We are the champions, my friends! Green Bay Packers 31 – Pittsburgh Steelers 25. Packers are Super Bowl Champions!!

It’s all over. The Green Bay Packers are the Super Bowl 45 Champions. Aaron Rodgers is the Super Bowl MVP. Dreams really can come true. For the players on this team, they have. The Vince Lombardi trophy is returning to Titletown.  People in Green Bay will be dancing in the streets and wearing cheese on their heads. Some won’t be wearing anything but cheese on their heads. Can you blame them? 🙂 You know what goes great with an Aaron Rodgers “title belt” celebration? Having the Lombardi Trophy back in Titletown.

Congratulations to the veterans on the team, especially Donald Driver, Charles Woodson and Chad Clifton. While it was disappointing that both Woodson and Driver got hurt in the game, in my opinion they both still earned their Super Bowl rings. What a great season and what a great team. Woodson and Driver were definitely emotional leaders for the team, even if they couldn’t finish the game on the field.

Congratulations to Mike McCarthy, Ted Thompson and Mark Murphy. They deserve as much credit as anyone for this Super Bowl win. Congrats to Dom Capers and the entire Packers coaching staff. This team will go down in history as one of the greatest Packers team ever.  And yes, dad, as you promised, you will now have to call him MR. McCarthy now that he has a Super Bowl ring and a street in Green Bay named after him. (Sorry, no more Mike McFarty…. at least, not until they have a losing season.)

I will admit, I wasn’t always a believer in this coach, or this GM or this team president. But I will gladly eat some crow now and say that Mike McCarthy, Ted Thompson and Mark Murphy are all geniuses and have proved all of my doubts wrong!!! And I am so happy for them, for the fans and for the 2010-11 Super Bowl Champs – YOUR GREEN BAY PACKERS!!

There’s only one thing left to say, and that’s how great it is to strap on the imaginary “Championship Belt” with your friends. I am planning on doing it a lot in the months to come and I hope you’ll join me. In the return to TitleTown celebration at Lambeau Field Aaron Rodgers even said “you can steal my celebration. Now that we’re the champs, you go ahead and put that on whenever you want!” Thanks, Aaron. I’m sure we will. Ha ha, I can’t wait. And with the core of this team coming back in 2011-2012, I can’t wait for next year either. I can’t think of anybody who deserves all this success more than Rodgers, Woodson, Driver and this incredible team. And you can bet – you’ll always remember where you were when the Green Bay Packers won SUPER BOWL 45 and became World Champions!!! I know that I will.

Well, thank you all for reading my blog this year. I really enjoyed writing it and hearing from some of you, my lovely readers. This is going to be my last post for a while, but I’d like to leave you with a parting gift – my Super Fun guide to Packers nicknames. Some of these I made up, and some are actually true. But they all have some meaning for each guy.

Here they are, your 2010 GBP nicknames:

Aaron Rodgers gets more than one. That’s because he’s the MVP and he deserves them. They are: “The People’s Champ”, “The Legend-Killer”, “Brent Who”, “Title-Belt Holder”, “Photo Ninja” and “Man O’ Steel”. They should usually be inserted in between the first and last name. Or sometimes just shouted randomly at your television.

Here are the rest of the guys nicknames:

James “Gridiron Man” Starks, John “The Snowplow” Kuhn, Brandon “Baby Jacks” Jackson.

Donald “Double-Dee!!!, Quickie” Driver, James “Double-J” Jones, Jordy “White Lightning” Nelson, and Greg “The Natural” Jennings. Greg also likes the nickname “Superman”.

Chad “The Wall” Clifton, Bryan “the Whale” Bulaga, Daryn “Big Cajones” Colledge, Scott “Scotty 2 Hotty” Wells, and Josh “The Incredible Hulk” Sitton.

Now for Defense:

Charles “Chaz” and “White House” Woodson. Tramon “The Man” Williams, Sam “Laser” Shields. It’s also a good idea to yell “Shields Up!” whenever you see him. Nick “Prowl Bowl is my middle name” Collins and Charlie “the Doctor” Peprah.

For linebackers we have Clay “the Clay-Maker”, “the Sack-Master” and “the Beast” Matthews. Then there’s Desmond “the checkmate” Bishop, A.J. “The Genius” Hawk, Erik “That Guy” Walden and Frank “el Zorro” Zombo.

On the D-line there is Ryan “The Boulder” or ”The FENCE” Pickett, Cullen “the Freight Train” Jenkins, “Mean” Howard Green and B.J. “The Freezer” Raji. With the Freezer of course being Raji’s own creation. Much like his weird touchdown gyrations.

We’ve also got Tim “The Master” Masthay and Mason “Chasin’ Jacke” Crosby.  Last but not least, there is Jarret “zero to hero” Bush.

Now, I know that’s not everyone, but that ought to hold you over until NFL draft time. Hope you enjoyed the ride. I know I sure did.

GREEN BAY PACKERS, SUPER BOWL 45 CHAMPIONS!!!!   Ahhhhhhhh, I never get tired of saying that. Time to go put on my “title belt.”

See ya!!!! GO PACK GO!!!

Packers ride their HOT streak into Hot-lanta and beat the Falcons to advance to the NFC championship game! Packers 48-Falcons 21

First of all, congratulations to the Packers on the great victory. It seemed like every player on the team made a difference this week. The Packers have earned  themselves a trip to the NFC Championship game with this performance! Wooooo Hoo! Congrats to all the Packers fans here in Wisconsin and out there across the world. I hope you loved watching this game as much as I did. Well, let’s talk about it – is this our time? Could this be the team of destiny?

The game MVP has got to be none other than Mr. Aaron Rodgers. He played the game of his life. I mean, it’s easy to overlook how good he is sometimes, because the Packers defense has played so well this season, but you have got to believe that his play in this game is what made the Packers unstoppable. He never seems to get nervous, even when the Packers were down 7-0 and 14-7. How many times did he escape a sure sack in this game? How many times did he make the throw on the run? How many times did he find the open man at the last possible second? I lost count. I tried to count them, but I ran out of fingers. Brett who? Am I right? And how about the celebration with the “title belt” after the touchdown run? Ooooh it’s so good. Screw you, Jon Abraham.

Aaron Rodgers was snubbed for the pro bowl in favor of Matt Ryan and Mike Vick, but I am pretty sure that he was vindicated by beating both in the playoffs. He’s becoming the player that Packers fans have dreamed about since he took his first snap after the Brett Favre era. The scary thing is, he is still getting better. And I can’t even imagine how good he could be with all of his weapons. Remember, he’s been without Ryan Grant and Jermichael Finley for most of the season. It’s easy to forget that with how well he’s played this year. He threw for three TD’s and ran for another in the game tonight. Just an insane performance. Atta boy, Rodgers!

Other players also came up huge in this game. James “Grid-Iron Man” Starks was a beast once the Packers had the lead. John “the dump truck” Kuhn was his usual bowling ball self. Jordy “White Lightning” Nelson made some great catch-and-runs. And who could forget my favorite player: Donald “Double D!” Driver. He still plays the game pretty well for an old man. 🙂 Also, fun fact about this game: the Packers did not punt ONCE in the game.

On the defensive side of the ball, the game MVP was surely Tramon Williams. He had not one, but two game-changing interceptions. Can you believe the interception for the touchdown just before halftime? That might have been the play of the game. The other corners played very well, too. Charles Woodson had a nice sack of Matt Ryan. Clay “The Beastmaster” Matthews was all over the field. That was no surprise. He’s been all over the field all year. B.J. Raji is now a force on defense and offense. I absolutely loved the call to put him in as a fullback on the goal line. Also, let’s give it up for linebackers A.J. Hawk, Desmond Bishop and Clay Matthews. Matthews also had the fumble recovery.  The linebackers just SHUT DOWN Michael Turner in this game. I knew that they could do it. The Packers ‘D was on fire in this game. Thank you, Dom Capers.

I suppose I do have to say a few things that the Packers should work on for next week, because they did make a few mistakes. The early fumble by Greg Jennings might have hurt them in a  game that was close. Luckily, it was a non-factor. The kickoff coverage was pathetic on the return touchdown that was allowed to Eric Weems. I was glad to see that they tried to kick it away from him for the rest of the game. They allowed the Falcons to have a late touchdown drive once they had a commanding lead. And, Mason Crosby missed the long field goal in the fourth quarter. He was able to make his second try, though.

Okay, that’s all for the game. Let’s have a feast for the NFC Championship!!! But what will the Packers be feasting upon? Bear flesh, or Seahawk meat? Neither one sounds very appetizing to me. So, while you’re trying to decide, eat this! Not That! Remember, no matter what game day snacks you decide to make, everything is better with some Wis-con-sin Cheddar. Hope you enjoyed reading this! I still have another week to blog!!!  Yes! See you next week. Happy Reading, Happy eating and GO PACK GO!