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Some days, it's good to be a Packer fan. Okay, most days it's good to be a Packer fan -- especially up here in the northwoods of Wisconsin. It doesn't matter if we win or lose, we still fill the stadium, they're still "our Pack" and we still have a party every day they play.

But on days like today, the day after Favre set a new record for most TD passes, it's extra good.

Surfing the web and hitting all the sports sites, I'm treated to an equal dose of stories praising Favre and those bemoaning how he's over-hyped. The best part: both kind of stories make me smile. I love how the term "gunslinger" is used both to compliment and condemn (sometimes in the same story). I love how the stories conclude that Favre's biggest asset (or biggest problem) is that he plays like Favre. I love it when Terry Bradshaw gushes over Favre and when SI posts a drinking game for all the cliches used to describe how Favre plays.

I love how people keep pointing out that Favre only needs three more interceptions to have thrown the most interceptions as well as touchdown. They say it as if we (ie: Packer fans) don't know this fact. Hell, we watched the man throw six interceptions in one game, we know he makes boneheaded throws occasionally (sometimes more than occasionally). It's all part of who he is. I have no doubt that he'll eventually throw three more interceptions. And that's okay. If I was all about winning, all about being perfect, I wouldn't be a Packer fan.

What I like most about the stories, be they for or against, is at least they have pushed away all the headlines about Michael Vick, OJ Simpson and all the other idiots who make sports headlines for criminal, rather than sports, reasons. You may say that praising Favre for "having fun" while playing isn't newsworthy, but I say that it's far more newsworthy than listening to bitter players and coaches ranting about how they were unjustly treated or how they deserve better.

Can the Packers continue the winning streak? I have no idea. "Da Bears" are coming in on Sunday. They may have a record of 1-3, but that just means that they could be ripe for an amazing, come-from-behind, miraculous victory in the enemy tundra of Green Bay. Favre has been hot and error free. That could change.

See, that's the best part of being a Packer fan -- nothing's certain. Even at our best, we were still the underdogs.