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Posted on 23 October 2008 by Alex Hansen

As I was walking into Lambeau Field last Sunday afternoon, eager to see the Packers and Colts matchup, I couldn’t ignore how many Number 4 jerseys I saw. Clearly, the hysteria from the Brett Favre saga has not left Packer fans. Heck, CBS even went so far as to bring New York Jets games [...] Continue Reading

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Tags: aaron rodgers, Football, NFL

Packers seeing stars: Cowboys bully the Packers in Romo’s homecoming game

Posted on 24 September 2008 by Tim Bucher

After convincing victories over two division rivals, the Green Bay Packers had reason to be flying high. But on Sunday night, the Dallas Cowboys pulled the Packers back to reality, putting together a bruising ground game and upending Green Bay 27-16. Dallas running back, Marion “the Barbarian” Barber overpowered the Packers, using brute force [...] Continue Reading

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Tags: aaron rodgers, Brett Favre, Football, Packers

Getting the monkey off his back: Rodgers leads team to victory in Packers’ debut

Posted on 10 September 2008 by Tim Bucher

What was supposed to be a nostalgic night spent reminiscing about the past and paying deference to one of the best NFL quarterbacks of all time, instead became a night spent looking towards the future and more importantly, the present. Continue Reading

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Tags: Football, NFL Draft

Making the best of NFL Draft picks

Posted on 16 April 2008 by Paul Nadolski

April 26 is an important day for football fans: the NFL draft. What does this mean for the two most important teams in the NFL, the Bears and the Packers? Both teams have needs and have waited until the draft to fill most of them. Let’s first look at the needs of the Packers. The Packers have [...] Continue Reading

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Tags: Brett Favre, NFL, Peyton Manning

The greater place in history: Manning

Posted on 08 November 2007 by Luke Fuller

Peyton Manning’s prominence in the history of the NFL is easily apparent to anyone who has seen a Packers game during Brett Favre’s impressive string of record-breaking performances. Nearly every time Favre sets a new NFL mark for wins, touchdown passes, yards or any other of a host of statistical passing categories the announcers cannot [...] Continue Reading

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Tags: NFL, Tom Brady

The greater place in history: Brady

Posted on 08 November 2007 by Matt Dixon

The primary measure of a quarterback’s greatness at any level, but particularly in the NFL has always been and always will be their ability to win games. This is an even more critical tool for assessment when the games being considered are “big games.” For NFL fans our age it is impossible to discuss winning [...] Continue Reading

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Tags: Marquette, NFL, The Annex

The perfect Sunday: Annex style

Posted on 10 October 2007 by Peter Worth

Although Marquette University has not been exactly prominent in student diversity, those looking to find a more varied population just need to know the right place and the right time, to find it. At noon on Sunday at 804 N. 16th St., fans can find the most multi-faceted site on campus: the Union Sports Annex. [...] Continue Reading

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Tags: NFL, Super Bowl

A sideline perspective of the Super Bowl

Posted on 13 February 2007 by Patrick Kurish

Each year, nearly 100 million people tune in on Super Sunday to watch the worldwide phenomenon that is the Super Bowl. Football fans, party goers and commercial enthusiasts alike all watch the “big game,” and, for roughly four hours on the first Sunday in February, the world seemingly comes to a stand still. But have you [...] Continue Reading

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Tags: Darrent Williams, NFL

A nice thought

Posted on 05 January 2007 by Justin Phillips

The USA Today reports today that the NFL has returned money Darrent Williams paid in a fine back to his family. The fine ($15,000) was for arguing with officials in a game in week 11. Williams was killed in a drive-by shooting after an altercation in a nightclub which he reportedly was not [...] Continue Reading

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Tags: Brett Favre, Football, NFL, Packers

No Playoffs?

Posted on 10 December 2006 by Justin Phillips

With the Packers out of the playoff race and 3 weeks left in the season is there anything for Packer fans to look forward to? Yes. Of course, when any team is out of playoff contention it is always popular to root for a high draft pick. You could turn your attention to [...] Continue Reading

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