This is lightly off-topic, but then again maybe not. In 2003, I took a very good friend to Lambeau to watch the Packers play the Redskins. He is a lifelong Redskin fan and season ticket holder. I have attended many skins games with him over the years, on his nickel, so it was long overdue that I return the favor.
Our tickets were almost exactly on the 50 yard line, behind the GB bench, about 10 rows up. I had on my Packer leather coat, and my buddy had on his Redskin one. The day was truly magical. I had purchased a Brett Favre Jersey in the brand new pro shop, leaving my seat pre-game. I come back to my seat to discover that my friend has struck up a conversation between Ahman Green and himself. As I got to my seat, my buddy looked and asked what I got. I showed it to him, and Ahman Green saw it as well. He summoned Brett over, Brett said hey guys...and Ahman Green asked Brett to sign it for me, which he did.
The whole thing started when two regular season ticket holders struck up a "common thread" interest conversation with them, him, and Ahman. He had just been to DC to visit some basketball buddies, and so forth and so on. The absolute friendliness of everyone around my friend wearing his "enemy" coat was astounding to him, and this is compared to RFK/Landover fans, who, as a collective group, also possess "class". We kicked the living crap out of the skins that day, but my friend didn't care. He will tell anyone that will listen the extended version of that weekend, including the kindnesses extended by everyone he met, in and out of the confines of Lambeau and Green Bay.
My point of sharing this with you is that I had predicted much of it. On the plane ride and car ride (We went and stayed in Madison, my home town) I told him stories of the people and traditions of my "roots". He saw it firsthand in many profound ways that weekend. I would like to think that I could take another friend there and impress him just as much. I know there are all kinds of people everywhere, including Lambeau, but the fact that I feel bad about that chant tells me that I could...after all, I am from Wisconsin.