Brett Favre ... Randy Moss ... Brad Childress ... the Metrodome.
At least the Vikings ought to be accustomed to having the roof fall in on them by now.
Feels like home
The biggest built-in advantage on this year's bowl schedule is:
a) Hawaii, playing in Honolulu;
b) San Diego State, playing in San Diego;
c) Army, playing in the Armed Forces Bowl.
Headlines
At TheOnion.com: "Michael Oher yelled at by Sandra Bullock after Ravens loss."
At Fark.com: "Will Muschamp hired to keep Meyer's seat warm at Florida."
He knows the drill
Tyrone Fahie, 28 and a military veteran with two tours of Iraq, is the oldest player in the storied history of walk-on football players at Nebraska.
Cornhuskers teammates call the senior "Sarge." In Iraq, he was known as "Nebraska."
"You couldn't tell someone this story," the 6-foot-2, 225-pound defensive lineman told the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. "A Navy guy, 23 years old, walks onto the Nebraska football team after not playing football for 10 years? Yeah, right. That really happened."
Cougar catnip
Washington State football coach Paul Wulff kicked two players off the team after police say they found 38 marijuana plants growing in their rental house.
Though Wazzu apologists are quick to point out and rightfully so that the evidence was planted.
Some like it hot
The Lingerie Football League, citing the threat of inclement weather, canceled its game between the Seattle Mist and Dallas Desire.
Apparently, Helly Hansen lingerie just doesn't cut it.
Still out of this world
Manu Ginobili claims he saw a UFO in Los Angeles, but no big deal.
Just Dennis Rodman heading home for the holidays.
Breakfast flub
An angry Maple Leafs fan fed up with the hometown team's play threw a waffle onto the ice after Toronto's 4-1 loss to the Flyers.
Wouldn't that be more fitting at one of Brett Favre's retirement announcements?
Talking the talk
Kevin Sherrington of The Dallas Morning News, on the Rangers' efforts to re-sign pitcher Cliff Lee: "They've been on recruiting trips to Arkansas so often, alarms went off at the NCAA."
Patriots receiver Wes Welker, to the Quincy (Mass.) Patriot-Ledger, on how he prepared himself for Sunday's bitter cold in Chicago: "I put myself in the fridge."
Gone postal
Former All-Pro defensive tackle Dana Stubblefield was sentenced to 90 days in jail for stealing his girlfriend's mail.
In other words, that was one costly interception.
Dwight Perry: 206-464-8250 or dperry@seattletimes.com
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