Lefties for the Pack

Update: Woodson's absence kills us; and that over-officious ref!

Anyway, blew my prediction, but look to the future with confidence.

Madison, Wisconsin
Prediction:

Pack - 34
C-boys - 24

Brett will dazzle even us in Wisconsin tonight [at least those of us who can watch the game; thank you Charter Communications].

But Packers nation, that of the real America's team, lives everywhere.

Among the rare entities in the multi-verse that can unite everybody here from the Wisconsin Assembly Republicans to Madison progressives is Brett Favre. Still the best.

Look for our defense tonight to at least consolidate its reputation as among the NFL's fastest and most-determined.

Miss you, Max.

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Beloved Packers Great Max McGee Dies

Just received an e-mail that Packers great Max McGee died.

Max was Max.

Max used to do the radio play-by-play with Jim Irvin (from 1979-98) and like a lot people in Wisconsin, friends, family and I would turn down the TV so we could listen to "Jim and Max (and later Larry)," even though the sound was not synchronized with the picture.

The knowledgeable Max's humor and mirth combined perfectly with the analytical and good-natured Irvin on the air.

At away games, Max often colorfully described his socializing the local establishments the nights before games, focusing on the people whom he had met and with whom he likely had a few.

Packers are off this week, and a lot of people here who never met Max (though he met many) feel like they lost a friend.
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