DOT’s Travel Guide for Packers/Lions Game

Are you going to Green Bay on New Year’s Day?

Editor's Note: This information was provided to Patch by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Northeast Region is reminding motorists heading to Lambeau Field on New Year’s Day 2012, Sunday, Jan. 1, for the Green Bay Packers/Detroit Lions football game that the road construction season continues on most major roads in Northeast Wisconsin. While most projects will stop and two lanes of traffic will be open, drivers might still encounter road conditions in the work zones that could cause backups.    WisDOT strongly recommends motorists allow themselves additional time to reach their destinations.  Here is a list of the major roads in northeast Wisconsin most Packers fans will be …

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Should Nickelback Perform at the Packers-Lions Thanskgiving Game?

More than 45,000 people have signed a petition calling for the Canadian rock band to be replaced from the nationally televised halftime show.

Nickelback? Step back! Detroit Lions fans are rallying against the Canadian rockers after they were announced as the halftime band for the Thanksgiving game versus our own Green Bay Packers.  Dennis Guttman, a student at the University of Michigan, has started a petition to ask the Lions to drop Nickelback from the rock band’s scheduled appearance at the Nov. 24 game. The petition rails against the group, asking "Does anyone even like Nickelback?" One commenter, Eva Blankinship, said she would "rather drink bleach than listen to Nickelback and have them associated with Detroit." As of Tuesday, Nov. 8, more than 45,000 people have signed Guttman’s online petition, and the pushback against Nickelback has drawn attention from national media …

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Herbert

9:46 am on Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Detroit finally has some success on the field after what 16 years or so now they think they can dictate who plays at halftime? Nickelback is better than the trainwreck of a half time show the NFL made us sit through at the Super Bowl last season... anything is better than that fiasco.   more ›

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POLL Packers Vs. Lions: Who Will Lose First?

The biggest surprise in the undefeated teams is the Detroit Lions.

It’s not too shocking that the Green Bay Packers are one of two undefeated teams in the entire NFL. It’s a little more shocking that the other team is in the NFC North. Even more shocking is that it’s the Detroit Lions. It would be amazing if it came down to the Thanksgiving Day game. But as a true Packers fan, that honestly scares me a little, so I am hoping for a Lions loss a little earlier in the season. Still, it’s the Lions. A team I’ve joked about being my second favorite NFL team because they give the Packers an automatic two wins a year. That joke laughed at me last year, and it has the potential to laugh at me again this year. I am actually happy for those Detroit fans who have waited so long for their team to do something good.

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Heather Asiyanbi

10:31 pm on Monday, October 3, 2011

We're voting 3-to-1 for the Packers over on Mount Pleasant Patch so I don't know what the heck is going on in Waukesha! :) What's your prediction for their first game against each other? Thanksgiving Day in Detroit. I'm going 34-21 Packers.   more ›