Last day of vacation and as I prepare to go home I was watching ESPN today and...not to my surprise...a report on Brett Favre's return to the NFL with...the...Minnesota Vikings! Here We Freakin' Go Again! Seems Ol' Brett is a bit "conflicted" about joining the Vikings this year. A couple of weeks ago he didn't know if his surgically repaired arm would be ready. Then word got out that the Vikings...for the second time (?)...asked for a commitment from Brett...before training camp starts. Then the fervor over Brett died down for a bit. But...in light of recent developments...Big Ben's legal issues over alleged rape of woman in Lake Tahoe...Erin Andrews getting videotaped through the proverbial "keyhole" walking around nude in her hotel room...Lance Armstrong running behind in the Tour de France...Tiger missing the cut and an old timer...Tom Watson making a strong push at the British Open...good old Brett needed to find a way to transport himself back into the sportsworld spotlight!

 Yep! Here We Freakin' Go Again! Brett say's he is conflicted about joining the Vikings and according to a "source close to the situation" he would have already decided to stay in retirement...except that...important...members...of the...Vikings...have been calling him...begging him to play. Adrian Peterson...Jared Allen...and others have supposedly called Brett begging the future HOF'er to strap it on for another year. "We can win it all if only you would come out and play, Brett!" Again...Brett...your timing for remaining in the sportsworld spotlight is...astounding! I'm curious as to what the conflict is this time. With his arm it almost made sense. Right now it sounds like the ego needs major stroking...AGAIN!

Hey, speaking about Big Ben...Here We Freakin' Go Again! I'm not even going to venture an opinion on whether he did it...or didn't! The Court of Public Opinion will determine that long before the Civil Suit is ever heard. My issue is simply this...when will these guy's learn! Highly paid professional athletes are a target! The celebrity...the money...the care-free lifestyle...make all of them targets! SO WHY PUT YOURSELF IN THE POSITION! Tell us you didn't do it! "Reckless and false" as Ben says the allegations are...why are you in this position? Didn't...or better yet...shouldn't...Kobe Bryant's situation have served as a lesson...to everyone! Hey...Big Ben...sorry your television didn't work right...take a nap instead of letting a female employee in your room...alone with you...so you could get the sound! It is sad that a man should have to do that but...doesn't it beat the aalternative to what he has to deal with now. Of course...there is the "other side of the coin" and maybe Big Ben...well...that isn't for me to say! My point is...use your freakin' head when facing situations that could...possibly...get you...in trouble. Unless...!

What...a celebrity has had their privacy violated...yep...Here We Freakin' Go Again! Erin Andrews is an attractive woman and I admit I enjoy watching her as she works...like many male sports fans. The Little League World Series and College Football have an extra enjoyment factor when she works them. Great! Simple and end of story once the event is over. Now...apparently...some scumbag knows where she is staying...knows when she is in her room...and knows she likes to walk around nude when in her room. So...said scumbag videos her through the "keyhole" and sells the tape. It appears online and all media outlets are upset. This one is extremely pathetic! When a person can't walk around in a rented room...sans clothing...without being violated by a peeping VideoVermin...there are serious problems. With the VideoVermin and with the outlets who buy the video and get it online ASAP! I hope they get caught and I hope they pay...more than what they stole! Of course...considering that someone's privacy and dignity were stolen...my guess is...the fine won't fit the crime! Of course...this has happened before hence the...Here We Freakin' Go Again tag!

Spent the past 10 days in Oklahoma City helping my dad out at his house. Did some cleaning and repairing of things he can't do by himself. Of course...we golfed 4 times which is always a good time. While here I found a new sport to follow and support. I absolutely love College Football and for me...as some of you know...there is no better team than the Oklahoma Sooners! "Sooner born, Sooner bred, and when I die I'll be a Sooner dead...and all of that. But we spent last Saturday at the ASA Hall of Fame Stadium watching Jennie Finch, Cat Osterman, Lauren Lappin, Andrea Duran, Monica Abbott...and other young USA fastpitch softball players win a World Cup Tournament on their home field! These young ladies play hard and they are exciting to watch. The enthusiasm and intensity and the fun they have is obvious from pre-game prep to the final out and then some. It really is too bad the International Olympic Committee removed this sport from the next summer Olympics. They are mounting efforts to get it reinstated by 2016. What...politics affecting athletics...Oh, no...Here We Freakin' Go Again!

Heading home tomorrow and still...College Football...is...too...freakin'...far...away! AGGGHHWWW!!! Let's Play Some Freakin' Football!

And that's the bottom line...

Boomer Sooner!!!