Shake the Dew From the Lilly, Randy
As a Packer fan (albeit a fair weather Packer fan) I feel it my obligation to speak about Sunday's debacle. Keep in mind, I still have minor Schadenfreud (perverse pleasure in someone elses failure) for the Packers since they steal attention away from the Brewers... perhaps deservedly so.

First of all, I have never felt more guilty about my pessimism than I did after that loss. I am the little black rain cloud when it comes to the '04 Packers. All week I was playing it safe, saying that even though many in the national media had the Pack dismissing the Vi-Queens easily, I couldn't help but think that the ladies in Purple could win this one. I don't know how many times I heard, "Lambeau Field" used as the main reason why the Pack would win. Guess what, Green Bay was 4-4 at Lambeau this season. .500 at home is hardly worthy of the great John Facenda's "FROZEN TUNDRA OF LAMBEAU FIELD" introduction. Then I heard that the Packer's had the Vikings number this season. Well, if that number was 6 (the amount we beat them buy total in 2 games). Let's face it, in football, luck can play a big role in the closing seconds of a game, and both wins were on last minute field goals. Then there was the "Randy Moss as a negative to the team" factor. I wasn't buying that either. Fact is, the guy is still a talent and if he has a big day, forget it. He may look like Buckwheat and he may make Terrell Owens seem like a model citizen, but you can't deny he has game.

Well, turns out I was right... and I couldn't feel worse for it. Mainly because many of my friends know much more about this team and more about football in general and they all seem to have blind faith in the Pack. Yet here I am, doubting Thomas, saying the sky is falling and even though I turned out to be right, I realized that even if I was wrong, more than likely no one would call me on it since they would all be too happy they won. So considering that, I am wondering if I should be a more positive person... BULLSHIT. Plan for the worst, hope for the best. Still sounds good to me. It was like my friend who before the season said, "Bears. There's two wins there." I wasn't so sure and reminded him of the years when as mediocre as we were, we sometimes managed to eek one out against the Bears. Remember the Majkowski over the line game at soldier? Tell me Ditka didn't smile when Favre threw that TD pass 10 yards past the line. Anyway, I wasn't writing the bears off, and guess what, they punked us at home... way to go Mase.

I should add something on Randy Moss' end zone shennanigans. First off, I have never liked end zone celebrations, but I hardly think what he did was the end of the world. He was excited because he was winning and all though it wasn't the classiest thing to do, how many of us have ever taken a bit of glee of rubbing someones face in it. I think we all have at some point. Compare this to what Jake Plummer did and I wonder why we are even bothered by this. Plummer failed and in a moment of bitterness, showed his contempt for his own fans. Moss succeeded in face of a hostile environment and in my opinion, deserves a touch more slack. Sure, I don't like a Viking wiping his ass on Lambeaus goal post, but if you don't want that to happen... STOP HIM.

In closing, I'll say that after seeing that end zone celebration, we are not long for a player holding the ball in front of his hips as if peeing, shaking the "dew from the lilly" and zipping up. As tasteless as it is, you got to admit, it would feel good to be in the situation where you could do it. In front of 60,000 people that are cheering for you to fail... to the victor go the spoils.