Let's win it for...

I think all the "true" Packer fans deserve this one. We lived through a decade of #4s stumbles and falls. EPIC fails and disappointments. We stood by the prick only to watch him thumb his nose at everyone ebcause he didn't want to play in the cold anymore.

I want this one to erase that all forever. Let the true new era of Green Bay Packer football begin...

Barnett and Finley so they STFU ...

I so want Barnett off this team...

My pop. Miss him.

I say they win it for my friend Diggr and the icon.

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Originally posted by R MaN:
I so want Barnett off this team...

I bet 100% you get your wish. If Packers lose the SB fans will blame it on Frick and Frack.

Packers win and TT and MM won't want the distractions he caused.

Lost my Dad in October. It would be cool if the Pack would win for him and my mom who misses him so much. They watched every game they could Packers/Brewers/Bucks/Badgers

Great thread. I was born in '72, which was the last year before the Dark Ages set in, so I'm with CAP and many others here in that I was raised on really, really bad GBP football. I remember a few things as a kid watching games both at home and at Lambeau growing up in GB:

1. The concept of GB in the playoffs seemed like nothing more than a fantasy - the 'best' years other than an anomaly here and there ('82 and '89 specifically) were 8-8.

2. The concept of GB in a Super Bowl wasn't even within my realm of imagination.

3. My father teaching me about Lombardi's GBP teams, and my grandfathers teaching me about Curly Lambeau's teams. It was great to hear about this history, but after awhile it got irritating to hear those stories over and over. I understand that now because at the time there was nothing but garbage being trotted out onto the field, so they would reflect back to when times were good.

As I got older, this guy Bob Harlan took over the franchise and brought in Wolf. Wolf brought in Holmy, Brent and Reggie, and we all know what happened. After that whole crew had moved on one way or the other and we had a chance to look back on that era, it was definitely special. It also could have easily been much more in terms of titles. A few 'what-ifs' here and there and GB could have had 2 or 3 trophies.

I say that because I want GB to win this SB very badly for many reasons. The first is because I want those of us who have suffered through so many bad teams to get to live through our 'Lambeau' or 'Lombardi' era of GBP football. We've stuck with this team through many years of horrible football, through a rise and one title and then through a slow, steady decline that was reversed by Thompson and MM.

I want us to be able to see firsthand an era of GBP greatness, and that could get started with a win next weekend.

Excellent thread.

Continuing the father theme, the Packers have been a life-long shared passion between my Dad and all his five kids. "Packer Sunday" is a day we always talk and either commeiserate or celebrate.

He took me to my first game (Bishop's Charity game sometime in the late-60's) and we used to freeze our asses off at old County Stadium.

Old dude even joined me and my two brothers on a Monday Night Football roadtrip to NE in the '96 season. Anyway, lot's of shared memories. As I mentioned in an earlier thread, as the Packers wrapped-up the victory vs. the Bears, Mrs. Blair Kiel turned to me and said, "You need to go watch the Super Bowl with your Dad." Booked a flight to Milwaukee an hour later. He's 78 and who knows if this is our last shot.

I'm gonna hoist one to Hank and Iowa and japf and all the others here who can't share this time with their Dad's.

Go Pack.

born in 74, similar sentiments to the ones posted above.

In the 90s though we were at the tail end of the dynasty era before FA had really changed things too much.
We were just coming off dominating periods by the niners, Bills and cowboys.
When we went in 96 I thought we had finally reached that status and kind of assumed wed be a mainstay in late january games for years to come.

After the Denver loss, things really spiraled downhill quickly. the last 13 years the franchise really went through alot of ups and downs, and an emotional drama with a certain QB that tore packer nation apart.

Winning next Sunday will help redefine those last 10 years into more of a necessary journey to get where we are now.

there are no guarantees for next year and beyond. heck this may the last GB super bowl appearance we ever see.

Win it for Ted, who's done things the right way. Curly would be proud

Very sadly like Henry and JAPF mentioned....I lost my Dad this year also. He taught me everything about me that is good.

We watched football games together. Countless Packer and Hawkeye games over the years.

I was too young to know about the Packer glory days. As a matter of fact as weird as it sounds. I made my Dad a Packer fan. He grew up an Eagles fan.

When I was about 8 or 9 years old I was watching a football game. Steve Odom returned a punt 95 yards for a touchdown. I thought it was soooo cool. And the fact he was number 84 (which was my graduation year of high school) suddenly that day he became my favorite player and Green Bay was my team.

Used to play football with friends. I was always Dickey, Lofton or Coffman. the other dum dums were bear players since that is about 80 percent of the fans in the area I grew up.

Around June of 77-82 I would go down to the local mom and pop pharmacy and buy the Green Bay Packer yearbook. I would check for it almost every day for weeks on end. (Funny now with the internet how everything is at our fingers).

Along those lines growing up the gospel was The Sporting News. Used to get it on Saturdays. Some times it would not come until Monday due to mail delays....would just ruin my weekend.

I would then check all the stats for my Favorite packer players.

My boys are 14 and 12. They watch the games with me. We throw the ball around in the backyard and they are the Arod's Jennings and Drivers. A big hit is a Matthews job.

Superbowl 31 brought me to tears.

I am sure a victory will bring me to tears this year also. Much of that won't be for the team....it will be for all the memories with my Dad.

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Originally posted by Blair Kiel:
I'm gonna hoist one to Hank and Iowa and japf and all the others here who can't share this time with their Dad's.

Go Pack.

Much appreciated. Football is interwoven into a lot of good family times and memories.

I remember being thrilled when Dad came home from work and tossing the football around with him for about half an hour while Mom cooked supper.

My brother Bob, who was the hugest Packer fan you could find and who always had the regulars in Section 44 laughing.

One time when the opponent got holding called on them on the second play of the game, he yells, "They've been doing it all day, ref!"

Wrong it was offsides on the opening kickoff

Christine was a close friend of mine who served as the executive director of our state association for nine years. She was a lifelong Packer fan, and during the season for several years we'd burn up the phone lines between High Point and Raleigh, NC, dissecting each game.

Several years ago, she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Rather than shut her life down, she went so far as to have her computer and her fax line installed in her hospital room so she could continue her work with our Association from there.

I sent a letter to the Packer office, telling them of her situation, and asking if they could send her a note or something, just to lift her spirits. A few days later, I got a call from her... she had just gotten off the phone with Bob Harlan, who called her to offer his support. She was absolutely thrilled, and I will never forget what he did for her. It only took a few moments, but how many people in his position will do something like that? Just one more reason why the Packers are the best.

I got her one of the bricks that Lambeau Field was promoting during the renovation. It's in section 3-B.

A few weeks before she died, she sent me a Packers wind chime... so that any time it would chime...

I want them to win for her. I KNOW she's watching.

For my 92 year-old grandfather, who like many other of our grandpa's on this forum...lived through the glory years of the 30's, 40's, and 60's...then again in the 90's.

My oldest brother (from Portland, Or), middle brother (stationed at Mildenhall RAFB outside London), and I (Boise, Idaho) are flying-in and watching the game with Grandpa in Stevens Point.

Grandpa led us to watch the Pack in our youth, and is the man we want to watch SB XLV with.

GO PACKERS!!!!

I would say my dad, but he was a fan of The Milquetoasts of the Midway. I'll go with all the Packer fans unable to watch the game because they're out protecting the rest of us, so we can.

Well said, Joe. God bless 'em!

My dad is alive and well living in Puerto Vallarta MX in the winter and Hayward Wisconsin in the summer. Somehwere along the line, somewhere in between, I lost him too.

For my dad (nephew of a Packer) who's been through a lot this year with his wife and daughter spending weeks in the hospital, and for my kids, who were only toddlers for the last round and have been waiting ever since.

For the memory of Ryun Luxem and for his family.

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Originally posted by Shoeless Joe: I'll go with all the Packer fans unable to watch the game because they're out protecting the rest of us, so we can.

Can't argue with that. Let's hope all the Packer fans stationed around the world have something to brighten up there day next week.

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Originally posted by Music City:
I think all the "true" Packer fans deserve this one. We lived through a decade of #4s stumbles and falls. EPIC fails and disappointments.

Yes, it was pure hell watching the Packers win two-thirds of their games and go to the playoffs five times during Favre's last 10 years in GB. I don't know how we survived such a trauma. In retrospect, I wish I'd started cheering for the Lions or the Browns instead.

A good friend of mine was a caregiver for Vernon Biever, former Packers photographer who passed away earlier this season. She told me many of Vern's stories of how close he was with the players and other Packers personnel, and how excited he was every game day.

Since his passing, we've all been pulling for the Pack to win one for Vern. I hope they do.

win it for my mom who is suffering from Dementia, with the pending lockout this could very well be her last time to see the Pack win a super, it could very well be her last game period.

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Originally posted by Blair Kiel:
I'm gonna hoist one to Hank and Iowa and japf and all the others here who can't share this time with their Dad's.

Go Pack.

Sorry to hear of the passing of your dads.

Let the Pack win for everyone mentioned in this thread--worthy fans all. I'd like to include my parents, huge Packer fans as well and both deceased.

The Packer's 1998 Super Bowl loss will forever be linked to a bittersweet memory of my mom. After the Pack lost to the Broncos in 1998, she called the next day to see how I was doing. She knew I was down because of the loss, and offered words of consolation. A week later she was gone.

Go Pack, win it for all Green Bay Packer fans who have so loyally supported the team throughout the years.

This is a great thread. The stories of loved ones both alive and passed on to me are what makes our franchise and its fans so special. It's a family thing.

My dad passed away in October 1990. I had just turned 21 two weeks before. He had been sick just 6 months or so, and the cancer spread quickly from his spinal cord up to his brain. It was shocking to say the least, as he had just retired a year earlier, an electrical engineer at AT&T, formerly Western Electric- he was one of many casualties of forced early retirement at 57.

As the youngest of 4, it was particularly hard on me, being away at Penn State at the time of his death. His death took its toll on my family in many ways, and curiously enough rather than bringing us closer, it actually pushed the siblings further apart. The one mainstay during all that time was Packers football. Dad had grown up in the coal regions of NE Pennsylvania, and somehow or another latched onto the Lambeau- Hutson teams as a teenager in the 40's. The same rituals of backyard toss, fumble-itis, and 80 pound legion football were ingrained in his 3 sons at a young age.

He died just before the Wolf-Holmgren era started, never got to watch Favre and Reggie and LeRoy. Never got to see the building of a new Super Bowl team, with all the struggles and yearly improvement. So the 96 year was one in which I wanted for him personally. He had always talked in such glowing terms of Green Bay the town, even though he had never been there. I was the first to make the trip, to training camp in 96, and have been there 8-9 times since.

So for all of those with stories of your dad, thank you. This is what it's really all about, and getting to know your stories is one of the reasons I love coming to this board.

Personally for me, this year, I want a Super Bowl title for my GF and her two boys. They slowly became fans when I met her in 1999. They had little interest in football, but as time went on they slowly came around. The trips to Lambeau were a huge part of that. The older boy is 19 now, and he's gone from knowing zero to pointing out penalties that even I don't always catch. I want this one for them. After the game last week, the kid made mention that it would be great to be in Green Bay for the Super Bowl. It would mean a drive of 16-18 hours, to be with the fans in town. A very inviting thought. But after some reflection, I realized the best place to be, for this one, is right where we've been the last 10-11 years- all together in our home. The woman also pointed out this week that she doesn't know what it's like for "her" team to be in the Super Bowl, which made me realize I'll have a front row seat to watch her and her boys, and remember 96 when it was myself and my brothers in such awe that the Pack had made it that far.

Wow, pretty good stuff all around here ...

People always think I'm joking when I say my church starts at Noon on Sundays in the fall of the year. They do not realize I'm not joking because its the closest thing I've heard/seen/experienced to purity of spirit and the human condition.
Its display and stories always, always, always makes me reflect on my faults and gives me some energy to do better all the way around ...

There was a police officer down here in St. Pete who was a HUGE Packers fan and was killed in the line of duty Monday morning, one day after his favorite football team made the Super Bowl. Make him smile up in heaven!

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Originally posted by Blair Kiel:

I'm gonna hoist one to Hank and Iowa and japf and all the others here who can't share this time with their Dad's.

Go Pack.

Don't forget BTP's dad as well.

This one is for my son, who loves the Packers almost as much as I do. He tries to keep me in check when things aren't going well -- "It's just a game, Mama!" -- but celebrates more than me when we win. He's also at an age when he'll remember this one as his first and win or lose, as he says, "We'll always be Packer fans, right Mama?"

Yes, son, we'll always be Packer fans!

Yeap yeap, just seen this thread. As some know, I lost my dad this past March to brain cancer. Weird football season for me not seeing dad in his recliner watching the game with us this season. I can damn well guarantee you this . He was smiling up in heaven on Sunday after beating the Bears for NFC Championship game.

Yes, I will be hoisting one up for our fathers as well, Kiel. Enjoy your time with your dad.

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Originally posted by Henry:

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Originally posted by Blair Kiel:

I'm gonna hoist one to Hank and Iowa and japf and all the others here who can't share this time with their Dad's.

Go Pack.

Don't forget BTP's dad as well.

You bet....worst club in the world to be in.

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Originally posted by Buffy:
There was a police officer down here in St. Pete who was a HUGE Packers fan and was killed in the line of duty Monday morning, one day after his favorite football team made the Super Bowl. Make him smile up in heaven!

Been an especially violent year this year toward police.

Wishing my brother down south Godspeed.

While I am being all sentimental. Someone sent this to me today. Never been a big Carrie Underwood fan....nothing against her....not my type of music. But this was one of the songs they played at my Dad's visitation.

My Dad passed in late October....not a minute goes by I don't think of him.

http://www.godvine.com/Carrie-...at-Thou-Art--56.html

Hard to hold it together.

Let's win it for the diggy's and icons. That way we can hear how this team is the worst to win the Super Bowl.

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Originally posted by Blair Kiel:

I'm gonna hoist one to Hank and Iowa and japf and all the others here who can't share this time with their Dad's.

Go Pack.

I'm very fortunate that both my parents are alive; I'm very close to them, and they live not far from me.

Weekends during the fall, the ritual is to watch or talk on the phone about the Badgers on Saturday, and the Packers on Sunday.

I echo the sentiment of many. Win this for the Packer fans and family we've lost, yet still hold close to our hearts.

Let's win it for I2H. He has the best seat in the house looking down on his beloved Packers. He's here with us in spirit.