2006 August » Brats & Beer
August 17, 2006
The first round of pre-season games last weekend made the perfect stage for a couple rookies from Iowa State and Wisconsin to make their professional football debut. Linebacker Tim Dobbins had a great first outing (unfortunately) for the Chargers against the Packers Saturday night. The fifth-round pick out of ISU recorded four tackles and […]
August 15, 2006
It has been a couple days since Saturday’s game in San Diego and I’ve tried to calm myself with the thought that it was just the first preseason game and things will get better, but I still can’t shake the feeling that something really ugly is headed this way once the regular season gets going. […]
August 13, 2006
I would like to propose the NFL competition committee consider a rule change for the preseason: A do over rule. If a team goes three and out on its first three possessions or generates less than 2.5 yards per carry or gives up a touchdown on its first defensive series, that head coach should be […]
August 12, 2006
It turns out that Sports Illustrated columnist Paul Zimmerman has pretty thin skin. In his piece yesterday, the esteemed Dr. Z opened his mailbag to find some letter bombs from Packer fans steamed about his hatchet job on Brett Favre last week. But the Z got himself worked up after un-named agents informed him about […]
August 11, 2006
Responding to Green Bay’s serious needs on the offensive line, Ted Thompson yesterday signed five-year pro Michael “Mookie” Moore to the Packers roster. (Word is Al Franken will be trying out in camp today.) The former fourth-round draft pick doesn’t have much in his history to suggest he’ll be more than a warm body and […]
August 10, 2006
Egad! Is this optimism coming out of the Green Bay press corps? The news so far in training camp has not been entirely uplifting, consisting mostly of injuries (Chad Clifton, Adrian Klemm) and underachievers (Robert Ferguson, Cory Rodgers). But in his column the other day, Chris Havel actually let some very early and tentative optimism […]
August 8, 2006
Columnist Dr. Z has created quite an uproar in Packer Nation. The longtime Sports Illustrated writer suggested in a column last week that Brett Favre never was as good as most of us think he was and that maybe he doesn’t deserve to get into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot. As you […]
August 6, 2006
Reggie White’s induction into the Hall of Fame yesterday was a fitting tribute to both a great player and a special man. Both his widow Sara and son Jeremy saluted White as a legendary player, with stories about his playing days and his teammates and coaches, but both also sought to pay respect to his […]
August 5, 2006
If you missed it on ESPN, Takeru Kobayashi won the Johnsonville bratwurst eating contest today at Brat Days in Sheboygan, consuming a world record 58 brats in 10 minutes. Fifty eight bratwursts? Holy crap. That’s like 15 pounds of food, for crying out loud. Two brats in a sitting is usually enough for me, though […]
August 2, 2006
Even I have to admit that sometimes change is good, but most of the time it isn’t, especially when a sports team decides to change its name, logo, or colors. While the new Bucks colors are the rare exception, just look at the Cincinnati Bengals or Anaheim Ducks. (To be fair, the Ducks were saddled […]