February « 2010 « Ol' Bag of Donuts

Offensive line jumble must be resolved

(After taking an ever-so-brief post-Super Bowl sabbatical, I’m back, baby! Also, was anyone else seriously bumming for a minute there that the season was over? Tell me it was not just me!)

This week, Green Bay Press Gazette assistant sports editor Tom Pelissero kicked off his 10-part daily series of chats on “The State of the Packers.”  [...]

Top 10 moments/games of the decade: Part two (conclusion)

Funny how things work out sometimes, isn’t it?

I say that because, on the same day we kicked off our list of the top moments/games of the decade, Green Bay Press Gazette sports editor Mike Vandermause wrote a column in which he listed the top 10 Packers-related stories of the decade. Vandermause’s column also focused on off-the-field [...]

Super Bowl XLIV recap: Who dat rides aggressive Payton and near-perfect Brees to championship (plus some other thoughts)

(Before we begin: I wasn’t going to write a recap of this game at first. Then I realized that we’re roughly nine months away from the next meaningful NFL game. That changed my mind.)

The Who Dat? Nation has finally reached the top of the mountain.

They did so as the New Orleans Saints pulled off a dramatic 31-17 upset of the Indianapolis [...]

And the winner of Super Bowl XLIV will be...

The Indianapolis Colts.

And the final score will be 34-24.

And the Super Bowl MVP will be not Peyton Manning, but Dallas Clark.

And he will have 9 catches for 142 yards and two touchdowns.

It’s to no one’s surprise that I picked the Colt’s after I admitted to the world my man crush on Peyton Manning.  I am [...]

Check this out – it’s pretty sweet!

So the fine folks at Gatorade have sent us a sneak preview of their brand-new “Journey” commerical that’s going to run today during the pre-game show.

(That’s right. A sneak preview. We got your back here at OBOD.)

Having seen it myself, I have to say it’s pretty cool.

As such, we figured we’d pass it along to you [...]

Super Bowl XLIV: My thoughts

First, let’s get a few things out of the way:

–Adam’s piece on changing your view of Peyton Manning really resonated with me. I’ve always been a Manning hater, but as the Colts have made this Super Bowl run, I’ve found myself less and less bothered by him. Here’s why: In Manning’s last Super Bowl, I [...]

A look at (and prediction for) Super Bowl XLIV

At last, it’s almost here.

Soon, there will be no more hype. No more injury reports. No more analysis. No more rumors of some band claiming to call themselves The Who playing the halftime show.

Seriously, fellas, you need to stop. You’re killing all of us.

Soon, Super Bowl XLIV will be upon us, with the Indianapolis Colts [...]

Why it's 'cool' to cheer for Peyton Manning

In the next few days Chris, Gene and I will give our picks and prognostications on Super Bowl XLIV, but I wanted to touch on a subject that has been stuck in my crawl for quite sometime and it involves my favorite non-Packer in the NFL: Peyton Manning.  Maybe I talk to the wrong people [...]

Okay, so there’s ONE MORE update on the top 10 moments/games of the decade

I really wanted to run the final part of our list of the top 10 moments/games of the decade on Thursday night.

Then, I saw Jim_in_DC’s comment on my original update, which went up Thursday morning. In short, Jim reminded me that it’s a LONG offseason and that I might want to pace myself. That’s always [...]

Darren Sharper on Nick Collins

Darren Sharper weighed in from the Super Bowl on Nick Collins’ contract situation with the Green Bay Packers, which in some ways mirrors his own departure from the Packers after the 2004 [...]