I hate playing a desperate team at their home, but brother had ticket (upper level, first row, midfield, Packers' side!) and Wikistrat had business meetings in Manhattan the following day. So flying into Newark in the ayem to meet up with bro and hopefully notch the 12th win.
Should be good game. Hoping it's not too cold!
POSTSCRIPT:
Got into my hotel in midtown around 1pm and then ran about 15 blocks to pick up some antibiotics for a sinus infection I realized just this morning that I had. Nice doc in Indy called it into local CVS. Just got it at end of virus my kids gave me over Turkey Day weekend. Caught it early enough so don't feel too bad. Anyway, to meet my sked I ran about 20 blocks to Penn.
Met my brother at the station and took Amtrak to Secacus, and then a special train to Meadowlands. Then short walk to stadium, which is pretty cool throughout.
Loved our seat in top realm - but first row, above 45 yard line, Packer side, so we saw the game just like on TV (always weird to view DVR later at different angle).
Food pretty good, but beer way expensive: 11:50 for Bass or Stella.
Plenty of Packer fans, but what was great was the game itself. Very exciting right to the end. Talked with my son Jerome by cell about 20 times during the game as he watched at home. His judgments: Finley drops too many balls, Rodgers holds onto the ball in the pocket too long, and our inside linebackers need to cover passes over the middle better.
Pretty much sums it up, but 12-0 is otay. Actually we're now 18-0, the second longest streak in NFL history (mark shared with handful of teams). Only left to surpass: Patriots at 21-0. We'd do that, theoretically, on New Years against the Lions.
I have seen one-third of this streak to date: Falcons and Bears last season in playoffs, then Broncos, Bucs, Lions and Giants this year.
What i will say about MetLife: more urinals in a men's bathroom than I've ever seen, so I didn't miss a single play.
Same trains back to island afterward and I'm feeling awfully beat.