New Orleans here we come??!!???

It's getting so close that I can TASTE it!!! What an awesome weekend for football. Sure, the Pack gave me a little bit of a scare when they went down 14-0 to the Seahawks early in the game on Saturday, but I knew my team wouldn't let me down. Mark was freakin' out, of course. I, however, remained calm. I told him not to worry...that the Packers were NOT going to let the Seahawks do that to them AT home in such an important game. Then the snow started flying. Final score: Packers 42, Seahawks 20. WOOHOO!!! My gut is not trust worthy when it comes to predicting the sex of friends' unborn babies. Heck, my gut was wrong when it came to my own pregnancy. (I was so sure from 11 weeks on that we were having a boy that I never pictured myself holding a girl. Man was I wrong!!!). Anyway...my gut is usually pretty good about predicting the outcome of football games. Not always, but I'd say I get more right than wrong. And I can usually tell the difference between "wishing" for an outcome and "feeling" what the outcome of a game will be. So I knew in my gut that the Packers were going to win that game...but I didn't know it would be by so much!! I "wished" that the Patriots would lose, but I knew they wouldn't. I was right. I totally got the Colts outcome wrong and I have a sick feeling in my stomach for Peyton Manning and Tony Dungy. I like those two men. But I TOTALLY called the Cowboys game last night. YEAH!!! I knew in my gut (although part of it really was wishful thinking) that they were going to lose. Part of me kind of wanted them to win so the Packers could go down there next week and beat the crud out of them (my gut tells me we would have won that one...after all, we owe them). But since the Cowboys lost last night, the Giants will be coming to Lambeau where the predicted temperature at the start of the game is about 11 degrees. It'll be colder with the wind chill. By the end of the game they're saying it'll dip down to 0. WooHoo!!! Could the Packers lose on Sunday against the Giants?? Sure. Any team can lose on any given day. But odds truly are with the Packers. Since we played the Seahawks on Saturday and the Giants played the Cowboys on Sunday, we get a whole extra day to rest up. Plus, the Giants have a travel day in there and we get to stay home. It's gonna be cold!!! I know the Giants play in the north, too, but it's not the same as playing in Lambeau cold. And I like Eli Manning, don't get me wrong, but I also know he's been VERY inconsistant this year. Sure the Giants' last games have been greatly managed by him, but he's due for a bad game.

Now, let's allow ourselves to dream a little. This is what I told Mark this morning: let's say the Packers win on Sunday and go to the Superbowl. Where was the Superbowl the last time the Packers won?? It was in New Orleans. Where is the big game this year?? New Orleans. Technically it's not home field advantage for either team, but Brett grew up and still lives an hour or so from New Orleans. It's his home. It's kinda home field advantage for him. The next question I asked Mark this morning was, "And who did we beat in that Superbowl?" Yep. New England!!! It's our time. Sure the Patriots are undefeated so far this year, but they can't win EVERY game, can they?? No!! Plus, you know the G on the Green Bay helmets??? It doesn't only stand for Green Bay, it stands for God. hehehe Not that the Packers are God, it just means they're God's team. hehehe Back to the Patriots and they're record for this year: Odds really are that they have to lose one game. That means they either lose the game this coming weekend against the Chargers (that would be SOOOOOOOO cool) or they lose in the Superbowl. Either way works for me because I just feel that the Patriots have to get knocked down a peg or two. First of all, they cheated at the beginning of the year by deceitfully getting the opposing team's plays. Nasty, nasty, nasty. Plus, that Tom Brady is just too much of a pretty boy for me (although he really IS pretty).

So those are my thoughts this morning. I am so excited for the Packers. Even if something freakish happens on Sunday and they end up losing, they've had a heck of a season. Consider that the "experts" thought the Packers would go 6-10 this year....maybe 8-8 at best. Those were actually logical predictions because we have the youngest team in the NFL. But look what can happen when you believe. Look what can happen when you have a leader like Brett Favre and a coach like Mike McCarthy. By the way, Mark and I both think that Holmgren Way (one of the roads just outside of Lambeau) should be changed to McCarthy Ave or something like that. Sure they should keep Holmgren Way. After all, he did a lot for the Packers organization. But I think because he ditched the Packers for more power and more money elsewhere, they should just put Holmgren Way in a different part of town.

I'm sure this isn't the only time I'll blog this week about the Packers. I'm just so excited for them. The sad thing is that if the Packers DO go to the Superbowl and if they should win, will Brett call it quits?? I hate to think of never seeing him play football again. He's so much fun to watch. I'm reading Deanna Favre's book right now and it's incredible. I recommend it to EVERYONE!!! She is such a strong Christian woman. They have been through so much. That's part of the reason I feel like it's our time. We shall see. Until the next post...GO PACK GO!!! I'm going to have butterflies in my stomach until next Sunday night after the game. I love that feeling and hate it all at the same time.