January 17, 2007 I apologize for the tardiness of this post, but Brats & Beer has been undergoing a move to a new hosting account. An unpleasant and frustrating endeavor, I hope it results in less downtime and improved responsiveness. Before that bit of necessary evil befell me, I was hoping to fill this space […]
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 […]
August 20, 2006 The Packers 38-10 win last night over the Hotlanta Falcons managed to warm the cockles of Packer fans everywhere, even though everyone is already sweating their cockles off in this summer heat. It was the sort of performance we were all hoping to see from this team, and even though it is […]
November 5, 2007 Sports Illustrated columnist Peter King has been duly criticized over the years for his Favreian hero worship that borders on a man crush threatening to erupt into a declaration that he’ll go gay for Favre. But today’s Monday Morning Quarterback column proves that King knows a few Packer names that do not […]
As painful as it is for me to say, the obnoxious and annoying Peter King wrote something in his column today that I actually though made some sense. Commenting on Brett Favre’s appearance on Letterman last week, everyone’s favorite Starbucks shill says, “Sometimes we try to turn things into Favreisms. Too many things. The best […]
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 […]
November 28, 2006 The Packer fan in me is still horribly depressed after that huge, embarrassing loss to the Seahawks last night, but the Cyclone fan in me is terribly impressed, surprised and suddenly quite optimistic about the future now that Iowa State has hired Gene Chizik as head football coach. This has to be […]
January 27, 2008 As if Wisconsinites didn’t have enough to feel glum about right now, yesterday was a bad day for the Dairyland. First, the UW men’s basketball team fell to Purdue on the road 60-56 in a tight game that came right down to the final play. Trailing by two with 10 seconds to […]
November 21, 2005 The ISU men’s basketball team faced a tough opponent in Mountain State to open the regular season, but the Cyclones answered the bell with a 101-82 victory at Hilton Coliseum last night. Curtis Stinson led the team with 35 points while Jiri Hubalek had 10 boards. The top ranked team in the […]
March 12, 2006 Well, the conference tournaments were pretty disappointing but now the NCAA tourney is set to begin. Wisconsin, which got booted in the quarterfinals after losing to Indiana 61-56, made the #9 seed in the Minneapolis bracket. They play on Friday against #8 seed Arizona and would advance to play Villanova, the top […]
November 10, 2005 Looks like Robert Ferguson won’t be ready to play when the Packers travel to Atlanta. He sat out practice yeterday and probably won’t be good to go for another week, when Green Bay hosts Minnesota on Monday night. On the offensive line, the Packers are going to start center Scott Wells in […]
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 […]
Posted on January 28, 2008 The Press-Gazette’s Rob Demovsky yesterday handed out the annual report card, grading the Green Bay Packers players and coaches for the 2007 season. Let’s just say he’s not a believer in the bell curve, but overall his remarks were pretty fair. Top marks went to Brett Favre, Aaron Kampman and […]
November 14, 2005 What some other bloggers are saying about Green Bay’s victory over the Falcons: Packers Use Early Start To Down Falcons “Michael Vick sucked his thumb and cried to the media last week that he didn�t want people criticizing his play anymore. The Green Bay Packers refused to lay down and die like […]
