Call Me Crazy

.... but I think Brett Favre may be getting too much attention during training camp. There was an article on ESPN.com this morning about Favre and Jets center Nick Mangold fumbling a snap and having to run a penalty lap together. (When I was playing football and someone on my team did something stupid in practice the coaches would make all the other players run a lap while the culprit sat there by himself, watching as all his friends and teammmates suffered. What a great sport.) I especially enjoyed the quote at the bottom from New York Head Coach Eric Mangini when he was asked what Brett had to eat that day.

I guess when you really think about it, all this attention Favre is getting isn't that strange. It's a pretty slow time right now in sports. I mean it's not like 31 other teams are going through training camp, too. It's not like one of the three major American team sports is gearing up for its stretch run. It's not like the Olympics just started. We need to hear about everything Brett is doing. (Truth be told I don't mind this at all. Brett Favre and the Jets being the center of attention means we aren't getting as many of those ridiculous reports about nothing from a breathless Ed Werder live at the Dallas Cowboys training facility. God, I hate the Cowboys.)

Check out this guy's Olympic Soccer Blog, also from ESPN. At the risk of sounding like a tremendous blowhard, I really think I could have done that. Forget about Olympic soccer, I just want to be sent on assignment blogs of any kind. For example: Okay John, go to Jorgen's house and have dinner with him and Amanda, then blog about it. Or, go out to a bar with Jeff and his new lady friend, then blog about it. Go on a vacation with your family, including your mother, then blog about everything she does. You're telling me people wouldn't want to read that? Surely you jest.

There are two people I know who take NFL Preseason Football very seriously. The first is Ed Salmons, who overreacts to every single play like it is a playoff game. Yesterday he was criticizing the Redskins for taking the game too seriously because they were huddling. I am really not making that up. So I asked him what he wanted them to do. Should they just line up and run a random play like a bunch of kids on a playground? He didn't respond, surprisngly enough. I'm sure you can learn a lot from watching preseason games but let's keep in mind that these are just exhibition games. Just another way for the NFL owners to squeeze a few dollars out of sucker fans like me.

The other person I know who takes the preseason way too seriously is my brother, Peter Murray. Last night was his girlfriend's birthday and he went to the Redskins-Bills game instead of hanging with her. Dude.... You are way too good for him, Elaina.


(Sorry, bro. I secretly love you for it.)



(Whoops.... Secret's out.)



(Sorry, Elaina.)


I'd keep going but I'm no longer in the mood. It looks like I just lost a NASCAR matchup bet and I'm honestly not sure exactly why but I know enough to know that I just got screwed. The guy I bet on was running 1st and I look up when I hear the announcers saying "Ohhh.... Bad break for Junior" and watch him plummet down the leaderboard to 30th. Great. Another "Variance." Gotta love those.

Besides I'm a little gunshy about blogging right now because of Austin. Yesterday he mocked the concept of having a blog in front of Ed. Then later that night, he caught me reading my own blog. It was literally the worst moment of my life.

I hate that guy.



Enjoy the game.