2007 December » Brats & Beer

December 27, 2007

Between bouts of merry making and present opening, I came across a story about former UW quarterback John Stocco who is going to play football in Italy next year. “Italy?” I sez.
Apparently they have a thriving American football league over there called the Lega Nazionale Football Americano Italiano with eight teams in the top division. […]

December 24, 2007

We all know the legend of the Green Bay Packers and cold-weather football: The Ice Bowl, Brett Favre’s winning record when the temperature is below freezing, the advantage of playing on the Frozen Tundra in January. Yesterday at Soldier Field, someone replaced that team with the Bizzaro Packers.
Bottom line, cold or not, Green Bay played […]

December 21, 2007

I was wrapping presents and had ESPN on in the other room, and Jesse Palmer was talking about the upcoming bowl games. He was saying that the best match-up this year was between Wisconsin and Tennessee in the Outback Bowl. Of course Palmer went on The Bachelor and picked a girl who later dumped him, […]

December 20, 2007

With two games left in the regular season and a playoff schedule looming after that, is it too early to start thinking about next year for the Packers? Coach Mike McCarthy might think so, but that hasn’t stopped the patrons over at The Wisconsin Sports Bar from ruminating on the future of the Green & […]

December 19, 2007

The NFL named four Green Bay players to the annual Pro Bowl team this year, including quarterback Brett Favre who was named to his ninth career selection. Favre received the most fan votes in the balloting this year with 842,167 to lead Tom Brady (776,475) and Peyton Manning (740,302). Tony Romo, the first NFC alternate […]

December 18, 2007

Big props to the Philadelphia Eagles for playing tough defense all afternoon and scoring just enough to hang a second loss on the Cowboys. Now we just need the Redskins to play for pride in the final weekend of football and Green Bay could be hosting throughout the playoffs.

My brother whipped up this funny picture […]

December 17, 2007

Congratulations to UW-Whitewater for winning the NCAA Division III football championship over the weekend. The Warhawks have faced Mount Union the past three years in the Stagg Bowl and this year they managed to beat the Purple Raiders 31-21.
Senior running back Justin Beaver had quite the game, rushing for 249 yards and a touchdown. I […]

A successful Christmas party followed by a big Packers victory in St. Louis that clinched a first-round bye in the playoffs: The holiday season is off to a great start this year.
The Green Bay Packers advanced their record to 12-2 with a 33-14 victory over the Rams that was highlighted by a dominating second-half performance […]

Hoping all your Christmas parties are merry and bright this year.

December 14, 2007

Much love to Brad Bickley, Packer superfan who flies from Taiwan to Green Bay to see three or four games each season. That’s a 20-hour flight each way.