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Seen and heard at Lambeau Field
GREEN BAY, Wis. " Let's get this out of the way: I hate the Green Bay Packers. Always have. Growing up in North Dakota as a Minnesota Vikings fan, I didn't care if the Purple went 2-14 as long as they beat the Packers twice.
[Admitted predjudice]
But Lambeau Field is what the NFL should be about in every city. It's a college-type atmosphere in a college-size town but NFL-type prices ($159 for the Quality Inn, with a two-night minimum).
[Green Bay just isn't worth it]
The weekend-long party started Saturday night and kicked up again yesterday morning. In the breakfast room of the hotel at 7:15 a.m., Packer fans had Miller Lite with their scrambled eggs and hash browns.
[The local alcoholics are continously drinking. Even though this writer is anti-social and hides in his room, unseen, he claims a slander against Packer fans.]
By 9:30 a.m. outside the stadium, bands played and the grills cooked bratwursts and every other kind of delicacy.
[A meal every two hours for these people]
•Protesters with nothing better to do handed out pamphlets headlined "75 Years of Oppression " How the Washington 'Redskins' Institutionalize Racism."
[Yet another reason to dislike locals, pre=emptive dislike]
• Redskins fan Dale Earnhardt Jr. attended his first game of the season, jetting in last night after racing in Charlotte. He traveled with Packers fan, Wisconsin native and fellow driver Matt Kenseth.
• Just like in Philadelphia earlier this season, the best way to get a crowd jacked up is by introducing the defensive starting lineup. The Packers did yesterday and the crowd was at a fever pitch. The Redskins, meanwhile, take the field "as a team" before home games. That's fine if you're the Patriots, not fine if you have no Super Bowl titles since 1992.
[The local brain numb humoids are easily manipulated into enthusiasm. Really the writer is envious]
— Ryan O'Halloran
GREEN BAY, Wis. " Let's get this out of the way: I hate the Green Bay Packers. Always have. Growing up in North Dakota as a Minnesota Vikings fan, I didn't care if the Purple went 2-14 as long as they beat the Packers twice.
[Admitted predjudice]
But Lambeau Field is what the NFL should be about in every city. It's a college-type atmosphere in a college-size town but NFL-type prices ($159 for the Quality Inn, with a two-night minimum).
[Green Bay just isn't worth it]
The weekend-long party started Saturday night and kicked up again yesterday morning. In the breakfast room of the hotel at 7:15 a.m., Packer fans had Miller Lite with their scrambled eggs and hash browns.
[The local alcoholics are continously drinking. Even though this writer is anti-social and hides in his room, unseen, he claims a slander against Packer fans.]
By 9:30 a.m. outside the stadium, bands played and the grills cooked bratwursts and every other kind of delicacy.
[A meal every two hours for these people]
•Protesters with nothing better to do handed out pamphlets headlined "75 Years of Oppression " How the Washington 'Redskins' Institutionalize Racism."
[Yet another reason to dislike locals, pre=emptive dislike]
• Redskins fan Dale Earnhardt Jr. attended his first game of the season, jetting in last night after racing in Charlotte. He traveled with Packers fan, Wisconsin native and fellow driver Matt Kenseth.
• Just like in Philadelphia earlier this season, the best way to get a crowd jacked up is by introducing the defensive starting lineup. The Packers did yesterday and the crowd was at a fever pitch. The Redskins, meanwhile, take the field "as a team" before home games. That's fine if you're the Patriots, not fine if you have no Super Bowl titles since 1992.
[The local brain numb humoids are easily manipulated into enthusiasm. Really the writer is envious]
— Ryan O'Halloran
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