...Do the Green Bay Packers have an advantage at Lambeau Field? The Green Bay Packers have had a rich history of games at Lambeau field since the stadium opened in 1957. The fanbase is often called the most loyal and spirited in the NFL with a large number of supporters at each game. Another factor to consider at Lambeau field is the extremely cold temperatures that Green Bay Packers become accustomed to through grueling practices and games. Due to the familiar frigid temperatures and great support system of fans at home games, I offer the hypothesis that the Green Bay Packers have a significant home-field advantage. As shown in the graph to the right, the average winning percentage at home games is .747 compared to .534 at away games. There...
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...#GoPackGo is a hashtag relating to the NFL team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin, known as the Packers. The Green Bay Packers were founded in 1919 and throughout the franchise’s history they have adopted many nicknames and epithets. #GoPackGo is a widely used hashtag, chant, catch phrase and marketing slogan utilized in the Packers community. Searching #GoPackGo on Twitter displays a vast array of results associated with the Green Bay Packers football team. The most common use of the hashtag originates from the National Football League’s Twitter account and the Green Bay Packers franchise Twitter account. Virtually every post containing the hashtag #GoPackGo is a positive message expressing praise to the team. Other uses of the hashtag include...
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...quarterback for the Green Bay Packers that started his first game on September 27th, 1992, played continuous Sundays for the next 18 years and 19 seasons, until a shoulder sprain on December 5th, 2010 against the Buffalo Bills caused him to be inactive the next week, in return ending his unreal streak at 297 consecutive regular season starts, 321 including playoffs. In addition, the next closest record is 208/227 for Peyton Manning from ’98 till ’11; furthermore, the three closest active-streaks today are owned by Peyton’s younger brother Eli, he has 174/185 since ‘04, San Diego’s Phillip Rivers, who is at 151/160 since ’06, and Baltimore’s Joe Flacco claiming 119/134 consecutive regular season/playoff starts since ‘08. Also in 2008, Favre went to play for the New York Jets, consequentially Aaron Rodgers took over...
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...examples have nothing to do with football. McCarthy loves business world lessons for his Super Bowl champs, but really, it goes back. Eayrs distinctly remembers the first meeting McCarthy ever had with the Packers when he was hired as coach in 2006. "He told the guys - and I think he shocked all of us - when he said the biggest problem that we would face, as an organization, was handling success," Eayrs said. "So we've done a series of power points on success. Shortly after the Super Bowl, he said we need to look at long-term success. People and organizations that had achieved success over a long period of time. "You might accidentally back into it once - well, seriously, history is full of that - but the real pattern of greatness is the repeat performers." So as Green Bay makes this winning thing a habit, Eayrs tells the team about businesses and their leaders, with a clear link to the Packers and how they should go forward. "There are leaders getting complacent, thinking they were the head honcho, and then their businesses went down," said receiver Jordy Nelson. "Compared to leaders who were humble and continued to grind every week. That's kind of the situation we're in. As confident as we are, we're going to continue to grind." Mental vacations After the Packers beat Minnesota on Monday night, Charlie Peprah could be overheard telling Jarrett Bush that he was worried about doom loops. Had to fix them. Doom . . . loops? We've heard of Tampa-2 and elephant ends...
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...Discussion Forum Unit 2 The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin, that competes in the National Football League (NFL). They are members of the league's North division of the National Football Conference (NFC). Green Bay is the third-oldest franchise in the NFL, organized and starting play in 1919.It is the only non-profit, community-owned major league professional sports team based in the United States.Home games are played at Lambeau Field. The Packers are the last vestige of "small town teams" common in the NFL during the 1920s and 1930s. Founded in 1919 by Earl "Curly" Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun, the franchise traces its lineage to other semi-professional teams in Green Bay...
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...Denver’s defense completely stopped Rodgers and the Packers A long anticipated “game of the season” took place at Sports Authority Field in Denver, when the two undefeated sides met. Denver Broncos won 29:10 and this is the first Green Bay’s defeat of the season. The Broncos are still perfect, 7-0. Over 70,000 fans expected a much balanced game on Sunday night primetime. The Packers were a slight favorite, mainly because of Peyton Manning’s poor season and Rodgers’ excellent offense management. However, the Broncos’ defense was once again fantastic and limited the Pro-Bowl quarterback to only 77 passing yards, the fewest in his career as a starter. Peyton Manning started the game with an authority, connecting with his receivers relatively easy and pretty quick it was 17:0 on the scoreboard. Green Bay’s defense didn’t have any solution for Denver’s mixture of running and passing game. Ronnie Hillman finished the first half with two running touchdowns. Demariyus Thomas was deadly in the air and the injuries of the Packers’ defensive backs made his job easier. The best defense in NFL hasn’t recorded a sack or interception in the first two-quarters, but they rushed Rodgers all the time and constantly pressured him. His throws were pretty much unusable. Eddie Lacy scored a lone touchdown for...
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...time during the first season, although listed in the Western Division standings. On September 24th the Cowboys host the Pittsburgh Steelers at the Cotton Bowl in their first official game. The Cowboys held the lead into the 4th Quarter but watched helpless as Quarterback Bobby Lane led the Steelers to a 35-24 come from behind win. The Cowboys would go to lose their first ten games before earning a tie with Giants in New York, in the next to last game of the season. The Cowboys would go on to lose their final game of the season to close out their inaugural season winless at 0-11-1. 1961: Now in the Eastern Division, the Cowboys started their second season at the Cotton Bowl on September 17th still seeking their first win in franchise history, playing the Pittsburgh Steelers. Thanks to Kicker Allan Green's 27-yard Field Goal, the Cowboys won 27-24 win, to start the season 1-0. The Cowboys would go on to win three of their first four games, beating the expansion Minnesota Vikings twice. However, once Dallas faced the rest of the league it was back to reality as they finished with a 4-9-1 record. 1962: The Cowboys began to show some promise in year three, as their offense scored the second most points in the league at 398, on the way to a 4-3-1 start. However, the defense allowed the second most points in the league, and the Cowboys lost five of their last six to finish with a 5-8-1 record. 1963: Picked by Sports Illustrated to win the Eastern Division the Cowboys get off...
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...famous venues, at Lambeau field. The Green Bay Packers were just hitting they stride at 6-3 so they was a hot team coming in. The packers are undefeated at home and have a wonderful fan base, so it would have been tough for the bears to come in there and beat them at home. Usually you will think a rivalry game would be one for the ages, because it will be a tough fist mouth game that would relate to low scoring. The bears had to have a lack of pre competition preparation because they allow 42 unanswered points all and the first half. The turning point of the game was coming into the game Clay Matthews an outside linebacker was playing inside on the very first snap. At outside linebacker you typically just rush the passer, but with him playing inside was a totally different look, and something the bears didn’t prepare for during the week. The bears focus coming into the game was to run the ball on the last rush defense in the league that was the game plan. Arguably Clay is the best player on the packers defense and with him been at inside linebacker that would affect any teams game plan coming in. This game had an even bigger impact on a former bear that now play for the Packer’s name Julius peppers. Julius peppers came to the packers during the offseason to have a better shot of winning a super bowl than his formal team. Usually people that get release or get traded want go to the arch enemy team, but not Julius peppers. The packers focus before the game was extremely high;...
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...that said the NFL still has its issues going forward form profits, society and business. Most teams in the NFL are privately owned and finically statements are not release to the public. In my opinion the two key factors that can affect the success of the NFL or the ownership and customers (fans). I know that ownership is internal/external because the owner is not really seen as a part of the team. The owner is one of the biggest external factors because of the choice he or she makes with the team. The day to day decisions that an owner makes from coaches, manager and front office personal will affect the success of the team and the NFL. The prime example is the Cleveland Browns; this team is one of the NFL’s oldest team and richest history but has been one of the worst teams over the last decade. The...
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...We as a nation trust the people that we elect to be acting with the highest level of integrity and ethics that we know. But of course this doesn’t just go for our elected officials, but for individuals who are looked up to by millions, such as our sports athletes, or our entertainers, alike singers. When I say the name Brett Favre, what do you think? Powerful? Incredible Athlete? Devoted Team Member? Honorable, Faithful Husband? Maybe all of the above? I have always been a huge fan of the NFL and continue to be a loyal fan of the Patriots and the Packers. Brett Favre has proven to be a leader among any of the teams in the NFL, leading the Packers to eight division championships (1995, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009), five NFC Championship Games (1995, 1996, 1997, 2007, 2009), and two Super Bowl appearances (Super Bowl XXXI, Super Bowl XXXII), winning one (Super Bowl XXXI). Favre is the only quarterback in NFL history to throw for over 70,000 yards, over 500 touchdowns, over 300 interceptions, and over 10,000 pass attempts. (Brett Favre, N.D) WOW!! Wouldn’t we all agree that he is a phenomenal athlete? With all of his fame, his addiction to prescription pain killers made many people change their mind about what they think of Brett Favre. In the mid 1990’s he was prescribed Vicodin for an ankle injury. He openly admits in an interview that he became very dependent upon the prescription pain killers. How about his sexting scandal that he was busted with? Or cheating...
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...Blake Howard EN 105 Nancy McGee Week 2 Essay 10/28/2014 Benjamin Franklin Arriving at Perfection Can anyone be perfect? How do we go about achieving perfection? Well Benjamin Franklin thought he could live his life to perfection and achieve this in everyday tasks. People second-guess themselves or look back and wish they would have done whatever they had done different. Benjamin Franklin was on a mission to show everyone he could be perfect but also show to everyone he came across. Even though his ways of being perfect were not the same as everyone’s standards, Benjamin Franklin still tried to show that he was perfect in everyway possible. There is something in all of our lives that we wish we were better at. There are things we may try to do to make those things better: study more, put in extra hours at the job, see a counselor, or practice harder. In Benjamin Franklin's essay "Arriving at Perfection" he sets out to devise a plan of self-examination, resulting in self-correction. “Arriving at Perfection” Benjamin Franklin explains how he is perfect and how he is going to show everyone to stride to be perfect. He said, “It was about the time I conceived the bold project of arriving at moral perfection”. This message shows the standard of his thoughts and motives of Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin Franklin, along with being a worthy human being, was an extremely ingenious person as well. Franklin was a very clever man, intellectual and witty, and he did not let his...
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...a merger agreement between the NFL and its then-rival league, the American Football League. The first ever Super bowl game was on January 15, 1967 with the Kansas Chiefs representing the American Football league playing against the Green Bay Packers who represented the National Football league. The two different league’s decided to play in a world championship game between one another that would act as a placeholder until the merger was to officially being in 1970. After the merger, each league...
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...Question – Chapter 2: Research Problem 2 When Oprah gave away Pontiac G6 sedans to her TV audience, was the value of the cars taxable? On Labor Day weekend in 2006, World Furniture Mall in Plano, Illinois, gave away $275,000 of furniture because the Chicago Bears shut out the Green Bay Packers in the team’s football season opener at Lambeau Field in Green Bay (26-0). Was the free furniture in the form of a discount or rebate taxable, or should the furniture company have handed the customers a Form 1099-MISC? Response After thoroughly researching taxable and nontaxable income, the Pontiac G6 sedans awarded to Oprah’s television audience would have been subject to federal taxation and included in their gross income. The Code of Federal Regulations states the taxable and nontaxable income to be included in one’s federal taxes, the code reads that “if you win a prize in a lucky number drawing, television or radio quiz program, beauty contest, or other event, you must include it in your income” (Prizes and Awards, 2003). The fair market value of all prizes and awards, other than certain scholarships, must be included in gross income (Hoffman p. 4-33). In further research, CNN Money reported that the cars Oprah gave away were indeed subject to federal taxation. Pontiac agreed to pay most of the local charges, including state sales tax and licensing fees, but the fair market value of the car, $28,500, was still subject to be added to the taxpayer’s gross income. The audience members...
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...How to throw the best NFL Football Party NFL is one of the most representative sports in America, that is no surprise. Most Americans follow a team, -usually, their home team- from beginning to, if they are lucky enough, the final countdown, the Superbowl. Some of them follow their favorite team fervently to stadiums for live shows, investing an excessive amount of money on football tickets, team's jerseys and much more Others, still fans, but more conservatives, prefer watching the games at home, with their families and friends, holding a few cold beers and some snacks. If you are the later person, here we offer you some tips for you to throw the best NFL Football Party Imagine NFL game is on Friday, today is Monday, and you want to host the most amazing NFL party and watch the game with your peers, build nice memories around a football game, and hopefully, see your team win! It seems pretty nice, doesn't it? well, for that you need to organize yourself, not that fun anymore right? don't worry we guarantee you that with these ideas your party will be one of the hottest ones. It's all about organization. 1.Create a list of the things you are planning to have at your party and that you feel they are definitely a must for you! Some of the things I can think of that are important when throwing an NFL party are the following: 1.Venue/ location 2.Party decorations 3.Pre or post victory celebration games 3.Food items 4.Drinks 5.Guest s 6.TV 7.Audio System Location NFL parties...
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...Arguably the biggest game of Sunday’s action is between the Atlanta Falcons and Kansas City Chiefs. Both teams have a playoff berth within their grasp, but with their divisions being as tough as they are, nothing is given – not even a chair at the postseason table. These two squads aren’t complete polar opposites, but there are far more differences than similarities. The Falcons have the best offense in the league, throwing it up and down the field with the greatest of ease. The Chiefs, on the other hand, make their living by playing physical defense, limiting what teams can do on offense. It just so happens that this is the perfect formula for beating the high-octane Falcons – and it’s exactly why the Chiefs will win Sunday’s game. The Falcons’ best weapon is Julio Jones. He leads the league in receiving yards with 1,140 to go with five touchdowns. He has the most 20-yard receptions (21) and averages an absurd 17.5 yards per catch. Not to mention, Jones is the most versatile receiver in the NFL. He can go deep on the outside, run crossing routes and obliterate man coverage in the slot or take a screen pass 40 yards for a touchdown. So how do you defend that? With a physical shutdown corner like Marcus Peters. Since 2015, Peters leads the league with 13 interceptions. He’s the definition of a No. 1 cornerback, boasting all of the qualities a scout looks for in a defensive back: ball skills, physicality, size, length, awareness. It’s all there. He matches up extremely well...
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