Lions at Packers: Or Love Grumpy Style...

[ScreamingMeemie]

Twice a year...it goes almost the same. The day starts out predictably normal. We treat the coming events as if they don't exist. This year, he had to work. I gave him a kiss at the door and an admonishment to drive safe...and wear his seatbelt. See, despite what happens later...I do really care about him. Or, I want him home safe so I can shove a Packers victory down his throat. You decide.

I spend the day writing out Christmas cards (this is true almost every year because the 2nd match up is usually sometime within the last week of November or first two weeks of December, but I'm boring you aren't I? You are only hanging around to get to the good stuff.

Fast forward, He comes home and takes a nap. We have dinner...pleasantly even. He compliments me on the artichoke chicken bake. We avoid, almost comically, any talk of football. Odd for a Sunday.

At 20 after 8, my brother calls (what an idiot). MrG asks if I'd like him to pause the game. I tell him I don't need to hear yet another week of sportscaster speculation on the career of Brett Favre...

8:30 Game on...then, the trouble starts. I swear I am acting like I do anytime the Packers play. MrG accuses me of being "overly enthusiastic."

"It was just a tackle..." "Take that Garcia..." "ANOTHER turnover....!" I'd get up and walk away in moments of disgust and he'd say,"Leaving? Can't take it...?" "I guess I would too if my team was 2-10." This...coming from a LIONS fan? I mean, come on.

Tie game, sick feeling coming on. I really should be in bed...MrG (the great fan that he is...or intelligent fan, take your pick) fell asleep sometime in the 3rd quarter...

Longwell field goal...."WOOO FREAKING HOOO!"...and still he sleeps...and our marriage remains intact...

....until next season. :hi:

[KitchenWitch]

1. Our tree has simultaneous Vikings, Packers, and Broncos ornaments

My son was a Packer fan for a brief moment...He is now a Viking fan. Hubby is the Broncos fan.

[ScreamingMeemie]

2. We have those three, a generic glass football, a Titletown ornament,

and two Bobby Labonte ornaments...Oops, I forgot, and a Red Wings ornament. :hi:

[Jamastiene]

18. I like the Yankees.

I'm only learning about football.

[KitchenWitch]

21. Oh man

Really, the Yankees???

:cry:

I LOVE the Twins!

[bigwillq]

3. Way to go Packers!

:bounce: :hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. It was a happy night...for me!

A nail biter for sure. :hi: :hug:

[bigwillq]

5. Seemed like it was a good game.

I didn't watch much of it. I was out with the boys! :bounce:

Good for the Pack though! :hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. It was...but because it was so close I had to stay up until the bitter

end. Which makes for tiredness today. :hi:

[mattomjoe]

7. Thank the refs for picking up the flag on the holding penalty

it cost the Lions 2 points which probably would have given them the win the way both teams were playing.

[ScreamingMeemie]

8. Shut up.

Who asked you anyway? ;) :hi:
Although, to stay on MrG's good side...I said much the same thing.

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. One tiny kick...

...because I rarely type this much...all at once, that is. :hi:

[Jamastiene]

10. Oh wise one, please teach me about football.

I know nothing. The slate is clean. How do they score (on the field) for starters? I like baseball. I've never understood football or I'd probably watch it or like it more. :shrug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. Here is how they score....

Each team has 4 downs (chances) to move the ball 10 yards (or more). If they acheive the 10 yards they get a new set of downs (chances). Usually each team plays 3 downs and punts (kicks the ball to the other team) on the 4th (sometimes they'll go for it if they are losing bad, or they only need a few inches), thus turning the ball over to the other team to attempt to keep moving the ball. Usually, but not always, if a team is farther back than 35-40 yards from the opposing team's goal line, they will punt the ball. If they are closer, on the 4th down, they will attempt a field goal. That's just a start. :hi:

[Jamastiene]

17. So, those white lines

they run across are the "10 yard" increments?

I'm just joking here, but I gotta ask. Why do they pat each other on the ass when they score? It's so cute, really. How can someone get them to do that more? :evilgrin: I couldn't resist. I do sometimes see them do that and get a kick out of it, no pun intended.

How do they decide who goes first to try for a "down?" Is that even remotely how you say it?

[ScreamingMeemie]

19. That's exactly how you say it. At the beginning of the game, they flip

a coin, the visiting team calls it, if it comes up what they call it, then they choose to receive or to kick off. Kick off starts the game and is much like a punt. It is done at the beginning of the game, the start of the second half, and whenever one team scores. I don't know why they do the ass patting, but it seems to be getting to be an epidemic. ;) :hi:

[WilliamPitt]

11. That was, bar none,

the ugliest game I have ever seen. I watched it all, simply because it was so craptastic I was riveted. From the umps on down, it was amazingly awful.

[ScreamingMeemie]

12. It kind of sucked bad...didn't it?

I have this thing I do on night games the Packers play...if they are winning by more than 20 points (isn't that a laugh) by mid third quarter, I go to bed. Last night, I had to stay up to watch the whole sickening thing. Two rotten teams playing at the height of their non ability...and that hurts to say. Although, Sherman proved he had an amazing knowledge of the game...or at least how to trick the ref into ruling his way.

On the up side, MrG came home after work tonight. :hi:

[WilliamPitt]

13. I was actually astounded

at how good a job the announcers did. That was a well-called game, especially given what was happening.

Green Bay, at least, has some excuses. Half the team is hurt. Detroit's whole problem was its timid-ass offense. They never, ever spread the field...but kept trying to run it up the middle.

[ScreamingMeemie]

15. And one of the only things Green Bay has going for them is Grady

Jackson in the middle, who is like running into a brick wall. That and the fifteen yard penalty (stupid) for heaving Gaddo into the sidelines lost it for the Lions.

It's been like watching a train wreck for me, but I can't turn away. Hopefully, next year they'll get their starters back. Although, Donald Driver is a hell of a person in real life and he's gotten a lot of playing time this year because of injuries. He's my favorite because the stuff he does off the field is amazing. He grew up in a car.

[WilliamPitt]

16. Let me give you

a 30-second consolidation of Detroit's whole game plan.

Run at Grady Jackson. Thump. Run at Grady Jackson. Thump. Run at Grady Jackson. Thump. Run at Grady Jackson. Thump. Run at Grady Jackson. Thump. Run at Grady Jackson. Thump. Run at Grady Jackson. Thump. Run at Grady Jackson. Thump. Run at Grady Jackson. Thump. Run at Grady Jackson. Thump. Run at Grady Jackson. Thump.

Yeesh.

Green Bay will get better. Detroit should never have fired Mooch. It seems like Detroit hired Deep Blue to replace him, but never entered the 'football' program into the mainframe.

[ScreamingMeemie]

20. heh.

:thumbsup: and...


...from your mouth to God's ears. For that, I may even watch a game or two of baseball in your honor this season. :) Dick is as his name suggests. Going for it on 4th down...I was irritated even.