Carl Gerbschmidt talks to KFAN gives information on his class action lawsuit against the NFL that will be heard in Wisconsin, Louisiana, Texas. The members of the lawsuit are Green Bay Packers Fans concerning the cheating that has gone on that eliminated the Packers from the playoffs. The lawsuit hopes to get a do-over Arizona Cardnals game starting at the point where the game was tied and the Packers have the ball.
carl-01-15-10.mp3Carl Gerbschmidt calls in to give his NFL picks on KFAN.
carl1-8-10.mp3I recently visited the Lower 9th Ward section of New Orleans. Never did I expect to witness the damage and destruction that still exists 4 and a half years after Hurricane Katrina hit. It’s really quite hard to explain the feeling when driving through this city. It’s what I would consider almost largely a modern day ghost town. With very few residents living in the homes that are actually visible and not overgrown by weeds and grass. Home after home is clearly not livable with spray painted marks on the front to let authorities know if there is anyone alive inside, if the gas is off, etc. Although the media reports rebuilding is going strong I sit here and can tell you out of the hundred of homes and empty lots I saw maybe 5 homes that were rebuilt.
As you can see from the video I shot below there are very few people in the area and not much rebuilding going on. You have animals running around wild and the total feel of desolation. See the end of the video on how you can help.
http://www.phixation.com/nola/Media/9thward480×272new.m4v
How you can help:
NOLA Habitat For Humanity: www.habitat-nola.org
Make It Right: www.makeitrightnola.org
Acorn: www.acorn.org
American Red Cross: www.redcross.org
Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation: www.louisianahelp.org
Troubled Waters: www.troubledwaters-awakeningminds.org
I shot this video from inside of Lambeau Field on November 1st. Brett’s and Aaron’s introductions, and the Vikings first offensive play.
Carl made his debut on Minneapolis’s KFAN radio on August 2001 explaining that a tornado had blown over his property and left the remains of a damaged building situated in a manner that looked like the goal line formation of the famous 1967 Ice Bowl between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. Gerbschmidt was reportedly born as Starr crossed the goal line.
He normally discusses football on the show, especially the Packers and the Minnesota Vikings. Gerbschmidt has also recently started a blog which can be read on Barreiro’s page on KFAN’s website. An Eau Claire, Wisconsin newspaper recently contained an article with Gerbschmidt as its featured subject and questioned his very existence. Gerbschmidt used to run an Ice Bowl exhibit and a Packers wax museum at his house in Elk Mound. Gerbschmidt is married and has a 11 year old daughter who plays outside linebacker and leads her team in tackles. His hobbies are drinking beer, clog dancing, and Star Trek. He moved to the Milwaukee suburb of Oconomowoc where he works for the Wisconsin DOT. He recently purchased Brett Favre’s truck on EBay, and out-bidded himself while doing so. However, after Brett Favre signed with the Vikings on August 18, 2009, Gerbschmidt claimed that he lit the truck on fire.
That was part of a memorable rant with Barreiro on the day Favre signed with the Vikings in which Barreiro allegedly called Gerbschmidt, who was at a bar in Chippewa Falls with his brother Randy after leaving work early the morning that the Favre news broke. Admittedly drunk, Gerbschmidt spent nearly 10 minutes fuming, and at times nearly crying, over Favre’s signing, saying he was sad “for the children of Wisconsin who worshipped him”, and saying Favre “best watch himself” when he comes back to Wisconsin.
He can be found on Twitter at TheRealCarlG
For now, here are some of his rants. I will add more recent ones from this season soon. Classic stuff.
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September 27, 2007, after the Packers beat the Chargers to become 3-0. Their next game up is the Vikings. He calls in to say that all the Vikings fans are going to eventually become Packers fans because the Vikings will be moving. He also offers up that he thinks the score of the game against the Vikings will be a hundred to nothing. Stating “Can you even imagine scoring? You have it in your head you’re going to score? That you might maybe score? Can you imagine you’re going to score the rest of the season?!?”
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November 11, 2007, after the Packers blow out the Vikings 34-0. He calls in to say he knew the game was over after he finished his second bratwurst while tailgating. “It was over before you even got there..why did you even bother to show up..of course, you didnt really show up” When asked if would fire Brad Childress he says “no, i think they should keep him forever..course id feel bad for you..keep him around, what the heck! Give him another chance, for 5 more years!”
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November 30th, 2007 Carl plays “hard to get” after loosing to the Cowboys. Dan calls him at work and Carl claims that the game never happened since it wasn’t on regular tv and on the NFL Network. He mentions his lawsuit claiming it never happened telling Dan “hes probably one of those guys that think we were actually on the moon”. He bitches about all the “stupid vikings fans” that email him.
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January 10th, 2007 Carl calls in before the Packers take on the Seahawks in the playoffs. Again mentioning the “controversial game” against the Cowboys which may or may not have occurred. When asked for his prediction on the game he responds “I don’t see how the seahawks can even score..im thinking 27 zip” Dan asks him about shoveling snow at lambeau and he responds “I don’t have to do that, im an owner.”
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January 17th, 2007 Carl calls in before the big championship game against the Giants. He predicts the packers win 41-0 against the Giants. He comes to the defense of the father who ties his son up with tape because he wont wear a Packers jersey and the couple who locked their son up in his room so they could go watch the game at a casino.
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January 21st, 2008 Carl calls in after the Packers loose to the Giants crying from the Lambeau Field parking lot. In pretty rough shape.
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March 4th, 2008 After being missing since the loss to the Giants in the Championship Game, in which he quit his job in deep depression, Carl calls in and leaves a voicemail crying after the news of Brett Favre retiring.
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November 13th, 2009 After Mike Wood gets fired in Green Bay Carl has a few words on the situation.
