Waiting For Training Camp

by Brandon on Jul 25, 2009 3:00 PM CDT

This is an awesome comment from the previous post:

Speaking of the Favre saga driving Vikes over the edge

…I went to the Anoka County fair (northwest suburbs of the twin cities & surrounding towns) last night, and they were selling purple #4 Favre jerseys. They were selling WELL too, and were on the backs of fair goers of all shapes and sizes. (Well, that’s technically not true. At the Anoka County fair, the only shape is round.)

If Favre doesn’t sign, there are going to be a lot of disappointed bumpkins over here in the twin cities, and they’ll have to add their Favre jerseys to the Jersey Pile of Broken Quarterback Dreams.

Right now I'm dying for training camp to start. There are no more free agents to sign, or draft choices to consider. The team is the team, so I just want to see them playing.

I'm so jealous of Bills fans since Buffalo's training camp has already gotten underway, but the Packers aren't starting until August 1st. For those of us not able to attend training camp, there's probably not much on TV until Family Night on August 8th.

If anyone has any training camp memories, please consider writing a FanPost and I'll likely promote it to the front page.

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Sadly, I won't be attending this year's training camp

I say sadly because the last two years I did go. Everything I heard about or read about was true. If you haven’t gone to training camp before, I suggest you do it. It should be interesting with the renovation to Nitschke Field what fans think about it. If I get desperate for some training camp action, maybe I’ll do some spy work at Camp Bear-bonnais.

"You just don't know understand how frustrating this is"- Kevin Borseth

by TkGoUWGB on Jul 26, 2009 8:31 PM CDT reply actions

My favorite training camp memory...

Although I always lived in Wisconsin as a kid, my family never really lived much closer than a multiple-hour drive from Packer camp. However, since my birthday is in early August, training camp and sometimes even a preseason game would coincide with my birthday. To be honest, I think that the start of the Packer season meant more to me than the birthdays.

In 1981, my father was found to have artery blockages that required him to endure open-heart surgery. For those who have never known someone who has had to endure the procedure, since angioplasty and other less brutal have thankfully become more effective, by-pass surgery was about as close to pure physical trauma for the patient as one could imagine. Most of the year was stressful, as my father recovered and we worried as a family.

So, in early August, we kids were all told that we were going to get our father a puppy to keep him company as he recovered (the day before my birthday). Being kids, we really did not press to find out where the family was going to get this puppy— we were just excited about the trip as it stood. I was shocked to find out that the puppy was just outside of Green Bay and that the rest of the day was a birthday surprise for me. We were going to Packer training camp!

My parents had bought us little autograph books for us to get signatures as the players returned from the practice field. I was in awe as I got to meet players like James Lofton, Mike Douglass, Paul Coffman (who signed as “Hog”, with his uni number), Lynn Dickey, etc. Watching these behemoths riding those tiny kid bikes amused me. I will always remember how gracious most of the players, who I now realize must have been exhausted after working hard all day in the sun, were to us excited kids.

Meeting all the players, watching the players run plays live, filling an autograph book with their signatures, seeing the stadium for the first time in my life (even if just from the outside), getting to visit the Packer hall-of-fame, then finally stopping back to pick up a St. Bernard puppy… what an incredible birthday for an 11-year-old!

by NYCPac on Jul 27, 2009 1:33 PM CDT reply actions