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Dad's memory isn't doing him any Favre - Philly - What Class!
Philadelphia Daily News ^ | 1/8/04 | Classless Don Russell

Posted on 01/08/2004 2:48:16 PM PST by Solson

After Brett Favre's dad, "Big Irv," died last month, even Eagles fans felt sorry for the Green Bay Packers' star quarterback.

For about three minutes.

Then we found out the Birds would be playing the Packers in the second round of the NFC playoffs.

And now, Birds fans are bad-mouthing Favre, big time.

On talk radio, they mocked his dad's ascension to heaven.

On the Internet, they're laughing at the idea that, as one TV sportscaster proclaimed, "There's an angel on the shoulders of the Packers."

The trash talk at the Eagles' official fan site only ceased when the Web site moderator threatened to ban anyone who joked about Big Irv.

There is no pity in Philly for "Saint" Brett.

Family tree
FATHER:

Irvin Favre. As a high school football coach, he helped Southern Miss violate NCAA rules to recruit his son.

WIFE: Deanna. He got her pregnant when he was 18, and she was 19. Married her seven years later.

BROTHER: Scott. Killed a family friend when he drove his car into a railroad crossing and got hit by a train. Jailed for DUI.

SISTER: Brandi. A Mississippi beauty queen, arrested for shoplifting.

Model citizen

In 1992, Favre was arrested after a barroom brawl in Hattiesburg, Miss., that began when he was arguing with the future Mrs. Favre. A bystander tried to intervene, and soon Favre was wrestling him to the floor. Favre was charged with drunkenness, disorderly conduct, and profanity.

Pillhead

Favre was a substance abuser in the mid-1990s. In 1996, he announced he was addicted to Vicodin, a prescription pain-killer.

The NFL sent him to the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kan., to dry out. Favre now says he's sober.

Mentor

"The biggest problem wasn't getting the pills down, it was keeping them down. I'd go into the bathroom, take a big slug of water, and try swallowing a handful of pills. Most of the time, I'd just throw them right back up and they'd land on the floor. No big deal. I'd just pick the pills out of the vomit, rinse them off, and try again."

- From "Vicodin, Rehab and Beer. Hey, It Won Me a Super Bowl," an excerpt from Favre's 1998 autobiography, "Favre: For The Record," published in Esquire magazine

Caring father figure

During his Vicodin addiction, Favre went into a seizure in front of his 7-year-old daughter. While watching her dad convulsing, the child screamed, "Is my daddy going to die? Is my daddy going to die?"

A reformed man

Favre was sprung from rehab after lying to his counselors. In his autobiography, he brags:

"Finally, I told them what they wanted to hear: that I was a drug addict and I needed help. Sure enough, a week later they said, 'We think you're ready to leave.'

"...Then I walked out the door and was like, 'Screw you.' "

Dork

He's a clubhouse prankster who's been known to put Heet ointment in players' jockstraps and shaving cream in their helmets. Once, he doused his own roommate with a bucket of ice water while he was on a commode.

If he wasn't making $10 million a year, somebody would've already pushed him off a tall building.

Hollywood star

In his best-known screen role, "There's Something About Mary," he somehow manages to lose Cameron Diaz to Ben Stiller. In the lesser-known "Reggie's Prayer," Favre plays a janitor in an all-star cast that includes M.C. Hammer, Reggie White, Mike Holmgren and Pat Morita.

A gentleman

Favre likes to fart. A lot. He told Playboy:

"If I'm on a golf outing with [Dan] Marino and [Jim] Kelly and they're getting ready to hit, I'll rip a big fart. They say, 'That's awful!' But why? Everybody does it. Just because you're a professional athlete or a politician doesn't mean you stop taking dumps and scratching your ass. Of course, there's a time and place for humor like that. I don't go to corporate events, where everyone is in a suit and tie, and start cutting farts. Not loud ones, anyway."

Wuss

Brett is scared of the dark. He sleeps with a light on.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: classless; eagles; favre; favrehaters; football; nfl; packers; twobithacks
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To: Hatteras
And the greatness of the Cowboys smokes all your teams with 5 wins in 8 trips.
261 posted on 01/09/2004 8:37:34 PM PST by MizzouTigerRepublican (82nd ABN Gulf war vet)
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To: SengirV
Agreed, I have been listening to Philly sports radio for the last couple of days and most callers and the on air people think the article is tasteless and immature. It is a very small percentage of Philly fans that behave the way the media portrays them. Of course most people outside of Philly love to knock them because is seems the neat thing to do.
262 posted on 01/09/2004 8:41:44 PM PST by Right Wing Puppy
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To: SengirV
Agreed, I have been listening to Philly sports radio for the last couple of days and most callers and the on air people think the article is tasteless and immature. It is a very small percentage of Philly fans that behave the way the media portrays them. Of course most people outside of Philly love to knock them because is seems the neat thing to do.
263 posted on 01/09/2004 8:44:52 PM PST by Right Wing Puppy
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To: MizzouTigerRepublican
The Packers have won 6 NFL Championsips in 8 finals since the Cowboys came into the league in 1960.
264 posted on 01/09/2004 8:46:42 PM PST by ArneFufkin
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To: ArneFufkin
LOL!! I thought I recognized you!!
265 posted on 01/09/2004 8:50:25 PM PST by jaugust ("I have a good mind to join the club and beat you over the head with it". ---Groucho!)
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To: Lancey Howard
"This piece is just a (partly) tongue-in-cheek attempt to get the fans riled up."

I don't think it takes much to get Phils fans riled up. And they certainly don't need any help from a sportswriter. Some of this is fun stuff but when it gets into the personal, then it's over the top. To quite a few of us Packer fans this is old news, and it just doesn't do any good to dredge up old news.
266 posted on 01/09/2004 9:04:11 PM PST by jaugust ("I have a good mind to join the club and beat you over the head with it". ---Groucho!)
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To: ArneFufkin
If you want to count NFL Championships then I am sure the Browns or Bears would hold that record with all the championships they won in the 30's and 40's. Since the Superbowl is about the modern era of football the Packers have been to 4 Superbowls and won 3. The Cowboys have been to 8 and won 5. The first superbowl was played in 1967. You were the one quoting superbowls before but now that some other team is better than yours it is now NFL Championships.
267 posted on 01/09/2004 9:09:11 PM PST by MizzouTigerRepublican (82nd ABN Gulf war vet)
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To: MizzouTigerRepublican
"I have 3 favorite Packer moments. First is the picture of Favre laying down like a little girl so Strahan could sack him to set the sack record. The second one is the one where Favre is setting on the bench with a towel over his head after the 6th INT versus STL in the playoffs 2 years ago. The last one is the one where Favre is at the podium saying he had a drug problem."




I would think that an 82nd ABN GulfWar vet would have more class than that.
Cheers!
268 posted on 01/09/2004 9:12:31 PM PST by jaugust ("I have a good mind to join the club and beat you over the head with it". ---Groucho!)
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To: MizzouTigerRepublican
If you want to count NFL Championships then I am sure the Browns or Bears would hold that record with all the championships they won in the 30's and 40's.

Wrong. The Packers' 12 NFL Championships are the league record. Da Bears have 9 NFL Championships, and one Super Bowl. I shouldn't go on but I can't help myself. The Packers' 24-12 post-season mark is the best of all-time, and the Green and Gold is also the only team in the league to win 3 consecutive championships, and they did it twice - '29-'31 and '65-67. Finally, since '92, '93, '94, '95, '96, and '97, the Packers have the best record in the NFL.

The Packers' legacy in professional football is matched only by the Yankees in baseball and Celtics in basketball.

269 posted on 01/09/2004 9:30:18 PM PST by Kryptonite
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To: jaugust
I agree with you. Good natured ribbing is one thing - - slash and burn (over a freakin' football game!) is another. Please see post #177.

Regards,
LH
270 posted on 01/09/2004 9:31:02 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Solson
This is the second rude, crude and socially unacceptable article from Philadelphia about Farve that Ive seen today. Are all Philly sports writers a$$holes or what?

It will be a real pleasure watching Green Bay kick the beagles arses Sunday.

271 posted on 01/09/2004 9:31:31 PM PST by Stewart_B ("You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.")
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To: MizzouTigerRepublican
If you want to count NFL Championships then I am sure the Browns or Bears would hold that record with all the championships they won in the 30's and 40's

The Green Bay Packers have won 12 NFL Championships in 15 finals. The Cleveland Browns have won 4 Championships in 9 tries, and the Bears have won 6 Championships in 11 tries.

Anything else you are "sure" of that you want to share with the group?

272 posted on 01/09/2004 9:32:38 PM PST by ArneFufkin
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To: Kryptonite
"was impressed with the hardy souls who weathered the elements."

I and my girl friend were two of those hardy souls sitting 48 rows up in sec 103 for the Seahawks game. At the niners game back in Nov, I talked with a guy who had come over to the section I was in from one of the club seating sections. He said it was boring as heck. Couldn't hear any crowd noise on the inside. I came to the conclusion that if one wants to sit inside for a game (of any kind)at a stadium then they should just stay at home, pull up an easy chair and watch it on a big screen HDTV. There's nothing like being part of the crowd and being inside would be, for me at least, too far removed from the game.
273 posted on 01/09/2004 9:33:08 PM PST by jaugust ("I have a good mind to join the club and beat you over the head with it". ---Groucho!)
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To: ArneFufkin
Correction ... the Bears have won 8 championships ... 1932, 1933, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1963 amd 1985.
274 posted on 01/09/2004 9:37:34 PM PST by ArneFufkin
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To: Kryptonite
Apparently you don't realize that the NFL didn't exist until the Cowboys won their first Super Bowl. ;^)

I'm going to give the Cowboys an 5-5 NFL Championship record, having lost to the Packers in 1966 and 1967 when the Super Bowl was a AFL-NFL matchup. So, certainly, the five losses put the Cowboys into rarefied air.

275 posted on 01/09/2004 9:43:13 PM PST by ArneFufkin
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To: ArneFufkin
Cleveland/Baltimore/Cleveland didn't even show up on my radar screen, but even da Bears beat out da Boyz.
276 posted on 01/09/2004 9:43:23 PM PST by Kryptonite
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To: jaugust
I agree completely - I greatly prefer being down in the stands for a game, and really enjoyed it last week.

But at least for one game this year, I envied the folks in the boxes because I couldn't get the Queen meltdown on in my living room.


277 posted on 01/09/2004 9:56:14 PM PST by Kryptonite
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To: MizzouTigerRepublican; jaugust
I would think that an 82nd ABN GulfWar vet would have more class than that.

I agree.

Lando

278 posted on 01/09/2004 10:19:04 PM PST by Lando Lincoln (The Vermin had vermin)
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To: Kryptonite
lol.....that's great.:)
279 posted on 01/09/2004 10:36:20 PM PST by MozartLover ("Gentlemen, this is a football." V. Lombardi. "Coach, you're going too fast." Max McGee)
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To: Lando Lincoln
LOL (I have a Lombardi mask, by the way.)
280 posted on 01/10/2004 12:54:01 AM PST by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet (GO PACKERS!)
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