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01-30-2011, 05:19 AM
Two of the NFL's greatest franchises finally meet in Super Bowl
Sunday, January 30, 2011
By Gerry Dulac, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


As a kid growing up in Appleton, Wis., about 25 miles from Green Bay, Rocky Bleier remembers the tailgate parties before a Packers game.

They began on a Friday night, usually at a neighbor's house, and everyone dressed in the green-and-gold colors of the Packers and sat around talking about their favorite players, as if they knew them personally.

"They became part of their lives," Bleier said of the Packers. "Your focus was only on one team. There were only three TV stations and there was only one game on TV, and it was a regional game and it was the Packers. That's all you had. There were no other distractions. It captured your imagination, not just the locale, but the state, much like the way the Steelers Nation was created."



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