" I am not clear on why you are rehashing this sequence now. Is there something new in what Murphy is writing that we didn't know before? "Originally Posted by hoosier
... hoosier
I was looking at a popular Minnesota website last night and discovered similiar stories that we've seen of late RE: Vikings and need or not at WR. and ... Of their owners passion to see his team go all the way and win the Super Bowl .
When I found this article. I thought it was interesting that the author revisited that penalty. I felt that penalty was a crushing blow to the Vikings chance to be NFC Champ. I was heavily involved in that game.
Just prior to that penalty. I was picturing former Packer kicker Ryan Longwell, making about a 50 yarder. Also I was amazed given the punishment Favre received, and the turns of fortune that went against the Vikings. That they still looked good to advance to the Super Bowl. I'm sure many Vikings fans were tasting it. NFL fans were somewhere between pleased for 'the Vikings ' given their undaunted yet unrewarded history and hating the moment, as the Vikings looked good to win that berth to the Super Bowl.
Then that ridiculous or untimely penalty. It had to be brutal to be a Vikings fan.... Then I began to reflect on this wonderful game we love. Of all the experiences we have felt as football fans of the NFL or a specific team.
We are Packer fans and damn proud of that fact.
Last night I reflected on the past experiences I felt as a Packer and NFL fan. It made me think of OUR sudden loss to the 49ers on ' the Steve Young closing series', that shouldn't have been, as the Officials blew that call on 49er's WR Jerry Rice.
It still bugs me.
Then ' the drive ' by San Fran QB Steve Young and that subsequent incredibly acrobatic leaping tand falling to the ground catch by Terrell Owens. T.O. was surrounded by Packer defenders and he wouldn't be denied on that wild right to left slant to the end zone. What a frick'n catch !!
I couldn't believe I saw that happen. My immediate reaction: It should never have been. NFL Officials had done it to us again! As they've done it to many NFL teams, and will do so in the future. Sunday afternoon Officials in ' the most exciting league on the planet '. The look of Holmgren and Favre on the sideline, as our fate was sealed. The feeling we as Packer fans felt, ' disbelief '. We had lost that vital game. All the passion... of that whole thing.
That 12 man in the huddle penalty also made me think of the improbable, the infamous ' 4 and 26 '. How we blew that game. How since we tossed that around. How we have come to somehow gleen a wee bit of ' the people we are here' as individuals. How we have agreed and disagreed with one another and somehow maintained this Packer fan site. Our Packer home.
Look back at that 12 man in the huddle penalty, from a standpoint of how similiar happenings in crucial games affected us as Packer fans. I'm much more than ' just as Packer fan '. I love the NFL game and all the build up, hype and drama.
I happen to feel that the common fans have alot more on the ball than alot of people (people even here at Packerrats) are willing to credit them with. It seems to me that some of the people here actually believe that ** their team managements, ALL RIGHT **. I seperate religion and Pro sports.
Back to:
a)12 men in the huddle .. Saints/Vikings NFC Championship Game 2009/10
b)The Steve Young Drive and the T.O. catch ( 49ers Steve Young, Jerry Rice and T.O. )
c)Packers and Philly NFC Championship game ( 4th and 26 )
That as NFL fans we take any moment in a game, any way we want to, as individuals. We either like it, love it, hate it, or are asleep, don't give a damn or otherwise, indifferent to it. We all share the moment as NFL fans and react as our emotions or intellect direct us. That's just one example of how ' I feel ' we should conduct ourselves in this lifetime. With respect.
These are my thoughts hoosier. Can't we as members here grow as a community and learn something from every member? Re-build PackerRats to the best fan site offered on the internet?
I believe 'that utopian thought' has promise. I reached out to a member here ' last night ' that has disappeared for some reason. I'm concerned about this fella. Is he ok. Has his life taken a down turn? Is it any of my business? **
**Well he'll get my message or not and decide that matter.
This is a community. As members we should care more about our posters that have made significant contributions to the growth and experience at Packerrats. That attitude may influence other posters to step up their game and fill the roles of those missing.
My name is Ed. woodbuck27