Well, went to the flag football game Sunday.
I know it's not exactly Jets news but this thread seems to be got non-Jets stuff, so here goes.
All I can say is......
WOW!
Originally I thought the Packers sideline would be on the east side but in hindsight I should have known better & chosen seats on the west side of Camp Randall to avoid the blazing sun. It was pretty hot out there today, though thankfully not too humid, which Madison can be this time of year.
As it turned out however, that decision turned out to be the right one after all.
We can see Packers Legends in a lot of places and get their autographs on many occasions, but how often does one get to see a cast of Pro Bowl and All-Pro players the likes of which responded to the calls of the Legend this Sunday?
I swear to the gawds of football, Ed "Too Tall" Jones was so chiseled he looked like he could jump into a game today, and not even need pads - and he's about 20 years older than any of the other guys that were there.
No 64 year old man has ANY right to be that fit.
ESPN announcer Kenny Mayne jerseyed up for a series as the QB of the All-Stars team and I gotta say, he musta been a halfway decent QB in his youth. Man throws a decent spiral and has an arm.
Right before he started his series at QB, Mayne led his offensive players in a little "Kenny Mayne & the Imperials" not so choreographed Motown number, to the tune playing over the sound system in the stadium.
Good stuff Mayne, good stuff - it deserved the round of applause it got.
A LOT of those guys attempted passes today, (it was all in fun anyway), but retired RT Mark Tauscher missed his 2 point conversion attempt to Freeman.
I have seen every pass Favre ever threw to Antonio Freeman during their time together but it was still a thrill to see Favre throw one more TD to his former clutch "across the middle" receiver.
Both Rison & Freeman were having the time of their lives out there this afternoon.
Al "thugger" Harris did his thing, picking off McNabb. That gave #1 Son and me a hearty laugh.
FINAL SCORE
Legends: 38
All-Stars: 32
Favre 2 TDs: (Levens & Freeman-game winner)
A lot of photos taken at the event, but HYATT™ won't know the full extent of the haul for about a week yet.
2 rolls of 35mm have to go out for processing and an older woman who apparently used to be a photo-journalist, (in the 1930s I suspect, she was no spring shikken), is going to send me copies of her sets taken on 35mm as well, but with better zoom lenses than I came equipped with.
Also, still haven't seen #1 Son's celly snaps yet, but he says they weren't all that good.
Little does he know the magic HYATT™ can perform with photo editing software, They'll end up being pretty good by the time they are edited.
Eventually they'll go up and a linky to them will be provided here or in a new thread, for any interested parties to look at.
NFL All Star Team
Quarterbacks
Donovan McNabb
Sage Rosenfels
Runningbacks
Roger Craig
Ron Dayne
Reuben Droughns
Wide Receivers
Anthony Carter
Derrick Mason
Torry Holt
Willie Gault
Tight Ends
Byron Chamberlain
Steve Jordan
Offensive Line
Bubba Paris
Mark Schlereth
Matt Birk
Will Shields
Defensive Backs
Bennie Blades
Jason Suttle
Robert Griffith
Dexter Jackson
Carl Lee
Donnell Woolford
Linebackers
Pete Bercich
Chad Brown
Defensive Line
Henry Thomas
La'Roi Glover
Simeon Rice
Ed "Too Tall" Jones
Athlete
Kenny Mayne
Favre's Legends Team
Quarterbacks
Brett Favre
Craig Nall
Runningbacks
Dorsey Levens
William Henderson
Darrell Thompson
Wide Receivers
Andre Rison
Antonio Freeman
James Lofton
Javon Walker
Tight Ends
Mark Chmura
Offensive Line
Bruce Wilkerson
Earl Dotson
Frank Winters
Guy McIntyre
Mark Tauscher
Defensive Backs
Al Harris
Doug Evans
Craig Newsome
Eugene Robinson
Nick Collins
Pat Lee
Linebackers
Bryce Paup
Nick Barnett
Defensive Line
Blaise Winter
Gilbert Brown
Steve Warren
Shannon Clavelle
Athlete
Scott Favre (Brett's older brother, who's not a bad athlete for a 40-something man either.)
