Here’s Vikings defensive lineman Jared Allen discussing the virtues of his mullet in one of those NFL Players videos, and I honestly can’t tell if dude is working a tongue-in-cheek angle or he’s dead serious.
We have have chest hair, even if it is shaped like a heart, which is pretty tight. But that’s the lifestyle of the mullet. I approach you from the front, you’re like, “Wow, this dude’s pretty serious.” Then I walk away; you’re like, “Damn, he likes to party…with two Rs!”
It’s mighty, and the fact that they made the video in a barber shop, where he had lines shaved into only one side of his head is pretty amazing. He’s like the white Chad Johnson, except actually good. Video’s after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Here’s some wonderfully shot video of Green Bay Packers fans watching the closing minutes of yesterday’s Ravens-Vikings game. Keep in mind that the Packers JUST finished blowing out Detroit, which was a conquest gleefully ignored by the Packer Backers as a captive watering hole collectively watched Baltimore come back to potentially hand Minnesota their first loss of the season. And the game eventually came down to a 44-yard field goal attempt by Ravens kicker Steve Hauschka. If he makes it, the Ravens win and Favre loses. The reactions, all around, are priceless.
Brett Favre’s much-ballyhooed game against his former team finally happened last night, and the steady offensive output of both the Vikings and Packers, combined with Favre’s remarkable command under center, came rather close to justifying the hype. Favre threw for 384 yards and 3 TDs while completing 77 percent of his passes, leading Minnesota to a 30-23 win and their first 4-0 start since 2003. One source went as far as to claim that Favre was just having fun out there.
“My statement has been what I’ve done over my career,” Favre said. “One game does not define my career good or bad. I know what I’ve done. I’m proud of what I’ve done. I know I can play. I wanted to do what it takes to win.” via.
Green Bay was successful in shutting down the hexagonally-skinned Adrian Peterson, who only ran for 55 yards on the day and even had a ball wrenched out of his hands by Green Bay’s Clay Matthews, who ran it back for a touchdown. But it one of the better MNF games in some time, and hopefully we won’t hear much about Favre until the end of the week. Hear more about who? Exactly.
Brett Favre and the Vikings play Green Bay in Minnesota tonight on Monday Night Football, and if you thought ESPN would be fellating Favre in the leading up to the game, just wait until Jon Gruden steps up to the mic. If he gets through the entire game without audible slurping, I’ll be amazed.
Additionally, the Minnesota Twins are playing off for the AL Central Division title against the Detroit Tigers. Somehow, I’m not even sure this game will be devoid of Brett Favre references.
“We’re going to have a packed house,” said Michael Cuddyer. “Maybe we’ll have a whiteout. Chicago last year had a blackout — maybe we’ll have a whiteout in the Dome.”
With all the white hankies flying around inside the Metrodome on Sunday, it certainly looked like a whiteout at times, and the expectation is for another packed crowd to help cheer on the Twins on Tuesday.
The winner of the Twins-Tigers contest will be headed to New York to face the Yankees in the first round of the AL Division Series.
I thought Minnesota was already whited-out. Seriously, when was the last time you saw a black guy in Minnesota that didn’t have a uniform number on his back? And yet, it still wasn’t white enough for Kevin Garnett, who left the Minnesota Timberwolves to play in Boston. Doesn’t get much whiter than that.
How many times has “Brett Favre” been mentioned in a single TV show? I don’t care either, but ESPN’s “SportsNation,” that show where they take 30 minutes to show you everything you already saw on the internet earlier that day, is looking to break that record…whatever it is.
ESPN, says spokesman Mike Soltys, will announce that on next Monday’s broadcast of its ESPN2 SportsNation [time redacted], it will try to set a record for the most mentions of Brett Favre on a TV show — with Guinness World Records now looking for the current record. via.
So “SportsNation” is looking to become–literally–the most annoying show in the history of television. What else would you expect from the monolith? They only seem to care about ratings and not showing Rachael Nichols’ breasts, and neither of those things leads to coherent television. Oh, wow…I’ve just gone through my calendar and I was already planning on not watching it. Sweet.
The old Gunslinger still has it. Down 24-20 with 87 seconds remaining, Brett Favre led the Vikings offense on an 80-yard touchdown drive, culminating with a 32-yard yard touchdown pass to Greg Lewis with two seconds left on the clock, as Minnesota pulled one out of their ass and beat the San Francisco 49ers 27-24.
In the end, I feel bad for the 49ers. They played their hearts out and all they have to look forward to is an eyeful of Mike Singletary dong.
Oh yeah, and the Detroit Lions snapped their epic fail 19-game losing streak, beating the Washington Redskins 19-14. Panic in the streets of D.C. Jim Zorn, I believe the bell tolls for thee.
