and Bob to do our annual shanty show on the radio. Instedda' bein' out on the ice, we may have to set all dat equipment up in like a aluminum boat or somethin'. (Maybe we can borrow Spike's pontoon.) Either way, I think Doreen's gonna' be none-too-happy wit me out there like that, fixin' to electrocutionize myself. Hopefully, the tundra will start ta freeze right around the time the Pack comes back from their trip down to Texas (where they will surely smote those southern hick "Texans" -- hey, great name, huh? Imagine if we were that original and were the Green Bay Wisconsinites... sheesh). The Rams are used to all dat soft, cushy, rug-burn-inducing turf... it'd be nice to smack their faces down into some nice, hard, unforgiving, made-by-nature (and God himself) Lambeau grass in a coupla' weeks.

I still can't believe we gotta' leave that for our last two games this season. Christmas Eve in a dome... in Minneapolis?!? I think Tagliabue's due for a retirement package, eh?

-Jeff