Charles Woodson, keeping it real since 1976
After the Green Bay Packers' 21-14 victory over the Chicago Bears in Sunday's NFC Championship game, Packers safety Charles Woodson called out President Barack Obama.
"The president don't want to come watch us at the Super Bowl, guess what?" Woodson said in a postgame speech. "We're going to see him."
Last week, Obama said he would attend the Super Bowl if the Bears beat the Packers in the NFC title game.
At the end of the speech, the Packers players broke out into a cheer of "White House!"
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(text via: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/24/charles-woodson-barack-obama_n…)
January 25th, 2011 at 3:21 AM ^
Love his entusiasm, too bad my boy Woodley and my Steelers are taking the Lombardi Trophy.
January 25th, 2011 at 3:27 AM ^
holy shit. dan rooney?!
January 25th, 2011 at 3:54 AM ^
He's either Rooney or Mike Tomlin.
January 25th, 2011 at 9:12 AM ^
Avatar Thief!!!
/kidding
January 25th, 2011 at 6:09 AM ^
I now hope the Packers win the Super Bowl and Woodson gets the MVP just to see the awkward speech Obama gives to the team.
January 25th, 2011 at 7:39 AM ^
will it be if GB wins and they go to the whitehouse (like all the other superbowl champs)
But seriously, It doesnt bother me that the prez said that. I like the fact that he is a fan of sports. It makes him seem more like a normal person rather than a pc douche.
January 25th, 2011 at 8:30 AM ^
Name me the last President who wasn't a sports fan.
January 25th, 2011 at 10:54 AM ^
He hated sports
January 25th, 2011 at 8:03 AM ^
as a rallying point, but it's entirely reasonable that Obama would have mentioned going to the game if the Bears win. He's a Chicago fan, not a Packers fan.
If the Packers win, I'm sure there will be some very good-natured bantering back and forth between the Packers and the Pres during their visit.
January 25th, 2011 at 8:18 AM ^
but its nice that the President at least has a clue. Didn't John Kerry call Lambeau Field "Lambert" Field to a crowd of Packer fans a while back. Same dude was in Michigan praising the Buckeyes. Pretty funny.
January 25th, 2011 at 9:09 AM ^
He claimed to be a die hard Red Sox fan during their 04 run, and when they asked him to name his favorite player, his answer was "Manny Ortiz".
January 25th, 2011 at 9:17 AM ^
My favorite Tiger is Austin Cabrera
January 25th, 2011 at 9:23 AM ^
has your wife seen it?
January 25th, 2011 at 9:40 AM ^
She doesn't mind. It probably wouldn't matter if she did, because she's been relentless about not letting me forget the outcome of the last three UM/MSU games.
January 25th, 2011 at 10:36 AM ^
but it's not like a wife can't find an infinite number of other things to ding you about. In my case, it's "are you on that damn Michigan blog thing again. For god's sake, you will get a coach when you get a coach...." etc. etc. My response is F5.
January 25th, 2011 at 9:36 AM ^
Has any player ever won a heisman, national title, and a super bowl in one career as a player? Hell, throw in the super bowl MVP and that's gotta be unmatched, right?
January 25th, 2011 at 9:44 AM ^
He is a great role model for Michigan. I look forward to hearing him say at the super bowl player announcements "the University of Michigan".
January 25th, 2011 at 9:51 AM ^
"Charles Woodson. You know the school."
It's a lot better than "Lloyd Carr's University of Michigan."
January 25th, 2011 at 10:38 AM ^
"Brady Hoke's University of Michigan."
January 25th, 2011 at 9:49 AM ^
January 25th, 2011 at 11:21 AM ^
Tony Dorsett and Marcus Allen
January 25th, 2011 at 11:24 AM ^
Dont forget to throw in an AP Defensive Player of the Year award.