According to the Appleton Post-Crescent (corroborated by the unlikely odds that the magazine cover pictured below is a photoshopped fake), Brett Favre has been voted the Sports Illustrated 2007 Sportsman of the Year.
The SI online article is 10 pages long and discusses Favre’s life pretty much since he was able to go to the bathroom by himself. In all seriousness, there are some poignant parts to the article, including his ongoing work with the Make-A-Wish foundation, his affect on the Miracle League of Green Bay, Gaits to Success in Kiln, MS and Favre’s Fourward Foundation.
But I did get a laugh from some of the quotes from Favre in the article:
I’ve always shown up…
Like when you needed a week off from practice to plan for a family party?
…I’ve always been prepared…
Like when you had to ask Ty Detmer what a nickle package was, after you’d been an NFL QB for at least a season? (Don’t confuse nickle or dime packages to nickle or dime bags)
…I practice every day…
…except for the preseason. I mean c’mon, I’m 38. You can’t expect me to practice as much as those young guys, can you?
And then of course, there’s the farting. From SI’s article:
…his locker room flatulence is legendary…
and
“There have been many times before a game when you can see the guys are kind of tight,” says Edgar Bennett, Green Bay’s running backs coach and formerly Favre’s teammate for five seasons. “Brett always knows how to loosen them up. I don’t want to go into too many details, but let’s just say that the guy has some unique talents.”
I want to continue to say enough already, if Favre’s continued ego strokes could be bottled and given away, suicide hotlines would go out of business. But it’s a pretty good article, showing that Favre does a lot of really good things outside of football.
Rock on, old man.
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December 7th, 2007 at 7:12 pm
Hello, first time here…
Sunday will be my first time @ Lambeau but it has been a long time dream… I was wondering, what are the chances of players (brett included) coming out post or pre-game to sign hats, jerseys, etc…? Also I have had a banner made with Brett’s pic from the SI issue on it, will i be able to bring that in? Any info you could provide would be greatly appreciated, this trip is a b-day/ part x-mas gift to my eldest son and i want to make it as memorible as possible… Thanks jlm16 Go Pack Go!!
December 8th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
I’ve never tried to take a sign in, but you see signs all the time - I believe if you just show them at the gate what you have, you won’t have problems.
As for pre or post-game memorabilia signings - again, I never tried for that so I’m not sure what the success rate is. I do recall warmups looking like normal warmups and there not being a spot where fans and players were congregating for signings and photos.
Something else to keep in mind - it’s friggin’ cold here right now (Weather Channel says it’s 10 degrees at mid-day) temps are supposed to climb tomorrow to a high of 25. I mention this because it may affect whether players wearing very thin clothes are going to want to stand in the cold signing stuff.
So in a nutshell - signs should be fine, but don’t count on getting autographs.
Enjoy the game. Did you know our quarterback is older than the opponent’s head coach?