I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Wave when the camera pans by you so that your Packer fan readers can see what you look like.
GO PACK! I like the Eagles, I lived in Philadelphia for a couple of years. But I was raised on Lombardi smash mouth football and I go to a couple Packer games a year. Favre need another ring before he retires.
That New England game tonight is going to be even colder-- 0 degrees! What's with the night games in the dead of winter?
-18ºF this AM
Trouble is, the Packers are more acclimated to cold weather than are the Iggles. And Favre seems to have gotten his second wind. Still, a few lucky turnovers could do the trick.
Yer evidently watching your iggles live? Not hibernating from your posting though I hope...
Sure it's cold (and night games in blasted cold are strictly for ratings) - however looking north of border the Canadian's football championship (played for for 91 years) is played every year in different cities (domed or not). Sure it's nice to have a game in Miami in January...but why not a game in the snowbelt (chicago, GB, Buffalo, New England, New York, Washington, Denver, Cinci, Cleveland...I think that covers them) it'd keep the superbowl presentation BS a lot shorter 
And of course the Penn teams (silly me...)
Hey, it's even cold here in Florida.
60s and I'm freezing. Do I hear cries of no sympathy?
Bah, you guys are all wimps 
I'm from the tri-lakes area in Northern NY, and we were in the -30's earlier this week.
11 degrees? That's balmy! heheh
The Pack will warm things up for you and the iggles tomorrow.
I'm looking forward to goooood game.
GO PACK!
Now that we are all stuck indoors making hot cocoa, any chance we can make the new Paul O'Neill book a best seller? Apparently O'Neill says Bush was uninterested in economics, consumed by political considerations, and was planning the Iraq war before 9/11.
I say we get this on the bestseller list. Atrios, are you game?
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obido...0409282-
6352741
Cool. It's already number 38 on Amazon!
Any bets, Atrios?
Howsa 'bout if the Pack lose, I'll host Eschaton for a day and give you a day off. Might be fun to watch a cheesehead humiliate himself for a day.
Hey, check Drudge. O'Neil is tearing the Bush wall of bs apart.
Just promise us you won't wear one of those godawful Cheesesteak hats.
They look like frozen vomit logs.
Oh Pu-leeze!!
11 degrees?!? Good God that is t-shirt weather!!
It's 25 here in Minneapolis and I'm running around in a thong!!!
(I'd pay money to see what you might be thinking: Fatguy in a thong in the dead of winter!)
I don't have a dog in this fight, being a Jets fan. ::cough::
But I'll be rooting for the team from Philadelphia; can't stand Favre.
Also hoping to see KC send Mr. Manning home [though Denver's implosion against Indianapolis was a thing of beauty] and Tennessee beat New England. Don't care who wins the Carolina-St. Louis game.
What's with holding the Superbowl in February? That's baseball Spring Training season! Forty days 'til pitchers and catchers report!
Yo, FatGuy! We got a HIGH today of -6, dropping to about -22 tonight. Gonna be a heatwave tomorrow when it hits 12.
Humans were not meant to live where palm trees do not naturally grow.
At last check the Pack were 4 point underdogs. The Eagles need to stop the run and hope Favre has a bad day. I'm mildly optimistic that the Pack will prevail...
Mike from Madison, Wisconsin, here. Don't know if I can take another game like last Sunday, where the Pack won in overtime as a result of the only turnover of the game. I set myself a limit of one beer per quarter but was well into the second six-pack by end of regulation play.
11 Degrees
Pusy's, that ain't cold.
"Can't stand Favre."
What's up with that? Just jealous you haven't had a quarterback since Namath?
No, little Pennington doesn't count. Half a season of lucky plays does not a Hall-of-Famer make.
Favre rules, Pennington drools.
Favre is French, and thus will surrender when the going gets tough.
Friends of mine throw a rockin' Super Bowl party...but only when the Packers are playing. So I'm rooting for them. (As a long-suffering Cincinnati Bengals fan, I haven't had a dog in this fight for 15 years.)
How about GB vs. KC? We political-blog types appreciate history...
O'Neill book now number 28 on Amazon!
We have the power!
Its freezing here in Pasadena, CA.
The high is only 68.
Brrrr.
45° over here, and misty. And I'm freezing my tuchis off.
"Favre is French, and thus will surrender when the going gets tough."
I remember a few years ago he got smashed in the stomach during a game--he threw up right on the field. Two plays later he threw up a touchdown. He won't surrender, but he could launch one of those forty yard heat-seeking missiles that bounces into the hands of a defensive back.
Hang in there Anon2, the Bengals are rising from the ashes.
"COPENHAGEN, Jan. 10 — Danish troops have found dozens of mortar rounds buried in Iraq which initial tests show could contain blister gas, the Danish army said on Saturday.
The tests were taken after Danish troops found 36 120mm mortar rounds on Friday in southern Iraq. The Danish army said they had been buried for at least 10 years."
http://famulus.msnbc.com/
famulus...vts=11020041149
Buriesd ten years means no imminent threat.
journalist adopted
Where I live, it got to -21 F last night. (And that's from a weather station.) But it's a small price to pay to have every reporter in America acting like your Democratic primary is meaningful.
Just jealous you haven't had a quarterback since Namath?
Waddayamean? In just the very recent past, the Jets have had Neil O'Donnell, Glenn Foley, Frank Reich and Vinny Testaverde!
I do like Pennington. He's young, lucky and full of himself. What's not to like?
Favre, on the other hand, is older, luckier, more accomplished and even more full of himself. What's all the fuss?
bah! Think I'll join MikeB with his case of beer.
wow i can almost smell the fear thru my computer screen!
THE PATRIOTS ARE COMING FOR YA AND WE HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR PRETENDAHS!!
i say this as a man who remained a faithful fan during the 1-15 years. finally i get to be braggadocious about my squad.
No, wait. MikeB is a Packers fan!
Guess I'll have to go straight for the whiskey.
___
journalist adopted
Excellent. Enduring Friedman.
I heard on the radio that the forecast for next weekend says it will be RECORD cold in New England. We're talking 1981 Freezer Bowl, -50 degree wind chill (Cincy v. San Diego). So if the Pats win tonight...
And what's with the hating on Brett Favre? I've always thought of him as one of those inviolable types, you know, how can you not like him? Sorta like Donovan McNabb, actually....
Who Dey in 2004!
i take that last comment back. holy chris,t i think i just doomed my beloved pats to an early exit.
please god, if you are listening take back my last comment. it was prideful and weak-minded. i am humble in your presence and request that you provide the strength for teddy bruschi to crush the feeble adn fragile legs of steve mcnair thereby rendering him useless. amen
78 in Phoenix today. Eat your heart out!
Pack fans have the otherwise totally useless Cards to thank for being in the playoffs, with their amazing comeback victory over the Vikes.
Even in victory, the Cards lost. They blew the #1 pick by winning a meaningless (for them) game. The coach got fired anyway.
And for their decades of failing to even achieve mediocrity, they are being awarded a new stadium and Super Bowl host in 2008.
Go figure.
If McNair lost both feet he would scramble around on leg stumps.
This game could rival the 67 Ice Bowl, wish I were there tonight, cold doesn't bother me too much. I did the Polar Bear Plunge on Lake Michigan this New Year's--water temperature 33 degrees. Bring on the Arctic airmasses!
Too late, mr. breath. Though you weren't caught on national TV -- as was the unfortunate Mr. Bartman of Chicago Cubs fan infamy -- you might have left your mark on your team's playoff hopes.
And what's with the hating on Brett Favre? I've always thought of him as one of those inviolable types, you know, how can you not like him? Sorta like Donovan McNabb, actually....
Maybe that's part of it. I can't take all the loooooooovin' on the Favre legend. And he seems to believe it about himself.
But I don't think of McNabb the same way. There's plenty of hating on him when he stinks [even apart from the Rush-Hour Pharmacist].
Maybe time to spare a thought for the homeless; apparently NYC has record numbers of them this year.
McNabb is no slouch at throwing balls that are too hot to handle, either. He also tends to throw too low on short passes to wide open receivers. But then, the only perfect human is Limpnutz.
Maybe time to spare a thought for the homeless; apparently NYC has record numbers of them this year.
We do. On Thanksgiving, the numbers of people who came to soup kitchens for food were way up, including families with children.
The volume of donations was down, so there was plenty of last-minute scrambling.
Why is his name pronounced Farve, when it is spelled Fav-re? Is this a French thing?
It could always be worse. CNN's Crossfire is planning to come to my town next week to cover the Iowa Caucus. They plan on taping OUTDOORS. Current forecast for taping day: 18 degrees. Of course there are plenty of indoor facilities in this university town, but they want to do it outdoors. Why, I have no idea. I want to go just to ask Tucker why he's still obsessed with the democratic candidates' clothing.
GB v. KC...
Yeah, Anon2, that would be wicked.
I've always assumed it's a name of Creole ancestry. I know Favre went to Southern Miss. but isn't he from Louisiana?
It's a brisk 71 here.
But it was in the fifties this morning. C'mon, that's cold in San Diego.
Favre is trying to conceal the fact that he's a cowardly, degenerate Frenchman. He should be shipped back to Old Europe, where he'll be free to engage in the repugnant sexual practices that that accursed continent is famous for.
"I know Favre went to Southern Miss. but isn't he from Louisiana?"
Kiln, Mississippi, which is quite close to New Orleans. Rajin' Cajun', I've been through that neck of the woods and it is quite charming in a bathtub gin kind of way.
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all right, I have to quit goofing around and get to work. And I gotta remember to watch 60 Minutes tomorrow--I wonder if The Chimp will watch.
Too bad your Iggles ain't up against the Bears. It would be a sleepwalkover.
Too bad your Iggles ain't up against the Bears. It would be a sleepwalkover.
One thing I just can't get over is the media's ass kissing of Bret Favre. The guy's only super bowl win was 7 years ago and he hasn't been back in six. He blows more games than he wins nowadays with his "rocket balls" and out of control playing. That said, I wish he were on my team.
What cold? It's supposed to be a beautiful day at Arrowhead. (Not, hopefully, for the Colts...) And a rematch of Super Bowl I would be awesome, that is- of course - if the outcome is reversed.
To all the New England fans:
You got a championship you didn't deserve two years ago. The ghost of the tuck will make sure Tennessee prevails.
Favre is trying to conceal the fact that he's a cowardly, degenerate Frenchman. He should be shipped back to Old Europe, where he'll be free to engage in the repugnant sexual practices that that accursed continent is famous for.
TownDrunk
Jealous, jealous, jealous.
Freedom Favre!
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packers packers packers
Renato! Amigo! 78F indeed, and it's good to have spring at last!
(Football is deeply, deeply silly....)
Stupid ital tag.
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Uh, guys. Click the URL in my name. Breaking news out of Iraq.
Game time is upon us! It's so damned cold I may have to switch to Demon Rum.
Are the Packers a team of destiny? Great. So were the Eagles last year, playing the last game in Vet history against a team that had never won in cold weather.
I like going into this game scared. We'll be fine. And I'll be there.
Also CBSnews.com. O'Neill will be on 60 Minutes.
Weekend www.bartcop.com is up.
Low of 1 here in NYC, forecast low of 7 tonight.
Lows in the late 30s, early 40s in the UK. Gotta love that Gulf Stream...
Anyone who complains about the heat this summer will get a stiff chairshot to the head.
Oh, BTW, at this moment, 14-7.
I hate football, but fuck it..
GO PATS!!!
ok, as a pack fan. all i want is a good game.
at least the rams blew up.
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