We've adopted him. We're proud mothers. Angela and William McCurdy drove five hours from Cary, Miss., to see the Packers arrive. The couple came prepared. I watched him play in college because my brother went to the same school, and I just followed him along in his career.
Today is our day.
She held two of Favre's football cards and a pen in her hand but said it would be difficult to get the quarterback's autograph because the players were hustled straight to their buses. Her husband hoped to get a glimpse of his favorite Packer, Reggie White. He's gotten famous, but he hasn't outgrown his roots. Quite a few fans were wearing foam cheesehead hats which, until a few days ago, were difficult, if not impossible, to find in New Orleans. That was too late for Michael Chiantella, who has been a Packers fan since the glory years of Vince Lombardi.