Article: Some fans weep, some suck it up in wake of defeat From Water St. to Waukesha County, Packer backers feel the pain

Doug Rice, 56, was philosophic: "You've got to be a gracious loser."

It was a trait Packers fans in the Milwaukee area were neither expecting nor wishing to work on Sunday night. But as the reality of the Packers loss to the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXXII set in, people seemed to be adjusting with minimal weeping and wailing.

Rice watched the game with his son, Rich, and daughter-in-law, Chris, at one of the many bars and restaurants that make up the Water St. nightlife area in downtown Milwaukee. "(Denver) played a very good game," he said. "We just weren't ready for them." Chris Rice said, "We're still behind the Pack." But her husband grumbled that he thought the game was fixed to ...

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