Packers running back (and Northwestern alum – woot!) Noah Herron isn't exactly a big NFL star, but that doesn't mean you can just break into his house and take whatever you want.  Last Friday, burglars broke into Herron's home, so he did what any star of a summer action movie would do: he unscrewed a bed post and beat the intruder with it, sending him to the hospital.

"Noah Herron used necessary, reasonable and justifiable force in protecting his life and property. Herron, the victim in this random home invasion, is cooperating with law enforcement and we ask that you respect his privacy during this traumatic time," said Brown County Sheriff Dennis Kocken. [hee hee! Kocken! Does he ever work with Detective Balz? - Ed.]

The intruder was injured during the May 30th burglary and a second offender was apprehended outside the home by Brown County Sheriff's deputies, according to information released by the Brown County Sheriff's Department today. Herron was not hurt during the invasion.

I'll be honest: I totally get a hard-on for improvised weapons and blunt-force trauma.  After I finished OCS, I had a recurring dream where I crushed my friends' skulls with the butt of an M-16.  And you know that battle scene in Braveheart when the dude's head gets collapsed with a club?  There's an audible THUNK! and blood flies onto the screen?  I can climax to that. 

Hmm.  I guess that's more of an overshare than a joke.

[Sports by Brooks]