Packers lose NFC title game, but spirits remain high...

Packers fans are crazy. Period. I was on the home front in Appleton covering local reaction of the game as part of a story about cinemas in Wisconsin that are showing the games for large groups. As you can imagine, the NFL isn't happy about it among other things, but the fans love it. My personal feeling: the NFL is nothing without its fans... take too much control and you'll end up alienating them.

Here's a couple frames from the evening:

Watching at the Fox Cinema in Menasha, Wis., fans from left, Penny Hughes, Phillip Hanson, and Maria Stuck celebrate a Green Bay Packers defensive play against the New York Giants during the NFC Championship game on Sunday evening, Jan. 20, 2008.

Watching at the Fox Cinema in Menasha, Wis., fans erupt in jubilation as the Green Bay Packers' Donald Driver runs into the end zone for the Packers' first touchdown against the New York Giants in the NFC Championship game.

Watching at the Fox Cinema in Menasha, Wis., Sharon and David Martin, front, steal a kiss as the Green Bay Packers took on the New York Giants for the NFC Championship on Sunday evening, Jan. 20, 2008.