Long Rivalry Ends In A Draw

It has been said that the Dallas Cowboys were "America's Team". As memory serves, this term was coined about the time they had several players who were on work release from jail because of drug crimes. I understand that we are a drug culture with a football problem, but the fallacy of the name just sticks in some people's craw. I have traveled to over half of the states in the U.S. and have only seen a few Cowboys bars, where the entire decor is devoted to this so-called America's Team. On the other hand, virtually every state that I have been to has a Packer's bar. Something about being a little fish in a big pond has a certain attraction. With just over 100,000 people in our town, it feels especially sweet to take big city teams to the woodshed for a good thrashing. Oddly enough, if you look at the history of these teams meeting at Lambeau field, they are locked in a dead heat for wins. With a dozen wins each, it seems that there is no clear winner, but for those who have the luxury of living here in Green Bay, fresh off the win, there is no question about which team is better.
Oddly enough, there is a sense of pride in being locked in this eternal struggle. Hit for hit, pass for pass, down for down, we have matched wits, strength and strategy to a draw. Like a game going into overtime, it's clean slate between us here on the hallowed grounds of 1265 Lombardi. America's team or not, we're on an even footing with them and that in and of itself has great rewards. The sweetest victory comes when you get down to cases. The relationships that we develop between and among fans. I can't tell you about Texas, but fans here apologized in advance for the thrashing we were about to dole out. We honor and respect the fans that came to see the contest and we opened our shrine and accepted the misguided fans from "down there". Unlike some who take the game too seriously, we had compassion for our adversary. When the game became a blow out, we didn't strangle the life out of them, we held back and kept the score down. It was actually sad to see grown men at a loss for what to do in the face of our defense. Even harder, was to see the number of times that the way the cookie crumbled was so one sided.
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, but for today we can feel pretty good about the most recent win, we just won't talk about the fact that in Lambeau at least, we are in a dead heat with twelve wins each. Thanks for the contest, the excuse to party and the chance to cream "America's Team".