Media Observation About The Championship Game

I must vent a little. I knew the media would go gaga this week after the Vikings handily beat the Cowboys, but I had no clue it would be this bad. Less than two days after the Saints trounced the reining NFC champs by 31 points and held an offense that had scored 50 plus the prior week to only 14, EVERYBODY’s still picking the Vikes to beat us. Apparently, it won’t even be close. I have been doing a bit of reading and I’ve learned that Jared Allen will defend the Saint’s offense by himself and hold us to a field goal. Brett Favre is going to throw 9 touchdown passes to Sydney Rice’s quadriplegic aunt Ree-Ree. Adrian Peterson will rush for 647 yards and 6 scores without ever leaving the team jet.

I’m joking a little of course, but it IS truly bad. I actually read an article this morning that said Brett Favre is clearly the better QB in this game because he unretired to win a championship, therefore he “wants it more”. Besides, he grew up only one hour from New Orleans so this is practically a home game for him, right? Damn. I’m glad I read this article, because all year I had been duped into thinking that Brees actually wanted to win a Superbowl. I was fooled again because, according to ESPN, Saints fans will be rooting for Favre because he grew up in Mississippi!

Other things I’ve learned from the talking heads:
Reggie won’t have 2 good games in a row, but Sydney Rice will.
Jared Allen will paint the dome red with Jermon Bushrod’s blood.
Favre won a Superbowl in the dome in 1847, therefore this is a home game: Advantage Vikes
The Cowboys were 100x better than us: Vikes roll by 40+
Darren Sharper forgot everything he ever knew about Favre or the Vikings offense.
Pat Williams will eat all three of our pro-bowl linemen for Breakfast and have Zack Strief for Brunch
Even though the Vikes are .500 on the road this year with victories over such juggernauts as St. Louis, Detroit, and Cleveland, Favre will Favry Favre farver farvy favre
The Vikings lost by two touchdowns to Arizona and three touchdowns to Carolina, but Favre is from Mississippi so this cancels out.
Jared Allen and Demarcus Ware are the only two elite pass rushers in the NFL. Will Smith is an actor who starred in “Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
The Saints can stop Larry Fitzgerald, Randy Moss, and Terrelle Owens but we have no answers for Percy Harvin.
The “Bring the Wood” baseball bat was the only reason we beat the Cardinals.


Vegas likes us by 3.5 in the early lines (this is all that really counts as far as I’m concerned). Don’t get me wrong….I like flying under the radar a little, but these guys are not getting the respect they deserve and I’m just glad we will have the chance Sunday to retire Favre…… at least until after 2010 training camp when he “unretires” again.

OK, I’m done. I feel better now.