the Packers won it going away.
"Nonstopdrivel" wrote:
I hear that phrase all the time, and I still don't understand what it means. What does it mean, anyway?
"Greg C." wrote:
It means that the team that won had the momentum at the end of the game, giving the impression that if the game had continued beyond the allotted time they would've continued adding to their lead (hence, "going away").
This is in contrast to, say, the Lions game earlier this year, in which the Packers barely held on at the end.