Die-hard fan made bet on Favre’s return

After Brett Favre made a bet with his alumni baseball team the Golden Eagles that he would return to NFL if the team returns to College World Series, a die-hard Favre fan made a bet to his friend that he would quit his job to watch Vikings games if Favre wears back his purple and gold No.4 Favre jersey.

Tomilick Hernandez, a magazine editor, is a long-time Vikings fan and has been a supporter for Favre since his arrival to Minnesota in last August. Hernandez missed quite a few games last season because of his limited spare time, but was still excited on the victories Favre led his beloved team to. Despite disappointment on the failure to win a Super Bowl appearance, the fan still believes that Favre is able to lead the Vikings back into playoffs if he returns for the 2010 season. However, some of his friends totally disagree with him and said that Favre was too old to win games.

In order to show his support for Favre, Hernandez bet that he would be a full-time audience for the NFL season if Favre makes official announcement on his return. He said that he would record all the victories Favre and Vikings achieve during the season and let his friend know why a legend is a legend.

Vikings offensive coordinator Bevell believes in Favre’s return

Among the many people who believe that Brett Favre will return to play for the Minnesota Vikings in 2010 season, Vikings offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell has his belief become a special one because it is considered to be evidence.

Bevell could be the one Favre was most familiar with in Minnesota when arriving as new member of the Vikings. They got to know each other in the early 1990s, when Bevell was still a quarterback with the University of Wisconsin and Favre was already playing with the Green Bay Packers. The relationship continued after Bevell joined the Packers to become Favre’s position coach. Bevell was the one left Packers first and he found new job as offensive coordinator with the Vikings, and Favre reunited with his long-time friend in 2009 offseason. So if Bevell said that Favre was very likely to return, more people would be convinced the quarterback would really wear back the Vikings style of Favre jersey.

Bevell indeed expressed his confidence in Favre’s return last week. Although he insisted that he had not been told about the quarterback’s decision, he believed that Favre would pick up the starting job anytime when he returns. When he was asked about possible impact of the NFC loss to the New Orleans Saints, Bevell’s answer was somehow encouraging, as he said Favre never make decision based on one play. Instead, as Favre took the 2009 season as his career best, the return is simply more likely to happen than retirement.

Favre fan won weight-losing competition

If you are at 526-pound fan for Brett Favre, I guess it would be very difficult for you to find a good Brett Favre jersey to fit your body. Actually, the problem is bothering quite a lot of over-weight sports fans, and the story of Michael Vent could teach them something about body building.

Vent has been a fan for Favre since he was pupil and always dreamed of being a star football player like Favre. However, with an inappropriate eating habit, he grew up into a 526-pound fat man, who surely had no chance to become an athlete in any kind of sports. What caused him to determine lose the extra weight was Favre’s performance in 2009. Just as many other people previously believed, Vent did not think Favre could play as excellent as before at age 40. To his surprise, Favre made it and led the Minnesota Vikings to the NFC championship game. Then Vent wondered, if a 40-year-old man could have that kind of success, why could not he himself, at age 25, do a much easier thing like losing weight?

In order to get strong enough motivation, Vent entered for a national weight-losing competition and had the audience supervise his own plan. By the end of the three-month competition, Vent successfully lost more than a half o his body weight to be a 264-pound handsome young man and won the championship of the competition. You can imagine how excited he was for that achievement. Now Vent is planning to buy a favorite Favre jersey and Vikings’ season-ticket with the prize he earned to watch the all the games played by Favre.

Archie Manning said Favre’s return was expectable

While many people are discussion with excitement about Brett Favre’s ankle surgery and his possible return, former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning said it was nothing new to him as he always believed that Favre would return to the Vikings for 2010 season and the surgery was just expectable.

Watching 40-year-old Favre lead the Minnesota Vikings to the NFC championship game against his former team New Orleans Saints, Archie Manning saw Favre’s potential to continue with his brilliant performance even if he is older than most of his teammates and some coaches. Although the Vikings finally lost the NFC title to the Saints after the overtime loss, Archie Manning still believed that Favre could lead his team to win if the two teams rematch when the quarterback is 100 percent healthy.

The rematch is really going to happen in early September for the 2010 NFL season opener. Since knowing the schedule, Archie Manning has had the belief that Favre would return to make the revenge on Saints. He will prove that he is still able to win a Super Bowl ring at an NFL retirement age. As a former star quarterback himself, Archie Manning knows well what Favre is able to do with a strong sense of honor. As for the time of Favre’s retirement, Archie Manning joked that he is not expecting Favre, originally a Saints fan, to put on his favorite Archie Manning jersey watching others playing football in near future.

Brett Favre will award Golden Eagles with his return to NFL

While most football fans and NFL insiders are waiting for a decision from the Minnesota Vikings pending starting quarterback Brett Favre, some young college football players became the first group of people who heard confirming words from the football star.

The college baseball team for the University of Southern Mississippi, Golden Eagles welcomed their famous alumnus and was proud that their performance could determine the Vikings quarterback’s playing status in 2010 NFL season, as Favre made a bet that he would make an immediate decision to wear back his No.4 Brett Favre jersey for his 20th NFL season once the team manages to get pass for the College World Series.

“If you guys go back to the College World Series this year I will come back and play,” the 40-year-old quarterback answered when his young alumni asked about his decision on his career future. “How about that? You go back and I go back.”

Since Favre did not sound like joking, there is now a great chance for him to return with the Vikings as the Golden Eagles are very promising to earn a berth in the playoffs. The team made tournament appearance last year and is currently one of the top 30 teams in the nation. Favre’s wager will definitely give these young players a stronger motivation to win.

Vikings quit first-round draft by trading 30th pick to Lions

While we are reading news of most NFL teams drafting new players, there is no move made by the Minnesota Vikings. I first got to know that the New Orleans Saints used their 32nd pick to draft cornerback Patrick Robinson, and then was surprised to know that the Detroit Lions had the No. 30th pick to pick running back Ndamukong Suh.

Later reports told us that the Vikings had traded the 30th overall draft pick to the Lions for second-round draft picks. It seemed that they are still waiting for Brett Favre’s decision before they make final decision on what to draft. As the second-round pick is to be held on Friday night, we will not know what the team’s plan is until then.

The first-round pick traded to Lions paid the Vikings back with 34th overall pick and a seventh rounder. The team also traded their 128th overall pick to the Lions for a No. 100 pick. Such moves caused a lot to doubt the Vikings just have no intention to pick quarterback that could fill in the spot if Favre decides not to wear back the No. 4 Vikings jersey. Considering that they have already re-signed with backup quarterback Tarvaris Jackson, it is unlikely that the team quit the first-round draft because of pending decision on quarterback. Perhaps they just want to make things appear more intriguing so that more people pay attention to them. Who knows!

Vikings fans continue with their effort to retain Favre

Although the NFL scouting combine will begin this week in Indianapolis and a team may find a new star there, the Minnesota Vikings fan believe that quarterback Brett Favre should remain their star.

Vikings fans continue to take matters into their own hands in an attempt to persuade Favre to return to the team in 2010. Following the Vikings’ loss in the NFC Championship game, billboards were taken out in Hattiesburg urging the future Hall of Famer to make decision of wearing back Vikings jersey. This Monday, a full-page color ad was used on this day’s Hattiesburg Newspaper to continue persuading Favre to make decision.

According to 39-year-old Benjamin Nelms from Madison, Wisconsin, a Favre supporter, the ad is already paid for and cost him about twice as much as season tickets. But he surely consider it deserves- in the ad he thanks Favre for a great season and urges him to get healthy and return to the team in 2010.

Coach Childress will stay with Vikings through 2013 season

Having been coach for the Minnesota Vikings for four years, Brad Childress will stay with the team for a few more years and is expected to help the team win more games.

Childress signed a five-year, $10 million deal with Owner Zygi Wilf in 2006, and the team under his watch has improved each year: going 6-10 in 2006, 8-8 in 2007 and 10-6 with an NFC North title last season. As for this season, the Vikings has been 8-1 and Wilf decided to give Childress more incentives to encourage more improvements before battling with the undefeated New Orleans Saints for the top seed in the NFC-he signed to three-year contract extension with the coach.

What Childress impressed the boss most is that he has instilled a positive environment and created a strong foundation for future success, including persuading star quarterback Brett Favre to get out of retirement and put on purple No.4 Vikings jersey.

Brett Favre may still stay with Vikings for 2010 season

It has been rumored that star quarterback Brett Favre has bought a bunch of land in Preston, Minnesota for deer hunting. And that causes a lot to believe that the quarterback will still wear purple No. 4 Vikings jersey for 2010 season.

Plus, Favre has signed a $13 million contract with the Vikings for next season. But the contract is just less convincing than the land-buying because Favre, who is well-known for changing decision to people’s surprise, may still make mind to retire if he does not like the players, coach or stadium of the team.

The Vikings are 8-1 now, and very sure they will go directly to the playoff for this season. It is just not a bad idea for Favre to end his career in Minnesota: bringing the team to a Super Bowl will make it more likely for him to enter the Hall of Fame.

Favre get ready for playing against old team in Green Bay

The Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre will play in Green Bay this weekend. What is his feeling about playing against the team he used to play with and facing the fans that used to support him? Not sure, but it will not be nervous or nauseous.

Although nervous and nauseous was Favre felt in his first preseason game with the Vikings, it won’t be used to describe his status in the highly hyped rematch in Green Bay at Lambeau Field, as Favre already played a home game against the Packers at the Metrodome.

It is just so different to see Favre wearing rival purple and white Vikings jersey rather than the green and gold Packers jersey. We can expect a mixture of cheers and boos for the NFL’s all-time leading passer being a visitor at Lambeau for the first time. But what I expect more is to see the Vikings set their 7-1 record.

Hall of Famer Hornung: Favre will not win in Vikings

If you consider Paul Hornung and Brett Favre to be friends, do not believe that Hornung will keep saying good about Favre since he has turned will-he-or-won't-he retire into a cottage industry.

Unlike the quarterback, Hornung still bleeds green and gold at. He predicted that Favre will not win in the Vikings at the Marshview Conservation Club's 10th annual sports banquet. Obviously he was quite unhappy with the Favre's probably going to join Packers' bitter rival the Vikings.

“(Favre) ain’t going to win in Minnesota,” Hornung told the crowd on Tuesday night. “I’ll bet on it.”

That last line drew waves of laughs from the 300 people in attendance at the fundraiser. As any diehard Packers fan from the Glory Years knows, the "Golden Boy" was suspended from the NFL in 1963 for betting on games. He never wore giants jersey.

Hornung had a great time with those who attended the banquet. He told tales from his football playing days at Green Bay. It seemed that he was still charismatic and boastful even at the age of 73.

Bears LB Briggs considered Favre not a big threat

As the Vikings is talking with QB Brett Favre about a signing contract, a member of their rival team Bears said that he did not consider Favre a big threat.

Bears LB Lance Briggs said he'd love to see Favre become the Vikings' starting quarterback, because "he's going to hurt you, but he's also going to throw you a few," said Briggs. "He threw me the first interception I ever returned for a touchdown in the NFL."

Briggs still believes that Vikings are tough rival because they are the defending champions and their RB Adrian Peterson is a most dangerous weapon.

Vikings coach Childress answered questions about Favre cleverly

News about retired QB Brett Favre never stops. As the Vikings has been considered the most possible team Favre will choose, its coach Brad Childress alwasy has to face a lot of questions about Favre. On Thursday media session, Childress again faced these questions, and as usual he used his question-dodging skills sharply.

23 of the 24 questions are about Favre, and Childress just did not tell any detailed thing about Vikings and Favre. "I don’t get into that hypothetical-type of stuff." "I’m not going to speculate on that." These are the only answer reporters could get from him. He denied reports that the Vikings had given Favre a deadline to decide whether or not to come out of retirement. He refused to confirm any speculation on the story happening between the Vikings and Favre.

That's it. The public has to wait and continue to guess what will happen next day.