What do you follow/ watch in the Packer off-season?

[LL2]

I know there are other forums on PR for this discussion, but this is Packer related. What sports do you follow during the Packer offseason?

Personally I watch a little of everything. In NASCAR I’ve started to follow Matt Kenseth as he’s from Wisconsin and a Packer fan. In Basketball I’m a Piston’s fan. When I was 16 I moved to Michigan I started going to their games and even went to a NBA finals game when they were the Bad Boys back in 1991. I also loved the hated rivalry they had with the Bulls (it was good to have another Chicago team to hate). While living there I started to follow the Red Wings. Yzerman was an awesome player. Went to a lot of their games to and went to a Stanley Cup game back in the late 90’s. I tend to follow a little golf here and there too. Football has the longest offseason (at least it seems like it), so got to fill it up with other sports.

[BallHawk]

Brewers baseball from the time the season ends to the time it starts. Hopefully, when football season starts up again in September, the Crew will have something to play for.

I follow basketball, but I'm not diehard or anything, as I am with the Brewers. I stick with the Bucks as my team, but I don't follow them religously, as with the Crew, Packers, and Badgers.

It's actually refreshing to see the Badgers doing as well as they are and getting respect from the national media. Hopefully, we'll see them deep into March Madness.

I'll watch golf in the offseason, too. Mainly, the majors. And that's it, I think.

[Spaulding]

Outside of the Packers, the only other teams I keep tabs are Badgers football and basketball religiously, some Bucks games but I honestly find the NBA a land of overpaid punks so not much interested. For baseball I've always liked the Brewers and Cubs (worked fine up until the Brewers switched back to the NL and quashed any hopes I had of a Cubs vs. Brewers world series). Guess I'm a glutton for punishment there - either that or it explains why I drink so much beer during the summer months to dull the pain of their losses.

Given my favorite channel to watch is the history channel which is always on, I'm thinking of starting a grass roots campaign to push for a Packers history channel - 24x7. Can it get much better? I think not

[Tony Oday]

I watch the Wild. Watching Hockey is becoming addictive! I also like watching the twins with my little guy because even at 4 months old he LOVED baseball...didnt really like football

[MJZiggy]

I liked baseball before they ruined it. Minor league is still sometimes fun and I do go to majors if someone has tix.

[HarveyWallbangers]

MLB - #1 Brewers, #2 Cubs
NBA - Bucks
NHL - Kings
College Football - #1 Ohio State and then a few others (LSU, Florida State, Nebraska, Wisconsin)
College Basketball - #1 Duke, #2 Ohio State
College Hockey - Fighting Sioux
Tennis - I watch the big events. Nobody to really root for--now that Agassi is gone. Probably Roddick and Blake.
Golf - I watch quite a bit. #1 Couples. Lumpy Lefty. I'm rooting for David Duval to make a comeback.
NASCAR - #1 Kenseth, #2 Labonte, #3 Edwards, #4 Kahne

Teams that I don't like:
MLB - Yankees
NBA - Lakers, Celtics, Knicks
NHL - Montreal
College Football - Michigan, Texas, USC, Florida
College Basketball - North Carolina
NASCAR - Gordon, Johnson, Busch brothers

[Patler]

Well, there's the Worlds Strongest Man competitions....;
The Scottish Highland Games competitions.....; and
Championship Poker!

Boy, if those don't get your blood pumping........

[LL2]

Well, there's the Worlds Strongest Man competitions....;
The Scottish Highland Games competitions.....; and
Championship Poker!

Boy, if those don't get your blood pumping........

Isn’t there a World Statistics Competition or Etymology Championship for you to watch?

[Rastak]

Well, there's the Worlds Strongest Man competitions....;
The Scottish Highland Games competitions.....; and
Championship Poker!

Boy, if those don't get your blood pumping........

Nothing like a good caber toss!

[Patler]

Well, there's the Worlds Strongest Man competitions....;
The Scottish Highland Games competitions.....; and
Championship Poker!

Boy, if those don't get your blood pumping........

Nothing like a good caber toss!

Especially difficult to do while wearing a skirt, IF you want to maintain some dignity while doing it!

[MJZiggy]

Hmmm...what channel is that on? :P

[AtlPackFan]

Badger/Marquette basketball, the Brewer baseball inbetween Packer mini camps until training camp starts.

[Rastak]

Well, there's the Worlds Strongest Man competitions....;
The Scottish Highland Games competitions.....; and
Championship Poker!

Boy, if those don't get your blood pumping........

Nothing like a good caber toss!

Especially difficult to do while wearing a skirt, IF you want to maintain some dignity while doing it!

Very good point.

[Patler]

Hmmm...what channel is that on? :P

The Scottish Highland games? ESPN, I think.

Men dressed in kilts competing in centuries old competitions relating to war activities. The caber is essentially a telephone pole carried vertically by the competitor with his hands under the bottom end. He runs forward and heaves the pole up and forward, so the top rotates forward and down while the bottom goes up. Ideally after it turns over, the top strrikes the ground and what was the bottom continues forward until the pole hits the ground along its length.

Other games are hammer throws for distance, hammer throws for height, etc.

[PackerPro42]

I love watching anything Ohio State related, and I really love watching the Cleveland Cavaliers. God, Greg Oden is a beast and LeBron James is the best in the business. LeBron is probably my all time favorite athlete behind Walter Payton and Ronaldinho.