Oh my gosh. I don't know what to say. This is so unexpected. I thought Punxsutawney Phil's prediction of an early spring would be the best Groundhog Day gift I received. But no!

You know, you step out of the house for an hour to run an errand and your cell phone goes nuts. But oh, the wonderful news those text messages and e-mails delivered.

Do you know the worst part of the events of Jan. 8th (besides the reminder that a hangover feels a whole lot worse when it's earned drowning your sorrows due to your team's complete dismantling instead of celebrating its success)? It was the text messages and calls during and after the game. When tOSU won the national title in January of '03, the post-game calls with family members and college friends were probably the most gleeful I've ever had. This year, the text messages went like this: "Dude. This is fucking ugly," "Did they forget they had a game tonight?" and "I can't watch any more of this." And my favorite, from the Good Doctor the day after the game: "I'm no longer curled up catatonic in a ball. I never found a razor. I didn't jump off a bridge. So I guess I'm okay."

So when my cell phone started going nuts while I was driving earlier, it was nice to enjoy a celebratory feeling, instead of needing to pull over to the side of the road. I'll admit it ... for a minute, I was so happy and excited I thought I might cry. It passed. But I am FIRED UP! While I was in the store, I wanted to shout to the guy in front of me in line, "Hey, have you heard the great news?!?" Instead, I called the First Lady of Sheboygan to share the joy and announced my intention to return to American's Dairyland this fall.

This will no doubt re-ignite the discussion as to whether His Holiness should have just called it a career, instead of risking injury, a disastrous final year and who knows how many more interceptions. You know what? Save it. I'd rather watch him give it his all on the field than watch assclowns like Terrell Owens play with 1.7 percent of the passion Favre has for the game. I hope they have to eventually drag Captain Favrelous off the field. I really do.

Ironically, I've been trying to post this all day, but YouTube doesn't seem to like the new blogger specs. Now it's moot! But still funny.

Nice work by the Biloxi Sun Herald getting the scoop. Thus far, the Evil Empire has only posted the AP version of the Sun Herald's story. I'm sure by day's end they'll have figured out a way to give Mortensen full credit for getting the story. We'll know the truth. Also, I'm glad I don't have to check Packers News hourly any more. Seriously, I think I've doubled their online readership during the past month.

I'm going to lie down now. It can't be healthy for my heart rate to be this high...