What peeps are saying in your neck of the woods

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Checking in from the SF Bay Area. There are a ton of Bear fans in my area----Cal Bear fans that is, and they love them some Aaron Rodgers and Desmond Bishop! Since there isn't a professional football team in NorCal many locals have jumped on the Pack bandwagon. I do have a $1 bet on the game with a misguided co-worker (probably abused as a child). I am perusing the McD's Value Menu as we speak to determine how I will spend my winnings. Go Pack! I'm hungry!

49ers and Raiders aren't considered Norcal? Or do you guys try to separate the Bay from Norcal somehow?

[Willard]

49ers and Raiders aren't considered Norcal? Or do you guys try to separate the Bay from Norcal somehow?

I said "professional football". The local teams are semi-pro at best!

[HarveyWallbangers]

Checking in from the SF Bay Area. There are a ton of Bear fans in my area----Cal Bear fans that is, and they love them some Aaron Rodgers and Desmond Bishop! Since there isn't a professional football team in NorCal many locals have jumped on the Pack bandwagon. I do have a $1 bet on the game with a misguided co-worker (probably abused as a child). I am perusing the McD's Value Menu as we speak to determine how I will spend my winnings. Go Pack! I'm hungry!

Funny. I'd go with the McDouble.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Peeps are too cold to say anything. It was -22 last night. I wonder if there's any chance of this weather hitting Chicago around Sunday afternoon. That would be brutal.

[Freak Out]

Peeps are too cold to say anything. It was -22 last night. I wonder if there's any chance of this weather hitting Chicago around Sunday afternoon. That would be brutal.

I feel for you man.....we just warmed up after a few weeks of brutal cold. +20 now.

On another note...I just realized my wife donated a huge box of winter gear to the Salvation Army recently...including my two winter Packers hats! At first I was bummed and thought she would bring down the wrath of the football gods on us but have since decide it's good for the team. Those hats will make great recruiting tools.

[AtlPackFan]

Seems like the Falcons folks I know are now on the Pack bandwagon. Only makes sense if you ask me.

I'm getting the opposite reaction from the Falcon fans I have spoke too...hate the Pack for beating their beloved Falcons and say they will be Bear fans on Sunday. Losers!

[Cheesehead Craig]

Nice post Mad.

Besides the several hundred thousand or so excited Packer fans in the Twin Cities, I haven't personally heard a whole lot about this game. I've never seen such an abrupt transition from the Vikings to the Twins.

Agree with superfan. Most Viking fans don't want to even talk about the playoff run the Packers have had or the game Sunday. It's like the playoffs don't exist here in MN for them.

I know two things for sure, if the Pack lose to the Bears, they will come out of the woodwork about how they knew the Pack would lose and how embarassed they should be for losing to the Bears and that in the end their season ended just how the Vikes did...

And if the Pack win, it's that the Bears weren't any good anyways and just had a lucky, fluky season and that the Pack are the worst NFC SB representative in the last decade.

But whatever helps them sleep at night.

[Bossman641]

Peeps are too cold to say anything. It was -22 last night. I wonder if there's any chance of this weather hitting Chicago around Sunday afternoon. That would be brutal.

I'm 20 miles west of Chicago. We got the really cold stuff this morning too. Supposed to be cold tomorrow as well, highs in the single digits and then in the teens and low 20's Sunday.

[Freak Out]

So far in the ongoing informal polling I'm conducting here in Anchorage (customers, contractors, neighbors and strangers etc...) it's split down the middle, with a couple of "leave me alone asshole" for good measure.

[retailguy]

"leave me alone asshole"

Wow. They know you pretty well up there....

[red]

Zee Chermans are, ov coarse, all for zee Päckerrrrz, it coot bee no uzza vay! Vot a stewpid kvestion!!!!

what is that, germlish?

or do i just understand so much of it because of my heritage?

[MJZiggy]

A son and his father, an evening conversation:

Dad: So is it Packer day at school tomorrow? Are you supposed to wear Packer colors?

Son: No, its 80s day tomorrow. We need to wear something from that decade.

Dad: You know, I have a Reggie White jersey. He played in the 80s.

Son: Walks away, slowly shaking his head...


One of us is not getting the point

The kid should be shaking his head. Reggie didn't join the Pack until 1993...

[BallHawk]

As people have already said, down here in SW Florida nobody is going for the Bears except Bears fans. It's really crazy how positive of a force Aaron has been for this team and franchise as a whole. I can't count the number of "I'm not a fan of either team, but I like Aaron Rodgers so I'm rooting for the Pack". You didn't find that with Favre because of the amount of overblown media-gushing and dramatics. If A-Rod keeps up this play though, it'll go the exact same way for him too (more so than it has been this week). But even then, you can't hate Aaron. There's nothing to hate.

[MadtownPacker]

49ers and Raiders aren't considered Norcal? Or do you guys try to separate the Bay from Norcal somehow?

I would say yes. The Bay area is raiders and 49ers for sure but I dont really consider that NorCal. That would be more like where Rodgers is from (up toward Sacramento area). Here in central CA raiders are the strongest. I guess cuz Tom Flores (first brown NFL coach)and Daryl Lamonica are from Fresno. After that 49ers are a close 2nd with Rams and a few charger scattered in. Lots of people from lots of places so there is lots of different teams you see. cowbums, steelers, bears, and Packers being some of the most frequent I see.

[MadtownPacker]

what is that, germlish?

or do i just understand so much of it because of my heritage?

Youre heritage is a fucking nazi so yeah.

I dont know why Tarlam tries to act German that faker. He is a descendant of criminals (Australia) and dont ever let him tell you different.