If someone were to do a poll of the most influential people in the United States, the results may show Oprah as being more popular than any sports figure. Heck, even the President probably pales in comparison to Oprah, who has developed a following as large as any. But that doesn't mean that Oprah can just go around saying/doing whatever she wants, as she did when she interviewed Super Bowl XLIV MVP Drew Brees on her show.
I don't know if she has been living under a rock for like a month or not, or if this was supposed to be a joke, but she simply screwed this one up. Everyone and their mother has already questioned to themselves what the mark on Brees's cheek is, and during any free moment during the Saints' Super Bowl Run, the announcers talked about how it was in fact a very large birthmark.
Brees is the one on the left, not Alfonso Ribiero from Fresh Prince of Bel Air (in case there was any confusion).
Kudos to Brees for not making a big deal out of it, but hopefully others will use this to convince Oprah that even being Oprah has its limits.
The Minnesota Vikings play at the New Orleans Saints this weekend in a matchup of the top two seeded teams in the NFC. It should be a good game, with two high-powered offenses and their Pro Bowl QBs going at it down in the Bayou for a shot at the Super Bowl. While I normally don't have a vested interest in either team, I know that I'll be rooting for Drew Brees and the Saints to pull this one out. While some might be rooting for New Orleans primarily because they don't want to see the 40 year-old dinosaur Brett Favre get another ring, I will be rooting for New Orleans so that I don't have to hear Prince's new Minnesota Vikings song, "Purple and Gold".
Yes. Prince wrote a song for the Minnesota Vikings. And don't get it confused with Purple Rain, because this song is awful. I feel bad for Prince, who was once one of the best performers out there (but, as this song has shown, has clearly experienced some tough times recently). But I feel worse for the Minnesota Vikings, who have to identify with this song, which sounds like a patriotic hymn gone wrong. At least the Vikings also have Brett Favre's signature hit, "Pants On the Ground", to offset this dud.
Now, in regards to actual football, I will give my picks for this weekend.
New Orleans 31 Minnesota 27 (see above)
Indianapolis 24 New York Jets 14 (Mark Sanchez can't keep it going forever, and Peyton Manning has been in this situation before)
