The Prodigal Son Returns Home

[Patler]

Noob. I remember seeing the Dan Devine show on my parents crappy black and white tv.

Sigh....... and I remember the Lombardi years.
Not on TV though, because we didn't get the Packer games on TV, except the Thanksgiving game against the Lions every year, and the championship game. Had to listen on the radio.

[Patler]

Dickey to Lofton

Herber to Hutson

Rodgers to Nelson

Favre to Sharpe

Those are my top four bomb duos in Packer history, in order

Lofton, wow, what a long ball threat.
22.4 yards/reception in '83.
22.0 yards/reception in '84.

Don't forget Starr to Carroll Dale. They went for +20 yards/reception a few years, too.

[run pMc]

The G.O.A.T single-handily turned a moribund franchise into a Super Bowl contender.

Ron Wolf?
Surely you don't mean Holmgren or Reggie White...

[denverYooper]

Ron Wolf?
Surely you don't mean Holmgren or Reggie White...

Frankie Bag O'Donuts

[pbmax]

Frankie Bag O'Donuts

Plan B free agency. Those were the restraint of trade days.

[George Cumby]

Sigh....... and I remember the Lombardi years.
Not on TV though, because we didn't get the Packer games on TV, except the Thanksgiving game against the Lions every year, and the championship game. Had to listen on the radio.

That's pretty cool, Boss.

[The Shadow]

Sigh....... and I remember the Lombardi years.
Not on TV though, because we didn't get the Packer games on TV, except the Thanksgiving game against the Lions every year, and the championship game. Had to listen on the radio.

I started with the Packers in 1961.

Starr.....Dowler.....Touchdown!
Now THAT was radio!!!!

[Patler]

That's pretty cool, Boss.

Ya, I guess it is. It's just hard to believe that those days were 50 years ago. I still see Starr, Taylor, Hornung, Kramer and all the others as the young men they were then, not the old geezers (like me) that they are today.

[Patler]

I started with the Packers in 1961.

Starr.....Dowler.....Touchdown!
Now THAT was radio!!!!

Yup, often not a lot of words; and a lot less emotional than today. Almost more like a news report that went on for a few hours.

[George Cumby]

Patler and Shadow,

Were you all aware that what you were witness to was Football History in the making?

[Patler]

Patler and Shadow,

Were you all aware that what you were witness to was Football History in the making?

In the early '60s, it was exciting just to have the best team in the league, and it wasn't really anything more than that. We just hoped it could continue. By the time Lombardi stepped down, it was easy to see that we had just experienced a special time, with a special coach and special players who refused to lose in critical situations.

I should add that the three in a row was a very special feeling.

[Fritz]

Yup, often not a lot of words; and a lot less emotional than today. Almost more like a news report that went on for a few hours.

I recall that style of announcing, and much prefer it to the non-stop preening pseudo-macho simple-minded nattering that passes for announcing today.

[mraynrand]

In the early '60s, it was exciting just to have the best team in the league, and it wasn't really anything more than that. We just hoped it could continue. By the time Lombardi stepped down, it was easy to see that we had just experienced a special time, with a special coach and special players who refused to lose in critical situations.

I should add that the three in a row was a very special feeling.

Did you throw a shoe at the TV when Bednarik wouldn't get his lard ass offa Jimmy Taylor?

[Pugger]

Did any of you more mature Rats survive the Ice Bowl?

[mraynrand]

Did any of you more mature Rats survive the Ice Bowl?

I watched it from the warm comfort of my crib