This season / Last Season

[mraynrand]

but the viking & bears games were more exciting than they are today.

Are you joking? There have been some great divisional games of late. You just had the first meeting of Packers Bears in what is essentially the old NFL championship game and it was down to the wire. A few blow outs in the Vikings-Packers rivalry, but you had those in the other direction in the 70s and 80s. Plus, those 10-10 ties sucked. Yeah, there were a handful of fin games in the Dickey era, but a lot of sucky games and terrible losses.

I don't enjoy watching Cleveland squeak out a victory against Jacksonville in a game played poorly by two bad teams. That's what the rivalry games were like in the 70s and 80s for the most part, except when the Packers got destroyed by far superior Bears and Vikings teams.

[Harlan Huckleby]

the rivalry games were much more heated in past years. Slug fests regardless of record. Bear & Viking games today are not that different from other games. if you remember games as boring, you must have been deeply miserable, unable to experience pleasure.

[mraynrand]

the rivalry games were much more heated in past years. Slug fests regardless of record. Bear & Viking games today are not that different from other games. if you remember games as boring, you must have been deeply miserable, unable to experience pleasure.

Sure, those Favre games in 2009 were totally ordinary. The Bears/Packers in '85 and '86 were slugfests because Gregg pulled a Schwartz. There were a handful of slugfests between GB and the Vikings - like the fall '89 game in GB. Most of the rest were pretty dull. Even the instant replay game was exceedingly dull until the last drive. I think you are viewing your past through rose colored glasses. I think the rivalries were far more heated going further back from the '70s. Even if the rivalry was more heated, many of the games were unexciting, from a pure football perspective. A lot of bad football was being played. But what of it? This is just my perspective - go ahead and indulge your fantasies.

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Lol Pulled a schwartz... Is that like pulling a Shrute?

[mraynrand]

[Pugger]

Back in the 70s and 80s you hoped the Pack would win but knew deep down they wouldn't. It wasn't for lack of trying but lack of TALENT. There were too many times where we'd get a late lead and then couldn't stop the opposition from driving down for the winning TD or FG. Wins were few and far between. I left Lambeau field to many times deflated. Cherish this team and this historic run. We are witnessing a once in a generation treat.

[Harlan Huckleby]

I always thought the Lynn Dickey era teams would win, they had plenty of talent.

The only miserable years were a couple Lindy Infante teams, and maybe the late seventies. Otherwise, it was "the pack is back!" hope

[Pugger]

Back in Lynn Dickey's era we could score but our defense was a sieve. Dickey even lately admitted he threw a lot of INTs because he knew he had to make a play whether it was there or not because our defenses back then were so lousy.

[Harlan Huckleby]

I just remember Packer games being as fun as they are today. Maybe the fact that I am now a jaded, bitter old man levels the pleasure field.

For sure, there were A LOT fewer fans prior to Holmgren. And I don't know what is was like to go to a live game and watch losses. I just remember The Mad Stork, Mad Dog Douglass, Eddie Lee Ivory, "Fresh Start with Bart" - lots to get excited about.

[KalamazooPackerFan]

Enjoy this special team and season. I endured the 70s and 80s so you can bet I'm savoring this success big time.

Absolutely! Surviving the Bengston/Devine/Starr/Gregg/Infante years is what made the late 90s and the last two seasons so sweet! No matter the debates about what holes there are on the team you know we are in every game and that the team is set up to be good for along time.

[yooperfan]

"Fresh Start with Bart"

"The Pack will be Back" bumper stickers.

[Pugger]

"The Pack is Devine"

What was the one for Gregg...wasn't it something about trees? And what was the one for Infante? I can't seem to find it online...

[Joemailman]

"The Pack is Devine"

What was the one for Gregg...wasn't it something about trees? And what was the one for Infante? I can't seem to find it online...

Wasn't it...Forrest Fire In Green Bay?

Remember Holmgren's Heroes?