Saturday, October 31, 2009
Brett Favre's return to Lambeu Field
This weekend in sports was a big one especially in both college and NFL football. We saw USC get handled against Oregon who shook up the BSC standings even more. Iowa remains undefeated after scoring 28 points in the fourth quarter to beat Indiana and keep their title hopes alive. We saw Chris Johnson and Maurice Jones Drew combine for 4 TD's and all 4 were 50 plus yards in the NFL. Ted Ginn Jr. returned two kickoffs for touchdowns as well, but the the most anticipated game had to be Brett Favre's return to Green Bay. This game was emotional for both sides because it is a huge rivalry in their division and after 16 years in Green Bay, Favre was returning as the enemy. Lets just say he was not welcomed with open arms when he came out onto the field. He was booed for the whole opening drive of the Vikings. Although the fans did boo him I could not help but notice number 4 Packer jerseys still in the crowd showing support for their former quarterback. I understand they need to boo the opposition, but at some times it seemed like those 16 years Favre was there meant nothing to the fans. He won them a Super Bowl there and never missed a game while he was a Packer. The fans need to realize that the NFL is a business as well as a sport and sometimes businesses have to make a decision for the future and they went with Rodgers. Favre was not ready to call it quits and from the looks of it he still has another Super Bowl run left in him with the team he has now. As the game clocked struck zero Favre had finished the game with 4 TD's and no interceptions in a another win against his former team. To add a little historical value to this post, Favre is the only player to play in all 32 NFL stadiums over his career.
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