I've got two playoff tickets for Lambeau in January
Saturday, December 11, 2010 at 12:01AM 
Packers just announced that all requests for playoff tickets from both Green and Gold Package ticket holders have been met. You see, the Packers used to play two games a year at Milwaukee, and when they stopped that in the early 90s, they allowed the Milwaukee season-tix holders to keep their two games, now known as the Gold Package (2nd and 5th home games + one preseason). Not sure what they'll do when the season get longer.
Anyway, the trick on playoff tix is both pools can apply, meaning 2X capacity. This year, probably reflecting the bad economy, not as many applied and so everybody getting their requests filled.
Needless to say, this is exciting, but only if the Bears manage to get out of the way before season's end. We play them at Lambeau for the last game. We win and the series is even at 1-1, and so is divisional play at 5-1, but we'd beat them on conference play if we both win our remaining intra-conference game (Bears v. Vikes, Pack v. Giants). Ideally, the Bears would lose to Pats at home, because it'll be tough for us to break that record home streak in Foxboro the next week. Then, if the Pack takes the Giants (assuming we don't lose to the Lions tomorrow, which can always happen, and Bears take the Jets away), we both enter the last game with identical divisional and conference records and all we have to do is win at home to take the divisional crown and possibly the second seed, since we'd own direct tie-breakers over Philly and Giants, but only if the Eagles manage to lose one more (@ Dallas and NYG and home v. Vikes and Dallas). Of course, the Bears can win at home v Pats and still lose to Jets, and Packers can drop two of the next three and make the last game possibly meaningless, but there you have it.
Of course, by even broaching any of these scenarios, the Pack is doomed to lose tomorrow and send me into deep depression!
The tension is unBEARable.
Countering such pessimism, say we get the second seed, and then I'm watching a divisional game vice a wild card game, plus, if the Falcons lose at home, we'd have two seats for the NFC championship! Stranger things have happened, like the last time we got it by surprise and hosted the Giants, who thereupon beat us (Favre INT in OT) and won the SB.
Needless to say, I'm cheering my lungs out for Brett from here out on (Giants, Bears, Eagles and I don't care about the Lions, except maybe he goes out on nice note). Go Favre!
Reader Comments (3)
Wikileaks, Shmicki Leaks, glad to see someone's concentrating on the important stuff.
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Slide, Aaron, Slide!