Oh, I agree. And I'm sure the other 49 states think Wisconsin is nuts, but it is what it is.

I had heard about the backup thing, yeah. And I have heard from others that they will burn everything Packer-related if he goes to play for another team. I just don't want to see him go out like that. I mean, Joe Montana retired from the Chiefs, fer pete's sake, and why? He could have gone out a Niner forever, since that's how people think of him anyway, but what they saw at the end was a pathetic old guy with an outsize ego trying to hang on. It makes me sad Brett's headed that direction too.

That said, if he signs with the Vikings or the Bears, I *will* enlist my cousins in the Mafia to see what they can do. (KIDDING, I'm kidding about that part, but I really truly DO have cousins in the Mob!)