Dear Kurt

An open letter from Brett Favre to Kurt Warner on retirement.

Dear Kurt,

    Hey Kurt! What is going on? Not too much going on with me. I am on the clock, and no not with the draft, it is my annual while I retire clock. Be sure to watch plenty of ESPN, they will definitely keep you

updated on the latest.

     I saw recently that you decided to retire, wow. Are you really doing? Are you really going to do it? Are you mad enough at the Cardinals to let that playboy Leinart? I imagine you have to be because he is the worst. Sorry I got a little sidetracked. It is still hard for me to imagine you retiring. I do not think you can do it. I think it is just a big April fools joke to mess with the Cardinals so you can retire as a Ram. I am totally right. I hope that you know that god does not like liars and I know how much enjoy the big man up stairs. 

     If you are serious, how could you not be having fun anymore? Have you not seen any of my games? I am always having fun, just ask Joe Buck (he loves me).  I tried that retirement thing before (I really just wanted the attention). Let me tell you, it is not fun.

     Every time you go hang out with some high schoolers, people think you are coming out of retirement. In my case it happened to be true but that is not my point. If you really want to people to leave you alone, do not pick up a football.  You do not want Ed Werder following you around. I could not make a move last off season with that man being around, and let me tell you, he is really creepy. One day I went to throw outthe garbage and there he was sleeping in my bushes. Although to be perfectly honest with you, I do not think ESPN loves you as much as they love me, so you probably do not have to worry about that. Wait till I actually retire; They will have multiple moments of silence in my honor. They would be better off just talking about me for an hour instead of showing the pro bowl. Who watches that?

     If you actually stay retired, I commend you. Maybe we can hang out while I am trying to decide to retire or not. The Vikings said they would not put a time table on my decision. Fools.I am going to leave them hanging right up until  he season starts and then make my decision (but do not tell them that). I guess they have not paid any attention to any of my last three seasons.

     Well anyways Kurt, good luck retiring(you can tell me anytime that you are not really retiring.I still do not really believe you are).Throw on a solid pair of wrangler jeans and just relax(I know you own some. How could you not? I am a great salesman).You better write back to me. If you are really retired, I know you will get back to me asap.

Your friend,

Brett # 4

Twitter style updates

Here goes nothing.  Trying something new here with twitter style length thoughts on Sports.

Raiders interviewing coaches in case they fire Cable? As much as Chicago has been a joke lately, they can't be as bad as the RAIDERS.

UNC is struggling now but Watch out for them tourney time. They could be a 8/9 that ends up in sweet 16

DePaul won a big east game for first time since 3/6/08. I wish people knew how big a deal this is. They should be better.

Another note on DePaul game. This game alone could keep Marquette out.  Who knows if DePaul will win another game

How many broken down guys can the Cubs try and sign? Calero and Sheets? Theres not much money, but can these guys help?

Notre Dame is in for a long season. They cant rebound or play defense is an amazingly tough Big East. Good luck.

I like the Winter Olympics better than Summer. Luge, hockey, speed skating, ski jump. More exciting sports I believe

Cristobal Huet annoys me. Niemi should see more time. Can he be the man?

Duke lost to NCState tonight. I predict Duke will be eliminated in first or second round of tourney. Need a solid big man.

The Big 12 is better than some people think. TX,KS,MIZZ,A&M,Baylor,OKst all should get in (as of right now). TTech needs to step up.

This was fun. I think I will do this more often if people like it

-Mike Moreau

Random thoughts

Here are some more random thoughts. Since there has not been an update in two weeks, I decided it was time to share some of those thoughts.

NFL playoffs

BORING! Wow have the games been boring. The best game happened to be Packers vs. Cardinals where absolutely no defense was played. Other than the Jets vs. Chargers (talked about in next point), all the games have been blowouts. With the Bears not in the playoffs, all one can hope for are good games and I have been severely disappointed. The Super Bowl with the exception of the last few years has rarely lived up to expectations. Hopefully as it was last year, there will be great moments to be talked about for years.

Jets vs. Chargers/Cowboys vs. Vikings

     Jets vs. Chargers actually ended being a good game. Out of all the games this past weekend, this was the last one that was expected to be that close. I tried to be impartial in this game but wound up rooting for Mark Sanchez. Despite Sanchez going to USC, he seems like a quality guys. Phillip Rivers could be a quality guy as well but he sure does a lot of talking for no reason (sorry about the rant there, it had to be said). Norv Turner despite having a great regular season record will not get much respect until he starts winning bigger games and making better calls. The on-side kick with a little over two minutes is an extremely questionable call. Rarely do people agree with Skip Bayless, but he is right in saying that if the on side kick does not happen, Rex Ryan does go for it on the Chargers 29 yard line. If you feel a little bad for the Chargers, watch this amazing video of LT, laugh, and learn the dance.
    
     Not much to be said on Cowboys vs. Vikings except the Cowboys looked like the team most thought would appear in December. The Cowboys did not do much of anything correct and Tony Romo looked very average. Many of the Cowboys complained about the Vikings running up the score, but it just looked liked Brett Favre having fun. I'm sure Cowboy fans were upset as I probably would have been but the Cowboys did not stop the Vikings all day.  Was it actually running up the score or the Cowboys just looking terrible? The latter seems to be the choice.

Intentional fouls
    
     There were a couple of college basketball games that I watched over the weekend and did not agree with the intentional fouls called. Here is the rule for an intentional foul,
     
        "A flagrant personal foul (or intentional foul) involves excessive or severe contact during a live ball."

     While watching the Duke vs. Wake Forest game yesterday, Miles Plumlee of Duke went up for a dunk on a fast break and Wake Forest player went to block the shot. Plumlee fell hard on his tail bone and the refs called an intentional foul. It did seem as if the Wake Forest player wanted to hurt Plumlee; He just wanted to block (And he almost did. He got him on the wrist)  and the shot and prevent an easy basket. The foul changed the game and Duke went from having a six point lead to a ten point lead.  Referees have to realize that basketball players nowadays are just freak athletes and can do things that many players in the past could not. Referees have to be able to tell when another player is trying to hurt another player.  Hopefully with instant replay in basketball, they can use replay to determine if that is the case. The game moves so fast now that technology should be allowed to help the referees make the right call.

Blackhawks vs. Redwings game on January 17th,2010

     Wow. What a great this turned out to be.  It just kept getting better as the game went along: regulation, OT, and then the shootout. Two of the Red Wings goals by Bertuzzi and Datsyuk were amazing. Even if the Red Wings are disliked in Chicago, they were both wow moments. However Antti Niemi and Patrick Sharp stepped up to help the Hawks finish off the Red Wings. Right now the Red Wings are the eight seed and slated to meet the Blackhawks if the playoffs were to start now. The Red Wings are starting to get healthy so it does not seem as if they will stay the eigth seed. The Hawks probably do not want to the Wings as a first round match-up. It may no tbe an issue now, but Niemi is playing very well so Cristobal Huet needs to step his game up.

-Mike Moreau

Sports resolutions (or goals)

          Resolutions are not usually my thing. A friend once told me she thought resolutions are dumb because she thought people can try and change anytime they want. After she brought that up, it totally made sense and also is true. Instead of making resolutions, sports goals for the year will be made and attempted. Hopefully they can be accomplished throughout the year.

Sports goals for the 2010 year

1- Going to a Blackhawks game

Yes it sounds very simple, but I have never been to a Blackhawks game. For most of my life as kid/teenager they were terrible. It also did not help that the majority of home games were blacked out, so even if I wanted to watch them, I could not. Now, not only can they be seen on television, the Hawks are very good. They could be the best team in the National Hockey League (NHL). People have always said Hockey games are fun to watch in person so that is something that will happen and hopefully sooner rather than later.

2-Travel to see Mizzou

 Anyone who reads this blog knows that I am a huge Mizzou fan, so it has been decided that going to a Mizzou road game will happen. It could be baseball, basketball, or football. Traveling to a Mizzou game will definitely happen. After attending the Mizzou vs. Kansas game last year, it has to become an annual trip. It helps having lots of friends down there that attend the game as well. It may be an early assumption but I will also attend the bowl game Mizzou goes to. I went to the 2006 Sun Bowl and even though it ended badly, the trip was fun and one I will always remember.  As long as there is a continuing money source in my life, money will be put aside every week to make this happen.

3-Attempt to go to more Cubs game

Why? Good question. I went to 13 games last year and saw more losses than wins. And more often than not the losses were very bad. The Cubs were so bad that I started turning down tickets. Loving the Cubs is a a hard thing to do, but someone has to do it. Summer baseball is a great thing and as long as I live in Chicago, it will include going to Cubs game, good or bad. Baseball is also my favorite sport even if people say it is slow to watch. Who knows  how many I will get to, but I will try to attend around 17-20.

 If I think of more sports goals for the year, the world will know. Until then, thats all I got and have time to accomplish all of those goals.

-Mike Moreau