Photo/Travel Blog: Tennessee
at Green Bay
By Andy Lopusnak, AndysPictures.com
December 22-23, 2012
In my first 12 seasons with
CBS Sports I had been to Green Bay
just once. Now in the past nine weeks, I’ve been to the Frozen Tundra twice.
Last time I was here, I
took lots of shots of GB, the Packers Hall of Fame and of course Lambeau Field.
This time, I had a nightmare getting to Green
Bay and didn’t even take out my camera until right
before pregame. So that meant no new and exciting shots of Green Bay (like there are any to be taken).
Getting to tiny Green Bay the weekend
before Christmas was tough. My only Delta option when I submitted travel was a
direct from SFO to Minneapolis
then drive at least four hours. However, when it was booked it was for game day
and not the day before so then there was no Delta option and I was stuck with a
6:00 AM SFO flight to Chicago and connect to Green Bay via United.
Flying into Chicago in winter is never a good
idea and of course my initial flight was delayed enough so that I missed my
connection and then had to drive three and a half hours to Green Bay . There’s nothing like 14 hours of
travel…waking up before the sun rose and getting to my destination after it
set.
It was a blowout from the
beginning. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers accounted for four touchdowns
(three passing, one rushing) and 342 passing yards. The Packers led 55-0 until
the Titans scored with 1:39 left.
Rodgers got the scoring
started with a six-yard rushing touchdown. Less than two and a half minutes
later, Rodgers connected with the league’s all-purpose yardage leader Randall
Cobb on a 20-yard TD strike. The Packers led 20-0 at halftime, then scored TDs
on its first five second half possessions.
MATTHEWS LINEAGE
In pregame, I snapped a
shot of the Matthews football family on the field. In the image below from left
to right – Hall of Fame OL & current Tennessee Titans OL coach Bruce with
his son and Titans center Kevin. Next to Kevin is Clay III, who is the All-pro
Packers linebacker and his father Clay, Jr., who played 19 NFL seasons with Cleveland and Atlanta .
Bruce and Clay, Jr. are brothers.
ANOTHER HEISMAN ADDITION
When I was here last time,
I wanted to get a picture of Charles Woodson, the 1997 Heisman Trophy winner,
to add to my Heisman collection. He didn’t play that game or this one, but I
did manage to snap a shot of him this time in pregame. Woodson became my 17th
former Heisman winner. Click here to see my collection.
TIME LAPSE: CORNER “BEAUTY SHOT”
Last time here, I got two
time lapses. One in the high end zone and the other at the 50-yard line. This
time, I set up the GoPro Hero 2 in the low corner next to the CBS Sports
“beauty camera.” With the weather below zero, I opted for the GoPro in case the
40D froze – it’s a rugged body but you never know). If this was one of the
seven cities I haven’t done a time lapse for, then I’d risk it for sure. For
this time lapse, it was set with ten-second intervals for a total of 1,172
images. I guess the cold weather affected the GoPro as it only lasted three
hours and 15 minutes. It stopped with 1:54 left in the first half.
NEXT UP: HOUSTON AT INDIANAPOLIS
Since the inception of flex
scheduling, we don’t know where we’re going until either Sunday night during
the NBC broadcast or Monday. This year, we got the Houston at Indianapolis game. It will be my first trip back to Indy since 2010. Click here to see my Indianapolis photo gallery.
BEST OF THE BLOG
There wasn’t much new in
terms of photos, so here’s the best of this past weekend.
these include tractors, quad bikes, a Rolls Royce, a Smart car and now a classic Porsche. My Blanes
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