My mom is a TOTAL Packers fan and was devastated when Holmgren left. She is somewhat comforted that I am in Seattle.
My dad grew up in Detroit...we grew up in N. Illinois...on the days that the Bears beat the Lions...my dad did not speak. The Packers were second-in-line.
Boy it has GOT to rough in that part of the country...Detroit has been bad for a while...and the Packers..
When the Packers do badly...it is not good for the whole league, IMHO...they are just one of those teams that it seems like everyone has a love or hate for.
Even though you lived in N. Illinois...he was for Det. over DA BEARS, huh???