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Cedar, Leelanau County, Michigan (near Traverse City), United States
I am a 76 year old (born 7/4/1937) retired Public Radio Engineer from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. Happily married to the love of my life, Teddy (nee Teddy Schlueter). Teddy is a retired Medical Records Clerk from Theda Clark Hospital in Neenah, Wisconsin. Two children, Michael and Lon. Lon passed away in 1994. Michael is married to his wonderful wife, Toni and lives in Appleton, Wisconsin. For photos click on link below or visit our photo site http://www.flickr.com/photos/igboo NOTE: Click on photos for full-size images.
Showing posts with label Football. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Football. Show all posts

Friday, February 11, 2011

The Green Bay Packers win Superbowl XLV

Last Sunday, February 6th we watched our hometown Green Bay Packers win Superbowl XLV.
The park hosted a superbowl pizza party in the clubhouse but after consuming our fill of pizza, Teddy and I opted to watch the game here in our fifth wheel......less distractions. Here in Arizona, rather than in Wisconsin, the Packer fan base is in a minority. Most of the folks here in the park were more interested in socializing than in watching the game. Also we get a much better picture in HD here in the trailer than on the clubhouse video projector.
Following are some game stills taken from the GB web site.

Rogers with Lombardi trophy
Charles Woodson #21 celebrates with his family
Tom Crabtree holds his son Bryce
Terry Bradshaw looks on as head coach Mike McCarthy holds up the Vince Lombardi Trophy 

Aaron Rodgers #12 and Clay Matthews #52 

A.J. Hawk #50


Woodson #21

Touchdown

U.S. Navy, sailors and Marines watch Super Bowl XLV aboard aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)


Scott Wells #63 celebrates holding the Lombardi Trophy

Super Bowl MVP Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers holds up the Vince Lombardi Trophy as Clay Matthews #52 looks on

Super Bowl MVP Aaron Rodgers


Rogers rehydrates on the sideline

President and CEO of the Green Bay Packers Mark Murphy

Packers General Manager Ted Thompson celebrates

Nick Collins (36) celebrates a touchdown with Clay Matthews during the first half

Packer fans celebrate a touchdown

Packers celebrate in the locker-room

A cheesehead Packer fan celebrates after the Green Bay Packers win Super Bowl XLV 31-25 against the Pittsburgh Steelers

Mike McCarthy

Matt Wilhelm #57 celebrates with his son Mason

Matt Wilhelm #57 celebrates with his daughter Tianna

Mark Murphy, left, and general manager Ted Thompson hold up the Vince Lombardi Trophy

MVP Aaron Rodgers #12

Korey Hall #35 sits on the side of the field with his family after the game

Jordy Nelson #87 and Greg Jennings #85 celebrate after a late touchdown

Jarius Wynn #94

Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy holds up the Vince Lombardi Trophy

Greg Jennings & Aaron Rodgers

Head coach Mike McCarthy of the Green Bay Packers holds up the Vince Lombardi Trophy

James Jones #89 of the Green Bay Packers tries to avoid the tackle of LaMarr Woodley #56 and Ike Taylor #24 of the Pittsburgh Steelers

Green Bay Packers Fans

Fans Celebrate

Donald Driver kisses the Vince Lombardi Trophy

Donald Driver #80 celebrates with the Vince Lombardi Trophy

Clay Matthews, right, is congratulated by his father Clay Matthews Jr

Clay Matthews #52 celebrates late in the game

Clay Matthews #52 and Desmond Bishop #55

Charles Woodson gives a TV interview

Ben Roethlisberger #7 of the Pittsburgh Steelers gets sacked by Frank Zombo #58 of the Green Bay Packers

Bryan Bulaga #75 Chad Clifton #76, and James Jones #89 celebrate the win

C.J. Wilson #98, T.J. Lang #70 and Ryan Pickett #79 of the Green Bay Packers dump Gatorade on head coach Mike McCarthy after they defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 31 to 25 in Super Bowl XLV

Charles Woodson, right, & family

B.J. Raji, left, and teammate Robert Francois celebrate

Andrew Quarless #81 kisses the Vince Lombardi Trophy 
Aaron Rodgers

Aaron Rodgers poses with the Vince Lombardi Trophy

A.J. Hawk holds his 2-month-old daughter, Lennon

A Thai Buddhist monk walks past the half time show on a TV screen at the Roadhouse Bar in Bangkok, Thailand

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

The Grey Cup


On Sunday 11/29 we had a "Grey Cup" party in the clubhouse.
For those not familiar with Canadian sports The Grey Cup is the Canadian equivalent of our "Super Bowl". It was only available on Canadian satellite so one of the Canadian campers here in the park set up his satellite dish on the clubhouse patio and ran the cable to the clubhouse TV.
There are several important specific differences between the Canadian and American versions of the game of football:
The playing field is 110 x 65 yards instead of 100 x 53 1/2 yards, the end zones are deeper, there are 12 players per team instead of 11, and a team has only three downs to reach 10 yards instead of four. Additionally there is a scoring difference in that a single point is awarded on kickoffs to the kicking team if the receiving team declines to return the ball from the end zone (at least that's the way that I understand it) and there are some other subtle differences that I don't understand.
This year the Grey Cup was between the Montreal Alouettes from the East and the Saskatchewan Roughriders representing the West. We were all pulling for the Roughriders who led the entire game against the highly favored Alouettes up till a heartbreaking loss in the final seconds. Bummer.
We all had a good time though and hope to do it again next year.
I'm becoming a big fan and might even order myself a Saskatchewan T-shirt.