Packers Journal Entry: Playoff Football at Lambeau

Playoff football at Lambeau means more than football. Hope all enjoyed Favre and the Pack’s performance.

4:05 – Much to my surprise the game started close to the announced time. I leisurely finished watching the UCLA / Washington St. game, stayed tune to find out the next matchup on FSN – Cal / Oregon State, and missed the kickoff; tuned in just in time to see Ryan Grant fumble on the first play from scrimmage.
4:07 Shaun Alexander puts the Seahawks up 7-0.
4:12 Grant fumbles again. The question: who is buried in Grant’s tomb? Suddenly becomes less obvious to answer.
4:17 I leave the room to grab some grub. Hasselbeck to Engram – Seahawks up 14-0.
4:32 Favre hooks up with Jennings. Lambeau Leap #1 – 14-7 Seahawks.
4:37 Cullen Jenkins sacks Hasselbeck. Was that Hasselbeck’s belt? It looked like Jenkins caught the Seahawk QB by the belt and ripped it from his pants.
5:05 Packers challenge the first down spot. The snow is starting to pick up. Will Fox use the sideline marking graphic made famous earlier this season during the Bills / Browns game?
5:15 (“Inside Outside, leave me alone, Inside Outside, nowhere is home, Inside Outside where have I been – outta my brain on the 5:15) No sideline graphic – grounds crew breaks out the brooms to clear lines.
5:21 Grant gets some redemption. Game tied at 14.
5:25 First quarter ends. Teams tie league record for combined points in first quarter of a playoff game.
5:28 First play from scrimmage second quarter: Atari (Was it his mom or his dad that was the ‘Asteroids’ champ?) Bigby puts a hurtin’ on Marcus Pollard. The Boston native fumbles. Pack recovers.
5:33 Jennings is leaping again. 21-14 Pack.
5:35 All this activity makes me afraid to leave the room and bring my plate to the sink.
5:39 Bigby dishes out some more hurtin’; this time on Engram.
5:41 Aaron has entered the building.
5:42 Pack gets called for roughing the kicker.
5:45 Field goal Seahawks – 21-17.
5:59 Favre eludes the sack, stumbles, appears to be falling – manages to flip a pass for a completion.
6:00 Grant crosses the goal line. Pack 28-17. Snow is beginning to accumulate on the bill of Mike Holmgren’s hat. Speaking of hats, Pack offensive coordinator, Jeff Jagodzinzki, provides a new use for the strap on the back of an adjustable hat: makes for a great spot to keep one’s pen.
6:04 Hasselbeck takes a knee to end the half.
6:25 Second half begins and the snow continues. The players’ footprints combined with the white powder make the field look like a giant Frosted Mini-Wheat.
6:28 Favre to Jackson. Pack 35-17.
6:40 Brown hits a field goal. 35-20.
6:44 Reduced visibility
6:47 The return of the sideline marking graphic.
6:48 What does Siragusa have on his head?
6:53 Julian Petersen shows some ingenuity – jumping and clicking his heels at the line to clean the snow from cleats.
6:54 Break out the shovels – the snow is getting heavy.
6:55 Grant scores. 42-20 Pack. Most playoff points in franchise history.
7:05 Grounds crew needs to resort to a machine for cleaning the lines.
7:06 Siragusa is MIA.
7:14 Grounds crew clears a line up the middle of the field.
7:15 Favre is throwing snow balls. Game over.