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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: MizzouTigerRepublican
Yep. That was 2 years ago and 1 year ago. Have you seen him play lately? Do you have any idea how many of the interceptions he's thrown this year were deflections off of receivers? I'm not saying he isn't capable of throwing them, I'm just saying he hasn't been.
81 posted on 01/08/2004 4:56:19 PM PST by Trust but Verify (Will work for W)
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To: SengirV
I think the "There is an angel on Brett's side" stuff is as stupid but just on the other end of the spectrum.

So do I. I have nothing whatsoever against Favre, admire him as a QB, and think the above article is pathetic. But I'm also sick of hearing this angel talk from sportscasters, most of whom probably don't have the foggiest notion as to what an angel even is, nor any understanding of any other God-related issue. Aren't some of them suggesting--in their tongue-in-cheek manner, of course--that Brett's father has "become" an angel? That's the epitome of ignorance.

MM

82 posted on 01/08/2004 4:56:53 PM PST by MississippiMan
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To: SengirV
I didn't say YOU were attacking the Favre family, the writer, who complained about the 'angel' thing did. Attacking the entire Favre family is below the belt, and waay out of bounds.
83 posted on 01/08/2004 4:59:23 PM PST by Trust but Verify (Will work for W)
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To: doug from upland
LOL!
84 posted on 01/08/2004 5:01:52 PM PST by ArneFufkin
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To: MizzouTigerRepublican; ArneFufkin
"... You have 4 others. San Jose Sharks, Golden State Warriors, Oakland Raiders and the Oakland A's"

Er, well, no:

Oakland is to San Francisco as Newark New Jersey is to Manhattan Island. I disavow any comparison to Oakland and the Raitards. The Golden State Warriors (also in Oakland)aren't even a basketball team. Oh sure, they play basketball in the NBA, but that's their only similarity to a basketball team. San Francisco ends halfway across the Bay Bridge in the West, the end of the Golden Gate Bridge where it dumps out into Taliban-boy John 'Abdul Hamid Walker-Lindh's mom's house to the North, and the graveyards of Colma California in the South.

As for San Jose Sharks being a San Francisco team, you guys need a better map. By that geographic standard, I guess that the Anaheim Angels have a relative football franchise in the San Diego Chargers.

San Jose is a very long swim from here, gents. It's an hour away south on I-101.

We have two teams here in SF. That's it.

85 posted on 01/08/2004 5:04:42 PM PST by The KG9 Kid (Semper Fi)
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To: The KG9 Kid
Ok, whatever!

Do you want me to ping an AM to pull my post? Maybe they can just insert "Phoenix" into the slot?

86 posted on 01/08/2004 5:10:12 PM PST by ArneFufkin
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To: ArneFufkin
Heheh... No. The matter has been cleared up. I believe the rest of your post.
87 posted on 01/08/2004 5:16:14 PM PST by The KG9 Kid (Semper Fi)
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To: The KG9 Kid
By Nielson they view the Oakland - San Francisco - San Jose bay area as one TV audience for geographic purposes. I lived in the bay area for 5 years. The Raiders have been a little more successful than the 40whiners as of late. Golden State has been pretty awful as of late but they do have some encouraging young players on the team. The trouble being the west is so loaded in basketball they have to leapfrog so many good teams just to get into the playoffs. If they played in the East they would be in the playoffs.
88 posted on 01/08/2004 5:18:04 PM PST by MizzouTigerRepublican (82nd ABN Gulf war vet)
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To: Trust but Verify
He threw 21 INT this year in the regular season! He is a risk taker that when they work they are great like on Monday night when they played the Raiders. When those risks are caught by the receivers they are bad like the STL playoff game or the ATL playoff game the last 2 years.
89 posted on 01/08/2004 5:19:45 PM PST by MizzouTigerRepublican (82nd ABN Gulf war vet)
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To: ArneFufkin
He was moving to New York to try to make a radio career. He told me when he made it big, he was going to rip open corruption at KQRS where the "Morning Crew" were sending their vacation and cash prizes to friends and associates.

Cabbe in New York? They'd eat that pinhead alive. Not that there's anything wrong with that :-))

And I just fumed through dinner, thinking of THAT incident, and realized that's when my complete dislike for the Vikequeens turned to pure hatred.

Did I tell you my favorite picture of the Cards-Queens game was the one of Chris Hovan on his knees after the Cards scored? I just love that picture. Love it.

And don't even mention Warren Sapp to me.

90 posted on 01/08/2004 5:22:01 PM PST by Catspaw
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To: Solson; King Prout
As an Eagles fan, I find this article appalling.
91 posted on 01/08/2004 5:25:05 PM PST by dyed_in_the_wool ("Who knows what might happen if enough young people start thinking that war is an option" - Carter)
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To: Catspaw
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.
92 posted on 01/08/2004 5:26:39 PM PST by MizzouTigerRepublican (82nd ABN Gulf war vet)
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To: MizzouTigerRepublican
"By Nielsen they view the Oakland - San Francisco - San Jose bay area as one TV audience for geographic purposes.

...If [The Golden State Warriors] played in the East they would be in the playoffs."

Are we talking about TV audience geographics, or sports team home towns? I forget.

As you know, California is a big state. We have more than just one big city here like a lot of people in the Midwest are used to. These locales are their own entity.

By the same token, if I were to displace the city of San Jose and drop it into the middle of Missouri, it just might be your biggest metropolitan city -- though it wouldn't have any good BBQ pits.

Anyway, back to the original thread: The author of this piece stands a good chance of being completely clowned after my Green Bay Packers conclude their game with Philadelphia this Sunday.

93 posted on 01/08/2004 5:27:22 PM PST by The KG9 Kid (Semper Fi)
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To: Dog; wisconsinconservative; Catspaw; John O; LouD; Solson; Tribune7; Temple Owl; Dr. Scarpetta; ...
I haven't read the article, nor will I, but I just heard local talk radio host Dom Giordano devote a half an hour to this.
 
He had village idiot, Don Russell, on the air and ripped him mercilessly. 
 
Bringing Favre's family and outside the lines issues into it?  Only the Daily News could think this was acceptable.  As of 8:20 the lines are jammed with Philadelphians destroying Russell (also known as "Joe Six Pack") for this idiotic, embarrassing rip job.
 
Unleash the hounds on Russell, let loose a torrent of emails to the sports editors of the Daily News (Email Jim Jenks or Gary Miles.) but don't paint the majority of Philadelphia Eagles fans with the opinion of a scrawler for the Daily News which is literally the "Highlights Magaizine" of U.S. Newspapers.
 

Owl_Eagle

”Guns Before Butter.”

94 posted on 01/08/2004 5:27:45 PM PST by End Times Sentinel (Fly Eagles Fly, On the Road to Victory! Fly Eagles Fly, Score a Touchdown One Two Three!)
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To: Catspaw
Actually Cat, he was a big Nordic tatooed Harley guy who could handle himself quite well ANYWHERE he went.

I don't do airport parking in a Mpls winter (spend six hours traveling and take the helm of a rolling icebox), so I used to call him directly to haul me out to MSP whenever I flew anywhere. He's a good guy, trust me. I believed him about Bernard and the Favre incident. He felt like crap about that.

95 posted on 01/08/2004 5:35:35 PM PST by ArneFufkin
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To: MizzouTigerRepublican
I didn't dispute his int #'s this year, I asked you if you know how many of those int's were because he threw the pass to the opponent, or because his receivers didn't/couldn't hold onto the ball and it caroomed off them into the hands of the defender.
He is completing 2/3 of his passes and had the most TD passes in the NFL, again.
96 posted on 01/08/2004 5:35:41 PM PST by Trust but Verify (Will work for W)
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To: MizzouTigerRepublican
You are quite a charmer. You should take your act over to the Philly fan chatroom, where you will no doubt be a hit.
97 posted on 01/08/2004 5:38:56 PM PST by Trust but Verify (Will work for W)
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To: Trust but Verify
If the Packers could grab Brian Dawkins, they'd be Super Bowl champs.
98 posted on 01/08/2004 5:39:04 PM PST by ArneFufkin
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To: Owl_Eagle
The fans are now just worried that this is going to make Favre and his teammates mad. If the Eagles win Sunday, they'll all be saying the same crap as this clown, Russell.
99 posted on 01/08/2004 5:40:39 PM PST by Trust but Verify (Will work for W)
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To: Trust but Verify
Why thank you. I hate the Eagles more than the Packers but the love fest with Brett Favre must cease. He has been over rated for the last 6 years. I am just pointing out the facts. If people don't like the facts they are wearing their rose colored glasses.
100 posted on 01/08/2004 5:44:15 PM PST by MizzouTigerRepublican (82nd ABN Gulf war vet)
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