Great NFC Championship game last night — one that will be talked about for a LOOOOONG time. Unfortunately for Brett Favre, it ended with an interception as he was trying to drive his team toward a possible winning FG at the end of the game. Brett threw across his body and didn’t see the DB waiting to pick him off. A sad end to an amazing come-back story.

When Favre did the whole retire-unretire thing at the beginning of the year, it really turned me off. I also thought “Ah, he’s all washed up. Ain’t no way he does anything worthwhile this year.” Boy was I wrong. I actually found myself feeling kinda sad for him at the end, knowing that despite everything he went through, including the ankle injury at the end of the game, and then STILL having an opportunity to win the game and throwing it all away, he just couldn’t make it happen and cost his team a shot at the SuperBowl.

Something tells me he’ll be back — as long as his body lets him. This guy is a Timeless Wonder and I don’t think he’ll let himself  NOT come back, knowing that HE was the reason the team didn’t make it to the Big Game. Enormous pride sometimes comes with an enormous cost.

“Old Man Favre, he just keeps rollin’ along…

Listen to this classic from Show Boat and the enormously powerful voice of Paul Robeson as recorded at Carnegie Hall. I didn’t know they even MADE notes that low…  :-)