One last thought from the Packer game before moving on:
Apparently, there is a movement to call the assembled mases at Lambeau the "G Force." Last night we were handed white shirts intended at achieving a white out, but the effort fell short. Guess the Bielemization of state football fans has its limits.
But G Force? The Packers are the most tradition-rich franchise in the NFL, play in a shrine - you can tell the first time visitors to Lambeau, they carry around their cameras like tourists at Disney - and have a unique legion of die hard fans. Did they really need a nickname that sounds like a Great America ride?
Also lame: "Tundra Line," which is about 15 okay high school drummers playing the drum at slightly-faster-than-normal rates in the end zone before quarters. It's like the Bucket Boys (a staple at the Big Ten Tournament, four kids from Chicago banging sticks on buckets for 10 minutes, incredible act) without the tempo, rhythm, or showmanship. They're trying hard, though.
Monday, October 8, 2007
G Force
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3 comments:
Wouldn't it be easier to just hand out blaze orange to the 15 people who show up at Lambeau without it and have an "Orange Out"?
Sort of reminds of how when you go to a Penn State game, you hear that stupid Lion roar after every first down. I can understand that's how they do things at Northwestern. But at Penn State?
Regarding the Orange Out: only wish the Vikings played outside like real men so we could make the same crack about their fans ...
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