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50 in 50: B.J. Raji takes it to the house and the Packers beat the Bears in the NFC title game

(Photo: Journal Sentinel files)

With the sports world on hold, we present a countdown of the 50 greatest moments in Wisconsin sports history over the past 50 years. This is No. 14.

"He's about as inconspicuous as someone wearing a 3XL hunter orange vest at a piano recital."

They are the words of Journal Sentinel reporter Lori Nickel, referring to 337-pound lineman B.J. Raji, who was playing the wildly unlikely role of "spy" during one of the most surprising and memorable moments in the past few decades in Green Bay Packers history.

His job was to watch any Chicago Bears running back headed for a flat.