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Green Bay Are Champions of the World: A Displaced Fan's Perspective
By Monty McMahon/Special to LAist
I wish I could say that I'm hungover this morning.
I can't.
I'm still drunk.
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I have no idea where my phone is. I'm not exactly sure how I got home last night. Some random girl is sleeping in my couch.
I'm debating whether I should roll her onto the floor or just wake her up and push her out the door.
Hell, you only win the Super Bowl once in your lifetime, or at least that's what I'm sure I told myself last night.
Did we know the Green Bay Packers were going to win, yesterday? Yeah. We did. This was our year.
The Pittsburgh Steelers managed to make it a hell of a game and I'd never advise anyone to bet against pride and heart.
Experience, on the other hand, means jack.
All we heard about leading up to the Super Bowl was how Pittsburgh had the upper hand because they had Super Bowl experience -- the refrain got sickening.
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Experience scored the Steelers exactly zero points yesterday.
The Packers, on the other hand, were just young and dumb enough not to care about the circus going on around them.
Aaron Rodgers threw for 300 yards and three touchdowns, but more importantly, he told Brett Favre to piss off once and for all without saying a single word.
Some white guy from Kansas caught nine balls for 140 yards.It must have been experience that made those catches for Jordy Nelson... wait... no, it's because the Packers No. 4 receiver is superior to the Steelers No. 4 cornerback.
The game came down to matchups and the Packers won more one-on-one battles than the Steelers did, Sunday. If you want analysis, you can turn on ESPN, though.
The important thing is this: The Lombardi Trophy is finally back where it belongs - a small town in Wisconsin where there's nothing to do except get drunk and watch the Green Bay Packers.
A record amount of booze was consumed in Wisconsin last night. Nine months from now the birth rate will be triple normal levels. Today, no one went to work.
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All of Wisconsin has a hangover right now and I can tell you this - a hangover has never felt so good.
Monty McMahon is originally from Wisconsin and came to his senses nine years ago moving to Los Angeles. He writes for TotalPackers.com.
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