Are you Ready for Some Football?



Of course I watched Monday Night Football and you knew I had to blog about Favre's first actual start with the Vikings (for the record, no, I don't count last week as a real start since he had been with them 3 days and played 1 series)! I still have a hard time seeing him in purple, but I'm so excited that he had a good game overall. I think that he did a great job and he also shut some people up that he can still play. Honestly, if you can make a good argument that he's not in the top 5 NFL QB conversation then I'll acquiesce, but I don't think you can. I realize that really isn't saying much right now with the status quo of NFL QB's, but you get my point.



He said that if he could still play at the NFL level then he felt like he should come back. He's doing it and he proved it Monday night. Now, a lot of people are asking me about his "chop block" and my thoughts on that. My first thought was how crazy is Childress for even putting his almost 40 year old QB that just had shoulder surgery in that type of position. The man is a QB and doesn't know how to block for heaven's sake either! Before all of you start telling me that he played D Line and SS in high school and should know how to block better please bear in mind that that was over 20 years ago. Anyway, I don't think that it was intentionally to hurt anyone...it could have hurt him too. I think it was a crazy call by the coaching staff, but I do agree with my buddy, Dunaway, who said that if anything, it did send a message that he's still got the toughness that some people have questioned since this injury and surgery.

After watching him play Monday night with all the pressure that he had to prove himself again, I have to say that I'm so glad he came back! He's always fun to watch and he looks like he's still enjoying himself...I just hope we intercept him every time on October 5th and November 1st! Those are circled on my calendar. Both teams are undefeated so far in preseason with the Pack facing the Titans Thursday night. My Pack looks REALLY good and I can't wait for that first test against our arch rival da Bears with their new QB. Watch out for the Pack this season...our D is nasty good!

It's game week for college football, people! I've never been more ready I don't think. NC State and SC as well as Troy playing the first games. Saturday night in the GA dome...it's almost too much to take and we haven't kicked off yet! I'm a little nervous about Bama this weekend with Va Tech since we've had so many distractions this week. I know that we will bring our A game though just like we did last year in the same place against Clemson.

The SEC teams will be tough this year for the most part and fun to watch. All I have to say is, "Are you ready for some football?" Have a great season!

What in the name of the NFL?...I can't believe it!

Up until Tuesday of this week I was still defending Brett Favre. Monday afternoon when the story broke from Jay Glazer I was still saying that there was nothing to it. I was saying that this was just wishful thinking from the players because they weren't happy with their QB choices. I never thought that I would hear on Tuesday that Favre was boarding a private plane to MN to sign a contract and work out with the team...BUT it happened.

Now that it has happened I'm still trying to let it sink in because I'm still a bit shocked. Everyone told me not to be, but I still am a little shocked. Don't get me wrong, I'm still a Favre fan, but this time I'm a little frustrated with how this all went down. It is obvious now that he doesn't want to go through training camps and OTAs so he just worked around that. Shame on Childress for being so star struck that he allowed that. What happened to the days where if you're in then you're in 100%? Favre used to even speak against guys doing "hold outs" during camp saying that they should honor their contract. I guess Favre wasn't really under contract yet, but that's debatable according to some people as well.

On the flip side, I'm excited that I get to see him play again. I've said a million times that he's good for the league. He sells tickets and he sells a ton of merch. People love to give their opinions on him, some love to hate him and some people are very passionate about either their love or hate for him.

It's crazy the amount of people that blog, call sports talk shows, message board, comment and follow a man that they have NO ties to at all. My dad was from Milwaukee so I grew up a Packer fan. As a result, I ended up a Favre fan so I have a reason, but some of these people have NEVER paid $300 for a ticket just to see him play like I have. I even remember going to an Alabama homecoming game in the rain against Southern Miss when Favre played. I didn't even know who their QB was and I could have cared less who it was walking into the stadium. I heard who he was listening to the pre game on my headsets because he had apparently just had a bad car wreck weeks before and had a good bit of his intestines removed as a result, but he was going to be starting that game. I KNEW this would be a cake walk after all of that. I mean, it's Southern Miss and Homecoming, for heaven's sake! Boy was I wrong...along with most of the Alabama defense I suppose. We got beat on homecoming single-handedly by a kid named Favre that had just had major surgery weeks before. Who knew?

I have to say that after that I was amazed at his talent and athleticism. Him becoming a Packer a couple of years after that was icing on the cake for this Cheesehead! That's why and how I became a Favre fan. I will always be a Packer fan FIRST though. I want him to do well this season except for 2 games...October 5th and November 1st (I'm sure the media won't have ANY hype leading up to either of these games at all). I will NEVER pull for the Vikings though...I just want Favre to do well for his career stats, etc. They are still a rival and I can't pull for them or the Bears EVER to win. It's crazy to even see him all over the Vikings website and I can't imagine him in purple and gold, but I guess we'll see it soon enough.

In conclusion, I guess I would say in my world I'm first and always a Packer fan, I'm still a Favre fan, but he's lost a bit of luster in my mind, I want Favre to do well, but I want the Vikings to lose! Is that clear as mud now? I know...I'm a dichotomy of sorts.

This is a picture I took of Favre at a game I attended when he was wearing the RIGHT

colors for the RIGHT team!