Ugh!

Last night was a tough one. Here's my analogy:

Stephanie Plum = Packers
Joe Morelli = Brett Favre
Ranger = Aaron Rodgers
Joyce Barnhardt = Vikings

Imagine Morelli threatening to break up with Stephanie for years. Finally, tearfully, he does. She asks him several times if he wants to get back together and he says, 'No'. So, she decides to commit to Ranger.*

Last night was like a double date between Stephanie/Ranger and Morelli/Joyce. Everyone in the restaurant kept saying how nice Morelli & Joyce looked together. And Joyce punched Stephanie in the gut.

It hurt. It really hurt.

*For the sake of my analogy, I'm ignoring the fact that Ranger isn't in to commitment.

Hitler Upset About Favre

This video totally cracked me up.

What Brett Doesn't Get

Brett Favre recently made a comment along the lines of "A true Packer fan would understand why I have to play for the Vikings."

Whatever.

The thing is, a true Packer fan never loved the Packers because they brought Brett Favre to greatness. We loved Brett Favre because he helped return the Packers to greatness.

In sports, love is always conditional.

Brett, Brett, Brett

You have to understand that I love the Packers. I have no memory of the good years in the 60's, and there were many, many lean years during my impressionable youth. But I watched them. If there was one place where I fit in with the rest of my family, it was as a Packer fan. There were even a few years where my career goal was to be a statistician for the Packers, so I could be on the sidelines. Yes, I'm a dork.

When the Packers got Reggie White and Brett Favre and actually started winning some games, it was huge. And fun. Watching Brett Favre was like watching a little kid who was really, really good (but when he was bad, he was horrid). And he was ours!

And then there was the debacle with his unretirement last year. I struggled, but I decided that the reason he was being such a jerk was because he wanted the fans to support Aaron Rodgers. (That's my story and I'm sticking with it) It would be so much easier for the fans to forget about Brett if he was being a nincompoop. (Sorry, schmuck or stinker were my next best thesaurus choices) And it worked. Fans and TV announcers were bending over backwards to champion Rodgers.

But, alas, my erstwhile sports hero must have decided that there were a few remaining fans he needed to alienate. He wants to be a Viking. Yeah, that should turn any remaining Favre fans into Rodgers fans.

I just read a column that postulated that Favre is mainly looking forward to the Vikings/Packers game at Lambeau and the great reception he'll receive from his fans. Well, I guess that's a possibility, too.

Good luck with that one, Brett.