# Go Pack Go!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 27, 2004, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-pack-go/271547 "2004-10-27T21:56:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-pack-go/271547/21 "2004-10-28T22:52:46Z")
This just confirms the truth that the Packers are the Greatest Football Team Ever and it is only right that a positive future of this great country rides on their shoulders. [KENT BROCKMAN]IT’S IN REVELATIONS, PEOPLE![/Kent Brockman] ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-pack-go/271547/22 "2004-10-28T23:04:28Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > Sorry about that, it’s an old Brooklyn expression, I’m sure **Ike** would back me up here. Nuts are my feet, and tingling is our term for dancing. Sorry for any confusion this may have caused. Dude, although this is the Pit, and I like Ike too, what you do with your nuts and your feet is your business. A link to the site showing the video would be nice, though. 😛 _GO SKINS!_ ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-pack-go/271547/23 "2004-10-28T23:04:58Z")
Here I thought this thread was about that goofy douchebag in the Sports Illustrated commercial. I make fun of him every time that comes on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-pack-go/271547/24 "2004-10-29T02:13:11Z")
Things aren’t looking so good for Bush… [Redskins rookie Taylor arrested on drunken driving charge](http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylc=X3oDMTBpNWZic251BF9TAzI1NjY0ODI1BHNlYwN0aA--?slug=ap-redskins-taylor&prov=ap&type=lgns) **Go Pack!!!** ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-pack-go/271547/25 "2004-10-29T15:49:35Z")
I’m a Washington fan, so I have to cheer for the Skins. Like **DtC** said, superstitious nonsense. Besides, three Packers players are [injured](http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1911761): > [@](#): > > Green Bay Packers: The club’s top three offensive performers missed practice again as quarterback Brett Favre, running back Ahman Green and lineman Marco Rivera were on the sideline. > > Favre’s right hand is swollen and black and blue after he sprained it Sunday against Dallas. > > Rivera has a sprained ankle, and Green a sore Achilles tendon. Things don’t look so good for Kerry (if you believe in that sort of thing). ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-pack-go/271547/26 "2004-10-29T16:00:20Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > I’m a Washington fan, so I have to cheer for the Skins. Like **DtC** said, superstitious nonsense. > > Besides, three Packers players are [injured](http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1911761): > > Things don’t look so good for Kerry (if you believe in that sort of thing). Bah. Green’s tendon has been acting up all year. The O-Line is deep enough that losing Rivera for a game (unlikely) won’t doom us. And Favre being sidelined with a _sprained hand_? He played most of last season with a broken thumb that still isn’t right. This is Brett Freaking Favre! Even if you hate him, you have to admit a sprained hand won’t slow him. And just to clarify my call. (Think of it as pointing to center field while at bat) This is the year that bullshit superstition is destroyed. I mean, c’mon people, the BoSox won! ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-pack-go/271547/27 "2004-10-29T16:23:03Z")
Wow! Look at all these NC State fans. It does my heart good. \ Oh, that Pack. Nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-pack-go/271547/28 "2004-10-29T16:27:18Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > The other good thing is that the Red Sox have broken the curse as well as come back from a 3-0 ALCS deficit to win, so that means all the normal hexes and hoodoos are not in place this year. Well, except for the Cubs. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-pack-go/271547/29 "2004-10-29T16:46:19Z")
[QUOTE=cricetus\*The chance that the games and elections results matching up in the last 18 elections is 1 in 263.5 million, more than 2,600 times higher than the chance of being killed by a lightning strike in a lifetime, said Dave Dolan, an assistant professor of statistics at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.[/QUOTE] I don’t get how he calcuated those odds. Either the results match the election or they don’t, a 50/50 chance. Right? We have had eighteen elections so that means the the odds of eighteen straight 50% chance things in a row happening are what must be calculated. So that’s 2[sup]18[/sup], right? That comes to 1 in 262.1 _thousand_ which is only about 2.5 times higher than the chance of getting killed by a lightning strike. It’s been a while since I studied probablility so what am I missing? Haj P.S. Go Pack! ---
**Author:** ![High\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8797f3/32.png) [@High\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/High_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-pack-go/271547/30 "2004-10-29T16:58:57Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > The Redskins have managed to beat two teams. The **2** and 5 Bears. And the 2 and 5 Bucs. > > The Packers have managed to beat three teams. The 1 and 5 Panthers. The 4 AND 2 Lions, and the 2 and 4 Cowboys. > > Aside from both teams sucking, the Packers have a slight edge in those stats. In their wins over the Bears, the Packers bested the Skins. **21-10** as opposed to 10-13. But Green Bay had the benefit of having the Bears at home, whereas the Skins were on the road. The game is a home game for Washington, which eliminates the famous Lambaugh field advantage that the Packers enjoy. Washington is currently a 3 point underdog. > > From all the statistics I’m going to venture to say that George Bush is a bumbling, lying idiot that will lose on November 2nd because of nothing the Redskins did. The Bears are 1-5 and _The Bears_ beat _The Packers_ 21-10…At Lambeau!! ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-pack-go/271547/31 "2004-10-29T17:33:51Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > The other good thing is that the Red Sox have broken the curse as well as come back from a 3-0 ALCS deficit to win, so that means all the normal hexes and hoodoos are not in place this year. That can only be because the IPU wants Kerry to win. Of course, there’s always the Red Sox World Series hoodoo on the election. Whenever the Red Sox have won a Series in an election year, the Democratic candidate has won, so there’s some good news! To be more specific, whenever the Red Sox have won a Series in an election year, Woodrow Wilson has won. So I predict a big write-in vote on Nov. 2nd. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-pack-go/271547/32 "2004-10-29T17:48:01Z")
It just occurred to me that this is Go Pack vs. GOPAC. Haj ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-pack-go/271547/33 "2004-10-29T18:19:03Z")
Wait a minute, does this mean the Redskins have won not one, but _two_ for the Gipper\*? '84, '88 ---
**Author:** ![Hirundo82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/919ad9/32.png) [@Hirundo82](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirundo82)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-pack-go/271547/34 "2004-10-29T19:20:24Z")
As a lifelong Redskins fan, and having been raised as a Republican, I would just like to say: Go Packers!! ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-pack-go/271547/35 "2004-10-30T01:42:46Z")
> [@High Cheese](#): > > The Bears are 1-5 and _The Bears_ beat _The Packers_ 21-10…At Lambeau!! Keep in mind that was without Grady Jackson to stuff the run. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-pack-go/271547/36 "2004-10-30T02:44:54Z")
> [@High Cheese](#): > > The Bears are 1-5 and _The Bears_ beat _The Packers_ 21-10…At Lambeau!! Don’t you mean “Lambert”? [quote=Shibb0leth] Go Redskins! But beware, they carry a terrible curse.\* What’s the state of the frogurt? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-pack-go/271547/37 "2004-10-30T05:27:18Z")
> [@wmulax93](#): > > Here I thought this thread was about that goofy douchebag in the Sports Illustrated commercial. > > I make fun of him every time that comes on TV. Seriously… I think of that commercial every time I see this thread title. EVERYONE in that commercial (from the chunky, still-lives-with-mom “STEELERS, STEELERS” guy to the kinda-light-in-his-loafers 49ers guy) is a goofy douchebag. I’ve grown kind of fond of the Rams “Fo’ free?” guy though. Incidentally, Lambeau (Field) has now been misspelled three different ways in this thread. _applauds_ ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-pack-go/271547/38 "2004-10-30T06:10:53Z")
> [@Really Not All That Bright](#): > > Incidentally, Lambeau (Field) has now been misspelled three different ways in this thread. _applauds_ And he is PISSED! I’m waiting for him and Vince to channel into the SDMB and apply a smoting. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-pack-go/271547/39 "2004-10-31T22:13:15Z")
Can I change my mind? I feel that this historical record is indeed infallible. Pack 28. Skins 14. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-pack-go/271547/40 "2004-10-31T22:33:55Z")
Yes!!! Not only do the Sox break the curse, the Packers and Bush will prove to break this…umm…what the hell is it? And why the hell didn’t we hear about this long running coincidence 3 weeks ago? :dubious: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-pack-go/271547.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-pack-go/271547.md?page=3)