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Favre Gunslinger 101: It Ain’t About You

Posted: 2nd December 2009 by Janean Marti in NFL
Getting ready for a Minnesota Viking game used to be easy. Don a few fake golden braids, use them to beat your chest in rhythm to the incessant question of why, why, why are the Vikings are 0-4 in Superbowls, and then ask the wife if putting a few rhinestones in the braids make you look too fat or too 'you know.' Now, the player Vikings fans ...

Brett Favre Cult Culture: The Decline of America

Posted: 2nd November 2009 by Janean Marti in NFL
The saddest sight at the Lambeau Field Favre-apalooza was the slightly chubby chick and her balding male counterpart holding up a sign proclaiming their undying love for Brett Favre. Apparently the couple believed leaving the community of Packer fans for a declaration of undying love for one NFL football player would somehow connect them with the celebrity of the player. One imagines the chubby chick would see ...