First Day of Camp

[CaptainKickass]

One website should help you all -

https://www.cafepress.com

Yoy can upload a copy of the logo and pick what shirt/hat/hoodie etc to put it on and then purchase your own item

[MJZiggy]

You guys shouldn't print out the logo. I do not know the legality of that and don't want Mad to get in trouble. Let me talk to him and figure out what he has in store on this matter rather than jumping the gun. If you guys want to meet up, declare a meeting place, perhaps a local establishment and walk over together. I'm not sure what to tell you, i've never been to camp

This sounds like excellent advice.

[woodbuck27]

Posted July 28, 2006

Night practice excites McCarthy

By Dylan B. Tomlinson
dtomlinson@postcrescent.com

Mike McCarthy wants the Green Bay Packers to take back the night.

When the Packers open training camp at 6:30 tonight on Clarke Hinkle Field, they will do so under the lights.

With the lights on, McCarthy wants the Packers to put on a show.

While just about any Packers workout would draw a huge crowd, McCarthy said he knows the night practices will add excitement for the coaches, players and fans.

"The best practices I've ever been involved with in training camp were night practices," McCarthy said. "(When I was) in New Orleans, in Thibodaux, La., we'd have 8,000 to 10,000 people in the stands. The players would be sprinting through the walk-throughs. The players like that, when the lights come on and you put people in the stands."

This will be McCarthy's first training camp as the Packers' coach and he said he was eager to get to work.

"Right now, I'm just looking forward to going to practice," McCarthy said. "As coaches and players, we just enjoy being on the field. We're all just looking forward to getting on to the practice field and finding out where we are as a football team."

The Packers were 4-12 last season, and while many expect this to be a rebuilding season, McCarthy said he has high expectations and said he won't be satisfied by mediocrity.

"In this league, you see big turnarounds happen year after year," McCarthy said. "I would not ever be comfortable standing in front of a group of men and tell them to go 8-8. That's not in my nature, and I don't think that's the way we approach this business. If we play a certain way, there's no reason why we can't win a lot of football games."

With camp beginning, McCarthy said he's eager to get several players back who are coming off serious injuries. Running backs Najeh Davenport (ankle) and Ahman Green (quadriceps) were on injured reserve last season, but McCarthy said he's optimistic both players will be cleared soon, possibly as early as today.

"We're going to play the high side of caution with both Najeh and Ahman," McCarthy said. "But in June, they looked like they were ready to go. We'll know a lot more (today)."

McCarthy also confirmed the Packers will begin training camp with rookies Daryn Colledge and Jason Spitz as starters at the guard positions.

McCarthy said one of his goals during training camp and the preseason is to give extensive playing time to backup quarterback Aaron Rodgers, in part to make sure Brett Favre doesn't get overworked.

McCarthy will be relying a great deal on young, inexperienced players as he gets ready for the season. But even with 12 draft picks, McCarthy is excited and optimistic about what's ahead.

"I think we have a very talented bunch of young players," McCarthy said. "We're raw and young at some positions, but I think that's healthy. I really like what we have."

[GBRulz]

thanks for posting Woodbuck.... however, I don't get what M3 is so excited about. Practice at 6:30 isn't what I consider "under the lights" since the sun doesn't set until 8:30.

now, if it were a 6:30 in the winter, now THAT would be under the lights....

I'll take a run over there and get some pics for you guys....

[GBRulz]

Twas the first eve of TC 2006....


Welcome to Green Bay, WI....the smallest market of any venue in professional sports....


Although you'd never know it by just taking a look at all the cars in the stadium lot.....


hmmm, is it a game....no it's the official start of Training Camp 2006 !


Unfortunately.... there were just too many people to get anywhere near the fence...


Sorry fellow packerrats..... I wish I could have done better in the reporting area, but it was just too crowded to see anything. Although I did walk all the way down to the other end and squeezed between two kids to get a shot of all people.....yawn...BJ Sander... which by the way, will be kicking for someone this year, but probably not the Packers. Jon Ryan was bootingn those punts about 50-60 yards tonight with a moderate cross wind blowing. The crowd was cheering.... however, on the receiving punts department, let's just say that when Greg Jennings finally caught a call, the crowd roared out in excitement that one of the many punt returners out there actually caught the damn ball. I have total confidence that we'll GET R DONE..... in the meantime....say buh bye to BJ.... (IMO)

[GBRulz]

double....sorry

[BallHawk]

Thanks for the report, GB. No matter how little it is, I still love it.

[green_bowl_packer]

Next best thing than being there!!! Thanks for the pics!

[Noodle]

Did Ahman practice?

[GBRulz]

mad is going to set up an account for me so that I can dump videos and stuff and link them right to PR...in the meantime, here is a clip of the punters from tonight....

Click here to watch TC-Punters

[BooHoo]

Thanks for the pics.

[GrnBay007]

Yes, thanks for the pics Michele! Ever think of taking in a border or 3 for the season?

[HarveyWallbangers]

Thanks!

[PCastleberg]

hmmm, is it a game....no it's the official start of Training Camp 2006 !

Nice job you got a shot of the back of my brothers head...LOL! I would recognize that black curly hair anywhere...

...thanks for the picks and notes.

PC

[Partial]

Nice to have you here PC.

Great pics Mich!