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And by the way, Green Bay got screwed on that pass interference call at the end of the half. This is what I'm reduced to, a lifelong Vikes fan, born and raised in Minneapolis, pointing out that the Packers got a raw deal on an important play---all because of Brett Fav-ruh.
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Nevre!
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And what was up with ESPN last night? As my wife said, it must have been hard for them to watch the game with their noses so far up Favre's ass.
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I can still here "This Dallas Cowboy Super Bowl champs team is a class organization. They've just go so much class. Class class class" - True fact - this was actually said.
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After he choose of his own free will to retire two seasons ago he could have walked into the sunset as one of the most beloved quarterbacks ever. Instead he changed his mind and proceeded to dick around his old team, the Packers.
The one thing you hear in sports over and over (and over) is "teamwork." Favre has no concept of this; he wants what he wants, and if it inconveniences anyone else (like, not deciding on whether or not to play for the Vikings until after the were done with training camp) he doesn't care.
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1) Okay, maybe he's selfish and self-centered -- but at least he's performing at a high level in perhaps the most demanding position in sports. If Favre is "self-centered," what does that make all the dudes who take pro money and fail to give enough of a shit to perform at even an adequate level?
2) Was it just Favre "dick[ing] around" The Pack -- or did Green Bay management perhaps also fail to cover themselves in glory on this issue? (Or, even more likely, is that just the nature of the business and, like Howard Jones sang, No One...Is To Blame?)
3) I think the main way in which Favre has inconvenienced football teams in his career is by beating them. And about that, he appears to care a tremendous amount.
Geez, I sound like a Favre fanboy. Look, if you want to criticize Favre, you have my blessing -- but it seems to me that he's most vulnerable to criticism for his on-field decisions (overthrowing, ignoring coverages), not the off-field ones. If it's questionable off-field decisions you're looking for, try the Giants or Bengals (players division) or Detroit Lions (management).
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When people ask why, I point out that you didn't hear about the U of Minnesota threatening to move to LA unless someone built the team a new stadium. Then there's the pro game's "parity", or as I call it, consistent mediocrity: if a college team wants to play in a brand-name bowl, it better not lose more than one game. In the NFL, a team can lose a half-dozen games and still make the playoffs. Finally, the teams I root for have devoted this decade to massive suck.
The phone-banker at DTV was appalled, asking "Don't you want to watch your hometown team?" I politely explained that I got the Niners in HD for free, Raiders away games in HD for free, and that I only watched the Detroit Lions for comic relief, and he still didn't get it.
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One of my favorite Onion headlines is, "The Sports Team From My Local Area Is Superior To The Sports Team From Your Local Area". Personally, 9 times out of 10 I'm interested in watching a good game. I may begin favoring a team as the game unfolds, but I do not enjoy watching the Giants blow the Chiefs out the water in a one-sided match, and certainly not just because they're NY (the stadium's in Jersey anyway). These guys get paid hundreds of thousands, or millions of dollars to come here and play; they're not my home team at all!
With college ball, these kids are getting an education, they're playing for their team and for their school (with maybe a shot at pro success down the road). It's so much more exciting to watch them play the game.
Major League Baseball, I never watch. Ooooh, look -- homerun derby, how fun!! They even started wrapping the balls differently to get more air out of them. It's like pornography. College ball all the way :)
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But my point was never that college players are more intelligent or more educated then their pro ball counterparts (unless your pro player was drafted right out of high school, that is). I think my larger point is that it is more exciting and engaging to watch talented developing players whose lives are guided by something other than a contract. College ball is played differently than pro ball, generally, as far as the game is considered. And, not for nothing, if a college player starts showing off for the crowd, forgetting his team, acting like a hotdog, he gets his team a penalty -- those self-congratulatory dances in pro ball are pathetic.
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...now I await the follow-through.
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Sorry, as a native Wisconite raised in Green Bay, my hatred for Favre grew three sizes tonight. We'll get 'im back at Lambeau.
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