Brett Favre’s TV Debut as a Football Analyst Had Its Moments
Brett Favre, supposedly the most coveted NFL analyst free agent on the market, made his TV debut over the weekend calling a Southern Mississippi game (that’s where he went to school), and although we don’t have video of his entire performance, his hometown paper, the Hattiesburg American, has a comprehensive review.
He threw in a few football terms, like “smash route,” and pointed out errors by the defensive secondary as only a quarterback could.
Favre compared USM’s Tracy Lampley to Eddie Ray Walker, who played at Southern Miss when Favre did, and said scatbacks “are priceless.”
Was Favre impartial? Of course not, a couple times saying “we” when talking about the Golden Eagles.
But he wasn’t afraid to point out Golden Eagle mistakes, one on an incompletion to Kendrick Hardy.
“That play was set up to (wide receiver Kelvin) Bolden,” Favre said. “It was a corner post… (Davis) had him wide open.”
I fully anticipate a bidding war between FOX, CBS, ESPN and NBC for Favre’s services at some point (July 2012?), after Favre’s been away from the game for 18 months and he starts to crave attention again. [Hattiesburg American]

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October 3rd, 2011 at 11:42 AM
Without having watched it first, I feel like I can safely assume he was better than Gruden.
October 3rd, 2011 at 11:44 AM
“I’m in town to play the dolphins you dumbass”
October 3rd, 2011 at 11:46 AM
“He’s like a kid with a mike out there. He’s just having fun out there. He’s just slinging out terms without any care. Hey, he just sent us a pic of his dong!”
October 3rd, 2011 at 11:46 AM
I really wish Gruden had been calling the Cowboy game yesterday after they treated the Washington win like Super Bowl III
What the post didn’t mention was that Favre was calling a clean game until the final two minutes in which he inexplicably started speaking in tongues and threw up on the play-by-play guy
October 3rd, 2011 at 11:47 AM
A pregame show commentator in a color analyst’s body
October 3rd, 2011 at 11:48 AM
he’s wearing wranglers below camera view and speaking off the cuff (drawing plays in mud)
October 3rd, 2011 at 11:48 AM
THIS GUY
October 3rd, 2011 at 11:51 AM
O/U on camera shots of P. Manning in a box tonight? 20
October 3rd, 2011 at 11:52 AM
OT
Ryan Braun doing his best Fonz impersonation.
/OT
October 3rd, 2011 at 11:54 AM
it’s onnly a matter of time till favre is on MNF or SNF. you know this.
October 3rd, 2011 at 11:54 AM
Is he going to do this for the next 296 college football weeks?
He had a really clever line for the end of the broadcast, but his play-by-play guy intercepted it.
October 3rd, 2011 at 11:55 AM
O/U on camera shots of P. Manning in a box tonight? 20
Will that be more or less than the number of times they mention and/or show highlights for the game in 2003?
I was putting a futon together in my dorm room that night. ‘Twas memorable.
October 3rd, 2011 at 11:55 AM
it’s onnly a matter of time till favre is on MNF or SNF. you know this.
I dunno… I’d be pretty surprised if he left the state of Mississippi for a job. I could see him doing something via satellite with the Fox pre-game show or something.
October 3rd, 2011 at 11:56 AM
He’ll wind up on both.
/but only after he retires from the one he was on first
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:00 PM
Wouldn’t it be fun to have Favre and Bradshaw do a PTI-style debate segment?
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:02 PM
So this Amanda Knox girl… guilty or no? What say you guys?
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:02 PM
Wouldn’t it be fun to have Favre and Bradshaw do a PTI-style debate segment?
If by ‘fun’ you mean ‘destructive for my brain’, then yes.
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:02 PM
OT
Ryan Braun doing his best Fonz impersonation.
/OT
radio guys asked him after game 1 to recommend something at one of his restaurants, because they were going that night. he said the buffalo wing ravioli
i need to try that
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:02 PM
I’m pretty sure he was just having fun up there.
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:06 PM
It makes sense that will all the hostility surrounding Brett Favre, he’ll end up being an awesome announcer.
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:07 PM
Did he and Chmura go trolling for underage ass on campus after the game?
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:07 PM
Been there and that’s what I had. Delicious.
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:08 PM
It makes sense that will all the hostility surrounding Brett Favre, he’ll end up being an awesome announcer.
and i’d be fine with that, unless the media covers him being an announcer too
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:10 PM
describe muwarriors…..is it wing meat inside the ravioli? and what sauce? not frank’s, surely
/favre will retire after every broadcast
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:10 PM
Did you type that in this post for the purpose of irony?
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:11 PM
I lean towards not. Either way, they gotta set her free.
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:12 PM
From the menu: “Stuffed w/ House Made Ricotta, Topped w/ Braised Chicken, Hot Sauce, Gorgonzola, Tarragon Butter & Fried Onions”
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:12 PM
I lean towards not. Either way, they gotta set her free.
So if she is guilty of horribly murdering her British roommate in Italy….then she still has to be set free?
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:13 PM
It makes sense that will all the hostility surrounding Brett Favre, he’ll end up being an awesome announcer.
and i’d be fine with that, unless the media covers him being an announcer too
Exactly. It’s not a question of talent. It’s a question of coverage.
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:13 PM
If the DNA evidence used to convict her is crap, then yes, absolutely.
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:13 PM
I lean towards not. Either way, they gotta set her free.
I go back and forth. She didn’t do herself any favors by going out and buying lingerie with her BF right after the murders and then getting caught laughing on camera with him. But there’s really not a whole lot of evidence.
If they do let her out, she should definitely call me though.
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:16 PM
If the DNA evidence used to convict her is crap, then yes, absolutely.
Ok I see what you’re saying: By the standards of the DNA evidence she could still be guilty, but if the evidence is incorrect, then the conviction should be thrown out.
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:16 PM
I had Chad Pennington for the game this week. He actually sounded knowledgeable–at least as far as explaining what the QB’s going through. Not a ton of Grudenesque platitudes either.
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:17 PM
but if the evidence is incorrect, then the conviction should be thrown out.
From what I understand I think they mishandled what little physical evidence existed in this case worse than the cops handling the OJ case.
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:17 PM
Did you type that in this post for the purpose of irony?
ha! good catch. didn;t even cross my mind
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:18 PM
Nobody’s buying that you would sex a murderess. Or that you’re not gay.
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:18 PM
i get the knox love, but for me, it’s because of her face. is there a good shot of the body?
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:20 PM
From the menu: “Stuffed w/ House Made Ricotta, Topped w/ Braised Chicken, Hot Sauce, Gorgonzola, Tarragon Butter & Fried Onions”
i no longer want to try. not a weird cheese fan. i pictured the ravioli being stuffed with wing meat, and some sort of wing sauce. apparently this plaace is slightly upscale MU?
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:21 PM
From what I understand I think they mishandled what little physical evidence existed in this case worse than the cops handling the OJ case.
/makes joke about Italian inefficiency
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:22 PM
i get the knox love, but for me, it’s because of her face. is there a good shot of the body?
She’s not fat and has a pretty face. All I ask for, really.
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:22 PM
/makes joke about Italian inefficiency
//laughs only because others do
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:23 PM
/makes joke about Italian inefficiency
There’s definitely something “off” about her. She acted really weird in the days right after the murder… but I dunno. She’s a fox though.
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:24 PM
it’s onnly a matter of time till favre is on MNF or SNF. you know this.
I wonder how much it’s going to kill him to do a Packers game where Rodgers is kicking ass. He’s going to have to have a talk with SC to drum up some irrational hate.
Excerpt from a Rodgers interview after winning the Super Bowl:
Interviewer: “Did Favre call you after your win?”
Rodgers: (smiling) “No”
Interviewer: “Do you expect him to?
Rodgers: (smiling) “No”
/in short, Favre can suck it.
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:25 PM
*only
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:25 PM
Why should Favre need to call Rodgers?
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:26 PM
There’s definitely something “off” about her. She acted really weird in the days right after the murder… but I dunno. She’s a fox though.
Careful ATL, you might be getting yourself into a situation like Michael Douglas in Basic Instinct.
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:26 PM
yeah, she might be crazy or fucked up. good thing to remember if you go to italy, being a little crazy and fucked up, as well as having bague ties to a murder will get you sent to jail.
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:27 PM
Careful ATL, you might be getting yourself into a situation like Michael Douglas in Basic Instinct.
Meh.. murderess or no, I’d like to have a bedroom scene with Amanda Knox. Micheal Douglas survived, didn’t he? Sharon Stone in her prime was legit too.
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:29 PM
early sharon stone in total recall. lay it on me
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:30 PM
Meh.. murderess or no, I’d like to have a bedroom scene with Amanda Knox. Micheal Douglas survived, didn’t he? Sharon Stone in her prime was legit too.
If you remember the end of the movie, they’re in bed together and the camera pans down to show an ice pick on the floor. His character survived the movie, but the audience is left to believe that he is in big trouble.
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:31 PM
or (as I interpreted it)
Why does Rodgers STILL have to answer questions about Favre 5 minutes after he won the Super Bowl?
/as many as Favre
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:33 PM
His character survived the movie, but the audience is left to believe that he is in big trouble.
I’m going to have to “yeah, but still” you on that one.
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:36 PM
I’m going to have to “yeah, but still” you on that one.
Fair enough. I bet you could have some interesting dirty talk with Ms. Knox in bed.
“Fuck me like a visiting British student!”, etc.
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:37 PM
Yea, good way of putting it. It is very good food and fairly nice. His first restaurant bombed, but then he reopened under a different management group that has a number of successful high-end places in town and it has done very well since. Great location too.
October 3rd, 2011 at 12:41 PM
so that’s one unusual item, what else on the menu, do you remember?
October 3rd, 2011 at 1:30 PM
Wouldn’t it be fun to have Favre and Bradshaw do a PTI-style debate segment?
It could be called Pardon the Intellect.
October 6th, 2011 at 7:45 AM
At BEST a Bradshaw/Farve team is better than an SNL skit, or pretty darn close….