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Get to Know The Green and Gold Brothers · Green and Gold Brothers

• 0:04
  SPEAKER_00: Hello and welcome to the Green and Gold Brothers Podcast, the place for all things Packers related.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can find us on X at GRNGLD Bros, on Facebook at Green and Gold Brothers, and anywhere you get your favorite podcasts.
• 0:19
  SPEAKER_01: Welcome back to the Green and Gold Brothers.
• 0:22
  SPEAKER_01: I'm Zach.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm Cody.
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  SPEAKER_01: So it's brought been brought to our attention recently by a few listeners that a lot of you guys don't know us on a personal level.
• 0:32
  SPEAKER_01: So we're just gonna kind of go back and forth here a little bit, talk about why we're doing this podcast, why we cheer for the Packers, a little bit about us, and just kind of the whole motivation that goes into what we're doing here.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hopefully you guys can get to get to get a better picture.
• 0:48
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, definitely.
• 0:49
  SPEAKER_01: Um, so we're both from central Wisconsin.
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  SPEAKER_01: We both grew up in the area.
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  SPEAKER_01: Um been a Packer fan my whole life.
• 0:57
  SPEAKER_01: My dad was a Packer fan, my grandpa was a Packer fan.
• 0:59
  SPEAKER_01: Um whole family has been cheering for the Packers their whole life, and uh so obviously around the age of four or five, I remember sitting there on Sundays and watching games with my dad, and it just kind of became uh became a ritual where I was in it, and this is my team, and uh yeah.
• 1:20
  SPEAKER_00: Uh kind of the same thing with me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, like you said, born born and raised here.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um my dad is also really big into watching football on Sundays.
• 1:29
  SPEAKER_00: Um he actually grew up a a Steeler fan, so that's kind of a a cool little nugget for me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh two good teams.
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  SPEAKER_00: They're they're identical franchises, they're they're both super easy to cheer for.
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  SPEAKER_00: So the Packers are definitely my my one A, uh, but the Steelers are are pretty close second just because of him.
• 1:48
  SPEAKER_00: And you know, obviously followed them uh watching the games with him uh every week.
• 1:53
  SPEAKER_00: You know, we'd we'd watch the Packers, but then we'd also watch Steelers.
• 1:56
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I had a small uh time period throughout my life there where I was a Saints fan for for a little bit back when you know Drew Brees and Deuce McCall Deuce McAllister, Reggie Bush.
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  SPEAKER_00: So uh I don't quite remember when I started uh really getting into it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um probably around six or seven, I would say.
• 2:16
  SPEAKER_00: Uh I feel like one of my first like full memories of actually sitting down and watching paying attention to football was the Rams Titans Super Bowl.
• 2:26
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think we threw a party here and so it was on the TV, and I I think I paid attention to the TV a lot for the first time.
• 2:34
  SPEAKER_00: Sure.
• 2:35
  SPEAKER_00: Um that was kind of when when I really you know dug my heels in on it.
• 2:40
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, definitely.
• 2:41
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, I trying to think back to like my first memory of watching football.
• 2:46
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, I remember my my first Packer game I went to, they played the Bears.
• 2:50
  SPEAKER_01: Um Brett Favre threw a touchdown to Bubba Franks, Mike McKenzie had a pick six.
• 2:55
  SPEAKER_01: Mike McKenzie.
• 2:56
  SPEAKER_01: Um I can't remember exactly what year that was.
• 2:58
  SPEAKER_01: That was probably 2000, 2005, 2006.
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  SPEAKER_01: No, it would have been before that.
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  SPEAKER_01: But either way, a lot of a lot of good memories for sure, and those are some of my earlier memories watching the Packers, and uh yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: So um I guess next thing we'll just kind of mention how we met.
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  SPEAKER_01: Um, we met through Cody's cousin.
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  SPEAKER_01: We it was a softball tournament, I believe.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yep.
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  SPEAKER_00: And my cousin Zach, he asked me if I wanted to play.
• 3:26
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I played baseball my whole life, uh, played a little bit in college and was kind of itching to get back into it.
• 3:32
  SPEAKER_00: But really, we after I got married, so I am married.
• 3:36
  SPEAKER_00: After I got married, we lived over in the valley area in Wapaca.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, I didn't know anybody over there, so I went a few years after college without being able to really play.
• 3:47
  SPEAKER_00: I didn't know anybody to to go ask or even where to go.
• 3:50
  SPEAKER_00: So um when he asked me if I wanted to play, that was super cool, and I was said absolutely.
• 3:55
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, it was a fun weekend.
• 3:56
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, if I remember right, it rained pretty much the whole weekend.
• 3:59
  SPEAKER_01: That was terrible.
• 4:00
  SPEAKER_01: We got our teeth kicked in.
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  SPEAKER_01: I mean, we didn't really compete much at all, but it was fun.
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  SPEAKER_01: It was.
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  SPEAKER_01: Um, it's always a fun tournament there.
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  SPEAKER_01: And uh yeah, I think we just met there and kind of just started connecting on sports a little bit, and I realized this guy knows a ton.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I mean, I'm not trying to gas myself up here, but I I mean I feel like I know quite a bit too.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I mean, we kind of just meshed and oh yeah, the feeling was definitely mutual.
• 4:27
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh and then we also, so after that tournament, um, I think I was asked to play in the following summer uh league softball with you guys, which again was looking for it, so absolutely jumped at it.
• 4:38
  SPEAKER_00: And and yeah, it was a very uh fluid and easy transition to to kind of be part of the group and and yeah, looked forward to to chatting about it and and it was very easy.
• 4:50
  SPEAKER_00: We we do share, if you couldn't tell, we share a lot of the same kind of ideologies and opinions on it.
• 4:57
  SPEAKER_00: Uh obviously we do disagree, but it's it's easy when you're you're not just at each other's throats.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like the the conversations come fast and fluent and and very easy.
• 5:07
  SPEAKER_00: For sure.
• 5:07
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, there's been a lot of people that I've had conversations with that I about sports in general, Packers specifically, that I don't care to have conversations with anymore just because that's just how some people are.
• 5:21
  SPEAKER_01: They read one thing online and they think it's gospel and they like to run with it.
• 5:25
  SPEAKER_00: But I can absolutely appreciate that.
• 5:27
  SPEAKER_00: There's been many times where you know, people throughout my life, not necessarily any of you that I know personally, but definitely people where you know they can kind of get on their soapbox and you you just kind of kind of smile and nod along and be like, you know, buddy, you if that's how you feel, go for it.
• 5:43
  SPEAKER_01: But it's usually in a bar somewhere, you know, after somebody's had a few too many drinks and they think that they're uh the next uh Vince Lombardi.
• 5:52
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, exactly.
• 5:53
  SPEAKER_01: But uh so yeah, we met through softball and then we're just bouncing a lot of Packers talking ideas off each other.
• 6:01
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, we were texting and messaging, and any chance we got to hang out and watch a game was awesome.
• 6:07
  SPEAKER_01: And I think about a year ago we pitched the idea around of hey, let's let's do this, like let's have fun with it.
• 6:16
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, our goals are both the same here.
• 6:18
  SPEAKER_01: We just we like to sit down, we like to talk about the team that we love, and I mean if it goes somewhere, it goes somewhere, and we're just we're having a good time with it.
• 6:28
  SPEAKER_00: Absolutely.
• 6:29
  SPEAKER_00: Thought hopefully, you know, maybe some people would would enjoy listening to us.
• 6:32
  SPEAKER_00: Uh we definitely will not claim that we know everything.
• 6:36
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, definitely not.
• 6:37
  SPEAKER_00: You know, we we mentioned that a little bit earlier, but not that necessarily, but just talking to certain people.
• 6:44
  SPEAKER_00: But we absolutely do not know everything.
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  SPEAKER_00: If we did, we would be in a different profession than what we are.
• 6:49
  SPEAKER_00: So definitely it it's just something that is is definitely a hobby and something that we are pretty passionate about and and enjoy, and it's it's easy and it's something to kind of uh look forward to every hopefully every week, or as as often as we're able to do it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 7:07
  SPEAKER_00: Um what's your favorite Packer memory of all time?
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  SPEAKER_00: So you mentioned your first game.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um my favorite is my first game that I ever went to.
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  SPEAKER_00: My uncle uh took me to a Monday night game in November for my birthday.
• 7:22
  SPEAKER_00: I was in third grade, and uh we went to a Packers and Vikings game at Lambo, and it happened to be a little number known as the Monday Night Miracle Catch.
• 7:34
  SPEAKER_00: Antonio Freeman in overtime.
• 7:36
  SPEAKER_00: I'm jealous over Chris Dish Dishman.
• 7:39
  SPEAKER_01: What a game.
• 7:40
  SPEAKER_00: I guess what a play.
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  SPEAKER_00: My uncle was a little worried that I was gonna get him beat up because I was a little, what, eight, nine, ten-year-old running my mouth to Vikings fans and thought I was all cool and and knew knew more than I did.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 7:56
  SPEAKER_00: Uh I guess I don't I don't super remember it, but uh that part anyway.
• 8:00
  SPEAKER_00: Uh but it yeah, apparently I was I was talking some pretty crazy trash to some older gentlemen around us.
• 8:07
  SPEAKER_00: And he's like, dude, shut up.
• 8:08
  SPEAKER_00: That's enough.
• 8:09
  SPEAKER_00: But yeah, it unfortunately that play was going opposite the opposite direction of us.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh still was able to see it plenty good.
• 8:17
  SPEAKER_00: And yeah, that will be a memory that I will always have.
• 8:22
  SPEAKER_00: Um, in fact, I about 99% of the time, I think I forgot once, but I almost always text him on the anniversary of that game, or or he will message me or text me first to that's awesome.
• 8:34
  SPEAKER_00: It's pretty pretty cool.
• 8:35
  SPEAKER_00: So um that's another another big time influence in my life.
• 8:40
  SPEAKER_00: Uh my uncle, I think we'll just go back, circle back here and and kind of mention him.
• 8:46
  SPEAKER_00: Sure.
• 8:46
  SPEAKER_00: Um my godfather, and yeah, he my dad was a big part of getting me kind of into it, but he absolutely was a driving force too.
• 8:56
  SPEAKER_00: Uh probably the Packer side more so.
• 8:59
  SPEAKER_00: Um obviously it's easy to to be a Packer fan in Wisconsin.
• 9:04
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, for sure.
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  SPEAKER_00: So that wasn't a a hard hard leap to make, but uh yeah, he he was definitely probably the main influencer on that part.
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  SPEAKER_00: So shout out to him.
• 9:15
  SPEAKER_00: That's awesome.
• 9:16
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I would say my favorite Packer memory, I mean, obviously my first game, now that I'm thinking back on it here, it was 2003.
• 9:23
  SPEAKER_01: So um yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: Uh Brett Favre was there, Bubba Franks was there, but nonetheless, my favorite Packer memory.
• 9:31
  SPEAKER_01: Uh 2014.
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  SPEAKER_01: So it would have been actually the year 2015, but it was the 2014 season.
• 9:38
  SPEAKER_01: Uh we were playing the Dallas Cowboys in the divisional round at Lambeau Field.
• 9:43
  SPEAKER_01: And oh, I know what you're gonna say.
• 9:45
  SPEAKER_01: Those of you who are listening, you can probably put two and two together.
• 9:48
  SPEAKER_01: We were in the exact end zone.
• 9:49
  SPEAKER_01: We were probably 10-15 rows up.
• 9:52
  SPEAKER_01: Shout out, Gary, if you're listening, your dad got us those tickets.
• 9:55
  SPEAKER_01: Um Des Bryant, no catch, right in front of us, and that was the longest review I have ever been a part of in person, just waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting, and then they finally no catch, and the whole frickin' stadium erupted.
• 10:10
  SPEAKER_01: And if it makes you feel any better, it was on TV too.
• 10:12
  SPEAKER_01: I think they went to commercial twice.
• 10:14
  SPEAKER_01: I believe it.
• 10:15
  SPEAKER_01: I believe it.
• 10:15
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, I felt like I was there for two hours just waiting.
• 10:19
  SPEAKER_01: But yeah, the Packers ended up winning that game and go to the NFC Championship, I believe, and lose to Seattle.
• 10:24
  SPEAKER_01: We're not gonna talk about it.
• 10:26
  SPEAKER_01: But um, yeah, that's my favorite memory.
• 10:29
  SPEAKER_01: There's a ton winning the Super Bowl in 2010.
• 10:32
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, that's a top memory.
• 10:33
  SPEAKER_01: I'll remember that till the day I die.
• 10:35
  SPEAKER_00: But for for me too, uh, and if you were paying attention, I mentioned being a Steeler fan.
• 10:40
  SPEAKER_00: Uh just just in case anybody's wondering.
• 10:42
  SPEAKER_00: That must have been a tough one for the game.
• 10:43
  SPEAKER_00: That Super Bowl was horrible.
• 10:45
  SPEAKER_00: Like, don't get me wrong, I loved it.
• 10:47
  SPEAKER_00: Somebody had to win, but that also meant somebody had to lose.
• 10:50
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I couldn't imagine being in that situation.
• 10:53
  SPEAKER_00: So I feel like I feel like I probably would have been pretty funny to watch watching that game because I would, you know, I would get excited, but at the same time be like, oh no.
• 11:01
  SPEAKER_00: Right?
• 11:01
  SPEAKER_00: So yeah, that'd be a little frustrating.
• 11:04
  SPEAKER_00: I don't know if I could do that.
• 11:05
  SPEAKER_01: It it was looking back, it was really weird, but it was cool.
• 11:10
  SPEAKER_01: So, yeah, that's kind of a little bit about us.
• 11:12
  SPEAKER_01: Um, our plan is to keep doing this.
• 11:16
  SPEAKER_01: Season's right around the corner, regular season, preseason is here.
• 11:20
  SPEAKER_01: So we're gonna be putting out weekly episodes, uh, breaking stuff down, just kind of giving you our first reaction to games and all sorts of news, and for the foreseeable future.
• 11:32
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, there'll be draft stuff and trades, trade deadline.
• 11:35
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, it's gonna be an exciting ride.
• 11:37
  SPEAKER_00: So, yeah, absolutely.
• 11:38
  SPEAKER_00: I hope uh hope everybody's enjoyed it so far.
• 11:41
  SPEAKER_00: I know I know I've had fun doing this.
• 11:43
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, it's been a dream come true, dude.
• 11:45
  SPEAKER_00: Absolutely.
• 11:46
  SPEAKER_00: It was something that you know, you mentioned it to me, and it was like, ah, we can't really do that.
• 11:49
  SPEAKER_00: Like, can we?
• 11:50
  SPEAKER_01: We talked about it, just kind of said, you know, you and I, like, we know a ton, but there's already guys out there doing this.
• 11:57
  SPEAKER_01: But then we kind of weighed the pros and cons and just felt like we were selling ourselves short if we didn't try it.
• 12:03
  SPEAKER_01: And I like to invest in myself, you know, and my friends, and we made it happen and we're here.
• 12:10
  SPEAKER_00: So hope you enjoy.
• 12:11
  SPEAKER_00: And yeah, we will be back hopefully weekly with with games uh review and and insight and and our opinions and that kind of stuff.
• 12:20
  SPEAKER_00: So uh hopefully moving forward, we'll be um getting our our stuff out for you.
• 12:26
  SPEAKER_00: Uh remember, we are on X, we are on Facebook, um, you can find us on Spotify, I believe Audible.
• 12:33
  SPEAKER_00: Uh there's there's a handful of other sites wherever you can get podcasts.
• 12:36
  SPEAKER_00: We do have a TikTok now as well.
• 12:38
  SPEAKER_00: We do, yes.
• 12:39
  SPEAKER_00: So and then we are working on uh YouTube as well.
• 12:42
  SPEAKER_00: So pretty much uh if you can't find us, it's on you because we're we're out there available.
• 12:48
  SPEAKER_00: So uh hopefully you can you can find us and and like us and hope hopefully you're following along and and help us keep having fun.
• 12:55
  SPEAKER_00: Heck yeah, man.
• 12:56
  SPEAKER_00: Alright, well we'll catch you guys in the next one.
• 12:58
  SPEAKER_01: Go peco.