As the Favre turns

It might finally happen. The media coverage today of Favre-gate was unbelieveable.

As I stood waiting for a press conference to begin in Eden Prairie, all stations had cameras and equipment lined up and ready to record. Then, one person got the call....Brett Favre was about to land at the Eden Prairie Airport....only minutes away, so these crews were the closest photographers. One photog quietly packed up and left. Another got the call and packed up and left. One by one they quietly disappeared. By two full minutes into the half-hour long press conference, all the major stations quietly packed up and left. Needless to say, all 10 police chiefs and personnel were a tad miffed.

But we stuck it out. Since we're hyperlocal, the only way we would leave is if Favre had some local connection to the Northwest Metro. But he doesn't. So we stayed.

By the time we made it back to the station, local stations had the choppers in the air covering the SUV that was transporting Favre from the airport to his meeting. It reminded us all of OJ and the blazer chase. They do this sorta thing in LA, but not in Minnesota. Local stations had traffic reporters in the air, and reporters on the street --like it was a presidential motorcade or something. Back at the station, personnel were already trying to get game tickets and others were trying to sell certain games. Favre was the proverbial talk around the watercooler.

Dave's day turned upside down as he shifted from the start of Prep Football (that's high school football to the rest of the non-midwestern world) to the questionable Favre. Could this finally be it?!