Minnesota Governor Wants to Rub Salt in Your Eyes

Mike Paulus |

Minnesota's Governor (a man named Tim Pawlenty), is very excited about the prospects of a Vikings-affiliated Brett Favre, as hinted at by these guys. "Salivating," in fact, according to WCCO.com. Check it out:

  • He says it would be "a wonderful little salt to rub in the eyes of some of our Green Bay Packer friends."
  • Pawlenty laid out the scene: "Can you imagine Brett Favre going into Lambeau Field in Viking purple and maybe even wearing No. 4? There would be audible gasps. There would be 60,000 audible gasps as he came out of the tunnel."

I’m not sure if Governor Pawlenty is aware, but information delivery systems such as the internet and television will probably have broken the hypothetical news to Packer fans well before the first Vikings/Packers game at Lambeau, thus lessening the surprise to an inaudible gasp level. Or lower.

The article even references the partnership between our states, which is hoped to save $10 million through resource and information sharing. Not sure how Favre factors into that figure.