2007 October » Brats & Beer

October 21, 2007

Sad news for Packer Nation today: Max McGee, one of the stars from the Lombardi era, died yesterday after falling from the roof of his house in Minneapolis.
What a 75-year-old man was on the roof of his house I don’t know, but then McGee was prone to doing things his way. Like stealing out of […]

October 19, 2007

This weekend’s game against Northern Illinois couldn’t have come at a better time with the Badgers riding a two-game skid. On the other hand, a loss to the Huskies would definitely put a quick end to the season.
Despite the fact that NIU is 1-6 this year they’re probably not a team the defensively challenged […]

October 18, 2007

Troubled wide receiver Koren Robinson is back in the NFL after being reinstated by the league yesterday. Still under contract to the Packers, he’ll be reporting to Green Bay to get evaluated and then have a few weeks to practice before the team has to make a decision to either keep him or cut him.
Frankly, […]

October 17, 2007

“I’m a senile old man. Don’t know what I’m saying or what I’m doing. It don’t matter much none anywhoo, because Sports Illustrated pays me just the same. That’s they way we does things in the sports journalism game.
“See here my NFL Power Rankings for this week. Patriots! Colts! A mess of them other teams, […]

October 15, 2007

I got a question from a reader today about brats, and there’s no topic I like better than sausage next to Packers football and beer. Anyway, Bob writes:
I usually order brats from a maker in Chippewa Falls. They were recommended to me as the best brats in Wisconsin. I lost the card with the name […]

October 14, 2007

There was a point during the game today that I was ready to concede defeat and tried to convince myself that being 4-2 going into the bye week was pretty respectable. And the Green Bay defense took over the second half. Like they say over that the Wisconsin Sports Bar, thank Odin. Those guys really […]

Adding insult to my injury yesterday with the Badgers getting beat up in Happy Valley, the alma mater Cyclones got mauled by Texas 56-3. Sweet Jebus! Thee points was all Iowa State could muster. After the Longhorns blitzkrieg was complete, Bret Meyer told reporter, “Obviously we’re frustrated.” Yes, frustrated with you and your pick six […]

And by sucks I mean bitch-slapped Wisconsin 38-7. Ugh! That was the worst Badger football game in a long, long time. Since November 2005 in fact (according to the Journal Sentinel Badger Blog) when Michigan beat UW 49-14.
They call it Happy Valley but there was really nothing to be happy about in this game. […]

October 11, 2007

This weekend while the Badgers are trying to get back their mojo against Penn State, the alma mater Iowa State will be hosting Texas at Jack Trice Stadium. The lowly Cyclones are 1-5 this year with the single win coming against the Iowa Hawkeyes (cue Nelson: “Ha Ha!”), so it’s not hard to imagine the […]

October 10, 2007

Not tough enough? Whatever, old man. We’ll see what kind of song you’re singing next week after the Packers get win number five over the Redskins.