As an outsider looking in, I think all of you Packer fans are wild. I’m from a small town in central Minnesota, where maybe 5 percent of the population hoots and hollers for the team of green and gold. Although we don’t exactly worship the Vikings (for obvious reasons), I have never been so surprised coming to a Wisconsin school and seeing so much fuss over football. I knew which days were game days by simply walking outside and seeing a majority of people in their Packer gear, and knew the time of the game by the screaming I heard while walking through the halls of the dorms. I can say positively that this is not so much the case back in the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes.

After the heartbreaking loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Jan. 18, it seemed like sadness had set in all over Wisconsin. Because I wasn’t watching the game, freshman Kari Gibson let me in on why this loss was such a terrible defeat for many people.

“In the beginning of the game it seemed like a sure win, we had a huge lead,” she described.“At the end, the other team started playing well and we just played it too safe. We had a lot of simple mistakes.”

Commence the chaos. Although freshman Sophie Geiger took the loss to heart, her dad did even more so.

“My dad was throwing drink coasters and said ‘I’m sick of bad things getting in the way of my life,’” she said.

I guess this trend was a similar situation throughout the state. In Mukwonago, Gibson stated, “My dad went up to his room and wouldn’t come out for the rest of the night. I had plans with some guys to hang out after and they cancelled it. They weren’t in the mood.” It seems like the world had kind of stopped.

Geiger sees this crazy fan mayhem as justified. “Because the packers are the best team in the NFL,” she said.

This rapacious title is given not only because of the teams chemistry and impressive record, but because they seem to be outstanding human beings. “You feel like you get to know the players because you watch them so often for so many years,” Geiger stated. “They all seem so genuinely nice, like you would want to be friends with them, and it makes it so much more exciting to cheer for the Packers.”

I’m totally for being passionate about the things you love. We all have different outlets in that way. At first, I thought the fandom was a little out of control and I honestly made fun of these crazy fans. I’ve come around a little bit, though. If you love the Packers, cheer loud and proud, people. While living in this lovely state for a while now, I might just have to become one of those psycho fans. We’ll see about that.