The Godly Golf Guru

I applaud the effort of the Packers tonight on Monday Night Football. I am pleased with the play of Aaron Rodgers, thus I’m excited for the start of the Aaron Rodgers Era.

I was kidding when I said “Brett Favre Who?”. I still think the situation stinks, but I’ll always be a Favre fan.

I don’t doubt there was probably a direct correlation between the Packers victory tonight and the prayers of my sister which she did just before the game. She read the beginning of the
Liturgy of the Hours. I encourage everyone to read these wonderful liturgical readings and prayers. Don’t know what the Liturgy of the Hours is? Go here:

http://www.liturgyhours.org/

My father has always encourages me to read these daily. I don’t do it as much as I should, but I really want to start. I honestly feel SO much better when I get into a habit of engaging in these readings/prayers.
These books (or online PDF files) are what priests and deacons are reading daily.

Reading the Liturgy of the Hours is sort of like golf. Muscle memory comes from hitting a lot of golf balls. Muscle memory is also the only way to play consistent golf. The Liturgy is kind of like “practice”
for your soul. Yes, it is possible to tie golf into pretty much any life situation. Enjoy.

Yes I’m a huge Packers fan, and may be a little biased, but I think it’s HILARIOUS that everyone keeps talking about the “backup quarterback situation” in Green Bay. (It’s all over ESPN)

When was the last time ANYBODY showed concern for a weak second- or third-string quarterback in Indy or New England??

I’m not comparing Aaron Rodgers to Manning or Brady, but I am saying that Matt Cassell or Jim Sorgi would look just as horrific as Matt Flynn or Brian Brohm if they were handed the football
after the starting QB goes down. (Actually I think Matt Flynn would do a pretty good job)

Geez people, pick a new topic as “concern” for Green Bay. If all the so-called experts can come up with is a lack of backup depth at QB,
then I’d say the Packers are sitting pretty and ready for another big year!

At least ESPN has Green Bay ranked as the #10 team in the first power rankings of 2008

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/powerranking?season=2008&week=1&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab3pos1

Madden 09 comes out today, and yes, Brett Favre will be a Jet on the game. If you’ve seen my previous post about Favre, you know I’m a Packers fan and a Brett Favre fan.

I was really hoping he would come back and play for the Packers. I almost got my wish when he was reinstated by Roger Goodell (NFL Commissioner) and flew into Packers
training camp in a spectacle that reminded me of a certain white Bronco and how closely that was watched on TV. I think it was around 1996…

However, to my disgust, Favre was traded to the Jets. I don’t even want to begin discussing why this happened. I’m just accepting that it has been done. I will always remain
a Packers fan, and I guess I can root for Favre since he’s on an AFC team that the Packers do not play (until the Super Bowl). What a mess.

So, for now, I will buy Madden, play as the Packers, and maybe occasionally play as the Jets and see how Darth Favrer will fair in the tough AFC.

Or, I’ll just go play golf!

If there’s one thing I love more than golf it’s football! I am so amped up for football I can barely contain myself. No really. I’m about to go pre-order Madden ‘09, get the special addition with Madden ‘89 and some other goodies, pre-order NCAA ‘09, do a practice fantasy draft online for the upcoming fantasy football season, paint black under my eyes, buy football pads, and go play football! OK, maybe I took it too far. I haven’t be able to play golf this year, save for a few times, because of a hip problem I’ve had (probably from too much football!). I’m recovering from surgery, but that’s another story. For now just know that I have played golf maybe 5 times this year! 5 times! I feel amputated. But I will soon be back in the “swing” of things. Football, however, is around the corner. I am and will always be a Green Bay Packers fan. Yes I am also a Brett Favre fan - the main reason I became a Packers fan in the early ’90s. I know everyone is sick of hearing about his retirement. I, for one, have yet to watch his “retirement” press conference, because I knew he wasn’t done. He can still play at a high level, and the Packers are on the brink of something great. He is what they need to get back to glory! Their defense is a top-5 squad, and their receiving corps is a top-5 squad. Their #4 actually (go figure):

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So Brett needs to come back in my opinion. I’m not aggravated at all with his dancing around the subject. Of course I am biased, but the guy’s done more for the city of Green Bay than the color green that the Bay was named after. I think he’s kind of earned a pass to do whatever he wants after 17 years of never missing a start and setting every quarterback record that you can think of. I think Aaron Rodgers will be a good quarterback. He will ever know how valuable it was for him to sit on the sideline and not play, so that he can learn and prepare for the time when he is called upon to play. That time is not now. With this team of talent, they need a veteran leader who has been there before and can take them all the way. Or maybe this is the year the Buffalo Bills win one for Jim Kelly?