Nananana, Nananana, Hey, Hey, Hey, Goodbye

Brett Favre is retiring and I am ecstatic. My better nature wants me to talk in platitudes, discuss how much good he was, blah blah. Luckily, I am well trained in ignoring my better nature. Brett Favre was a very good quarterback. He was also the most over hyped player in football. I hated watching any game the Packers were playing because of how much love received from the announcers. I hated the way the media fawned over him. And I hated him. The reasons for my hatred are too numerous to list in their entirety, but some of my favorites include:

• No quarterback has ever thrown as many interceptions as he has, a fact that is rarely, if ever, mentioned.

• Chris Berman saying that "rooting for Favre is like rooting for America."

• Not being fined for high fiving referees, a blatant violation of the rule prohibiting any kind of contact with officials.

• Joe Buck and Troy Aikmen discussing how much fun Favre was having after he threw a pass 5 yards past the line of scrimmage, drawing a penalty that pushed his team out of field goal range in the playoff game the Packers lost to the Vikings, even going so far as to claim that a stone faced referee was "laughing".

• His refusal to make a decision on whether to retire until the absolute last minute the last few years. And it's kind of interesting that he retired the season after he set the touchdown mark, despite the fact that the Packers would likely be a Super Bowl contender again this year with him at the helm, don't you think?

• The media's insistence on comparing him to Cal Ripken, despite the fact that he was nowhere near the true NFL Iron Man, Jim Marshall, who, assuming that Favre doesn't pull a Clemens, is still 19 games ahead of Favre, despite playing defensive line, which is a more physical position (Farve and Marshall are also still behind punter Jeff Feagles).

• The fact that he spells his name in such an obnoxious way.
  

So goodbye Brett Favre, Interception King. Thanks for finally leaving.