Absolutely incredible feeling to say that I've stuck with these Packers since I started following football in '02, through the horrible '05 season, the transition from Favre to Rodgers, and to finally get rewarded with it feels so much better than if it was someone who hopped on the bandwagon.
I grew up in LA, and I started becoming old enough to understand football right after all the local teams left. I was 8. I picked the team with colors I liked.
I guess i was an 8 year old bandwagon jumper because it was the next season that Favre happened. I was a freshman in high school when the Packers won their last superbowl.
this one is sweeter, for alot of reasons, mostly because I was an adult when it happened and I got to spend it at a Packer bar getting piss drunk in a sea of green and gold. But I know what you're getting at. it's been 20 years I have lived and died with this team.
My best friends birthday was on Saturday, and he gave me a hard time for taking it light at the bar. He's not a sports fan. He doesn't understand what this is like. I have used up all of my sick time at work following this playoff run. dont give a shit about the lost money and using up my days off (I work sundays). Like I told my buddy, nothing else is going to matter this much to me for the rest of the year.
Yesterday was honestly one of the best days of my life. I will remember where I was, who I was with, the noise from the crowd, the random guy i hugged as time expired, rolling the window down and screaming at the top of my lungs to people walking down the street... I will remember this:
for the rest of my life.
so to the 2010 Green Bay Packers:
I salute you.
Thank you for all the memories. I've been walking around all day like I just banged Angelina Jolie (pre mom craziness!). I asked myself when this might stop being so cool, then I thought back to 96, and I realized that when you love a sports team as much as I love GB, it NEVER goes away. It's like when you fall in love with someone no matter what happens between you two part of you is always going to remember what it felt like to be in love with that person. part of me is always going to remember yesterday and how fucking incredible it was.