super excited for Brat Fest next weekend
There’s a good chance I’ll get to attend on Sunday or Monday, which will keep my Braftest streak of at least 10 years intact.
@5 days ago with 4 notes#wisconsin #madison #bratfest #johnsonville
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super excited for Brat Fest next weekend
There’s a good chance I’ll get to attend on Sunday or Monday, which will keep my Braftest streak of at least 10 years intact.
@5 days ago with 4 notesI suggest that Donald Driver choreograph all the Packers’ touchdown dances next season.
@6 days ago with 3 notes
This wins best post of the month
(Source: rolledresponsibility, via ehmihlee)
From ProFootballTalk:
Third-round rookie quarterbacks don’t typically get opportunities to begin the season as starters. No third-round rookie quarterback has been an opening-day starter since 1973, when the Bills gave Joe Ferguson the nod.
But the Seahawks saw enough of third-round pick Russell Wilson at rookie minicamp to include him in their training camp battle at quarterback. Wilson will compete with incumbent Tarvaris Jackson and free-agent pickup Matt Flynn.
“He showed us enough,” coach Pete Carroll announced Sunday, per Danny O’Neil of the Seattle Times. “He’s in the competition.” Carroll credited Wilson for a “terrific arm,” and praised the rookie quarterback’s preparation before rookie camp.
“He did an excellent job of demonstrating that he prepared for this,” Carroll insisted.
Wilson’s “promotion” may be an ominous sign for Jackson, who is owed a $4 million non-guaranteed base salary. Flynn is the front-runner to start in Week One, and Jackson’s salary is unwieldy for a quarterback not even assured the No. 2 spot on the depth chart.
Carroll indicated that he entered rookie minicamp hoping Wilson would emerge as a viable competitor for Flynn and Jackson, and Wilson apparently did exactly that.
“I’d hoped that, and we confirmed it in these three days,” Carroll said. “He left really no question about he needs to be involved in the competition.”
Russell Wilson vs. Matt Flynn? As a Badger and Packer fan, the juiciness of this is palpable
From his reccent interview with LarryBrownSports.com,
“There’s two main components that a center needs to have, and it’s not quickness or agility or snapping or anything. It’s two things: One, he has to have a good height, and I’m talking about where his butt rests. It can’t be too low because I don’t wanna get deep in that stance and it can’t be too high so I feel like I’m standing up. It’s gotta be just right. He’s got that.
“And the second is most important, and that’s sweating. How much do they sweat? The worst thing that you can have is third, fourth quarter on a October day where it’s 65, 70 degrees and he’s sweating through his pants. Because that is not a situation you wanna be in. You gotta change pants at halftime.”
“Our backup center — great guy — Evan Dietrich-Smith, he has major sweat issues. And when you get that ball snapped up and there’s a lot of sweat that just splashes all over you and on your hands and the ball — it’s not a good situation. So he actually has changed at halftime before. So those are the two things you look for: butt height and sweating. Jeff’s doing really well in both categories. … Low sweat ratio and solid butt height.”
Well there you have it: Low sweat ratio and solid butt height.
MLB MVP, NFL MVP, Dancing With the Stars Champion, Miss America, Daytona 500 Winner, Amazing Race Winners.
As much as I hate to say it, this article is pretty much right
From ESPNmilwaukee.com,
GREEN BAY – Apparently unimpressed with the Detroit Lions’ offer to him, free-agent running back Ryan Grant never took a previously scheduled trip to the Motor City on Monday.
Grant’s agent, Alan Herman, said Tuesday that he and Grant canceled the trip because of “economic issues.” He didn’t elaborate, but it seems safe to assume that had the Lions’ offer been more lucrative, Grant would have taken the visit.
Last week, Herman said Grant had an offer on the table from the Lions, who could not only bolster their own backfield but keep Grant away from his current team, the NFC North rival Green Bay Packers, by signing him.
The Packers, meanwhile, have made no attempt to re-sign Grant, who ran for 559 yards (4.2-yard average) and two touchdowns last season. Grant has expressed on several occasions his desire to stay with the Packers, who did not take a running back in the April NFL Draft but may be letting him explore the market before trying to sign him for the veteran minimum.
Reached Tuesday afternoon, Grant said he isn’t concerned about the way his free agency has played out.
“I’m OK with the whole process,” Grant said. “I only concern myself with the stuff I have control of. And right now, that’s training.”
This is good news
From ESPNmilwaukee.com,
In addition to being two of the more recognizable public figures in Wisconsin and the reigning Most Valuable Players of their respective leagues, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Brewers leftfielder Ryan Braun are close friends.
Now, they’re business partners.
The Milwaukee-based SURG Restaurant Group announced today that Rodgers and Braun will team up on a new restaurant called 8*twelve. The restaurant, located at 17800 W. Bluemound Rd. in Brookfield, will offer family cuisine as well as steaks and seafood with much of Executive Chef Aaron Patin’s preparation taking place on a wood fire grill, a center point of the kitchen.
Fans of both players will see memorabilia in the bar area, which will feature numerous big-screen televisions. The grand opening is slated for June.
Click the link for more
super excited for Brat Fest next weekend
There’s a good chance I’ll get to attend on Sunday or Monday, which will keep my Braftest streak of at least 10 years intact.
I suggest that Donald Driver choreograph all the Packers’ touchdown dances next season.
MLB MVP, NFL MVP, Dancing With the Stars Champion, Miss America, Daytona 500 Winner, Amazing Race Winners.
From ProFootballTalk:
Third-round rookie quarterbacks don’t typically get opportunities to begin the season as starters. No third-round rookie quarterback has been an opening-day starter since 1973, when the Bills gave Joe Ferguson the nod.
But the Seahawks saw enough of third-round pick Russell Wilson at rookie minicamp to include him in their training camp battle at quarterback. Wilson will compete with incumbent Tarvaris Jackson and free-agent pickup Matt Flynn.
“He showed us enough,” coach Pete Carroll announced Sunday, per Danny O’Neil of the Seattle Times. “He’s in the competition.” Carroll credited Wilson for a “terrific arm,” and praised the rookie quarterback’s preparation before rookie camp.
“He did an excellent job of demonstrating that he prepared for this,” Carroll insisted.
Wilson’s “promotion” may be an ominous sign for Jackson, who is owed a $4 million non-guaranteed base salary. Flynn is the front-runner to start in Week One, and Jackson’s salary is unwieldy for a quarterback not even assured the No. 2 spot on the depth chart.
Carroll indicated that he entered rookie minicamp hoping Wilson would emerge as a viable competitor for Flynn and Jackson, and Wilson apparently did exactly that.
“I’d hoped that, and we confirmed it in these three days,” Carroll said. “He left really no question about he needs to be involved in the competition.”
Russell Wilson vs. Matt Flynn? As a Badger and Packer fan, the juiciness of this is palpable
From his reccent interview with LarryBrownSports.com,
“There’s two main components that a center needs to have, and it’s not quickness or agility or snapping or anything. It’s two things: One, he has to have a good height, and I’m talking about where his butt rests. It can’t be too low because I don’t wanna get deep in that stance and it can’t be too high so I feel like I’m standing up. It’s gotta be just right. He’s got that.
“And the second is most important, and that’s sweating. How much do they sweat? The worst thing that you can have is third, fourth quarter on a October day where it’s 65, 70 degrees and he’s sweating through his pants. Because that is not a situation you wanna be in. You gotta change pants at halftime.”
“Our backup center — great guy — Evan Dietrich-Smith, he has major sweat issues. And when you get that ball snapped up and there’s a lot of sweat that just splashes all over you and on your hands and the ball — it’s not a good situation. So he actually has changed at halftime before. So those are the two things you look for: butt height and sweating. Jeff’s doing really well in both categories. … Low sweat ratio and solid butt height.”
Well there you have it: Low sweat ratio and solid butt height.
As much as I hate to say it, this article is pretty much right
From ESPNmilwaukee.com,
GREEN BAY – Apparently unimpressed with the Detroit Lions’ offer to him, free-agent running back Ryan Grant never took a previously scheduled trip to the Motor City on Monday.
Grant’s agent, Alan Herman, said Tuesday that he and Grant canceled the trip because of “economic issues.” He didn’t elaborate, but it seems safe to assume that had the Lions’ offer been more lucrative, Grant would have taken the visit.
Last week, Herman said Grant had an offer on the table from the Lions, who could not only bolster their own backfield but keep Grant away from his current team, the NFC North rival Green Bay Packers, by signing him.
The Packers, meanwhile, have made no attempt to re-sign Grant, who ran for 559 yards (4.2-yard average) and two touchdowns last season. Grant has expressed on several occasions his desire to stay with the Packers, who did not take a running back in the April NFL Draft but may be letting him explore the market before trying to sign him for the veteran minimum.
Reached Tuesday afternoon, Grant said he isn’t concerned about the way his free agency has played out.
“I’m OK with the whole process,” Grant said. “I only concern myself with the stuff I have control of. And right now, that’s training.”
This is good news
From ESPNmilwaukee.com,
In addition to being two of the more recognizable public figures in Wisconsin and the reigning Most Valuable Players of their respective leagues, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Brewers leftfielder Ryan Braun are close friends.
Now, they’re business partners.
The Milwaukee-based SURG Restaurant Group announced today that Rodgers and Braun will team up on a new restaurant called 8*twelve. The restaurant, located at 17800 W. Bluemound Rd. in Brookfield, will offer family cuisine as well as steaks and seafood with much of Executive Chef Aaron Patin’s preparation taking place on a wood fire grill, a center point of the kitchen.
Fans of both players will see memorabilia in the bar area, which will feature numerous big-screen televisions. The grand opening is slated for June.
Click the link for more
