After all of the speculation over the last year. On Tuesday, in what seemed like a matter of minutes, Brett Farve became a Minnesota Viking.

As a lifelong Vikings fan, the news thrilled me.

When he announced at the start of training camp, that he was going to stay retired, that news was a downer.

Let's face it, the Packers legend in a Vikings uniform makes the upcoming season incredibly interesting.

If we had a good, young up and coming quarterback. We wouldn't need the almost 40-year old Favre. And there are certainly a number of quarterbacks in the NFL that would be better than Favre.

But Sage Rosenfels, and Tarvaris Jackson were a definite concern, even if Sage played well in the Vikes preseason win at Indianapolis.

While Farve was the star player for the Vikings biggest rival in Green Bay. I always respected his toughness, and gunslinging style of play.

While he's obviously not the Favre of the 90's.

He's a winner, who certainly brings a level of confidence with him on the field.

Now, he'll be playing his HOME games under the Metrodome roof, and maybe he will be the missing link, in team that has the talent to win a Super Bowl.

After all he's accomplished, he's earned the right to skip the tough part of training camp. He's still got a month to work with an offensive system he knows like the back of his hand.

My fear is Favre will get hurt at somepoint. And I hope he doesn't continue to play, if he's hurting, for the sake of his consecutive games streak.

I think that may have hurt the Jets last year.

Sure it's hard to imagine Larry Bird finishing his career with the Lakers, or Derek Jeter signing with the Red Sox.

I read Brooklyn's Jackie Robinson retired instead of signing with the rival New York Giants.

But it's a different time, and Favre just wants to play while there's still some gas in the tank. He could still be in Green Bay, if they would have been patient with his indecisiveness.

And I know that trait of Favre's has frustrated many, but so what. It's a game. I can't wait to see Brett Favre run into Lambeau Field wearing purple.

Relax Packers fans, you'll retire his jersey, someday. And his speech in Canton, will be all about you.

The Kansas City sportswriter who wrote that 59-year old Tom Watson surprising play at the British Open was bad for golf is wrong. It was great for the game.

I'll admit, the only golf I'll spend time watching on TV is the majors. And when Tiger is in the final round it makes it much more interesting.(for the rest of the world as well, just look at the ratings)

But when Tiger missed the cut, could there be anything better than an almost 60-year old golfing legend on the verge of winning.

If it would have been a Cink-Jimenez battle in the final group, I would have gone swimming.

Tom Watson was in his prime, when I was a kid, a young kid, in the 70's and 80's.

Back then when you thought of golf, it was Nicklaus and Watson. I remember his chip in at the British Open in 1977(I think), that my friends and I would try to emulate. And then our parents would have to give us a ride home, so we could get ready for a Little League game.

Watson was always one of my favorite players. Watching him was like watching Julius Erving suit of for the Sixers one more time.

Or seeing Rod Carew step up the plate for the Twins. They were in their prime, when WATSON WAS!

I know golf is much different game, but it still wasn't suppose to happen.

In the end, it was too good to be true. Watson would probably give anything to have that second shot back on number 18. To just put it on the green, for a two putt.

But it was still a great trip back in time.

In my almost 17-years working in television, I've seen a lot of co-workers come and go. There was one this week, that I'll really miss.

Chris Buhl has worked in KSFY's production department for seven years. He was dependable, personable, and always did his job with a smile on his face.

Chris had every reason not to act that way, since he was dealt a tough hand in life at an early age, a battle with Muscular Dystrophy.

The disease may caused his loss of motor skills, and confined him to a wheelchair. But it hasn't done a thing to this man's heart.

He's been able to live on his own, drive to work, and work in the field he'd majored in at Southwest Minnesota State.

Chris loved to surprise us with his various hair colorings. I remember it being orange and bright red, and I think spiked in a mohawk once.

The Tyler, Minnesota native loved to wear the jerseys of this favorite sports teams. (the Twins & Wild) And t-shirts with names of bands this old man has never heard of.

Chris is moving to the Twin Cities area, where he can move into an apartment with around the clock care.

He plans on coming back for the annual MDA Telethon on Labor Day, where Chris has been a regular guest on the KSFY broadcast.

He made KSFY a better place, and taught us all more then he'll ever know.

So long friend. Keep enjoying those thrash metal band concerts (as I liked to call them)

Last week, we found out that our 1-year old son Luke has a peanut allergy. On a scale of 1-to-5, with 5 being the most severe, Luke is a level three.

We took him to the doctor after his face broke out. That was shortly after he got his hands in some peanut butter on a piece of toast.

The diagnosis was pretty distressing to my wife and I. I've heard the stories of people having fatal allergic reactions after accidently eating something with peanuts in it.

Of course, I immediately did an internet search, which made me panic even more.

So I've decided if my son has to live without peanut butter sandwiches, numerous candy bars, and nuts on the top of a hot fudge sundae. I'll live without it too.

And I'll do a lot more of something I've never done. Read food labels.

I love Twin Bing candy bars. Which are made in my hometown of Sioux City. I bought one, read the ingredient label, and the first word was PEANUTS. No more Twin Bings.

As Luke gets older, he'll know what he can and can't have. It's inevitable that he'll accidentally eat something that has peanuts in it. My prayer is that the reaction will be treatable, which I believe it will.

And, from what I've read, 1 in 5 kids outgrow peanut allergies. So I'm hopeful there as well.

If that happens, I'll go by a case of Twin Bings, or we'll enjoy a Peanut Buster Parfait.

But if it doesn't, it sounds like we'll eat a little healthier, let's face it, a lot of things with peanuts in them aren't good for you anyway.

We have to make some permanent changes, but we'll be fine.

I've always liked jelly on toast better anyway.

I didn't know when I started as the sports director here in September of the 1997, that almost 12-years later, SDSU and USD would be Division One schools. That USF would apply for NCAA Division II Status and would build a sports complex on the corner of 65th and Cliff. That Augustana would consider a Division One move, only to stay at the the D2 level, and then construct an on-campus football stadium.

I also didn't know, that possibly the most storied conference in the history of Division Two, the North Central, would collasp.

How things have changed.

It's made things a lot more intersting.

When SDSU and NDSU announced they were moving up together, there were a lot of skeptics. It wasn't a question of whether they would get accepted to Division One, there was a question on what conference they would get in.

After some heartbreaks, they landed in the Summit Conference, and Missouri Valley for football. Things have worked well.

When USD announced they were making the jump to D-1, there was no doubt that they would be accepted, and that they would get into the Summit League. Eventually they will get into the Missouri Valley for football. Eventually, UND will get their nickname fiasco resolved, and the Fighting Sioux will also be in the Summit and the Missouri Valley for football. The I-29 rivalries will be renewed in all sports.

USF will get NCAA approval to go to Division Two. And after that happens, they'll eventually get invited in the Northern Sun Conference, and their biggest rival will be a few blocks down the road at Augustana.

And there will be some great crowds for those Cougar-Viking football games in those two new stadiums.

Things change, and then they slowly fall into place.

Alright, I admit it, I really enjoyed the Hannah Montana Movie.

My daughter Kate wanted to take some friends to the movie for her 7th birthday party. So my wife and I took nine kids to the Saturday afternoon show.

I thought of the TLC Show John & Kate Plus Eight. Something like this was their daily routine. Taking that many seven-year old girls to a movie theater was a coordinated effort. Getting the seats, getting the treats, getting those who needed it to the bathroom.

And I'll be honest, sometimes during kids movies, I've dozed or strongly considered ducking into another theater to watch a different movie

But Hannah Montana has my attention from the start, with the lively music, some funny lines, and reallly a good story line. The movie had some meaning, which I'm not sure the girls understood. But they were laughing and dancing throughout the show, and long after the movie ended.

Maybe it's because I've watched the show with my kids on the Disney Channel, so I knew the characters. But it was a really good movie.

I'd go see it again, when it comes to the cheap theater.

When I watched the first half of SDSU's first round NCAA Tournament game against TCU. I knew they were good, but that was incredible.

If there were some pre-game jitters, they disappeared at tip-off.

Jill Young played Class B basketball at Mitchell Chrisitan. Kristin Rotert played Class A basketball at McCook Central. Jennifer Warkenthien played Class B ball at Willow Lake. Ketty Corneman played Class AA at Yankton. Macey Michelson and Maria Boever are both Minnesota girls who played at Marshall and Worthington high schools.

They all made their national television debut on ESPN2, and they absolutely shined in the 90-55 win.

And Aaron Johnston, will he be the next head coach at Tennessee when Pat Summit retires?

It's too bad SDSU can't sign him to a longterm coaching deal. In South Dakota, the coaches at the state schools go on year to year contracts. He'll eventually get an offer he can't refuse.

I'm a little envious of my colleague Tim Peters, who's in Lubbock. It looks like he'lll be heading to Raleigh for the next round as well.

SDSU plays 2nd seed Baylor in the second round on Tuesday night. If the Jacks play like that again, the Bears don't have a chance.

One of my favorite high school football coaches called it a career this week. Brent DeBoer, the only head football coach Roosevelt high school has ever known, decided to retire.

You could tell, Coach DeBoer was one of those coaches and teachers, that the students loved to have. He was there for the kids.

He was quick with a smile, and a self depreciating humor, who loved to talk about a lot of things, other than football.

Through tough losses, and there were many of them, especially against westside rival O'Gorman. Brent would try to put a positive spin on things, and he usually still put a smile on your face with a funny quote.

His voice was always hoarse, probably from 33-years of yelling on the sidelines. But it was a voice you always knew.

One of the great things about the Roosevelt-O'Gorman rivalry that developed over the past decade. Was the personalities of DeBoer and O'Gorman head coach Steve Kueter. Their President's Bowl or Dakota Bowl press conferences were more like Dean Martin roasts.

When Roosevelt finally won a state football title in 2006, you could see the relief on DeBoer's face, that they had finally done it. They would go on to win another title in 2007.

He wanted his program to mentioned with the O'Gormans, and Yanktons, and Watertowns.

It is coach. And there wil be a long list of applicants to take over a strong Rider program that you built from the ground up . Enjoy retirement. I'll miss seeing you on Friday nights.

Alright, I've been bad. I'm not really a blog reader, and I haven't blogged since election day. So here goes, a blog I've thought about writing about since we were in Aberdeen the night Don Meyer broke Bob Knight's record for career men's coaching wins.

As the headline says, they do have something special at NSU. The atmosphere on basketball nights is one that many Division One schools would love to have.

For Coach Meyer, who's still recovering from a near fatal car accident in September. It had to feel like a relief to have the moment over, yet he has a bigger fight ahead in a battle with cancer.

I did a live interview with Meyer on the 6pm sports on that Saturday. I feel that anything I could ask him about basketball, would be so far beneath his knowledge of the game. He is a basketball genius.

The only thing he likes about all of the attention, is that attention his story is getting for NSU.

NSU Athletic Director Bob Olson is also one of the most personable folks I've ever met in this business. He always says "Thanks for coming."

We'll be back again.

With all of the talk of the economy, and of the government bailout, which our children and grandchildren are supposedly going to pay for. I'm greatful that my three children can grow in our great country during this time.

On Tuesday night, an African-American was elected President. Barak Obama made history.

When my 79-year old father was born, the idea of a black President, was unfathonable. I've heard my dad tell stories, of segregation in restaurants. Of a time in the military, when the blacks had to go to the back up the bus.

Oh how far we've come.

My six year old daughter, asked me who won(Obama or McCain) on the phone before she went to bed on election night. I said I'd tell her in the morning. When she wakes up, I'll tell her the news. While she won't understand the significance, I'll tell her that we live in a nation where everybody has opportuniites.

Opportunties that didn't exist for some, not that long ago. At least in her grandparents lifetime.

John McCain gave a great concession speech, where he recognized the importance of this moment in time.

He's a good man, and would have been a good President too.

Obama will face many challenges at President. But thank goodness he doesn't face the challenges that his father and grandfather, and great grandfather did.