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August 21, 2007

What is up with the Vikings and their continuous need to sign players cut from the Packers roster? The breaking news today is that Robert Ferguson, our regularly injured former #3 receiver, has been picked up by the Purple Pride Pose.
So first it was Sharper, then Longwell (okay, that one makes sense), and now Fergie. […]

The online Wisconsin sports scene has lost one of its best today: The Oracle of Cheese has decided to pull up stakes and take in a little retirement. While us fans are sad to see him go, I’m sure we all wish Craig well during his much deserved time off.
Craig was one of the first […]

The Packers 48-13 victory over the Seahawks Saturday night was, according to the AP recap, the most points scored by Green Bay in a pre-season game against an NFL team and second only to the team’s 75-0 win over the Cedar Rapids Crush in 1938.
The Cedar Rapids Crush? I’d never heard that Cedar Rapids had […]

August 19, 2007

It might have been a meaningless exhibition game, but anytime the Packers put up 48 points it has to make you smile.
Aside from the almost ridiculous Madden NFL score, there was a lot of good news in this game. Rookie James Jones had an outstanding performance with four catches for 58 yards and two touchdowns. […]

August 18, 2007

A couple weeks ago the first pre-season coaches poll from ESPN/USA TODAY ranked the Wisconsin football team #7 in the country, and today the AP writers gave a little more love to the Badgers with another top 10 ranking. The first AP poll, which has USC #1 of course, agreed that UW is seventh best […]

August 17, 2007

Could this really be the end of the Robert Ferguson era in Green Bay? It is according to the Press-Gazette, which reports today that the Packers have started looking for trade offers from other teams for the former second-round pick.
Despite some flashes here and there, Ferguson has been nothing short of a bust over the […]

August 14, 2007

I know we’ve sliced, diced, and dissected last Saturday’s pre-season match against Pittsburgh for all its worth but there was one thing that I haven’t seen mentioned too much that deserves highlighting: the absence of penalties on the part of the Packers. Last season Green Bay near drove me to drink with the constant flags […]

August 12, 2007

With the Gene Chizik era about to start in Ames, hopes are running high among Cyclones fans that the former Texas assistant will be able to turn the program around and make Iowa State into a winner again. But one Iowa State grad is taking it to a whole new level: Clayton Anderson has an […]

The Green Bay Packers came away victorious in their first pre-season action, defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers on the road 13-9 last night. It wasn’t a great outing for the starters, but if this game is any indication the future looks good for the Green & Gold.
Aaron Rodgers put on a good performance completing 18 of […]

August 9, 2007

Another year of college football, another empty-headed attempt to rank college mascots, and Bucky Badger is dissed again. At least the UW mascot made the top 10 in SI.com’s mascot power ranking, but they put the turtlenecked party animal at no. 6 for crying out loud.
Bucky came in behind the cartoonish USC trojan, the longhorn […]