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The Green Bay Packers didn’t win the Super Bowl, but after a 15-1 record, they’re still the favorites to win it all next year.
Green Bay, at 6-to-1, is the team that’s favored to win the 2013 Super Bowl according to the oddsmakers at Bovada.
New England is next at 7-to-1 followed by New Orleans at 8-to-1. The winner of this years Super Bowl, the New York Giants, is 8th in line at 15-to-1.
The 2013 Super Bowl will be played at the Superdome in New Orleans.
The Green Bay Packers were an organization going nowhere for two-plus
Mike Holmgren
decades. That’s when general manager Ron Wolf hired Mike Holmgren to coach the Packers. It was that move that set the wheels in motion once again for the Green Bay Packers organization.
Holmgren led the Packers into the playoffs in six of his seven seasons, compiling an overall record of 75-37. The Packers won the NFC Central three times and NFC Championship twice. Under Holmgren, the Packers won the Super Bowl in the 1996 season.
Those accomplishments will land Holmgren into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in late July. Ron Wolf will be Holmgren’s presenter during the July 21st ceremony. [Read more...]
The Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame Inc. will induct former Packers
Mike Holmgren
coach Mike Holmgren into the Hall at the 42nd Hall of Fame Induction Banquet, to be held Saturday, July 21, 2012, in the Lambeau Field Atrium.
Holmgren coached the Packers from 1992 through 1998, leading the Packers to a 84-42 overall record and a Super Bowl XXXI title during the 1996 season. Under Holmgren, the Packers had seven consecutive winning seasons, a club-record six straight playoff berths and back to back Super Bowl appearances.
His 84 victories is the third most in franchise history, trailing only Curly Lambeau (212) and Vince Lombardi (98). Holmgren’s 1996 Super Bowl championship team led the league in both points scored (456) and points allowed (210) becoming one of only 12 teams in NFL history to accomplish the feat and the first since 1972.
Even with the lockout in place, the Green Bay Packers will receive their
Super Bowl Ring
Super Bowl rings in a June 16th ceremony at Lambeau Field.
Contact between players and team officials is generally not allowed during a work stoppage, but the team has been granted an exemption by the NFL.
In a statement on the team’s website, President and CEO Mark Murphy says the team is excited to celebrate all the hard work that went into the championship.
The Green Bay Packers organization is in the process of designing the teams Super Bowl rings, but Packers coach Mike McCarthy said he’s not likely going to spend a lot of time on the ring design.
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