National media visit Wisconsin, Part II

Some of the most interesting takes on Wisconsin in the week leading up to Sunday night's NFC championship game came from Ralph Vacchiano, who writes a New York Giants blog for the New York Daily News.

Here's part of his post from after the Giants' 23-20 overtime victory over the Packers at Lambeau Field:

"I just finished watching a huge group of Giants fans close down Brett Favre's steakhouse in the heart of Green Bay, just a few blocks from Lambeau Field.

"I'd imagine that must have felt pretty good.

"That's where I was in the wee hours of this frigid Wisconsin morning, with two-thirds of Team Daily News. The famous restaurant owned by Favre was absolutely overrun by fans wearing blue -- including several with cheesehead hats -- painted Giants colors of course (I guess that would be blue cheese?)."

Well, it sounds like he warmed up to Green Bay.

Whether he ever warmed up in Green Bay is another matter.

Vacchiano also wrote about the bitterly cold weather upon his arrival in Green Bay, after going outside in the cold, after waking up on game day and upon his arrival at the stadium.

-- Jeff Ash, jash@greenbaypressgazette.com