First of all, I’d like to say sorry for the lack of updates. It’s a slow time for football, and I just recently had a three day business trip in Atlanta (I’m currently residing in Houston), and my bride-to-be had a softball tournament for teachers on Saturday. It’s been a busy week.

It’s May – the draft is over, the “grades” are out, free agency has been completed (for the most part), and the season doesn’t start for a good three plus months. What are us football fans to do?

Oh yeah.

Brett Favre is a tramp and and life-ruiner

Brett Favre…the little scratch on the roof of your mouth that would heal if only you could stop tonguing it, but you can’t.

Brett Favre. “He who shall not be named.” The Cancer. The good ol’ boy who just wants to mow his lawn. Whatever you want to call him, the media loves him, and they certainly can’t stop tonguing him.  Yes, I said it – tonguinghim. After last year’s unretirement debacle, Favre is trying to do it again, as we all know, and after joining the “will he” or “won’t he” debate for a few weeks, I’ve decided – that’s it. I don’t care anymore. If he signs with the Vikings, he signs. Nothing to be done about it. I’m not going to let my emotions be toyed with by Mr. Wrangler. What happens, happens, and I’ll be a Vikings fan till the end. If he does join, I’ll hope the old bastard does well, but I certainly won’t like him one bit.

In other news: why can’t the season start now? Gah, I just can’t wait. OTAs start this week, so there will be some news on the Tarvaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels battle for the starting gig, as well as Percy Harvin’s debut in a Vikings’ practice uniform. That’s exciting stuff.

Besides that, it’s just a hurry up and wait. ESPN will tell us Favre is having surgery, then Ed Werder will say, no, he’s not. Then an unnamed source will come out that Favre tore his tendon while moving a couch around his house, and Yahoo! Sports will say he had surgery. Seriously, it’s getting old. Favre, Childress, or someone needs to go on record and let everybody know what the heck is going on.

Right now, I just don’t care anymore.

One of the most desired trophies in football leagues throughout the world is the Carling Cup. Many local football teams come face to face in intense matches from which only the strongest team will emerge. Because of its popularity, the Carling Cup is also one of the sources of intense sports betting.

The man behind the Carling Cup is Alan Hardaker, the Football League secretary since 1957. Hardaker created a tournament that aims to provide a high level of competition for the best local teams in the United Kingdom. Unlike the Football Association Cup, the Carling Cup has a balanced pairing of teams, which makes the games more thrilling and heightens the risk of the football odds. This tournament also allows local teams to become well known, even if they didn’t get the chance to make it to the elite league.

Since the start of the Carling Cup, it has become one major source of football betting. This betting system is a way for football fans to show trust in their favourite teams.

For those football fans who are looking for Web sites with online football betting, 888sport.com is one of the sites to visit. This site provides players with favourable odds as well as great deposit bonuses. As bettors track the game, they can also track the value of their bets.

There are several categories in which bettors can place their bets, including game results, different stats, and scores of each player. 888 sport makes it easy to bet on the Carling Cup and challenges bettors’ predictions.

According to Access Vikings and ESPN, Brett “Flip-Flopper” Favre sent X-Rays to Minnesota for evaluation. If no major surgery is required, he very well could join the Vikings for the upcoming season. If the procedure would be major, then he would elect to stay retired.

Wow, I seriously hate this. Someone just kill me. I want him to go away.

You know when you get a cold in the winter time, and it just lingers with you for weeks and weeks until you can’t remember what it’s like to breathe normally? Yeah, I call that, “Catching a Brett Favre.” He just never, ever goes away.

Source: ESPN and Access Vikings

More to come later, as Brett is scheduled to host a press conference. Accordng to Yahoo Sports, Brett Favre has said No to the Vikings offer to become a Viking

"Get me a Uniform fellas"

It is official; Brad Childress has stated that he will indeed meet with Brett Favre sometime this week. Like it or not, it appears the Vikings are interested in Favre, and Favre is interested enough in the Vikings that he is at least considering the possibility of suiting up for one of the Packer’s rivals in 2009. There is no set date yet for the meeting, and it is reported that it will be in an undisclosed location, so the Favre watch has officially begun. According to multiple places, a couple of things that may affect this decision are whether or not Favre’s bicep will require surgery, and whether or not Favre is willing to show up for offseason programs for the Vikings, the earliest being in two weeks. So it appears Brett will make the decision of whether or not to play by next week sometime, or even as early as later this week. Favre would have some incentive to come back, especially since he could play with the Vikings. For one, the Vikings would have a solid chance at a Superbowl title with an improved offense, and one of the league’s best defenses. The other incentive, is that Favre will get to play Green Bay twice every year, and according to many places Favre does not think too highly of the green and yellow.

The Pros: If Brett were to come back and play for the Vikings, he would certainly force teams to focus more on the passing game, and that would give Adrian Peterson the chance to dash defenses like he did against the Chargers and Bears in his rookie season. Favre would also bring a very accurate long ball to the team, making Bernard Berrian much more effective as well. Favre would also keep the rest of the Viking quarterbacks on the sideline in 2009, which could be good, or bad. The Vikings will also seem to have a chance on third downs this season as oppose to before, when it has seemed if we do not convert on first or second down, it is get a few more yards for our punter. The Vikings likely will become a top tier team in the NFC again too. Not too many teams have as much talent on both sides of the ball as the Vikings do, and Favre would all but solidify that theory. A year of Favre could also help Tarvaris Jackson in his development process. He would not have to be in the game, and just sitting out 11 weeks last year, helped him a lot. Jackson actually won NFC player of the week honors against eventual NFC champs Arizona! Another year on the bench would seemingly help him a lot. Plus, if you’re a fan of awards, this move would greatly help Harvin’s chances become rookie of the year too. He would be the ‘least of problems’ on a star powered Viking offense.

The Cons: Brett may throw a lot of touchdowns, but he also has a habit of throwing interceptions too. Last year Brett had 22 Touchdowns, and 22 Interceptions. However, that ratio is still higher than Rosenfels’ ratio last year, and is barley under Jackson’s career totals of 20 Touchdowns, and 18 Interceptions. Favre is also likely just a one year guy, so it would become ‘make or break’ for the Vikings in 2009, unlike everyone else in the division who have all found long term answers at quarterback. Favre also has a love/hate thing with Viking fans as he played a few too many seasons for that one team in green. Brett also seemed to tail off at the end of the season, hopefully that was due to his bicep injury, but if it was not, it could be a long year in Minnesota.