This is a little trivia everyone can enjoy.  For those waiting in anticipation for the downfall of Brett Favre (the notorious late season collapse that makes him more of a liability than an asset) and the end of the Vikings championship dreams this fact will surely get your mouth salivating.  Those of you who have wholy embraced Favre and have enjoyed cheering his historically dominate performances each week can appreciate this for what it is...old news.

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"A very specific visual passed through my head Thursday night as I considered the Jay Cutler trade from a NFC North-wide perspective. I thought of a man grappling for stability on the rough side of a mountain, slipping ever so slightly while creating 10 vertical lines in the direction of his descent.

The man wore a Helga hat and Viking horns. A bear clawed at his feet." - Kevin Seifert, ESPN NFC North Blogger on the Bears acquisition of Jay Cutler 04/03/09.

No one said you have to know anything to be a blogger, but C'mon Man!

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Prior to the start of the season the NFC North's hottest topic was undoubtably "Quarterbacks," with three of the four teams in the division handing the ball to new starters.  Nine games into the 2009 season it seems that quarterback play has impacted the division more than any other factor.  Not necessarily in the manner in which it was at one time thought.

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Prior to the start of the season the NFC North's hottest topic was undoubtably "Quarterbacks," with three of the four teams in the division handing the ball to new starters.  Nine games into the 2009 season it seems that quarterback play has impacted the division more than any other factor.  Not necessarily in the manner in which it was at one time thought.

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Sunday November 8th the Vikings enjoy the bye week taking advantage of the time off and yet they still increase their division lead over both the Packers and Bears.  Could it get any better?

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I'll occasionally visit a Vikings opponents' SBNation page to get a feel for a fan base's fanaticism.  I've been impressed by some and bored by others.  I just sneeked a peek Behind the Steel Curtain (the SB Steelers page) and found an interesting post.  Apparently the crew over there makes weekly score predictions.  In more than forty comments, some more creative than others and most predicting a relatively close score, only one commentor picked the Vikings to win the game.

Check out a sample below and make a prediction yourself.  Go ahead, be a Homer, they are.

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Apart from the excessively exagerated Brett Favre drama and subsequent locker room "Schismgate," the national sports media basically excluded the Minnesota Vikings from all championship discussions.  Several warned the fan base to temper its excitement for the season and many were picking last years NFC North champs to finish as low as third in the division.  That is despite having drafted a playermaker many were simultaneously admitting could easily win the Offensive ROY; and signing a 3-time League MVP and future HOFer (and arguably the best quarterback ever) to play quarterback, addressing the one universally diagnosed weakness.

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It is easy to overlook Brett Favre's performance to this point in the season given all the attention being paid to the best running back in the league since Jim Brown.  However, Favre's statistics don't even tell the entire story.

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WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The entire sports and entertainment world has spent much of the 2009 summer focusing on the continuing "Brett Favre (Un)Retirement Saga," with every sports anchor, late night host and basically anyone with a microphone in front of them taking pot shots at Favre for waffling.

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