So it goes...

Between the two teams I cheer for, Minnesota and Green Bay, today will mark the 17th NFC Championship game that I've watched actually means something to me. The Packers will meet the Forty Niners to determine who goes to the Super Bowl as the NFC representative. Seventeen. That's a lot of games. My copies of the XXI & XXXII Super Bowl programs Of those games though, I've only been on the winning side six times, three each for the Packers and Vikings. That means my disappointments outnumber my euphoric moments by a margin of almost 2:1. There have been some heart breakers for sure, almost too many to list. For the Vikings there were: The Cowboys Hail Mary pass The Gary Anderson missed field goal in the Randall Cunningham years The 41-0 stomping at the hands of the NY Giants during the Randy Moss years The infamous Brett Favre interception versus New Orleans The recent beating at the hands of the  Eagles And as a Packer fan, I've had my heartbrea...

So the NFC Championship is going to be Packers/Bears. What a great rivalry and a great match up. I think it will be a good game, but am really hoping for a Packer blowout like they had on Saturday versus Atlanta. Wow, what a fun time we had watching that game. We went over to some friends' house and had a little playoff party that was a blast. It's always more fun watching those games with someone else. Family is fine during the regular season, but those playoff games deserve better. I don't want to get too jazzed up about it until it is certain that we've won and are going to the super bowl. That would be so cool and as I said in my prior post, if we can knock off Atlanta, we can beat anyone, including the big, bad Jets and Steelers. This game in some ways is always a bit more of a nail biter than the actual super bowl. If you don't get into the big show, nobody remembers who lost the NFC Championship in {fill in the blank year}. You've got to at least MAKE it ...