Some more game comments- The fans were cheering "Go Pack Go" towards the end of regulation when the Bengals player was down.
Let's face it, they want to cheer for the offense too. Not just after a td. After about 3 times the cheer faded away. The video board asked for quiet while the medical staff was attending to the injured player. I get the concept. You would hate to have the fans going crazy when Darryl Stingley or Mike Utley are laying there fighting for their lives. Still it was a chance to let the offense know they appreciated their play.
In the stands near me there was a very loud, very drunk guy who was cursing a blue streak. His comments were that the people who know him will tell you he is loud all the time. Also you don't come to a game in GB to sit and keep quiet. The loud and obnoxious was tolerable. That happens all the time. The cursing was too much. There were plenty of kids in the area. Too many F bombs and the like. Just about the time I was ready to tell him to shut up I realized he was pouting because the woman who owns the seats threatened him if his actions cost her the tickets in future years.
The seats used to be her dad's seats, 4 of them. He attended games from the 50's until his health wouldn't permit it any longer. I met him and we talked the during first 5 or 6 years I got season tickets. Everyone in our section knew he was a grumpy old guy who didn't quite know what was going on. One time he asked, "Why is everyone turning around after every play?" She told him they are watching the replay on the video board. He turned around to see one of the earlier versions of the Tundra Vision. It had been there for at least 5 years. "I don't need a damn video to see the play. If I wanted to watch the game on tv I would just stay home." Everyone laughed.
In the second Q the drunk announced he needed another beer and extolled us with the virtues of beer for about 3 or 4 minutes. The point is the woman controlled her guest to make sure the game was enjoyable for everyone around them. After the 3rd Q td to Jordy I turned around to give him a high 5. He complied but other than Cincy fans, he was the only one there with a frown.
Speaking of high 5's, there were plenty going around whenever GB scored. There was a young couple right in front of me. She had a college ID on her key ring so I know she was still in school. I figure the young man was a year or two older. He brought back a beer after halftime and she had a bottle of water. They had me take their picture before the game began so it was easy to carry on a conversation with them during the game. In the forth Q I leaned down and put my hands on their outside shoulders so I could talk to them both at the same time. I told them my wife and I have been coming to games since we were their age. I went on to say we use to kiss after every td. Now I get a high 5. They laughed. I am sure they were thinking that would never happen to them. That made me chuckle. My wife asked me what I told them. When I told her, she laughed even harder than they did. Later she gave me a kiss after Allison's big play and laughed at me.
To my left sits a man who inherited his 2 seats from his mom. She's about my age but she prefers to stay home and watch on tv. He brings his son to the early game and someone else to the November game. (Too cold for his son.) I enjoy listening to the son asking his dad very simple questions about the game. He's learning. I have to fight off the temptation to butt in and give him my opinion. Why ruin a great father-son time? One of the boy's questions was to ask his dad if he thought GB would go for 2 points if it was the end of the game or would they go for the tie and overtime.
I think he's around jr high or maybe even a freshman in HS. I can see the young man keeping the tickets that his grandma use to own and sitting next to my son who makes the trip up from Michigan to watch a couple of games a year. My daughter-in-law would go to the Sept game but tell him it's too cold to go to the Nov game. Hopefully my son will have a son or daughter of his own who will enjoy spending time with him.
Being a Packers fan can be passed from one generation to the next. I would have enjoyed talking Packers history with my Dad. Too bad he was a Chicago Cardinals fan. Then StL Cardinals football fan- Sort of. He didn't follow football like he did baseball.