For heaven’s sake, it’s not me. I am not a Packers’ fan.
Today I am brining in my first guest blogger. It’s Mike Barone. Mike is the Assistant to the City Manager in Eden Prairie. Here’s what Mike has to say about a rather glaring personal weakness that he’s been suffering with his entire life. Take it away Mike:
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Might as well tell your straight out, I am a Packers fan. Grew up in Green Bay. It�s pretty hard not to be a Packers fan while growing up there. But I call myself a Minnesotan, having lived here for a long time now. I have been in the metropolitan Twin Cities area since 1976 when I came to go to school at the University of Minnesota, and have been here ever since.
When following college athletics, I bleed Gopher maroon and gold. For professional sports, I am a Minnesota fan all the way (with the NFL exception). Twins � love �em. Timberwolves � how can you not like KG. Lynx � should have done whatever was necessary to get Lindsey Whalen. Wild � wish they were playing, but what fun to watch when they do play. Vikings � Go Packers!
In the almost 30 years since I have been calling Minnesota home, a day wasn�t any harder than Sunday, January 9, beginning about 7pm or so � right after the Vikings beat the Packers in the playoffs � in Lambeau Field � in the cold weather � handily. That hurt! I, like a lot of my friends who are Viking fans, thought the Packers would win, based on the Vikings performance the previous week against Washington. Then throw in the fact that the Pack had won twice against the Vikes this year, even though the games were very close, and it would be more of the same in this playoff game. Right?
Wrong!
Now that a few days have transpired since the big game, I got to thinking. What if the Vikings win it all? Could it happen? I know a lot of people who love the Vikings, like I love the Packers, and I am sure that is what they want to see happen.
The energy and excitement that Vikings fans have now, pumped up from beating their arch-rivals last week, have them thinking – why not! Now, as a good Packers fan, you won�t get me saying �Go Vikes!� anytime soon, but I do hope that all the energy and excitement that Vikings fans now have gets rewarded. Lots of people I know, good Vikings fans, would finally have their wait for an NFL championship come to an end. Hey, the Boston Red Sox finally won a World Series this past season, so you never know.
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Editor’s Note: I am working with Mike on this “issue”. Here is photodocumentation of the progress we’ve made just this past season.
Enjoy the game on Sunday, Mike and all. Skol Vikings!
