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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: Lando Lincoln
Favre looks good like that. : )
281 posted on 01/10/2004 12:55:52 AM PST by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet (GO PACKERS!)
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To: Lando Lincoln
I would think that Packer fans would have more class than to act like a Drug Addict Favre is not god.
282 posted on 01/10/2004 5:30:43 AM PST by MizzouTigerRepublican (82nd ABN Gulf war vet)
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To: ArneFufkin
First of all Dallas was not in football back in the 20's. So when comparing them we use the modern era and that is the Superbowl. Since I used your words.. the Superbowl you don't like it. Hey we cant all have won 5 superbowls. But when you didn't win that argument you phrased it a different way. I am sure that you don't like the fact that your Packers have been beaten 7 of the last 8 times they have played Dallas. You didn't have a comment for that one.
283 posted on 01/10/2004 5:33:25 AM PST by MizzouTigerRepublican (82nd ABN Gulf war vet)
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To: jaugust
Why is not classy to dislike a drug addict? If you want to love drug addicts that is your business. I dont like Michael Irvin and he was a Cowboy with a drug problem. Each person has their favorite players and teams. Take the blinders off for a minute and dont think that whole world loves Brett Favre just because you do.
284 posted on 01/10/2004 5:35:43 AM PST by MizzouTigerRepublican (82nd ABN Gulf war vet)
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To: MizzouTigerRepublican
Why is not classy to dislike a drug addict?

Class hasn't much to do with it. It's more about compassion and admiration, neither of which seem to be found in abundant quantities in your repertoire.

They seem to have been replaced with a boatload of "holier-than-thou."

285 posted on 01/10/2004 5:52:00 AM PST by brewcrew
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To: sinkspur
Buddy Ryan

You could have gone all day without saying that name! LOL!

286 posted on 01/10/2004 6:00:47 AM PST by lonestar (Don't mess with Texas)
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To: Lando Lincoln
Thanks--as do you!

Our good manners may have something to do with the fact that we are both from the "Lando Lincoln". I was born in Bloomington, IL and the bulk of my relatives still reside in that neck of the woods.
287 posted on 01/10/2004 6:27:36 AM PST by randita
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To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
Here is an excerpt from this morning's Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. I'd be ticked as an Eagles fan or player that this idiot gave the Packers more motivation.

Philly fodder

Center Mike Flanagan hadn't read in its entirety an opinion column regarding Brett Favre that appeared Thursday in the Philadelphia Daily News. Nevertheless, he was outraged by the gist of it.

Written by Don Russell, the column itemized some of the less-memorable moments in Favre family history. Russell referred to Favre as "Saint" Brett and mocked the notion that the death of Irvin Favre on Dec. 21 had had some bearing on the Packers' playoff fortunes.

"The guy's a scumbag," Flanagan said. "I'm embarrassed to be the same species that man is. You don't do that. Involving his family is so classless."

The Packers hardly need any more motivation.

"It's gotten around," Flanagan said. "I think guys know about it. For sure, when game time comes around, everybody will know about it."We were talking earlier. Should Brett know? It will be hard to keep away from him, I'm sure."

Lando

288 posted on 01/10/2004 6:42:41 AM PST by Lando Lincoln (The Vermin had vermin)
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To: MizzouTigerRepublican; brewcrew; Lando Lincoln
"Take the blinders off for a minute and dont think that whole world loves Brett Favre just because you do."

FAVRE IS MOST POPULAR ATHLETE IN SPORTS TODAY

So who's wearing the blinders??

289 posted on 01/10/2004 7:49:02 AM PST by MozartLover ("Gentlemen, this is a football." V. Lombardi. "Coach, you're going too fast." Max McGee)
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To: sinkspur
May as well be prototypical Yankee obnoxiousness.

Aw, you're just crabby because the Cowgirls got spanked last week and exited the playoffs in pathetic fashion.
290 posted on 01/10/2004 8:02:27 AM PST by Antoninus (In hoc signo, vinces †)
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To: MizzouTigerRepublican
So what? Where are the Cowboys playing this weekend? Ooops, that's right. They stunk it up in NC last weekend.
291 posted on 01/10/2004 8:20:12 AM PST by Trust but Verify (Will work for W)
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To: MizzouTigerRepublican
Take the blinders off for a minute and dont think that whole world loves Brett Favre just because you do.

Amen, brother. I liked the 6 INT St Louis game as well.

292 posted on 01/10/2004 8:25:35 AM PST by wi jd
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To: MozartLover; MizzouTigerRepublican; brewcrew
Excellent and timely! My guess is that our FRiend from Missouri is less concerned over Brett Favre than he is in being contrary. Have a great day everyone!

Lando

293 posted on 01/10/2004 8:28:35 AM PST by Lando Lincoln (The Vermin had vermin)
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To: Antoninus
Aw, you're just crabby because the Cowgirls got spanked last week and exited the playoffs in pathetic fashion.

Talk about pathetic!

You seek me out to take a gratuitous swipe.

Parcells will have the Cowboys in the Super Bowl in two years, bub.

Then, you'll have to figure out something else to be nasty about.

294 posted on 01/10/2004 8:35:49 AM PST by sinkspur (Adopt a shelter dog or cat! You'll save one life, and maybe two!)
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To: MizzouTigerRepublican
Was trying to point out in your post that it was dripping with hatred. There are many things I hate but people is not one of them. Even with his flaws, Favre is well- liked around these parts. I recall that Mark Chmura was alienated by Packer fans after his problems with his teenaged babysitter. His popularity went way down. But Favre's problems was an addiction to painkillers, not exactly an alienating type occurance. Hatred is as subjective as love, and not a valid argument in any case. Would you abandon a friend if you discovered he had an addiction to pain killers, or would you try to help him overcome his problem?
295 posted on 01/10/2004 8:59:05 AM 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: sinkspur
"Parcells will have the Cowboys in the Super Bowl in two years, bub."

It'll take that long? You don't have much faith in the "Big Tuna" do you?
296 posted on 01/10/2004 9:10:26 AM 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: jaugust
Would you abandon a friend if you discovered he had an addiction to pain killers, or would you try to help him overcome his problem?

I'm not sure I know how he'd answer that.

The bigger issue is that Favre has overcome his problem and become a better husband, father, quarterback, and - dare I say? - role model in the process. Some people can't see those kinds of things when they're staring them in the face, though.

297 posted on 01/10/2004 9:41:46 AM PST by brewcrew
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To: Lando Lincoln
("The Green Bay Packers never lost a football game. They just ran out of time." - V. Lombardi)
298 posted on 01/10/2004 10:48:37 AM PST by FBD (...Please press 2 for English...for 'Espanol, please stay on the line...)
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To: Solson
save
299 posted on 01/10/2004 11:10:15 AM PST by UB355
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To: MozartLover
This is worthy of it's own thread, don't you think?

Lando

300 posted on 01/10/2004 11:15:21 AM PST by Lando Lincoln (The Vermin had vermin)
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